STYLING: KYLIE GRIFFITHS
TEXT: ZACH SOKOLMake-up: Jessica Ross using CK One Colour Cosmetics
Hair: Holly Mills using R+Co
Model: Seth TroxlerSeth Troxler has meat guilt. When I met the 29-year-old dance music producer and record label impresario during a brief stint in Brooklyn, he was holding a plate full of pulled pork and ribs and his scraggly mustache was stained with a light coat of barbecue sauce. We were supposed to discuss the environment, Troxler's biggest passion outside of music and partying, and he recognized that ordering those glorious slabs of beef wasn't the best look, even if they tasted damn good.
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Seth Troxler: Yes, very much. I'm interested in the idea that the US government knows that we're in dire, cataclysmic times, and it's not doing anything about it. The only political institutions that can really affect climate change are governments with rigorous e-waste restrictions and limitations on industries, like oil, gas, plastics, etc.
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I think artists have the visibility and platform to connect loads of people, and they should raise awareness about a specific conflict, or at least spark a bigger conversation about it.What's cool about this position [as a musician] is that there are lots of different people, who may seem unconnected, all paying attention to one source. They all at least share an appreciation of the artist, which is a unifying thing. So if an artist can use his or her place in culture to get diverse fans to pay attention and talk about one thing, like climate change, then that's huge. Even if it sounds cheesy, art can affect people on an emotional and intellectual level.
Yes, people should look at festivals like Wonder Fruit in Thailand. In five years it will be self-sustaining and completely run on its own energy. I'm behind festivals like that, and want to see more like Wonder Fruit created. Playing at more festivals that use a similar model would be like killing two birds with one stone for me—two passions on one stage.See the rest of the photos below: