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May 22, 2012 with 2 notes

tags: Link UP. Plot Twist. Music.

Raw Juice Link Up presents » Plot Twist

Mix and Q&A Session:

Tell us about yourself; who are you, where are you from, what do you do?

I’m Plot Twist, I live in minneapolis MN. I make music, do graphic design, and fix things.

How long have you been producing & DJing?

Producing 15 years. Djing 3.

What is your favorite piece of studio equipment?

Every track I make has battery 3 in it. I play around with a lot of different softsynths, but the Korg Legacy bundle is the shit!

What are your musical influences and where do you get your inspiration from?

My dad brought home “Newcleus - Space is the Place” on tape when I was 6. My mom had a record of Balinese Germinal music - basically a gong orchestra - that I discovered a little later. We’d listen to an afropop weekly radio show on NPR. There was Herbie Hancock’s head hunters, early 90s hip hop/r&b radio, lots and lots of drum & bass records, tribe called quest tapes, IDM, and all that. So kinda everything built for me to this current climate of global anything goes rhythm driven, sonically inventive music.

Do you have any forthcoming projects / releases ?

I just released my first EP on Kingthing’s new Silhouettes. It’s called Ny Qwil. I threw an EP of rap bootlegs up on http://plottwist.bandcamp.com in the last month too. Up next, a bunch of bootlegs of my favorite drum & bass (you can hear a few on the mix), a colab with Mohegan Son, and an EP for Fortified Audio.

What other producers do you feel at the moment?

Pretty proud of some of the dudes I know from MPLS of course - Enron Hubbard, Connie Hawkins, Tennis Rodman, Neuport, 666 sound club, Westin. I’m a huge fan of Resketch, Hybu (both did remixes for my EP), Distal, Kingthing, Machinedrum, the whole B. Yrslf camp, Lunice, Hud Mo. And I always come back to Gosub.

What’s your five top tunes at the moment?

MITE + EWALK - Body Tap (B.Yrslf)
medla - anything
Helix - Drum Track (Night Slugs)
Star Slinger - Bad Bitches (Feat. Stunnaman & LIL B)
Kingthing - Waking Up (Infrasonics)

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Gettin paid to create. Running a label, puting out good music, doing innovative design work for major clients, raising a family!

Do you have any guilty pleasures?

I have some dorky pleasures (video games, sci fi, internet) but the only one I ever actually feel guilty for is all this damn junk food I eat lol. Gotta do something about that…

May 10, 2012 with 4 notes

tags: AAMG. music. Link UP. jersey.

Raw Juice Link Up presents » #AAMG

Mix and Q&A Session:

Tell us about yourself; who are you, where are you from, what do you do?

We are Academy Awards Music Group AAMG consisting of the CEO DJ AK-4 Luv, DJ SIIKEE, DJ Hoodcore, DJ Eskilate, DJ Tee Whizz, DJ Skeletone, DJ REEK RAWS, and DJ Kid Gruesome. We make movies !

How long have you been producing & DJing?

The AAMG crew started up in january but the crew has been producing for some years

What is your favorite piece of studio equipment?

Sony ACID Pro 7.0 is the shyt

What are your musical influences and where do you get your inspiration from?

any good motion picture u kno

Do you have any forthcoming projects / releases ?

Yes We have plans for doing AAMG Releases !

What other producers do you feel at the moment?

too many to mention but any other producers that we included in the mix are good shyt

What’s your five top tunes at the moment?

Same as last q

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Hopefully winning the Oscars

Do you have any guilty pleasures?

Siiikee said he would fuk meryl streep once smh lml

April 30, 2012 with 9 notes

tags: FEELINGS. Link UP. Music. lōtic.

Raw Juice Link Up presents » Lōtic

Mix and Q&A Session:

Tell us about yourself; who are you, where are you from, what do you do?

J’Kerian. Born in rural northeast Texas and raised in Houston. Living in Berlin after living in Austin for 4 years. Currently a freelance graphic designer.

How long have you been producing & DJing?

As Lōtic for about a year, but I’ve been a musician in one way or another since I was, like, 12. Was an alto saxophonist then a composer then a singing noise musician; now I’m learning to balance all that.

What is your favorite piece of studio equipment?

APC 40. I’ve downloaded all kinds of re-mappings for it that basically lemme use it however I need to. I use it with Ableton and with Traktor as well.

What are your musical influences and where do you get your inspiration from?

Like most people, I’m influenced by quite a bit. I could list names, but really I’d have to start from the first thing anyone ever played me, right? I can say that I’m pretty largely influenced by electro-acoustic music since I studied and made it in college, but it’s hard to be too specific beyond that. I’m constantly taking mental notes about what I’m hearing, from the latest vapid/exploitative/over-hyped track to the sound of a creaking door or CRT being powered on. I think I’m more of a sound designer than anything.

Do you have any forthcoming projects / releases ?

I’m working on a few collaborations that should be out somewhat soonish possibly, and another personal, long-term project that’s more acousmatically inclined and is largely vocal-based. Also have a few remixes coming out soon. Working on new material for an EP as well, of course. Is that vague enough?

What other producers do you feel at the moment?

Tyme. produced Tujiko Noriko’s newest album, and it’s driving me insane. Rabit always sends me the craziest shit, Massacooramaan I have no words for. LE1F and Rizzla always slay. Arms&Suites, Lucid, Norrit.

What’s your five top tunes at the moment?

This question is hard.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Hopefully performing a lot more and in different/unusual spaces. Clubs are great, but I see DJing as a performance art, so that could open up a whole nother world of possibilities. As far as producing, it’s hard to say: 5 years can be a very long time for music, but I guess more than anything I hope to still be interesting to people and to have grown to a point that I can’t imagine currently.

Do you have any guilty pleasures?

I don’t think I care enough about what people think to feel guilty for liking anything I like.

April 23, 2012 with 3 notes

tags: Link UP. Quam. music.

Raw Juice Link Up presents » Quam

Mix and Q&A Session:

Tell us about yourself; who are you, where are you from, what do you do?

I’m Phil Gringer. I go under the name Quam. I’m an 18 year old living in Boston through the summer. From the burbs of New York. I make music most of the day, and work at a cafe.

How long have you been producing & DJing?

I started messing around with reason, and ableton live about 3 years ago. Didn’t really take it to a serious level until about this past September. Started Djing a couple months, it’s not really my focus.

What is your favorite piece of studio equipment?

I use Ableton, but I’ve been getting my friend to help me have time in Berklee College of Music’s Synth room . I really like the Virus Access Ti. Like that one quite a bit. Also The max for live device “The Granulator” by Robert Henke

What are your musical influences and where do you get your inspiration from?

Musically, I’ve gotten the most inspiration out of labels like R&S, Planet Mu (New & Old), Chain Reaction, and some Hessle. Non musically. People, Nature, Cities, and The Internet.

Do you have any forthcoming projects / releases ?

I should be releasing an EP under my crew’s label, JASS around late may/early June.

What other producers do you feel at the moment?

I’ll just list friends of mine rather than tons of people already know about:
Gossamer
Time Wharp
Doctor Jeep
Obey City
Kuhn
Avila Santo
Howse
Rekchampa
Broodlings
The Range
Moist Ghost
I’m sure I forgot some.

What’s your five top tunes at the moment?

Hasty Boom Alert by μ-Ziq
A Solitudinous Diptych by The Range
Slac by F.U.S.E
Burnout Eyes by oOoOO
The Slump by Pariah

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

I honestly don’t know where I’m going to be in a couple of months. I wish I could answer that with some certainty.

Do you have any guilty pleasures?

Watching really fucked up shit on the internet. Not gonna go into detail. Also I’ve watched the video for “Gucci Gucci” by kreayshawn far too many times. Also listen to alot of cheesy love songs.

April 16, 2012 with 5 notes

tags: Link UP. sly-one. dench. music.

Raw Juice Link Up presents » Sly-One

Mix and Q&A Session:

Tell us about yourself; who are you, where are you from, what do you do?

Yo, we are sly-one, a trio fromBristol producing house/garage or however people want to brand it.

How long have you been producing & DJing?

We’ve been producing and djing as sly-one for about 6 months now.

What is your favorite piece of studio equipment?

It’s got the be the exhausted, clapped out roland 505 analogue drum machine for them crispy, retro sounds.

What are your musical influences and where do you get your inspiration from?

We are influenced by artists such as Addison groove, French fries, Mosca, Scuba, Joy Orbison, Boddika, GeorgeFitzgerald, Disclosure, Blawan and too many more! We also have to mention that dubstep has influenced us all since we first jumped on the bass music sceneabout 4 – 5 years ago.

Do you have any forthcoming projects / releases ?

Yes, we have a have a forthcoming release with Dench Recordings that we have just finalized. We believe it is set to be released on digital and 12” later this year. We have also got an official remix for my nu leng and majora sorted.

What other producers do you feel at the moment?

Well, there are the big Bristol names such as my nu leng, woz, Lesley iver and of course the Dench crew!

What’s your five top tunes at the moment?

1: French Fries – Yo Vogue
2: Lil wayne – A milli (James Blake remix)
3: Randomer – Stalker
4: Julio Bashmore – Ribble to amazon
5: Jessie Ware – Running (Disclosure Remix)

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

In five years we see ourselves as a live act performing on bigger and better stages such staunch, fabric and festivals such as dimensions, echo and bestival or doing what were doing now and bringing people vibes.

Do you have any guilty pleasures?

We have been known to all fall asleep at the same time listening to the shawshank redemption soundtrack… but we do also love cheesy 80s electro bangers, Bright Eyes, Slipknot and Bob Dylan!