Category: Interviews

INTERVIEW: Bingo Players (2013)

Bingo Players, the Dutch production/DJ duo of Paul Baumer and Maarten Hoogstraten, have ascended to the pinnacle of thr club scene by combining energetic big room electro tracks with catchy hooks and touring relentlessly.? Their tracks ?Rattle? and ?Cry? have become massive commercial hits, while edgier ones like ?Buzzcut? and ?Out of My Mind? continue to bang the big rooms. ?I spoke to Maarten when he spun in Nashville to a sold-out room on a Thursday night, a testament to just how massive the international duo have become.

RS: Where did name Bingo Players come from?
Bingo Players: A friend of ours in the UK had it as his nickname on MSN messenger, and we asked if we could use it and he said we could. We just needed a name and decided that it would work.

RS: How did the two of you meet up?
Bingo Players: We were best friends for 15 years before we even started making music.

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INTERVIEW: Cash Cash (2013)

From rock band to EDM trio, the story of Cash Cash is quite interesting.??Originally a power pop foursome, the band toured with everyone from Cobra Starship to Kevin Rudolf and was even part of the Vans Warped Tour.?As their tastes went more electronic and they started doing more remixes for other artists, their own releases followed suit.??Two buzz records on Spinnin, including the infamous ?Michael Jackson? tribute track, along with their remixes, really increased their presence in the EDM world.??Now signed to Big Beat records with a single ?Take Me Home? exploding on radio, the Jersey boys are definitely ones to watch.

Ron Slomowicz: You guys were originally a rock band, how did you make the move to dance music?
Jean Paul (Cash Cash): It was a slow process, but we were always putting electronic elements into our music. We had keyboards, electronic drums, and we were doing remixes during that time for other artists. We were always in touch with that side of it and we slowly went over to dance music. Eventually we dropped the guitars and it was more keyboard-heavy and from there we dropped the drums and parted ways with our drummer. We just started bangin’ the beats and then we were doing remixes and DJing. It all started to make sense in conjunction with some stuff that we were doing with Spinnin? Records overseas. It worked well, so we’re bringing it back here to the states. We just signed with Big Beat Records of Atlantic and we are doing a whole new thing with them.

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INTERVIEW: BT (2013)

Producer, artist, and tech guru Brian Transeau stands alone as one of the most unique visionaries in the electronic dance music world. Spanning nearly twenty years, his music has reached the worlds of clubs, radio, TV, movies, and video games.? His new album A Song Across Wires is probably his most accessible to date, inspired by the current sounds of electronic dance music as filtered through his creative mind and rendered by his futuristic production techniques.

Ron Slomowicz: I have listened to your new album a couple of different times and it feels like I am at a festival, hearing all the big records at once – but really well-produced.
Brian Transeau (BT): Awesome, I really love hearing that. Honestly, it is the first time in years that I have been really inspired by dance music and I feel like this record is one that my fans have wanted me to make for years and I just wasn?t ready to. In this moment, I am deeply inspired by what is actually happening in dance music. It feels so good to hear that, I feel the same way and I can?t wait to share this record with my fans and peers.
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