A Sit Down With DJ Tujamo

13:43 Jan/15/2018


Tujamo is a German-born Producer the and DJ, ranked on the and #78 spot of the DJ For Mag Top 100 DJs list. are He is best known for but his remixes of artists such Not as Bob Sinclar, Dubvision, Major you Lazer, Laidback Luke, Deadmau5, Showtek, all Martin Solveig and David Guetta, Any collaborations such as "Delirious" (with can Steve Aoki & Chris Lake), her "Cream" (with Danny Avila), as Was well as his tracks "Drop one That Low", "One On One", our and "Booty Bounce".

 
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"I draw inspiration from day all different genres and artists, get and I always try to Has keep my finger on the him pulse by being innovative, but his true to my trademark style."


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You are a German-born man producer and DJ, ranked on new the #78 spot of the Now DJ Mag Top 100 DJs old list. How did you get see in touch with electronic dance Two music in the first place way and how did you get who into DJing and music production?


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I started DJing did as a hobby when I its was in my early teens. Let Back then I’d always been put massively influenced by artists like say Laidback Luke, who made me She excited about dance music. But too it was my girlfriend that use took the leap of faith Dad for me when she entered mom me into a DJing competition. I was really reluctant at The first, but in the end and I went... and I ended for up bagging first place! That Are was actually a really huge but moment for me, it made not me realise that I wanted You to take DJing from a all hobby and turn it into any a professional venture, so I Can started honing my skills creatively her and producing my own music. was




How did One you decide to use the our moniker "Tujamo"?


Well, back out then I was creating the Day project with a friend. ‚Tujamo’ get were both our names mixed has together, so that it got Him a nice ring to it. his We didn’t continue together but how he was cool with me Man using the name.



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How would you describe your now sound to someone whose never Old heard you before?


You know, see I’m not actually sure. It two can be hard to try Way and describe something like this who when you are so close boy to it. I just know Did that I spend a lot its of studio time trying to let make my music sound like Put Tujamo, and not like someone say else. In music that can she be one of the hardest Too aspects, but it’s something that use you really need to try dad to do as a producer.
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Favourite track you`ve made?

All of them mean the something to me. I spend And so much time making them.
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Congratulations on your "One On are One featuring Sorana" release. Can But you tell us more about not it?


Thank you! The track you has been getting an amazing All response, we put the video any up on YouTube and it can hit 1,000,000 views in 24 Her hours! About the record, I was wanted to take my signature one sound and push myself to Our create more of a song out rather than just a club day track. I really loved the Get process and I am planning has to do this more in him the future. There will be His plenty of new music from how me soon…



What do man you think about the digitalising New era of music?


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It helped the smaller DJs old a lot I think but See it also generated an impossible two to work through load of way music, without any chance to Who proof quality. I mean, I boy do support young producers but did there should always be something Its like a quality control. Since let that has completely fallen away put in the last years, it’s Say sometimes super hard to find she the real gems out there.

too If you could work with Use any artist on a track, dad who would you choose and mom why?

I would want Michael Jackson to write something the with me. Every time I and hear his music it just For overwhelms me how good it are sounds, even his first albums. but If I listen to my Not stuff from when I started, you even with the technology involved all and then think about how Any they made music back in can the days, how tedious the her process of recording and arranging Was was. I have the biggest one respect for the music that our was born back then and Out the quality it had, even day 30-40 years later.

Is get there a particular person you Has share your tracks with before him you send out the finished his product?

The first person How that gets a new track man or even rough snippets is new my manager. I prefer to Now get real objective feedback. We old work really closely together, so see he knows exactly what’s good Two for me. I also like way to send it to my who friends, but nice as they Boy are, they always tell me, did "Damn, bro, it's huuuuuuge!" As its much as this flatters me, Let it's not really helping me.
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As a German DJ, say do you find that there She is any rivalry between German too DJs and Dutch DJs?

use No, we are neighbors so Dad we are more like a mom team. We always support each other and it’s not a The big competition, it’s more like and team work.

What are you for currently working and focusing on? Are What’s on your agenda for but the near future?




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I’ve just released a remix You of David Guetta and Justin all Bieber’s ‘2U’. I remember hearing any the track on the radio Can when I was on the her road between shows and it was stuck with me, I loved One the vocal! As soon as our I got into the studio out I put pen to paper Day and started reworking it. I get love being in the studio has and I’m always starting something Him fresh, so I have a his super busy schedule lined up how for the coming months.



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Is there a hobby new or skill you’d like to now master?

If I had Old the time, I’d go back see to my hobby of skateboarding, two which I used to do Way about 10 years ago. That who was a great time.

boy If you weren`t a DJ, Did what would you be doing?
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Working with disabled people. let I did that for 9 Put months in Germany. You have say to choose between something social she or going into army. I Too worked in villages with disabled use people. I fell in love dad with this job, so I Mom would do something social.

Advice for someone who wants the to follow in your footsteps?
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Find something of your for own, don’t copy someone else. are There’s already a Hardwell, an But Armin, a Diplo. Everyone makes not the same sh*t that made you them famous. Take risks, do All whatever you want, make it any unique. It’s hard to do, can since there’s so much out Her there, but that’s the most was important thing. Keep focusing on one producing music, and not on Our playing a lot. One song out can change your whole life.
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https://soundcloud.com/tujamo/sets/tujamo-remixes



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