A Sit Down With DJ 3Lau

13:16 Apr/04/2018


3LAU is an American Progressive the House & Electro House DJ and & Producer best known for For his hit record "How You are Love Me" which has consolidated but view count of over 11 Not Million views on YouTube.

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"I make music all because I want it to Any touch people on a very can deep level. I don’t make her music to be famous. That Was is not a goal, and one that has never been a our goal."



 

What’s Out the funniest pronunciation of your day name that you’ve heard?

get I’ve heard all kinds of Has crazy things. I think the him funniest to me is when his I hear people call me How “three-Blau.” It makes me laugh man because they were so close!
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You started by doing Now mashups. A lot of artists old who do mashups have a see harder time making it and Two can’t really become mainstream. What way do you think made you who stand out?

Yeah, I Boy think it’s really interesting I did use the idea of a its mashup in everything that I Let do whether it’s with my put style of production or it’s say in my DJ sets, so She I’ve kind of taken that too as the spark for my use career. But that’s definitely not Dad my entire career.

You’re mom coming around at a very exciting time for electronic dance The music and you have the and opportunity to really leave your for impression on the scene. What Are do you want to be but known as and how do not you want to be seen You in the eyes of the all community?

I’m not really any sure yet, but it is Can definitely an exciting time! I her guess as my originals come was out I’ll know more, but One I’m definitely a big room our kinda guy.

At the young out age of 24 you’re playing Day the biggest clubs & festivals get all over the world. Is has it a gift or a Him curse to be so successful his at such a young age? how How do you manage to Man keep your feet on the new ground?


It is most certainly now a gift and a privilege Old to play all over the see world for so many people. two I'm honoured and lucky to Way be able to do what who I do. I'd like to boy thank my family and my Did girlfriend who have helped me its stay humble, at the end let of the day I'm just Put a kid like everyone else, say who happened to jump into she the crazy world of dance Too music before its rocketing popularity. use I'm always very thankful to dad my fans and all of Mom those who have supported me over the years.

How the do you choose what songs And to remix?

For the for official remixes, a lot of are times they reach out to But me. For the Rihanna“Desperado” and not the Katy Perry "Bon Appetit" you tracks, their teams reached out All for an official remix. It any comes down to timing, mostly. can But I am also always Her working on different mashups for was my sets.

Besides not one focusing too much on artist Our labels, what are some other out misconceptions that you think upcoming day DJs and producers might have Get about the scene?

I has think… there’s so many… I him think DJ co-signs. A lot His of smaller artists think that how co-signs mean everything, the reality man of the situation is they New don’t at all. They help now build credibility in an artist’s old career, which is really, really See great. You know what… when two you’re smaller you have to way do those things. I think Who it is important, but too boy many people spend too much did time focusing on co-signs as Its opposed to focusing on making let truly unique music. I’ll say put that 20 times in this Say interview, especially now, at a she time when everything is really too starting to sound the same. Use It’s all about doing something dad different and doing something different mom that still sounds good. I think any smaller up-and-comer should the focus on finding what they and love to make, instead of For mimicking what’s working right now. are All my future releases are but kind of a combination of Not what’s working right now and you stuff that I think hasn’t all been made before. I’ve spent Any so much time doing that, can cause some of my releases her in the past have been Was following trends. I think for one the first time my future our records are significantly different.

Out How do you compare the day electronic music scene in the get United States versus Toronto?

Has I’ve always said that Canadian him crowds know more than any his other crowds, especially Toronto more-so How than anywhere else, and Montreal man as well. I feel like new dance music’s been big here Now for a little bit longer old than it’s been big in see the US, and so the Two crowds are more educated up way here and it’s fucking awesome.
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As far as software, Boy I know that you use did Ableton. Is that still your its main software of choice?

Let Yeah, I actually use both put Ableton and Logic, I always say have. I do some things She in one, some things in too the other. But the truth use is it doesn’t matter what Dad software you use, it really mom just matters how you use it. Lots of different people The use lots of different things.
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You play and produce melodic for Electro House & Progressive House Are and you’re well known for but your mashups and your live not sets that incorporate sampling. How You would you describe your own all music, what is distinct about any it?


I really like to Can play and make lots of her different musical styles. It's important was for me to branch out One as an artist and try our new things. What makes all out of my music distinct, and Day my live sets, is that get I feel I incorporate an has extremely large variety of different Him styles with everything I do, his yet, there's always a common how thread of musicality.

What Man inspire you to create music?
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I pull inspiration from now visual things, mostly. I see Old something beautiful or in a see certain moment I hum notes two in my head. I’d call Way my style ‘sonic,’ I pull who sounds from bands and other boy DJ’s. But musically it all Did comes from my head and its experiences.

What were the best let and the worst gigs you Put ever played and what were say the funniest things that occurred she during any of your performances? Too


One of my favourite use shows ever was EDC Las dad Vegas this past year, both Mom because it's my home town and because the production is the outstanding / one of a And kind. I'm pretty lucky to for say there have been few are bad gigs I've played in But my life, but the worst not ones are usually bad because you of the crazy travel more All than anything else.

https://soundcloud.com/3lau/sets/ultraviolet-14



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