All the big artists I talk to say that they are trapped in a formula and they are looking for the music of tomorrow.
Everything I make as a producer, I visualize it as a DJ first. And all those beats, I test them as a DJ.
I am trying to walk a tightrope trying to keep the DJ community happy while trying to spread the message about dance music to more people. That is the mission that I am on.
I don't do this for the money, I don't do it for record sales, I don't really care about that, I just want to make beats.
I had the most reversed education possible. Every parent wants their son to be a businessman, respectable - me, it was the opposite. When I had an artist career my mum was like, 'Oh finally, I'm proud of you!'
I've created a bridge between European electronic culture and urban American culture, and I've worked with established brands.
If I had to play only for people who liked the music because they heard it on the radio, it wouldn't make me happy. That's why I'm working so hard to have, yes, a profile as an artist, but also a profile as a DJ.
If you put a demo on the net and people say it was the finished version then they're going to say it sucks. I really hate that.
I had the most reversed education possible. Every parent wants their son to be a businessman, respectable - me, it was the opposite. When I had an artist career my mum was like, 'Oh finally, I'm proud of you!'
I don't do this for the money, I don't do it for record sales, I don't really care about that, I just want to make beats.
I am trying to walk a tightrope trying to keep the DJ community happy while trying to spread the message about dance music to more people. That is the mission that I am on.
Everything I make as a producer, I visualize it as a DJ first. And all those beats, I test them as a DJ.
All the big artists I talk to say that they are trapped in a formula and they are looking for the music of tomorrow.