Sage Armstrong has quickly made a name for himself in the world of house, with his breakout track “What’s Yo Tempetcha” blowing up on Dirtybird Records. With a history spanning over half a decade, it didn’t take long for him to branch out and sign onto other labels like Fool’s Gold, Night Bass, and Insomniac. Just this past year, Armstrong successfully launched his own label, Dumb Fat Records, and has quickly found success. We had a chance to dive into all of his success throughout the past year with his new label, his new fashion line, his latest single “Fukitup”, and more. Read on below.
RR: Dumb Fat Records has turned one this year, what have been some important “Aha!” Moments while growing the label?
SA: Definitely a lot of the good things that came out of starting the label. The responsibilities of running a label in general has been an ‘aha’ moment.
RR: While trying to create a space for not only your own music, but to help other up and coming artists publish their work, what do you the think Dumb Fat Records’ sound is? Are you thinking of keeping it open so it can expand in other directions genre-wise?
SA: The ‘Dumb Fat sound’ to me is tracks that slap in low end. For me personally, I’m open to all kinds of music, but very picky with what comes out on the label.
RR: In March, Dumb Fat Joints Vol. 1 featuring artists BOT, Holt88, Arnold & Lane, and Luky Andy, dropped and quickly reached #2 in the Bass House list for Beatport. What were some of your favorite moments from putting this release together?
SA: Honestly making “Party People” with BOT was super fun! Compiling and creating everything in house was super fun as well.
RR: Your latest single, “Fukitup” with Pheezy420 is out now on Dirtybird Records, which is sure to fire up the dance floors once they open back up. This has a different tone to it, what inspired how this track got put together? How was it working with Pheezy420 after not seeing each other for so long?
SA: Thanks, I’m always working on a lot of songs at once in different genres, but particularly this one was a more Dirtybird style with the acid bassline. Pheezy and I used to hang in high school and he was a MC at this spot we would DJ at called ‘Suite B’. He lives in OC now and we hung out for the first time in a while. I ended up recording him freestyling on rap beats that I made and when he said, “FUCK IT UP”, I knew it could fit dope on a house track. I made the beat for “Fukitup” that same week.
RR: Last year we got a single from your rap moniker, $age, with “Alexander McQueen” as well as two features off your Dumb Fat debut album, Unify. What are some challenges of combining both passions for EDM and rap? Have you considered putting out an EP under $age if the timing is right?
SA: Challenges are taking a risk by doing things that haven’t really been done before or aren’t done too often. But honestly I feel a full length project from me wouldn’t be right with a little bit of everything. If the timing is right, song is right, I’m down, but I’m focusing more on producing for rappers at the moment and doing vocals on my dance stuff. I’d like to do more rap stuff like production, singing, and learning guitar to play melodies on beats.
RR: You are known for your fashion sense, with your self made fits leading to requests for customs and now you’re creating your own clothing line. Will we be seeing a larger collection release soon? How often do you try to include a recycling/upcycling process when designing?
SA: Yeah I am actually just getting started with the line side of things. I’ve really been pumping out the one-and-dones for the past couple months and have a few pieces out now on my website https://www.sagearmstrong.com. I will regularly be dropping pieces and full lines. I use recycled clothes for a type of patchwork I do. I make full patchwork jeans out of them, as well as shorts and coin bags.
RR: We noticed you posted a cheeky little bop in the making on Facebook with the lyrics, “Sanitize your hands”. Think it’ll make its way into a set someday as a lighthearted fill in?
SA: I honestly wasn’t planning on it. I kinda just made that video for fun with that vocoder at my homie’s place. But I might try and throw that acapella on something. I have it.
RR: So this year hasn’t exactly panned out the way a lot of us have expected. What has helped you through this time while waiting to reunite with your friends, family, and fans? What is the first thing you are most excited about once we open back up?
SA: Staying busy creatively and staying in touch with my loved ones. Can’t wait to perform again and to be able to get out more!
We thank Sage for taking the time to talk with us. You can stream his latest single, “Fukitup” on Spotify and Soundcloud now. Keep up to date through his socials below so you don’t miss the next fire release.
Connect with Sage Armstrong:
https://www.facebook.com/SageArmstrong
https://twitter.com/sagearmstrong
https://soundcloud.com/sage-armstrong
https://www.instagram.com/sagearmstrong
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