Five Things with Julian Perez

The key childhood memory was when I was listening to electronic music at eight or nine years old back in 1991ish. My friends and I were waiting for our older friends, cousins, brothers and sisters to come back from the clubs every weekend. They were bringing us tapes recorded on the night. Now that’s not really common but DJs in that time were recording various tapes of the sets at the same time every night. We knew all that music from that time after many listenings before we started getting into records years after.

2.Inspirations

Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Depeche Mode. I had them on repeat and [still do].

3.Your Crew

I was getting into DJing and producing, taking it as my full-time job in the time when the scene was about talent, effort and dedication. I’m still working with my close friends who share this point – for me that’s the only way to stay here in this business, being happy and staying true to yourself and to the people who follow us. Now working in the studio is what is really pushing me, learning every day from other people and having fun doing what I love most: leaving some music here for the future.

4.The Music You Make And Play

The styles are a bit messed up lately when listed online. People are a bit confused with what is what and how to classify each record into styles and sub-styles. On my sets as well as on my releases you’ll find a mix of house, techno, minimal, deep house, dub techno, and lately even ambient. So people can expect a set quite wide in styles.

5. Music, Right Here,Right Now

The music scene right now is growing so fast, it has become very popular and [with] new artists growing up quick, it’s not always just about the talent like it used to be, but about the political interests on the scene, management companies, et cetera. How true to yourself do you want to be? Luckily there is an amount of true artists out there doing a great job and hopefully more every time. The bigger obstacles to overcome now? Our own ego.