Occupation: Dj Birth: March 30, 1982
We have to wake up early and make songs everyday. I run my record label. You work at hours where your body isn't designed to work. But it's fun..
Traditionally, with a DJ set, you just go hear DJ that has a good reputation and let the DJ take you somewhere. It was up to the DJ what he wanted to….
When I started Fool's Gold and producing consistent records that were like electro beats with rapping on it that was experimental and weird. I made a….
At the end of the day, Fool's Gold is a label that, when I hear something I like, I try to grab it for the label. There's a ton of great music coming….
I like getting feedback from people who show a lot of potential, and it's exciting to witness to new talents developing and bourgeoning. I always try….
There are producers that have been my friends for many years that I'm still a big fan of, from Boyz Noize to solo acts. Justice. It really varies. Al….
I'm one of the few DJs who uses turntables. I'm the only DJ that's scratching..
At the end of the day, if I do a set at a festival and I only have an hour, which is kind of short for a DJ set, I know that I have to play at least ….
Right now it feels like we're playing a role, like me and a couple of my friends, in where popular culture is going. That's a very rare thing in a pe….
I worked with him for years. I still think Kanye [West] is one of the most important people in music in the last ten years..
Building the scene, going out and doing shows and connecting with the fans, cultivating the fanbase in all these cities. I'm very glad that it's happ….
I've been doing it since I was prepubescent when I loved to scratch records and play good music. As it happens, you know I sort of fell into the mix.….
The lifestyle is strenuous on the body, but it's stimulating to the senses and the mind. So there's a give and take. There are days the flights knock….
When I get up I still check the rap blogs before I check any kind of dance stuff..
I was a bit of an outsider in the hip-hop world because I was a scratch kid and people weren't necessarily trying to hear that all the time..
I have a radio show on Sirius XM. I put it up as a free download on my Soundcloud and on iTunes. That's a portal for me once a month, to play songs I….
That's what a DJ is at the end of the day - someone who leads where the music goes. The only thing that's changed is that in America, people have wok….
The essential component of being a DJ is setting the mood; it's playing to the context. So that if you're not able to adapt from one context to anoth….
My ears are open to all sorts of stuff. I appreciate some of the big electro house guys.I love their music but I also like a lot of the stuff coming ….
I love disco and we sample it a lot for Duck Sauce. For me, that sound is kind of a new manifestation..
I think one of the biggest things that's changed in terms of the rapport with the crowd is that now crowds come to hear our songs. We're getting clos….