Up and coming Glasgow artist Leif Coffield performs at St James Quarter as part of Edinburgh Fringe celebrations
We speak to Glasgow artist Leif Coffield on his favourite Glasgow venues, creating sounds unique from immediate local influences and playing the event for up and coming artist.
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00:00I am Leif Caulfield. I'm a music producer and artist from Glasgow.
00:07I would say synth-pop because people always describe their music as something more elaborate and specific than it is.
00:16It's synth-pop, man. People go like, hmm, it's cinematic, new age rock or something like that.
00:23What you are is an indie rock band. So I'm a synth-pop artist. It's a long way of saying I'm a synth-pop artist.
00:31My influences go outside of Glasgow. The Glasgow music scene is a funny one because a lot of people are friends.
00:40Most of my friends in the music industry in Glasgow are hip-hop artists and people in the hip-hop scene.
00:47The indie rock scene is also massive, but there seems like there's more of a connection of people in the hip-hop scene.
00:56So the indie rock sound is the most populated, I would say, in Glasgow, but I wouldn't say I'm affected by it.
01:06So I think my influences went outwards. The Weeknd was a big influence. Take On Me was an absolute belter, everybody knows that.
01:20People like Dua Lipa, but then Kanye, Jamie XX and Bon Iver, all massive influences.
01:31So, yeah, that was a long-winded answer, but I hope you are okay with that.
01:36Okay, so how does it feel to be in Edinburgh playing at this event that supports artists entering their career and is the fringe as well?
01:49It's brilliant. I mean, so, St James' Quarter, obviously a new kind of multi-storey place, a shopping centre.
02:00I didn't actually know what to expect. I didn't know if I'm going to just catch shoppers that are going to be like, eurgh, or if it would actually draw a crowd.
02:09And the crowd formed and I was like, and they stayed. I was like, rejoice. This is a celebratory time.
02:18And then, aye, so I think it's brilliant that they're putting on upcoming artists. You can never have enough things for upcoming artists, especially in a place like St James' Centre.
02:29I would say in the graduate scene, there are a few great venues to play. King Tut's is one of them. We did a show there, we did a headline show last year.
02:38And then there's a few other venues. St Luke's is brilliant. So there are a few key venues. Nice and Sleazy's, Broadcast, those are key for people that are coming up.
02:46And they are brilliant venues. King Tut's was amazing. It's like an iconic venue, man, King Tut's, you know what I'm saying?