Building the scene, going out and doing shows and connecting with the fans, cultivating the fanbase in all these cities. I’m very glad that it’s happening.
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At the end of the day, Fool’s Gold is a label that, when I hear something I like, I try to grab it for the label. There’s a ton of great music coming out.
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Building the scene, going out and doing shows and connecting with the fans, cultivating the fanbase in all these cities. I’m very glad that it’s happening.
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I’m not even a trained producer. I just keep following my ear and working on stuff until it sounds the way I like it.
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We have to wake up early and make songs everyday. I run my record label. You work at hours where your body isn’t designed to work. But it’s fun.
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When I get up I still check the rap blogs before I check any kind of dance stuff.
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That’s what a DJ is at the end of the day – someone who leads where the music goes. The only thing that’s changed is that in America, people have woken up in the last few years and realized it.
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A few guys will get up there with turntables as purists, to play vinyl or whatever.
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My ears are open to all sorts of stuff. I appreciate some of the big electro house guys.I love their music but I also like a lot of the stuff coming out of the U.K. Future garage stuff. A lot of stuff like that.
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There’s a ton of amazing music that’s not getting heard.
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It’s a good feeling to have something to stand for in any part of your life. It’s like personal integrity.
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I worked with him for years. I still think Kanye [West] is one of the most important people in music in the last ten years.
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I love disco and we sample it a lot for Duck Sauce. For me, that sound is kind of a new manifestation.
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There’s a lot of producers that are much more technical or gear-skilled than I am. But I have a pure idea of what I like and where I want to go and I follow that.
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At the end of the day, Fool’s Gold is a label that, when I hear something I like, I try to grab it for the label. There’s a ton of great music coming out.
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I’ve been doing it since I was prepubescent when I loved to scratch records and play good music. As it happens, you know I sort of fell into the mix. I really feel like I played a role in bringing dance music to America years ago.
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I’m still a hip-hop producer. I never put a label on what I can do as a producer or a DJ.
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