Cahill Grill: ptwiggs requests Carl Jung, Andrei Tarkovsky, Bjork, Arthur Schopenhauer, Laurie Spiegel but is better off alone

Cahill Grill: ptwiggs requests Carl Jung, Andrei Tarkovsky, Bjork, Arthur Schopenhauer, Laurie Spiegel but is better off alone, she tells Mikey Cahill

Introducing Miss ptwiggy. That’s ptwiggs to you and she’s about to play UNSOUND Adelaide. Find out what makes her ptwigg. And why Thom Yorke told her where to go.

Real name?

Phoebe Twigg

Guilty pleasure?

Spending too much money on things I don’t need

Where is home?

Sydney, Australia

Career Plan B?

Audio Engineering

Biggest gripe?

Losing my USBs

IVAN OOZE’S MUM TOLD HIM THE BEST WHITE LIE

TWENTYONE PILOTS: “DUMP YOUR OLDSELFIES COWARDS”

REMOVING THE STIGMA OF CASK WINE: A TOUGH SELL

Earliest Memory?

My dreams, I still remember the dreams I had as a child

Your Best Quality?

Empathy

And your Worst?

Holding onto things that don’t serve me.

5 Dream dinner party guests?

Carl Jung, Andrei Tarkovsky, Laurie Spiegel, Bjork & Arthur Schopenhauer.

Sydney experimental dance music artist ptwiggs. Probably her hands but not definitely.

5 Desert Island discs?

Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd - The Moon & The Melodies

WWWINGS - A + G

Arca - Arca

This Mortal Coil - It’ll End In Tears

Wild FM - Wild, Volume 10

Advice to teenage self?

Never doubt.

What did you have for breakfast today?

Avocado on toast

Top of your bucket list?

I would love to play at the Berghain in Berlin

Biggest inspiration?

Laozi

Secret crush?

Marilyn Manson

Sydney dance music artist ptwiggs is rather fond of Antichrist Superstar

Secret skill?

Karaoke

What do you see when you look in the mirror?

Myself

Starstruck moment?

When I met Thom Yorke and he told me to f--- off after I told him how much of a fan I was.

Career highlight?

Meeting amazing people all around the world that like the music I make, it’s very surreal to me.

Favourite tipple?

Umeshu on the rocks.

Sydney dance music artist ptwiggs thinking about Umeshu on the rocks while on some rocks.

FUN SONGS BIT AND A REWARD FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS

Song that always makes you shake your rump and nearly split your pants and why?

Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone. Because it’s true.

Song that is a hidden gem that not many people know about but everyone should know about and love…and how you discovered it?
Sky H1 - Air. I discovered this track a couple of year ago via Soundcloud, which was released on a sub-label of Pan.

Song that you would gladly listen to 5 times in a row if you were stuck in an elevator for half an hour and you had to think calm thoughts?

Arca - Wound. I often listen to this song on repeat.

Song to prepare you for battle, fire you the f--- up and make you feel like you were armed to teeth and why?

Ho99o9 - War Is Hell. It’s raw and hard.

Song to get someone you rather fancy in the mood for luuuuuuurve.

My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep.

How did you develop your creative vision?

Hard work and dedication to my craft, I’ve put so much time and energy into my music.

I love what I do and I’m so grateful for anything that comes from it.

See: Ptwiggs, Queen’s Theatre, Playhouse Ln &, Gilles Arcade, Adelaide. Fri, midnight-late.

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