Eera Says Nothing Deserves the "Overrated" Label

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Saheim James-Patrick

July 07, 2026

Welcome to SOUND ADVICE, Interview's weekly playlist series, where friends, collaborators, rivals, and creative voices share the music they're currently enjoying. Recent editions have featured playlists from Petra Collins, Eli, and Mckayla Twiggs. This week's spotlight belongs to Eera, the producer and co founder of the influential collective Surf Gang. Coinciding with the release of his second album, Just Keep Holding On, the producer sat down to discuss everything from his recent search history to his ultimate dream collaboration. Known for his hazy, EDM inspired sound, Eera has worked with artists including Bladee, Xaviersobased, and Earl Sweatshirt. He also put together a playlist packed with music that reflects his influences, featuring familiar Surf Gang collaborators such as Samba Jean Baptiste, Harto Falión, and Loukeman alongside a selection of tracks that helped shape his sound.

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Headphones of choice? Probably the wired Apple earbuds. I like the Audio-Technica ATH-M50X too.

What keeps you focused? Surf Gang, my friends. We all really believe in what we are doing.

NYC or LA? LA, but it’s mostly because that’s where I’m from.

Dream collab, dead or alive? Maybe Avicii or Aphex Twin…I feel like I’ve worked with a lot of people I would consider dream collaborations already. I feel pretty blessed in that way.

Your most used emoji currently?

Where do you get inspired? Old music, games, the internet. 

Where do you make your music? Either at home or on the road. I’m actually building a studio at my house right now. A lot of my album was made at friends’ houses and random studios around Europe. I think you get really different results making stuff at home versus in a foreign environment. 

Name your favorite artist no one knows about: The Cabs, for sure. A really amazing Japanese band from the 2010s that recently got back together.

What’s the last thing you Googled?  寺. I’m studying Japanese and it’s a pretty common right-side radical. Radicals are really interesting, it’s kind of like pictographic prefixes and suffixes.

What’s overrated?  Honestly nothing.

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