Steward Bird is an artist that has delivered some of the most unexplainably unique music of the last year as Brrd. The young Boston based producer released a collaboration piece with Woodoo Wolcan before signing to Falty DL’s newly formed Blueberry Records towards the middle of 2013. Skipping along the lines of jazz, hip hop, dancehall and lo fi sampled video rips, Brrd gives us a reason to believe in the creativity of an individual rather than the group or a “scene.” “This is where I had wished the LA beat scene ended up 3 years ago,” said Falty DL referencing his relationship with the artist. This is the stuff that you can’t describe, but is better served by hitting the play button. We had the opportunity to ask the young artist a few questions. 
I read recently you said your moving to Aarhus, Denmark and that you’ve got a residency. Can you explain what’s been happening?
Yeah I got here a month or two ago and am living in this group of Danish artists.  It’s very cheap and there are lots of diversely creative people around to work with on whatever needs to be done.  Sort of a fairy tale, I am still amazed that it exists.
It’s been mentioned before that Blueberry Records was started to release the music of Brrd. Can you touch on your relationship with Drew(Falty DL) and what its like to lead a young label that has so much going on? 
I have known drew for many years, but the first few were mostly online.  He has pretty much been a mentor through the whole process of making proper releases.  BBR is a really interesting label because Drew has the connections to start it out with some real legends like Todd Osbourne and Dego and others.  I like being the little kid of the group
Recently, you released BrrdVevo independently via your Bandcamp. What themes played a role in creating this project?
Randomization.  All of the samples were recorded at random via a spotify radio station and then chopped on an SP.  And what happened happened, I only had a little control.  Never got a check from VEVO though
You’ve moved around a bit since we first heard your stuff. Does the natural setting of which you surround yourself ever influence your work? 
I usually take what is happening in life and then do the opposite in music – I just saw Lars Von Trier’s film Nymphomaniac in a theater here and was so fucked up by it that I needed to make some comfy music, and made the Clifford Solek tune. The best things are usually the ones that are the most therapeutic to make for me.  When I don’t have any ideas that is usually the starting point – what emotion do I feel and then do the opposite
There is a strong reflection of Soul/Jazz/Gospel in your sound. Did you play any instruments as a youth?
I was forced as a kid to play jazz piano.  I took lessons for about ten years, and I hated it the whole time.  So when I took it upon myself to quit and start playing bass instead, I didn’t touch a piano for about 2 years, until one day I just sat down and started playing and realized that I could just do it, but play whatever I wanted and then suddenly I was extremely thankful.  My parent’s plan had all boiled down to that one moment it seems.  But I was taking bass lessons at the time and playing weather report tunes and actually started to like jazz, and then my bass teacher gave me a copy of reason, and lessons turned 100% towards playing with software.
Would you ever consider using a different moniker to release a project or sound that is different from the work of Brrd? 
I expect to have several over time; I just started a new one to release a recent track (http://www.soundcloud.com/seoguru)
But I might have a house moniker for BBR later on to release some singles.
The way people hear music can often influence their opinions on the tracks. What is your favorite way to listen to your music? Outside in headphones
You’re a visual artist as well, correct? 
Yeah I did a lot of visual art in school, and have plans on releasing some audio/visual stuff in the very near future.  Right now I am working in Unity to make 3D sound environments.  Its been really refreshing for me to try out different mediums because if you are making music only all day you can get cooked on it. 
Do you ever see a visual accompaniment to the music being a part of your work? Perhaps Live? Definitely, but It’s a secret for now. 
What do you think of pop music today? 
I think that some of it is fantastic and some of it is shameless, but forgivable, because the intention is to tap into the source and make money. Pop producers wear their motives on their sleeves, and I really enjoy following the sociology of the genre as a whole and trying to predict the future influences and all that, because it is very blatant and moves slowly relative to other genres. 
A question we like to ask everyone is, who is your Dream Comeback? (Who would you wanna see return to the throne?)
I botched my opportunity to see James Brown before he died, and I regret it every day.  Living comeback I would have to see Herbie Hancock do a live playthrough of Headhunters
Where do you see yourself 5 years down the road?
No idea, but I hope that whatever life will be 5 years from now will be more stable at least.  And have a solid 5 years discography behind me. 
Check out Brrd: http://stewbird.com/home.html
https://www.facebook.com/pages/brrd/114720368603972
https://soundcloud.com/brrdrrdrrd
http://stewbird.com/brrdvevo.html
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