Hailing from
Auckland
,
New Zealand
,
State of Mind
are the duo of Stu Maxwell and Patrick Hawkins. Beginning their careers in 2005 SOM have become
notoriously prolific producers
with releases on a
broad spectrum of labels throughout the dnb scene
. Material can be found on the shelves via CIA Recordings, Teebee’s Subtitles Records, Friction’s Shogun Audio, Viper Recordings, Doc Scott’s 31 Records, Concord Dawn’s Uprising, Bad Company, BSE & Obsessions, Project 51, Samurai and more.
Not happy
being mere producers and djs
,
SOM Music
was launched in 2009 and is now regarded as a
premier niche label
in its own right. SOM Music is home to artists like Nymfo,
Black Sun Empire
, Spinline,
Jade
,
Mindscape
, Dose, Borderline and
Tiki Taane
to name a few.
State of Mind released their first full CD ‘
Take Control
’ on Uprising Records in 2006, an album that garnered them the publicly voted award of ‘
Breakthrough Artists Of The Year
’ on the B-Net radio network in NZ, and a nomination for a prestigious NZ Music Award. In March 2009 they released their second LP, ‘Faster than Light’ on their own label SOM Music.
Their third album called ‘
Nil By Ear
’ was globally released in April 2011, peaking at number 5 in the NZ Charts. This was also nominated for a NZ Music Award. And this year, they are back with their fourth album, titled '
Eat The Rich
'.
Lineup:
State Of Mind (Eatbrain, Blackout)
Mindscape (Eatbrain, Commercial Suicide)
Chris.SU (FATE, Eatbrain)
Jade (Eatbrain, Lifted Music)
Wikki (Bday Girl)
