INTERESTING RESULTS: ELECTRO, ACID & THAT NEW ORLEANS EDGE

NOLA EDM: For those meeting you for the first time — who is Interesting Results?
Interesting Results:  Interesting Results is Kim Hebert, a Louisiana native who has called New Orleans home since 2008.

NOLA EDM:Tell us about your background, your sound, and the energy you bring to a set.
Interesting Results: I’ve been DJing on and off for a little over two decades now–though most of that was spent as a selector rather than as a club DJ. I was a radio DJ and production manager at KLSU for four years, then in the decade and some change that followed, macgyvered together various improvised set-ups when playing out (generally involving my records and a laptop) at places like dive bars and one-off art show openings. I didn’t begin learning any kind of digital DJ software platforms like Engine and later Rekordbox until 2021. It’s only been in more recent years that I started thinking beyond the selections themselves and putting real work into getting better at mixing as well. In that way, I still think of myself as relatively new to the game with always more to learn. While my sound can be as varied as a selection of Sherman Williams paint swash names, I’ve heard from others that I tend to veer toward The Darkness (whether it be electro, techno, nu-disco, or whatever). I do enjoy genre jumping at times, but these days I most often seem to gravitate toward electro and acid the most. A lot of what got me into DJing for club environments is actually a love of dancing.

NOLA EDM:You’re on the lineup for the upcoming Santos event — what can people expect from your set this weekend?
Interesting Results: There are several talented performers for the show this weekend, but what I specifically will be doing is a B2B (Back to Back) with a fellow DJ and friend Krewe. I don’t really know how to describe what it will sound like exactly, but what it will hopefully LOOK and FEEL like is that scene in the first Gremlins movie where they take over the movie theater… or maybe that scene in the second Gremlins movie when they take over a New York skyscraper (Santos is two stories, after all…). Regardless, the mood will be reptilian and it will likely operate as a  B2B more in the style of two and two, as that’s my preferred thing lately due to it better enabling my love of the long blends. 

Upstairs will be DJ Goblin Mode kicking off with Clandestine Syndicate, a father and son producer/DJ duo located physically in BR but spiritually in The Hague. They will be playing electro in the West Coast Sound of Holland style. Following that up will be my B2B with Krewe where we’ll be throwing the heaters to prepare the crowd for our featured guest and headliner from Chicago, the DJ and producer Ole Mic Odd who will be delivering more electro and acid-infused techno weirdness to the masses. Closing out upstairs will be local darling Leisure Muffin, an accomplished musician, producer, and DJ that New Orleans is blessed to have. 

Downstairs will be all live electronic acts–in fact, helping me to throw this show is New Orleans Proletarian Electronica (N.O.P.E.)–a newly formed collective of local beat freaks that are already doing great things and helping to breathe some fresh life into the scene (I highly recommend doing a profile of them soon too). Shining Fields, Nail Club, Chroma Phase, and Nonlethal Weapons will be performing for this particular show.

NOLA EDM: How would you describe the atmosphere at Santos?
Interesting Results: A dark medieval dungeon downstairs, and a cobweb filled belfry upstairs… there’s also currently a Mad Max post-apocalyptic theme playing out in the street below, which was not done by Santos itself but the city of New Orleans, all in the festive spirit of Halloween–though I’ve been hearing they like the decorations so much that they might be staying up until next summer.  In New Orleans, EVERYDAY IS HALLOWEEN!

NOLA EDM: Any collectives, venues, or collaborators that have influenced your growth?
Interesting Results: There are so many I could list in general but locally Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Pandora and the Mudlark Puppeteers, the Music Box, Ninth Ward Marching Band, NOLADNB (nicest dudes), the art nerds, the noise freaks, the punks, the adult babysit–bartenders, the LGBTQ scene with its endless energy, the old timers but also the new crew as well, along with those who help facilitate that and create an open-minded learning environment by hosting things like Open Decks (Paco, LVCD, Sanctuary, etc.). I’m probably forgetting some people and for that I’m sorry. Just know I C U and thanks.

NOLA EDM: Looking ahead, what’s next for Interesting Results?
Interesting Results: It would be nice to help facilitate bringing more outside talent in. We have a lot of local talent, but it can feel a bit insular at times in terms of expanding out beyond the confines of our own thing. The music scene of New Orleans can feel a bit like the Mediterranean Sea. When I meet DJs and producers that I like from elsewhere, one of their first questions is always “New Orleans… there’s a scene there?” Sigh. Yes. Sorta. Hopefully!? I’ll keep trying to do my part in helping to contribute to one anyway until I get tired. These days I spend more time working in the yard than I do DJing, so maybe I’ll transition to becoming a landscaper next. Seems peaceful.