Over the last few years, the creativity of Australian artists have helped them carve out a dominant position in the global electronic music landscape, making the land down under a serious destination for any quality music connoisseur. Out of the multitude of vibrant scenes that exist there, the one in Melbourne is responsible for many of the industry’s favourites faces, and with an ever-growing insurgence of artists popping up, Naarm’s Hasvat Informant is pushing his way through the crowd and into the spotlight.
Known for his highly detailed and atmospheric productions, Hasvat’s tracks mangle and shapeshift into liquified, metallised textures and possess otherworldly qualities, which are amplified by his amorphous approach to sound design. As an artist, he first caught global attention around 2023 with his and Mick Gristle’s Chiral Centres EP on Sydney outfit Headnoiz, although he has been part of Melbourne’s scene since his 20s as a sound and lighting engineer.
From there, he has released on premier labels such as Space Trax, Ute Rec, and Mama Told Ya, and has played at several world-leading venues and events, including Berghain and Taipei’s Organik Festival, to name a few. His latest release, however, is a special one for Hasvat. Titled Pluripotent XII, the record, releasing on Copenhagen favourite Amniote Records, is his first long-form project and features two alternate aliases: Hasvat Informant and Intellegama.
Across its 12 tracks, Blyth demonstrates his range as the record weaves through genres such as techno, IDM, experimental and more. Showcasing what he has to say over a long period is what Hasvat Informant is all about, and that’s what makes this record a must-listen.
In our interview, Mike shares his experiences making a longer project, finding the balance between aliases, and more.
This is your first longform project. What was the inspiration behind it and how did you find the experience?
After releasing 2 EPs with them, plus several VA contributions, Sarah (Mama Snake) and Tanya (T-N) proposed to me that an LP would be a great addition to the label. I’d not previously considered doing such a long form project but was humbled by the pitch and obliged. Sar and Tan hinted towards the versatility of sounds across my previous releases with them and proposed that an LP could showcase this in one neat, tidy, and concise package.
What made you decide to put two alias’ on one project?
The label requires artists to adopt a reptilian moniker, and mine for all my previous amniote releases is “intellagama”. The LP features both aliases just as a way to represent my music project more fully and broadly. I don’t necessarily write music with either of the aliases in mind.
What was the production process like for you? Did you make each part separately or were you drifting between personas, and if so, how did you process this creatively and psychologically?
I had a pretty solid idea of the kind of breadth and flow I wanted across the LP. I always have heaps of projects happening but focused my attention on a few key “landing points” across the LP, i.e., breakbeat intros, driving peak set tools, anthemic roller(s) finally into tekky dnb inspired bits. As I finished tracks off, I shared them with Tan and Sar and we all collaboratively picked our favourites and formed the Track-listing.
What part of your personality do these two aliases represent?
As I didn’t write tracks with either of the aliases in mind, I more so hope the album represents my music breadth, and somewhat reflects the energetic flow across my DJ performances. In terms of ‘personality’, that’s a tricky one to say ha-ha. To a degree I hope humble, classy but energetic – I think they are words I resonate a lot within life and when writing!
Amniote are known for creating capsules around their releases. How did this capsule come together, and what concepts and visual language did you draw from?
I still use Tumblr (ha-ha) – I browse it a lot for graphic design and photography content, and always end up making these big, themed folders that I draw from when putting little Instagram stories up with work in progress productions. I suppose in a similar manner to what I strive for sonically, the visual language is simple, interesting, never to loud or attention grabbing, but still fitting for the music and related to the worlds and themes that the audio (hopefully) conveys.
What’s next for Hasvat Informant/intellagama?
Banding together with my fellow producing and DJ friends in Aus is a massive focus for me in 2026 – change really comes from community and allyship.
I’m just now on the end of a 9-week Europe trip, where I played some fantastic gigs with Sara (mama snake) and many other European friends. My producing setup is a desktop at home, so I’m keen to get back in the studio and pump out some more EPs for 2025. I really have a strong desire to be running events locally in naarm / Melbourne but am yet to find the appropriate space with suitable reputation both culturally and musically. That is a big itch I’m yet to scratch. Outside of this, I really want to eventually get around to finishing some collabs with some of my Australian legacy artist friends (e.g. DJ Ali, Neo, Cobber, Connor Wall). We have so much unique and original artists at home, but not a lot of suitable spaces to truly showcase our sound in an appropriate setting.
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