United Freedom Collective - #2 (with Harry Agius, aka Midland)

Our second podcast features a conversation with Harry Agius, aka Midland.

Robbie and Harry first met at Leeds University where Harry started DJing as Apt Pupil.After adopting the moniker Midland after uni, Harry’s career in dance music went from strength to strength. With a string of acclaimed singles and EPs on Will Saul’s Aus Music label, Harry started to tour the world and quickly became one of the most in demand DJs around.

Fast forward to now, he runs three labels, Graded, ReGraded and Intergraded, the latter of which champions the work of new or emerging producers. He has remixed artists such as Little Dragon, The Chemical Brothers and Dua Lipa and was honoured with the essential mix of the year in 2016. Not only that, he has made some of the most unique and influential underground club tracks of recent years. All of this without ever being pigeon-holed into one sound, scene or genre.

Thieu and Robbie met up with Harry in his house in South London a few weeks back and had a really honest, open chat, covering topics from his early exposure to music through his older siblings, to how he has found inner peace in his life through having therapy. We were so appreciative not only of Harry giving us his time but how frank he was, talking about topics such as mental health in the music industry, his role within his community, about sitting with discomfort, navigating the ego, and learning to say no.