Australia’s Stu Tyson akaBass Klephhas been making some major waves of late in the ol’ US of A with a tour itinerary that is as packed as it is impressive. His unique live performance which incorporates DJing and improvisational jamming on a Machine controller has resulted in him becoming a much sought after performer.
Following up his brand new single ‘Let it Rip’, Tyson is back in Australia for his annual home coming tour which comes off the back of a huge three month excursion of America and Canada late last year with good mate and fellow Aussie producerTommy Trash, EDM draw card Wolfgang Gartner, as well as Gartner protégéCharlie Darker. Dubbed the ‘Hounds of Hell’, proceedings were made even more interesting due to the fact that it was done on a tour bus with everyone living, eating and travelling together across North America like true rockstars. The tour featured two buses to cater for all the performers, tour crew and staff and turned out to be a hugely successful affair. We catch up with Stu who shares with his top 5 lasting memories from what must’ve been a rather epic tour.
1. The big shows
El Paso, Washington, Los Angeles. These were my faves. Massive, crazy shows! Especially El Paso! In El Paso we played in a massive venue with about 3000 ppl jammed in. They were so amped up! You rarely see people that up for it! You could simply raise one hand and all 3000 people would do the same. This kind of connection between the DJ and the crowd is the ultimate! #Elpasoknowshowtoparty
2. Fine tuning tracks
We were playing almost every night. This was fun for lots of reasons, but one I didn't expect. I'm always working on new music when I’m touring, and this schedule let me test out my work in progress tracks on a big system almost every night. This was super helpful for wrapping up the tracks and taking them to the next level.
3. Tourist time
I've toured around America and Canada a lot but half of the shows on that tour were in cities i hadn't been to yet. It was cool to see some new places, and faces. Even the bizarre places. Austin was out there and different. Like a whole different country compared to LA. We had a night off there and went out drinking in the country bars with our tour crew. It felt like a cowboy version of Vegas. Complete with people wearing shirts that said "bullets make me happy".
4. Being spoilt
The tour was a serious operation, and as such had a serious crew that had done some serious planning. All we were expected to do was show up on time and perform. They did everything else. I could get used to that kind of lifestyle.
5. Hang time
Tommy has been one of my best mates for about six years now. We don't see each other as much anymore though as we both tour so much. It was fun to do a tour together and have some good hang time! Tommy and I had our bus with three of the tour crew along. Wolfgang and Charlie Darker were on the other with the rest of the crew. 
Tommy was going through a health phase at the time. He often swings from extremely clean living, to all out partying. He's always been like this as long as i've known him. It works great for me as i like to eat clean and live healthy too, but also don't mind some crazy raging every now and then. We only really had 2-3 big nights the whole tour. I might have had a few more! The rest of the time we were cooking healthy, going to the gym, and not drinking. The tour was called Hounds Of Hell, but it ended up getting the nick name Hounds Of Health!