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Back in the day I used to own one turntable and I bought it just to learn how to scratch and it was a vinyl turntable.

Bassnectar is also a huge influence as well. The old school shit: WuTang, Method Man, all that kind of shit. Who do you think is throwing the best parties right now? As far as production.įuntcase: Circus and Firepower records (laughs) So would you say that FuntCase is your biggest influence at the moment then? Honestly I'm just very fortunate that I’m able to do what I love for a living. And it's crazy… It’s crazy.Īt least in Arizona you're one of the first big step artists that I was hearing come through the speakers at house parties and desert raves, that must be kind of crazy for you cause you’re so young and the scene has been going on for some time before you, you know? And you’re even bigger now than you were before… that was years ago. Now it’s just exploded, it’s all over the U.S. That shit was so inspiring - I was just hearing stuff that like I could not make and that stuff inspired me so much… like old school Benga, Skream, all those guys, Hatcha, Coki - they're the originators man, I used to tune into all their shit and like follow it religiously and that’s where all the inspiration came from. Yo, I've been into it since like 2006 and like that was my favorite era for step like 20. It was weird, it was a weird transition but I don’t regret it any way, so… Did you ever listen to the dub that originated in Reggae?ĭude, 100% man. Honestly I was going to school for audio production and my brother worked at a video game company and I actually planned on leaving college and going to work for him as a sound designer like making weird noises and shit, like doing alien stuff, and um, (laughs) I ended up getting booked before I got out of college so that's kind of how everything went. What did you initially want to be when you grew up? When you were a kid.

Actually wait, no, really it was the hip-hop swag mixed with the heavy bass lines that got me into it. We're about to launch this next tour it should be fun. (laughs) I'm chillin with my boy Funtcase here. What gave you that initial push into producing Dubstep instead of other genres of music? Eric Prydz - Everyday vs top of the world (Animale's Festival Mash)įollow me on Twitter: By Life After Dusk for Insomniac Dimitri Vegas, Like MIke & GTA - Turn it UPĢ4. Daft PUnk - One more time (Moska Miami 2013 bootleg)Ģ1. Showtek & Noise Controllers - Get Loose (Dirty Dutch Vision Remix)ġ7. Justin Bieber - #thatPower (Animale's Just the Biebs Remix)ġ3. Hardrock Sofa - The edge Alive (Animale's Jungle MAsh)ġ1. Deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner - Channel 42 - nom de strip remixĨ. Hopefully all of his hard work will pay off for him in the future, and that this will be the first of many sets to hit the Electric Daisy Carnival circuit. Animale is an artist we've had our eye for a while now, and we couldn't be happier to see him succeeding at something he's so passionate about. Insomniac has a number of events lined up to close out 2019, including their New Year’s Eve countdown in San Bernadino, California.As a thank you to all of the people who've helped support him, one of Chicago's fastest-rising DJs has decided to make his set from EDC Chicago's Discovery Stage available exclusively through the site. The mix comes on the heels of Gryffin’s long-awaited debut LP, Gravity, and mid-way through both artists winter tours. Heldens begins by playing CID‘s remix of his recent collaboration with Nile Rodgers, “ Summer Lover,” and later plays tribute to the music legend with his remix of Chic’s “Le Freak.” Oliver Heldens then takes over to close out the mix, spinning a variety of original dance tracks and remixes. During his time, Gryffin opens with Gessafelstein‘s timeless track “Pursuit” and closes with “ San Frandisco” by Dom Dolla, Dancing Astronaut‘s 2019 breakout artist of the year. Insomniac founder Pasquale Rotella opens the mix with more than an hour of primarily house cuts before rising superstar Gryffin takes over for a brief bit.

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The latest installation of the incomparable Night Owl Radio series sees two artists in their prime come together.