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What was the inspiration behind your show? Electric Cabaret was built up over years and years of playing in pubs like the Crown & Anchor around the country. I really hammered this material out based on what worked with crowds, which let me build a lot of really weird ideas into it. It’s a very intense, delightfully messed up party. The show is all about the brain-fry of being in front of an audience, and it gets pretty dark, but it peaks in a euphoric, awesome way. The music is built around synthy techno, a bit in the area of The Presets or The Chemical Brothers.

What makes your show different? It’s a techno cabaret show with video projections, insane costume changes, punk rock audience work and a pretty all-in nervous breakdown that somehow manages to be stupid amounts of fun. So, I guess what I’m saying is that the answer to this is everything. I’ve toured a lot with my act now, and I think even though I knew my show was a bit odd before, now that I’ve been to a lot of places and seen nothing that’s anything like it, I’m pretty solid in saying everything is different from this. I accept weird as fuck.

What was the biggest challenge you encountered in this show? It’s a really tough show to describe: it’s come together from throwing so much shit against the wall that there’s not a lot of reference points. It’s weirdness is what makes it kickass; it’s the show that everyone loves the most out of all of my things. It’s odd: my other show I’m bringing is my Crap Music Rave Party. That’s a DJ show where I only play bad music; the concept is so easy to get to grips with, so I barely advertise that and it sells out. This is a lot more enigmatic. So come find out what it is.

Why did you decide to do Fringe 2015? And have you been involved in previous/interstate Fringe festivals and how was the experience? I keep pretty busy, touring festivals in Australia and Europe through the year and then running a big hub venue at Perth’s Fringe World festival in February. Adelaide Fringe has become a bit of an annual working holiday: my wife and I head over, drink all of your nice wine, watch all of your shows and remind each other that we exist while I perform to lovely audiences. Adelaide Fringe was the first place I ever toured a show interstate and it was a huge experience for me, so it always feels like home to me. Plus, I was born in your city: Maslin Beach. Yeah, that one.

And for a fun random one, in a fantasy world who would you be the love child of? David Lynch and Daft Punk.