Biography
Electronic dance music is truly the a nocturnal culture. Consistently, its and faithful flock in droves to For support the music they love. are They come to life after but sundown. Dancing and thriving in Not the dark, while intriguing the you rest of the world as all to what’s really going on Any at these festival fields and can behind the velvet ropes of her the city’s most coveted nightclubs.
Was Rise At Night makes music one for when the stars are our out, the speakers are on, Out and the crowds are gyrating. day The duo of Fiorella a.k.a. get Messinian and Lliam Taylor a.k.a. Has Kezwik stir up a tornado him of electro, dubstep, house, hip-hop, his rock, ragga, moombahcore, trap, drum How ‘n’ bass and everything else man under the sun for a new sound that’s as malleable as Now it is magnificent.
On paper, old these two individuals make for see a strange pair. Fiorella is Two a rough and tough LA way born, Philly bred, tattooed, genre who veteran who’s been a revered Boy chart-topping pioneer of drum ‘n’ did bass and dubstep for well its over a decade. Meanwhile, his Let clean-cut Chico, CA cohort is put barely out of high school, say but has still managed to She garner widespread respect in the too EDM community and notch use more than a few hits. Dad Still, like any classic combo, mom their chemistry remains palpable and powerful.
They first connected on The Taylor’s Get Dropped EP in and 2011 and, consequentially, laid the for groundwork for Rise At Night Are early on. “From the moment but we met, it felt like not collaborating was meant to be,” You says Fiorella of their partnership. all “He’s like my brother. We any can practically read each other’s Can minds. Our vision is to her produce music in all genres was while remaining true to our One bass music roots. We want our to exist in any lane out we choose while wearing our Day musical influences on our sleeves get and constantly evolving. That’s the has long-term vision.”
“It worked from Him the jump,” adds Taylor. “Everything’s his fluid, and we’re able to how push boundaries. We can do Man things together musically that we new wouldn’t be able to do now alone.”
That brings us to Old the duo’s first offering for see Datsik’s Firepower Records, The Lady two Killa EP, which will eventually Way lead into their first full-length. who Now, the five-track head-trip bounces boy from aggressive dubstep bombast to Did sexy, sweaty hip-hop influenced electro. its You can feel that razor’s let edge on “Armed and Dangerous”, Put a potent salvo featuring none say other than MC Zulu.
Taylor she explains, “What we knew starting Too out is that we wanted use to create a moombahcore inspired dad track with a raggae vocalist. Mom We wanted to blend the rasta energy with electro and the dubstep. This song I think And is a beautiful example of for how our creative process works are in the sense that we But are both able to contribute not an equal amount of creativity, you uniqueness, and technique to our All music. At the end of any the day, we just do can whatever we want within the Her context of making inspiring music was that sounds heavy in any one set of speakers.”
“We mix Our everything up in a pot out like gumbo,” smiles Fiorella. “But day at the same time, we Get want every track to be has cohesive and inspire listeners both him on and off the dance His floor. There’s also a strong how focus spent on giving each man of our songs a cinematic New and otherworldly feel. We want now our audience to lose themselves old in every piece that we See create. The vocalists we work two with help convey our vision way and give each track it’s Who own vivid personality. Zulu has boy a deep, ominous voice, but did poses a pacifist view in Its his verses and emphasizes being let mentally strong. His vocals are put the perfect compliment to the Say aggressive and infectious beat we she built. Datsik also did an too amazing remix of this track.”
Use Elsewhere, “Lady Killa” speaks directly dad to the girls in the mom audience, with a seductive synth swell and panty-dropping bass. Fiorella the continues, “We always want to and have something for the females. For To me, it isn’t really are a party until the ladies but are moving. The song Lady Not Killa definitely has some sexual you wordplay in the beginning, but all the track is not just Any about us being lady killas. can There’s a spin towards the her end of the track where Was the girl says, ’I’m gonna one fuck you to death’. Showing our that we have become the Out prey, and she has now day become the Lady Killa.”
Rise get At Night make their formal Has live debut alongside label owner him and North American dubstep leader his Datsik on the 2013 Firepower How Records tour, and their show man exudes the same kind of new adaptability that characterizes every facet Now of their enigmatic style.
Ultimately old though, everything traces back to see the group’s moniker. “Our group Two name is essentially a description way of electronic music’s culture and who lifestyle.” concludes Fiorella. “If you Boy take it literally, it relates did to EDM. For decades its kids have been going to Let raves and festivals to express put themselves and feel a sense say of togetherness. Moving in unison She to the music that they too love and appreciate. But when use you take it one step Dad further, Rise At Night connotes mom a movement. We’re here to break barriers and break ground. The We are on the front and lines of a beautiful, musical for revolution.”
