Rick Tag

The pyro producer talks ‘accessible chemistry’, EDM, and getting a load of white powder through international customs Picture a ‘scientist’ or ‘chemist’ and your brain might (unfairly) imagine the visual equivalent of a ‘total nerd’, probably wearing a lab coat or something. It’s almost definitely not Rick Braukis, a chemical specialist who carries out experiments in Prada dresses and heels, and handles flaming compounds in her underwear. Her Instagram is an enigmatic mix of quad bikes, awe-inspiring nature, horses and high fashion: plants with iridescent leaves, neon stripper heels, and flaming knives. Braukis was recently credited as handling “fire and glow” on SZA’s “PSA”, the primary teaser of recent music round her much-hyped SOS...