Hey all. HOT little treat for you guys today, the nice fellows in Hot Pink Delorean took some time off their busy schedules to give us a little picture of their lives and thoughts in an interview! Tunes after the read, CHECK:
TMLZ: Wanna start by thanking you guys for agreeing to do this - it means a lot to us here at TrackLayer. Where did the alias come from? I read on UrbanDictionary that it's uh.. ..yeahhh..
HPD: HAHA ya man that urban dictionary thing came way after we were a group. The name came from the fact that we're all nerds and love back to the future so we just added some neon to it ; )
TMLZ: Originally though, you guys were known as a Drum ‘N Bass hit Terravita? What are your plans for Terravita?
HPD: Terravita is actually still releasing a bunch of tunes right now our newest release came out yesterday (march 1st 2010) the tunes are "I wanna rock" and " Bookhouse boys" on Subsonik sound. We also remixed the ak1200 classic "Drowning" will be coming Icey's label as well as dnb remixes we did of our HPD stuff. Keep an eye out for our stuff on Subsonik sounds as well as some huge surprises in 2010.
TMLZ: What can we expect from Hot Pink Delorean in the Future? The “Party Favour Remix EP” is coming out soon, do you have a date penned yet?
HPD:The Party Favour remix EP should be out in the beginning of April on Pieces of 8 records and we have some stuff coming on Kissy Sellouts label San City High. We're doing some collabs with Virtuoso and Bad Rabbits as well as some more high profile remixes that i'm not at liberty to talk about just yet but we'll be sure to keep you updated. Also the IAWPSB remixes will be coming out shortly as well. We just finished a single with Mustard Pimp for Dim Mak called rock and some stuff for Donald Glaudes label.
TMLZ: Moving from DnB to Electro is a pretty interesting shift.. What would you say is Hot Pink Delorean’s sound?
HPD: We feel like our sound primarily comes from our mix downs. We love to make all different styles of electronic music wether it be dutch house or some rockesque shit to hip hop crossovers to prog whatever so our sound really comes from the actual quality of the engineering which we do completely in house.
TMLZ: How long have you been in the electronic music scene?
HPD: collectively about 40 years lol
TMLZ: Where and how did you all meet?
HPD: We all met in the DnB scene about a decade ago just from being around the same shit. Chris and I used to hate each other but we seem to be doing ok now :P
TMLZ: What do you guys get up to in your spare time?
HPD: spare time that sounds awesome whats that? if you wanna get an idea of the shit we're into though check our blog hotpinkdelorean.blogspot.com
TMLZ: You guys are in Boston now – My younger brother just moved there, where's the sickest place to hear good music?
HPD: depends what you consider good music Boston is a fickel city I'd say Cambridge though.
TMLZ: When you guys do gigs – what do you look for? What makes a gig “perfect?”
HPD: first off a gig is NEVER perfect but we just feed off energy so if the crowd is hype the show is a success for us. Extra alcohol doesn't hurt anything either.
TMLZ: Was there ever a point when you were playing live that you thought “Wow, these kids are all here for us?” When was it?
HPD: I think the first time it really hit us was our first time in Stockholm Sweden about 2 years ago sold out show about 900 people just us. It was one of my favorite parties we've ever played and people got fuckin DOWN naked people runnin around everywhere it was crazy
TMLZ: Who would you say are your influences? Other than Marty McFly.
HPD: we have such diverse musical backgrounds its really kind of eclectic we take influences from everything so its a hard thing to pinpoint but definitly people like kraftwerk, prodigy, daft punk (stock electronic music influences) alot of hip hop and garage metal, rock, jazz, classical fuck man everything.
TMLZ: Is there anyone producing today that, given the choice, you would work with? Why?
HPD: I'd love to do a tune with the Bloody Beetroots mostly because we're all absolutely insane so I think something completely fucked up would come from it. I'd love to do something with RJD2 or APhex twin :P
TMLZ: What kinds of equipment do you use when your DJing? What do you use to produce?
HPD: for dj'ing we use a stage mic and serrato through cdj's if they got em vinyl if they dont. Production wise we use cubase.
TMLZ: If you had one piece of advice to give someone looking to get into the electronic music scene, what would it be?
HPD: grow some thick skin because people hate on you every day especially where you live so you have to learn to ignore it. Have a plan music is 40% business 55% who you know and 5% talent.
TMLZ: Finally, what’s your opinion on promotion-through-blogging?
HPD: If it weren't for blogs we wouldn't be doing what we're doing right now THANKS BLOGS!
TMLZ: Thanks again for having this interview.. Personally I’d never have guessed a year ago, when I was grabbing “I Am What Porno Should Be” off of iTunes that I’d be talking to you guys. I hope everything goes well for you in the future and I can’t wait to hear some new tunes from you. Much love from Champaign.
That was my very first interview EVER! Damn.. Great guys, really fun to talk to. Wish I had been old enough to attend their gig up in Naperville a couple weeks back, heard it went off. HPD's blog has been floating in my blogroll for some time now but I've linked it here as well in case you hadn't peeped it (it's nasty). They were nice enough to let us post some tracks too so here's some of my all-time-faves:
Laidback Luke - Break Down the House (Hot Pink Delorean Remix)
^Fresh out the oven, FIYA
Beyonce - Sweet Dreams (Hot Pink Delorean Remix)
Pixie Lott - Boys & Girls (Hot Pink Delorean Remix)
M.I.A. - Boyz (Hot Pink Delorean Remix)
Designer Drugs - Zombies! (Hot Pink Delorean Thrillernight Remix)
Fake Blood - Mars (Terravita Remix)
Peace.Love.Electro.
No comments:
Post a Comment