Five Things With DLE

1.Growing Up

As a young Asian boy growing up, my mother made me do piano lessons when I was about nine years old, and I stuck with it for about three or four years.

2.Inspirations

Zedd, Tommy Trash, Hardwell, Hook N Sling, Nicky Romero, Will Sparks.

3.Your Crew

The crew that I base myself with are from the Northern Beaches. In the past year or two I’ve started to meet more people around Sydney through the nightlife industry. I got into DJing after I started promoting at my local nightclub and I made a bit of money from it, so I thought I’d use the money and get some DJ decks just to play around at house parties as I was very passionate about music. Next thing I remember, the club asked me if I wanted my first club gig in 2011 and I said yes.

4.The Music You MakeAnd Play

I only got into production about a year ago and in that time I’ve been getting a lot of private production lessons from one of my good DJ mates, who is a very talented producer. The stuff I’m getting into and making is Melbourne bounce, as one of my inspirations at the moment is Will Sparks.

I’m pretty versatile in the stuff I play. Each nightclub I play at has a different music policy, so whatever music they ask for I’ll be happy to play it, whether it be R&B and hip hop to commercial house and party tunes or even deep/funky house.

5.Music, Right Here, Right Now

For me personally and to this day, it’s just trying to get my name out there in the very competitive industry I’m in. Everyone in the industry has something unique and special about them, and I guess for me it’s about trying to show everyone that I have something different to offer.

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