However, on her albums she has regularly sought the opportunity to approach things differently, making sure to channel her personality and to increase a sense of self awareness within her sound. As such her latest record, titled “Juggling Dualities”, is as much a soundtrack to her own mental state and her sense of position in a hectic world.

The album itself features a somewhat dreamy, pensive undertone – drawing upon influences from 90’s Downtempo and New Age it sits somewhere between an abstract sound collage and an old mixtape which might have soundtracked a hazy morning drive home from some distant rave in the countryside.

Rroxymore describes the juxtaposition of her latest record against the backdrop of her musical catalogue.

“I think as a human being, we all have to do with dualities on a daily basis, sometimes multiple times a day. I would say it’s the case across all sorts of different things – whether it’s a deep situation or something perhaps more trivial. This is something that we all have to deal with.”

She goes on to explain the nuances behind the track titles featured on ‘Juggling Dualities’.

“Such duality was also considered and connected to the titles (on the record) because I wanted to write a kind of New Age album. This was the beginning of the main framework and I wanted to make sure that I always linked back to this starting point. So there are two layers to the concept – there’s the actual experience as a human being which we are all going through and also the music itself.”

The record is in some sense a segue away from the perhaps more stereotypical club focussed material she has been best known for.

“It wasn’t a case of being ‘against’ dance music but I really did want to try something new, to explore a different style and work on a different level.

It followed an idea and in some ways I would say I was pushed in this direction. I was struggling through a very painful period and I found it very hard to produce any music during this time and producing dance music was definitely not working. I needed to let go of a lot of things and see what ended up coming through. We all go through difficult times in our lives and different phases and this was the outcome.”

In terms of approach, Rroxymore also explains that she made a very concerted effort to try and work differently whilst writing the record – opting for minimal takes and less revisions.

“I think this record was more honest in a sense. Sometimes when I’m writing music I like the first draft or the third draft but then there’s this little voice in the back of my head which will tell me that perhaps I should work more on this or that. I took a decision to put a stop to that – to try and listen to myself and build my own voice, to put a full stop to it. There are always millions of tools available to you as a producer to take something in whichever direction – to make it cooler, weirder, more lush or whichever direction you want to go and this time I just chose to put a hard stop to that. It was satisfying.”

All of this is not to say that Rroxymore isn’t still very much connected to dance music and club culture. However, like the rest of us she isn’t as enthralled with the state of it all and the baggage which comes with it.

“I’m still working on music for clubs but this question around the saturation of dance music has been around ever since I first started. It’s a shame that these days music is used as a commodity. Music is there everywhere all of the time, whatever the context. It’s problematic. It’s problematic because we don’t listen to music intentionally. Often times it just acts as a background – like a tapestry or a wallpaper – and I find that sad.

I think it’s sad for the creators and for the music itself, it should be protected. It’s a beautiful way of communicating and experiencing emotions and that there should be more respect.

As far as dance music goes it is getting ridiculous. Even when I first started I would ask myself ‘why should I make music?’

Originally, in the beginning I just wanted to use Rroxymore to perform as a live set, if you wanted to listen to it then you’d have to come and that’s it. But it doesn’t work like this – people need to listen to you at some point, you need to be able to capture your sound to be able to play and build a reputation. You have to and you have to produce music but then it becomes contradictory and you become part of feeding the machine. I’m part of that whole problematic circus.”

The machine which Rroxymore talks about is problematic and difficult to manage in more ways than one.

“There is now a question of what do you want to add to the culture, or the whole community of dance music. It’s important to have different voices and individuals but these days you have to be important. Then you have to be aware that there’s a lot of people and it’s very, very competitive. I think that’s even more of a problem. It’s always been competitive but these days it’s so much more.

This is why it leads to such conversations around whether you should be more outspoken? Should you just enjoy making music? Then you have to become an Instagram influencer and make sure that you say the right things on social media and be seen to be saying the right things. You have to be seen to be saying the right things and sometimes it’s even a case of what they haven’t said. It’s very difficult to manage.

I sometimes compare it to what a pop star might have had to manage back in the 80’s and 90’s but without the same money. It’s disproportionate.”

All things considered, given the level of demand and complication which comes with working as a musician in the present it’s hard not to imagine living a life juggling dualities. The very nature of day to day life in the present is one such balancing act, let alone when artists are being placed on a pedestal and asked to proclaim their rationality or truth.

Rroxymore has always done a good job of trying to sit between both worlds – one in which she lets music speaks for itself and when it comes to her personality – honesty and respect underpins the rest.

Buy the new album HERE.