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In Our Headphones

KEXP DJ Vitamin D on Australian Artist Sampology

In Our Headphones

KEXP

Music, Music Commentary

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Host Evie Stokes talks with Vitamin D about ToXic MaX-Q-Linity, Australia’s bursting R&B scene, and a sunny new single from Sampology. Sampology’s new album Morning Sun is out now on Middle Name Records.

Hosted by Evie Stokes
Produced by Lilly Ana Fowler
Mastered by: William Myers
Production support: Serafima Healy
Associate Director of Editorial: Dusty Henry

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0:00.0

In Our Headphones is made possible in part by Thorntail Hard Agave. Storefinder at drinkthorntail.com. From Independent Music Station, K-E-X-P, you're listening to In Our Headphones, a podcast about the songs that we just can't stop listening to. This is Eby Stokes, and this week I'm talking with my friend, Vitamin D. Hey, yo. Okay, so tell us about yourself.

0:21.3

I got a new group called Toxic Masculinity, actually.

0:24.5

Ooh, I love it.

0:26.3

Yeah, that project's fun.

0:27.7

We've been getting shows, opening up for acts and stuff.

0:30.3

And in the studio, I'm on drums and keys, a little bit of bass and stuff like that.

0:36.1

So I get to expand and not do hip-hop for a change

0:39.4

and highly proud of it, deeply immersed in the project right now.

0:43.3

And I feel like it might make an impact somewhere.

0:45.9

I don't know, you know.

0:47.0

I'm excited to hear it. Okay, so you've got it up, I couldn't do it no more.

1:06.0

I gave it up. I had enough. Let's go with... Okay, so you brought a new song for us today to listen to.

1:13.6

Let's go with Sampology.

1:15.6

Sampology. So it's the song Morning Sun. What can you tell us about Sampology?

1:21.6

Sampology takes you through an adventure in time almost. It has an old school Afrobeat, backbeat,

1:30.8

in certain sections. And by the end of the song, you got electro, electronic, you got these

1:40.6

infectious vocals. And I don't know, it's just a song that moves a lot, but it still has that solid groove

1:47.6

where I really want to dance and clean up my house to it, and it makes you feel good.

1:51.5

But it doesn't stay there.

1:54.0

It's really a musical adventure to me, you know?

1:57.1

Yeah.

1:57.6

So I read, too, that Samplegy is based out of Brisbane and this new record that Morning

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