Kidz In Space. It might sound like a Sunday morning cartoon, but the three local lads behind this very real intergalactic pop outfit are trying to keep their feet firmly on the ground after a whirlwind start.
After landing for the first time at the 2009 Big Day Out, Josh Fountain, Ashley Hughes and Mat Neshat haven't looked back.
Within six months, their debut EP Episode 001: Chasing Hayley was conceived, recorded and released. And when the singleDowntime edged its way into the top 20 charts, and tours with the likes of Gin Wigmore, Kora and BoB following, the trio knew they were on to a winning formula.
But it's taken a while for Fountain, the man behind the beats, to adjust to being in front of a crowd.
"I'm used to spending nights in the studio alone, you know, so being on stage is all sort of new to me and it was a bit of a shock to the system for me," says Fountain.
This cautious approach to performing might explain why the band created an air of mystery around themselves in the early days - in the form of space suits and helmets.
"The idea was just a spin-off of the name, and then it just became really hard to pull off," says Hughes, who alongside Neshat, is one of the band's MCs.
"We were finding when we'd go to shows people were just waiting for a spaceship to come down or something. It kind of just wasn't connecting with the crowd.
"We didn't really think the whole thing through ... and they were just the crappiest looking suits - they're really budget and really uncomfortable and you can't speak in them," explains Fountain.
Now, with spacesuits abandoned, they are ready to fire with a new album in hand.
Ghost was almost a year in the making and the band is surprised at the places they are finding success.
Recently, they have won awards and topped charts in the electronic scene, but they don't necessarily connect with the "dance music" tag.
"We wouldn't consider it that, but the best thing for us to do is let the listeners really decide. Because it really is a big melting pot of stuff," says Hughes.
Fountain agrees that trying to define their sound is the hardest thing to do.
"It's hard, especially for us because we have two rappers and then a lot of the beats are dancey and a lot of them are poppy. We sort of tread the fine line between lots of different genres."
The band says this varied sound stems from their ability to draw on an eclectic range of influences - some old and some relatively new.
When I was just listening to hip-hop, I think I was just too staunch, I didn't want to listen to anything else," says Hughes.
"I was like, 'Nah, you can't. If you're hip-hop, you're hip-hop'. I had that kind of mindset. But when I hooked up with Josh and we started Kidz In Space, I thought about what really made me happy with music, and a lot of that was the older stuff from when I was a kid."
And while Fountain didn't stick with the genre for long, he knows it all helps make the band what they are.
"I went through my hip-hop phase early on, like from 10 to 14, and then I grew out of that," he jokes.
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