Moonchild on 10 Years Working Together, Releasing Starfruit, and Collaborating with Black Female Creators

It’s time for another episode from our Artist Stories segment and today we’re stoked to welcome the legendary LA soul & jazz trio Moonchild, whom we’ve been following for years. Amber Navran, Andris Mattson & Max Bryk have been together for 10 years and this special anniversary is marked by their 5th studio album called Starfruit, released last month via our friends at Tru Thoughts. They dropped by for a chat to share more about their journey so far and especially about the process behind creating Starfruit alongside amazing collaborators like Lalah Hathaway, Rapsody, Alex Isley, Tank and The Bangas & more. Links » Moonchild (@thisismoonchild) » Starfruit 2022 Tour (tickets) » Tru Thoughts (@tru_thoughts) » Stereofox (@wearestereofox) » host (@atanas.kutsev) » Join our Discord Server Show Notes [01:05] On the beginning of Moonchild [03:48] On 10 years working and growing together [04:40] On Be Free & Voyager from 2022’s perspective [06:38] On their “sound”, the creative process & songwriting [09:46] On how Starfruit came together [13:35] On the new sonic approach in Starfruit [17:03] On collaborating with Black Female creators [19:52] On working with Lalah Hathaway, Rapsody, Tank and the Bangas & more [25:03] On favorite song from Starfruit [26:10] On the 2022 Tour [27:20] On playing live vs working in the studio [28:41] On writer’s block [30:27] On improving musicianship