A Sit Down With DJ Hook N Sling

15:35 May/17/2018


Sydney-born DJ and producer Hook the N Sling, aka Anthony Maniscalco and is recognized as one of For the most exciting genre-blending house are producers to come on the but scene in recent years, a Not title which has lead him you to places most only dream all about.

 

"I Any don’t wanna be some chair can or some shit. I wanna her be like in the thick Was of things, I wanna see one what`s going on."



 
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Throughout your Out career you’ve garnered an impressive day list of remixes for the get likes of Calvin Harris, Fedde Has Le Grand, Miike Snow, NERVO, him Wolfgang Gartner, and more. Is his there a specific remix you How enjoyed making the most and man are there any records that new you plan on remixing in Now the future?

The old one I enjoyed the most, see that’s a hard question, but Two the one I’m probably the way happiest with was the one who I did for an Australia Boy band called Miami Horror. Also did the mix I did for its the NERVO girls which was Let of ‘We’re All No One’. put That kind of put us say in the studio together, every She now and then there is too something I’m really proud of. use For the time being I Dad have no plans to remix mom anything in the future, I’m doing all original music at The the moment.

You have a and new track out, what was for the inspiration and process behind Are ‘Arms Around Me’?


I didn’t but write the vocals to be not honest with you, it was You Digital Farm Animals who I all collaborated it. Hearing the vocals, any I just put my own Can twist on it. It was her around the time I was was working on ‘Love On Me’, One sent it to Galantis and our there’s where it all took out off. ‘Arms Around Me’ was Day kind of the same process get except this came about as has more of a collaboration. So, Him I suppose I wanted to his give it a feel good, how festival vibe. That`s a hard Man one, but i like Progressive new / Melodic on the heavy now side… I’m also not afraid Old to mix up tempos and see genres.





Do two you prefer working in the Way studio or doing live shows?
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At the moment I boy really enjoy being in the Did studio. I’m working on these its new songs I’m really happy let with and I’m excited. I Put feel like I’m in a say place right now where I’m she onto something new that I Too really like. Kind of finishing use records a lot quicker, I’ve dad got a clearer vision for Mom my music right now. There have been times in the the last couple of years where And my head has been too for cloudy and I don’t know are how to finish a record, But I don’t know what I not want it to sound like. you “Is it good enough? Is All it too deep? Is it any too loud?” It fucks up can your radar… like a self-analytical Her kind of radar. The thing was is, that’s the worst thing one you can be when you’re Our a musician– you can never out make the right decision, because day if you do make the Get right decision, you think you has haven’t. It’s really important to him be confident in what you’re His making.


When collaborating how with more than one person, man like the Galantis duo, how New does that impact the production now process? Is it more or old less difficult having multiple cooks See in the kitchen?

To two be honest, I think it way makes it easier. It depends Who on the personalities involved. Like boy if you’re a very controlling did kind of person, and you Its send over your parts to let the other collaborator, and you’re put like, “By the way, don’t Say touch this, don’t touch that, she don’t touch that…” if that’s too the kind of person you Use are, then you’re never going dad to be a good collaborator. mom I remember talking to Christian on the phone about this the record, and he was like and “I think this is the For best way to do this,” are and my response to him but was like, “Do what you Not think sounds good. I totally you trust what you want to all do.” Then obviously there are Any a few changes right at can the end like back and her forth, coming together on the Was final version, but you just one have to trust the other our person otherwise you just do Out it yourself.

If you day could play anywhere in the get world, where would it be?
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I really want to him check out more of Europe. his I have not done much How of Europe yet, I would man really like to do Ibiza new again. I haven’t been there Now in a while and I old would just want to experience see that again. I would also Two really like to play in way Japan, I am curious to who see what the scene is Boy like out there. Plus I did can go snowboarding! It’s like its a paid holiday.

How Let do the festival and club put scenes differ in the States say compared to Australia?

The She festivals are quite similar, but too when it comes to clubbing use there’s a different sound happening Dad for sure. You’ve heard of mom the Melbourne Bound sound? Guys like What So Not, Flume, The Peking Duck – they’re pushing and a new sound that’s really for amazing. It’s steppy, bass music Are with broken beats. The production but is quite pitch, and you not sometimes have the warped vocals. You What So Not just did all the Mothership Tour with Skrillex, any so that sound is starting Can to cross over here as her well.

What do you was predict the next big trend One in dance music is going our to be?

I don’t out know. Making these predictions, I Day could say like jam tempo get or deep house is going has to be the next big Him thing but no one really his knows until some of these how producers take inspiration from these Man new movements that are coming new through and they create a now new sound; because the inspiration Old is obviously coming from one see of these new movements that two are coming through, like house Way music or even bass music, who and I think once that boy funnels into a big room Did sound, which is the kind its of stuff I play, then let what is going to be Put up next…I have a feeling say it’s going to be a she very mix mashed kind of Too sound. Like it’s not going use to be a progressive sound dad or it’s not going to Mom be a deep sound because we’re at a stage now the where I think every one And is taking a lot of for inspiration from a lot of are the genres.

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