CLOSEUP Artist Spotlight: Sid Batham

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This week’s CLOSE UP Artist Spotlight is London musician Sid Batham who has recently released a three-track EP ‘The Demo Tapes’. Check out the exclusive interview below:

Sid, we love your music as you well know and it’s great to chat. In the next few weeks you take on one of your debut LDN headline show, what should we expect!?!

I’m looking forward to it and the band is being rehearsed savagely! Expect plenty of the usual funk and also a few new tunes for ears and eyes 👀

Your new tunes, especially ‘We’, have been on repeat at CloseUp HQ, could you tell us a bit more what it’s about, and what it means to you?

It’s just classic boy girl stuff tbh…but my twist. It’s an important tune for me though as it was the first of tunes that has led to what I’m working on currently.

Your tunes have been listened to hundreds of thousands of times across the world as Spotify informs us, Spotify is now such a big player in the industry, how important do you think it is for acts?

I think it’s super important, getting those playlists etc is such a boost and sometimes a much needed one. Trick is to turn those streams into people that follow you and get updates when you’ve got new stuff coming.

If you created a Sid Batham Festival, and could pick 3 headliners, who would you go for?!

Vulfpeck, Lianne La Havas and Stevie Wonder

Should we expect new music soon, or is that info too much to ask?!

You can expect new stuff yes, but when — I cannot say, ruins the surprise 🍋

Featured image by Sid Batham / Facebook