Diplo has had one hell of a year. When he's not busy performing and producing his solo music- he is teaming up with a handful of musicians on strong collaborations such as Jack U and Major Lazer. Gary Richards of HARD Events (AKA - Destructo) said, "He's, like, the guy right now," when talking about Diplo to The LA Times. Diplo recently sat down with The LA Times … [Read more...]
8 Things We Learned from UZ’s Reddit AMA
The maestro behind the incredible Trap Shit series, ƱZ, has had a busy day. He uploaded a 45 song bundle to be downloaded by fans for free. The masked trap-star also took to Reddit to be a part of a question and answer session with his many fans on the electronic music subreddit. Besides the usual barrage of questions demanding for his identity to be confirmed, some good … [Read more...]
RTT Exclusive Interview: Basenji talks Future Bass, Upcoming EP, and Touring
Sydney’s own Basenji has come a long way since producing under disco-house duo “Pablo J and the Lobsterettes” with none other than Future Classic label mate Wave Racer. Since then the Aussie musician has worked tirelessly to cultivate his own unique sound: organically synthesized colorful production driven by intoxicating melodies and sparkling-clean mixing. Since his first … [Read more...]
Flume Says His New Album is Close to Completion
In a recent interview with NME, Flume speaks on the progress of his long awaited Sophomore album. It's been nearly 3 years since his self titled masterpiece dropped, and I know his fans (me included) are eagerly awaiting a new album of the same caliber of the previous release. He's already set a high bar for himself, and its apparent in the interview that he isn't rushing … [Read more...]
Aero Chord x Run The Trap Exclusive Interview
Aero Chord quickly caught my attention in 2014 after I heard his Krewella Remix. His aggressive, unique sounds immediately put him on a lot of radars. It took a while, but Aero Chord finally made his Chicago debut a few weeks ago at Spring Awakening Music Festival where he treated a much over capacity crowd to one of the craziest sets of the weekend. We were lucky enough to … [Read more...]
EXCLUSIVE: Brunch Bounce talks The Greatest Day Ever!, MLUSA, Diplo + more!
It was a rainy Tuesday afternoon, when part of Brunch Bounce met Run The Trap at the Scratch DJ Academy studios in New York City. Brunch Bounce, a collective of creative individuals that joined forces for one purpose (to throw great parties), was originally created in 2012 by the "half awesome, half awesomer" industry-savvy Irvin Benitez. Irv, joined by Brunch Bounce's … [Read more...]
Diplo Announces Songs w/ Iggy Azalea, Tinashe, Jauz & More in Reddit AMA
Many artists nowadays are taking to public forums such as Reddit to be a part of crowd sourced interviews. Reddit's 'IAMA' subreddit is constantly a host to these question and answer sessions where artists invite users to 'Ask me anything.' This past week Diplo and Walshy Fire of Major Lazer took to Reddit to take part in one of these question and answer sessions in support … [Read more...]
Diplo says go ahead and steal his music
Diplo may be one of the hardest working in the music business right now. When he's not busy working on his own productions he is teaming up with Skrillex for the highly sought after Jack U project. He just dropped a new album under his Major Lazer moniker with Jillionaire and a handful collaborators. He already has an extremely busy 2015 Summer festival circuit and planned with … [Read more...]
