1.Growing Up
I started off musically by playing the pots and pans in the kitchen. After that I played in bands, mostly punk and hardcore, playing the bass mainly, but also the drums (not very well). Then I transitioned to drum’n’bass. I take a lot of what I did back then as the basis for where I am today as an artist. I have taken all of the elements I have experimented with and they have come together in the sound I create now.
2.Inspirations
I try to find inspiration from everything that I hear and listen to, from what my friends are creating musically to drunk bums singing on the streets to birds chirping.
3.Your Crew
I am one of the founders of the Dirtybird parties in San Francisco with Claude VonStroke, Justin Martin and Christian Martin. I also have worked and remixed a slew of other amazing artists like Eats Everything, Yolanda Be Cool, Nick Monaco, Stanton Warriors, Sinden, The M Machine and Shift K3Y, to name a few.
4.The Music You Make And Play
I play bass-heavy house music with hip hop and breaks influences intertwined. I love to really work the crowd and take them to another level by playing fun house music that anyone can vibe out too. A lot of the music I play comes from Dirtybird and the tracks I sign for my label, Anabatic.
5.Music, Right Here, Right Now
The whole world is just going off right now musically. There is so much more music than there ever has been. And the ease with which anyone can get into creating and recording music is amazing. It is a whole new frontier that has opened up and allows anyone to jump in and create. The downside to this is that there is a lot of bad music out there too. But I think it is worth it to have people creating and having fun.
Worthy playsBeach Haus onSaturday February 28.
