Fresh off a recent physical re-release of their dark and sensual EP Saudade, along with an appearance on our Bandwagon festival bus recently, electronic duo .gif are currently set for bigger things as they've been selected as one of two local acts to join the sprawling and acclaimed line-up of 2015's Laneway Festival. Made up of vocalist weish and producer Din, the duo has been captivating audiences over the years through several gigs and festivals and now they'll be exposed to an even bigger crowd. Whether or not they'll be debuting new material we've been longing for, we'll only have to wait and see come January 24.

As part of a Laneway special for our new column On the Record, which we debuted with post-hardcore band Caracal, we asked .gif about the albums that have inspired them over the years. We also learn that they were big on Eminem in secondary school and were scared of classical music when they were young. Also, guess who loves Avril Lavigne's first album? But then again, who doesn't?

Laneway Festival 2015

The Records That Inspire Us

Din

Télépopmusik - Angel Milk

Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb

weish

Michael Jackson's full discography

Kimbra - The Golden Echo

The Records We Jam at 2am On the Road

Din

Warpaint - Exquisite Corpse

Kent - Hagnesta Hill

Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country

Weish

Justin Timberlake - Justified

Justin Timberlake - Futuresex/Lovesounds

The Records that We Won't Listen to Ever Again

Din

Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water

Incidentally, this was the first album I ever bought.

Weish

Bon Jovi - s/t

The Records That Never Fail to Make Us Cry

Din

Brand New - Deja Entendu

Jimmy Eat World - Futures

weish

Radiohead - OK Computer

Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism

The Records that Make Us Proud to Be Singaporean

Din

Plainsunset - Lovesongsfortheemotionallywounded

Serenaide - The Other End of the Receiver

The Great Spy Experiment - Flower Show Riots

weish

Amateur Takes Control - You, Me, And the Things Unsaid

Plainsunset - The Gift

B-Quartet - Tomorrow Is Our Personal Address

TOO MANY LAH WHY ASK JIALAT QUESTION

The Records With the Most Secondary School Feels

Din

AFI - Black Sails in the Sunset

Green Day - International Superhits

Honorable mentions: Too Phat's Plan B and Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP.

weish

Sean Paul - Dutty Rock

Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP

NSYNC's full discography

The Records You'd Least Expect Us to Listen to

Din

Avril Lavigne - Let Go

Weish

Savage Garden - s/t

The Records That Scared Us as a Child

Din

The entire Kitaro discography

TRIVIA TIME! Kitaro had to cancel a Singapore date in 1984 because our government at that time banned long hair on men. We heard similar policies prevented Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin from coming here as well. 

Weish

Mozart - Confutatis Maledictis / Lacrimosa (from Requiem)

The Records We Wish We Made

Din

Frou Frou - Details

Thievery Corporation - The Mirror Conspiracy

weish

Alt-J - An Awesome Wave

The Records We Hate by a Band We Like

Din

AFI - Crash Love

weish

Backstreet Boys - In a World Like This