Band of the Week: Flux Pavilion

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Posted Monday, 10 October 2011 in

While Flux Pavilion (Josh Steele to his missus) might not be the first name of the lips of Rock Sound readers it appears that Steele and RS go back a long way together.

"When I was a kid, I had a huge stack of Rock Sound magazines and the door to my room was covered in snippets," he admits to us in Rock Sound Issue 154 (out Wednesday, October 12). "I used to sit in my bedroom learning Korn and System Of A Down guitar tabs with Trolley Snatcha!"

Inspired by fine journalism at a young age, Steele went on a journey that ended in dubstep production, emails from Kanye West, a degree in Music Composition for Film and a desire to synthesize the guitar world of his youth with the heavy electronics of more recent times.

"I want Flux Pavilion to evolve into something more performance based," he admits. "It could definitely be a band but I'm aiming for even bigger than that. I want a whole world to exist around the music I make."

Read more about Steele's ambitious plans in Rock Sound Issue 154, catch Flux Pavilion on tour with Skrillex at the following dates:

NOVEMBER
16 - LONDON Koko
26 - GLASGOW O2 ABC
28 - SHEFFIELD Leadmill
29 - BRISTOL O2 Academy
30 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City
DECEMBER
01 - MANCHESTER Warehouse Project
03 - BELFAST Mandela Hall