{"id":408920,"date":"2022-02-22T21:39:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T18:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/griff-spex-and-slics-going-thru-it-is-a-soundtrack-to-the-grind\/"},"modified":"2022-02-22T21:39:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T18:39:25","slug":"griff-spex-and-slics-going-thru-it-is-a-soundtrack-to-the-grind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/griff-spex-and-slics-going-thru-it-is-a-soundtrack-to-the-grind\/","title":{"rendered":"#Griff Spex and Slic\u2019s \u201cGoing Thru It\u201d is a soundtrack to the grind"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4cf62d663d7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4cf62d663d7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/griff-spex-and-slics-going-thru-it-is-a-soundtrack-to-the-grind\/#The_first_collaborative_track_from_the_New_York_duo_comes_with_visuals_that_tour_the_viewer_through_downtown_Manhattan_above_ground_and_below\" >The first collaborative track from the New York duo comes with visuals that tour the viewer through downtown Manhattan, above ground and below.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Griff Spex and Slic\u2019s \u201cGoing Thru It\u201d is a soundtrack to the grind<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_first_collaborative_track_from_the_New_York_duo_comes_with_visuals_that_tour_the_viewer_through_downtown_Manhattan_above_ground_and_below\"><\/span>The first collaborative track from the New York duo comes with visuals that tour the viewer through downtown Manhattan, above ground and below.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-229418\" class=\"content_block paragraph video triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Going Thru It (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cs59faf6sFI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('229418');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-229420\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/griff_spex\/\">Griff Spex<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/slicslicslic\/\">Slic<\/a> have shared their first collaborative single, &#8220;Going Through It.&#8221; Griff \u2014 who makes production-focused, Stones Throw-adjacent hip-hop \u2014 and Slic \u2014 whose warped pop songs play like s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ped-down miniatures of early Grimes tracks \u2014 aren&#8217;t an im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely obvious pairing. But their new collab capitalizes on their mutual penchant for retrofuturist sounds, resulting in an industrial techno bop unlike anything either of them has produced on their own.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            &#8220;Going Through It&#8221; comes with a music video, premiering above. Director Derek Hernandez takes the viewer on an impressionistic tour of lower Manhattan \u2014 from the bridge to the Subway to Wall Street.<\/p>\n<p>            Below, Griff and Slic tell The FADER about themselves, their new track, and its visuals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-229422\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <b>The FADER: Can you introduce yourselves to our readers? Where are you from, and what inspires you to make music?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            Griff Spex: Oye! im Griff Spex from Farrockaway Queens, NY. What inspires me to make music is the growth of truth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Slic: I was born in Venezuela and have lived in Miami, Western Mass, and NYC. I loved being out at the techno spots in Miami, I was very exploratory growing up. When I lived in small town Mass I found the DIY punk kids. I\u2019m always following the music.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>Listening to both of your solo work, it&#8217;s clear you come from different musical backgrounds. What attracted you to each other&#8217;s sounds?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            Slic: My friend Pedro Bello made an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/watch?v=vJ5WK5hvxuI&amp;ab_channel=PedroTQM%21\">animated video<\/a> for a demo I had and I posted it. This was back under an old alias, Slicpup. I ended up <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=waW7rG_2vqY&amp;ab_channel=Slic\">redoing the song<\/a> and Griff actually hit me up via DM to ask why I had cleaned it up. He has a really good ear. We eventually met in person and Griff played me unreleased music at which point I freaked out. There is a vault of unreleased Griff Spex music that made me feel like &#8220;OK, this person is the future.&#8221; His sound is so hard and yet he has these amazing pop hooks. That\u2019s an aesthetic we share. We\u2019re both very deliberate about the musical choices we make, so even if we use different palettes, we make it work.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>            Griff: What attracted me to Slic&#8217;s music is the whimsical nature of their writing style. I relate to that very much &amp; also how they think. Slic is very down to entertain many ideas like myself which is very important to me, especially in regards to creating.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>&#8220;Going Through It&#8221; is a refreshingly light spin on industrial and techno. Do you have any favorite artists in those genres, past or present? Were you channeling anyone in particular on the new song?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            Slic: I love Throbbing Gristle and Nine Inch Nails but I can\u2019t say those were explicit references. Griff asked me how I was and I told him and he said \u201cdamn you\u2019re going through it.\u201d I was kinda mad for a second but then he walked me through some philosophical things and the song started from there, from a conversation. <\/p>\n<p>            Griff: I was channeling Griff Spex &amp; slic. Nothing particular for reference, I just GO. The simplicity of the lyrics grew into a premeditiation but started off as a conversation. Once a few sounds were layed down between the both of us, I had already seen a loose structure of the track and we went from there :). The nature of this song is a breakthrough. <\/p>\n<p>            <b>The video takes us on a little tour of lower Manhattan. How did you and Derek choose the locations where you shot \u2014 some of them iconic, some less so?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            Griff: Slic and I were looking for an artist to capture us &amp; we were sending profiles back n forth for each other to peep as recommendation. When they sent me Derek&#8217;s profile and i saw how he was shooting trees in the forest, I instantly knew we needed him lol. Shout out derek \u2014 someone i feel very blessed to meet.<\/p>\n<p>            Slic: The three of us had been talking about atoms as iconography for this song and I was driving around Wall Street when I saw this random office building with an atom statue out front. It\u2019s technically public property so we used what was around! Everything else was decided on the fly the day we shot.<\/p>\n<p>            <b>What&#8217;s next for y&#8217;all?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>            Griff: Definitely wayyyyyyyyy more music. I will be releasing my debut full length [(LIVE) FROM TRANSMUTATION].<\/p>\n<p>            Slic: I have another EP coming in the spring, and we will play a show together at The Broadway [in Brooklyn] on 3\/17.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Raphael Helfand<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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