Tell me exactly what your day has held, whether that’s something exciting or entirely mundane?
After recovering from excessive amount of excess at my last gig, I’ve been hunting for warm food and new music.
I know you’ve been in the studio, so what’s been going on in there?
Alongside the lads Chardy, Uberjakd and Krunk, I’ve been working on a lot of new records. The first of these collaborations, S.W.A.T. Team (Chardy and I), is out now, the rest should see the light of day soon enough.
Do you set aside specific studio time in a year or is it a constant thing?
It’s definitely a constant thing. Pretty much every moment I’m not DJing, I’m working on new music.
When you’re tackling a remix, what inspires you? Do you hear a song and immediately start also hearing your own flavour on top of it? Do you simply like the song and then have to figure out what you want to do with it? Do you sometimes pick songs that have commercial success because you know that’s necessary in your game?
I rarely do remixes, so when I take on something, it means I have an idea for how it needs to sound. I’ve never remixed – or turned down – anything for strategic purposes – it’s just what I’m feeling at the moment, for better or worse.
The party can’t last forever, when will you get tired of it? Or can it last forever?
Who cares? I love what I do and I don’t intend on stopping. I’m not trying to be the Rolling Stones of DJing, but that wouldn’t be the worst thing either, would it?
How was your time overseas? Tell me the single most interesting thing that happened.
I did a handstand on top of a million dollar car in Beverly Hills, to the shock and horror of the tourists gathered around.
With song titles like Looking For Some Girls and Whatup Bitch – let’s be serious for a second. Do you stumble across these titles in your mind and have a good old serious laugh?
I did indeed! These songs were really the start of my production, so it was important to keep it all kinda tongue-in-cheek. I’m glad both tracks got a great response from DJs, but the music I’ve been working on has taken a more, aggressive approach.
This year – how long are you home for? What else is planned?
I’m never really home, I tour every week of the year. I’ll be splitting my time between the US as much as I can and I’ll be making my way over to Europe in October. In between, there’s a lot of music planned for the second half of the year – consider yourself warned.
BY KRISSI WEISS
