Speaker #1I grew up in New York City and then lived in Los Angeles for a while and now I'm based here in Paris. I moved here to work with a record label called Bromance in 2013. Et malheureusement mon français c'est terrible toujours. Sorry guys. I think the scene here is really fertile and creative and there are resources available to artists that the United States just doesn't have and I think creatively it's a really exciting and ripe and fast-moving place to be so it's it I liked it so much that I stayed. The population here that goes out and goes to clubs is so unbelievably generous. Paris is incredibly special and the audience is educated. They know their stuff and they respond to it, which is really beautiful. Easy does it, but I just can't quit. Butterfly on a night tip. Words stuck between your tongue and your lip. Except the bridal without. out of whip it's a relapse don't call it a slip I can feel you losing your grip sink into me don't go down with the ship all aboard this ego trip I mean I would of course like love to play the the kind of bigger, like, iconic clubs and festivals, Dechmantel or Burghain. But I also, I think, some really special experiences have come from playing places that need to celebrate, and not a lot of people go there. Like, one of my most magical experiences was playing in Beirut right after Charlie Hebdo, so right after there were a lot of bombings in Beirut, and everybody was advising me against it. But then the promoter wrote and said it was like... His partygoers really needed a release and were really excited and if I would if I came they would take really good care of me. Dance music is a way for people to come together and release and so going into situations which feel like they might be volatile is I think really really special and really important like it's part of the duty and privilege of getting to do what we do is to go into those situations to heal you know. I mean I feel like it's political if we make it political, you know, like and I want to make it political. It's like an important part of our our history and our heritage because I'm a punk and I identify as such and I run a punk label and want to make brave choices and also because I think that like right now is a really like dark time to live. There is a lot at stake right now, you know, and the feeling of like, well, there's nothing worth fighting for nobody else is on the firing line of Meaningful politics in the electronic music industry is not a good enough excuse. As public figures, it's important for us to say what we feel and stand up for what we believe in. RYR was started because we kept getting rejected for being too weird. So we started a weirdo label so we could really release music that we believed in. You know, like... It's okay if it's not for everybody. And we wanted a place for the kind of techno punk, this energy of being able to release music that we find challenging, beautiful, and unique. It's also been kind of a spiritual learning exercise because every time we think that we've screwed it up too much to keep going, either financially or kind of... Creatively that it's just like this is too much work then something kind of breaks through that makes it more than worth doing and it's really been our passion project and it's really given us the best way to like make new friends and develop a community of people with like minds and it's it's a having this label has been just a fantastic gift. Feral rhythm, night heartbeat, when you pray, pray with your feet, I feel the joy, I love complete, dance while calling, white light, white heat This a real, can't deplete, dance it out, pay no attention, this a real, can't deplete I think I'm a much more eclectic DJ than I am a producer and a songwriter. As a DJ, I think it's kind of a spiritual endeavor, so it requires tuning into the room and who's in front of you in that space at that time and making decisions based on that to kind of bring people in, you know, and then be able to kind of go on a journey together. It's difficult to kind of be specific about who I am and what I do, but I know that I will make brave choices. And I know it's going to be really loud. But what a joy to get to share your favorite music with people. What a joy to get to hear something new from two things that already exist. It's amazing to watch people get excited and healed and liberated. when you're playing music for them. And to... Like, why would I ever want to stop doing that?
