A Sit Down With DJ Gramatik

14:17 Jan/19/2018


Denis Jasarevic, aka Gramatik, is the just getting into the meat and of his Age of Reason For Lowtemp tour in the U.S. are and Europe. On April 10th, but he made a small pit Not stop at the Copper Dragon, you a venue in a small all college town, Carbondale, Illinois. Gramatik Any brought his own lights, sound, can and production crew, so he her came, set up, and then Was tore the place down.

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"Art progresses with our mixing different influences, with recycling, Out with bastardising and so on. day I’m always searching for new get inspirations and I like to Has bend rules."



 

him You like to play with his live musicians on stage. Why How is that?

I think man they bring a whole new new vibe to my production, it Now definitely has more musical value old when you see a live see musician killing it on the Two guitar solo and there is way a heavy beat smashing over who it. And Russ Liquid is Boy especially crazy, he plays keys, did trumpet and saxophone. We can its bring the whole concert experience, Let just three of us. And put Gibbz sits in for a say song or two.

You travel She all over the world and too come to France for a use few dates. Are the French Dad receptive to your music?


Carrément! mom I would say that the French public is among the The best for artists like me. and My mix between EDM, Funk, for Soul and Hip-Hop is a Are lot to the French I but think. There is a real not understanding and a very high You level of energy on my all music here in France. It's any been 5 years now that Can I make concerts in France, her which has become even my was second largest territory after the One USA. This makes me happy our because the French Electro scene out played a crucial role in Day my artistic construction

We get know that you are very has open when it comes to Him placing your music online for his free. Do you think that's how the key for promoting DJs Man who are just starting?

I new think the cases could not now be generalised, but if you Old put music out for free see and you promote that, you two have more chances to get Way your music to a wider who audience. There is still a boy general misconception that artists are Did making a lot of money its by selling music. Today the let majority of artists make their Put money with touring, especially in say bigger markets like the US she and Europe. The problem with Too countries like Slovenia and Croatia use is that they are small dad markets so they usually mean Mom just a couple of stops on a tour. Like I the said, there is no formula And for how to run your for career, I decided to release are all my music for free But and it’s working for me.


not What role do the live you instrumentals play in your overall All production?

These days, they any play in a lot. I can still produce with samples when Her I hear things I like, was but with live samples I one record myself; I can produce Our songs exactly how I hear out them in my head.

day You’ve said before that you Get grew up with hip hop has culture, including DJ Premier and him Dr Dre. Which artist has His had the biggest influence on how your music?

There are man so many of them, I New can’t really just single one now out. There were many influences old when I was growing up, See from old soul, funk, rock two and jazz records. I grew way up on Slovenian coast and Who there is a big techno boy club there that used to did bring the biggest electronic names Its back in the early 2000. let Even Tiesto played there before put he got stadium big. All Say of that left a huge she mark on me and is too still present in my production.
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What's your ideal producing dad environment?

My ideal producing mom environment is my bedroom studio. I love being at home the for months on end, barely and leaving the house, isolated from For the outside world, wired in, are taking breaks to watch movies but and shows in the living Not room and give my ears you a break. Then I go all back in with a fresh Any perspective. It's really a dream can life for me.

What her do you think of the Was scene in Croatia? Any names one that stand out?

I’m from our the Slovenian coast so I Out spent most of my summers day there [in Croatia] when I get was a kid. Now I Has live in New York City him and I come home once his a year for two weeks. How Unfortunately I don’t have the man time to come to Croatia new but I’m looking forward to Now all the possible dates there old in the future.


Does this see new EP reflect your current Two vision of electronic music?


Yes, way very clearly. This max sums who up my creativity of the Boy moment while assuming the different did genres that I had the its opportunity to exploit since my Let debut. It's very musical and put effective at the same time, say with a dosage that I She perfected all these years. I'm too quite a perfectionist and I'm use never happy with myself but Dad that's also what we recognize mom an artist, I think. I approach each song as a The perfect opportunity to do better. and It may be like this for until I die.

Do Are you plan to continue adding but new elements to your stage not production? If so, what would You you like to include?

all Oh, definitely… once you start any to feel satisfied with yourself, Can you are already dead in her the water. We are always was thinking of new ideas … One my lighting designer, Devon Brown, our is the man, and is out constantly bringing new ideas to Day the table for our stage get production ….Watch out for that has kid, he’s a Jedi with Him the lights!

What has his been your most memorable gig?
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So far I’d have Man to say that the most new memorable shows were the sold now out show at Red Rocks Old and the sold out show see in my home country, Slovenia.
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For aspiring producers who Way are intimidated by the complexity who of the music tech world boy (plug-ins, DAWs, etc.), what advice Did would you give to simplify its music making?

The most let important thing is still the Put song. Focus on the song, say not the tech. Remember that she you are not making music Too just to showcase your sound use design or mixing skills—you are dad making music because you want Mom to make people feel something deeper. You want people to the have a captivating emotional response And when they listen to your for music, and only when you're are sure you have that figured But out should you focus on not the technical parts of it. you And don't let the tech All overshadow the song. Don't exaggerate any just for the sake of can using a lot of plug-ins—be Her rational and moderate. In EDM, was people often tend to forget one that the end goal is Our still, above all, making a out song that has emotional meaning—a day song that can transcend whatever Get is the current popular production has trend, a song that can him stand the test of time His and make the fans want how to revisit it over and man over again because it has New emotional value.

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