We have two EPs that have dropped in the past six months and I just want to make it happen again. So, individually, what do you guys look forward to for 2012?Ĭurt: I’m gonna say I’m just looking forward to the new music we will be putting out. So, to take that kind of mentality and make it work with a band or duo, it’s really difficult. You can play what you want to play the entire night and have it your own way. So, I was looking to start a DJ duo and just wanted to have a DJ buddy that I could do parties with and he said (roommate), ‘why don’t you do it with my boy? He’s kind of making similar music as you and similar style.’ He put us in contact with each other and I came out to DJ at one of his nights and we clicked and that was it. I had a roommate at the time that was working at Whole Foods with this guy (Josh). If I could say anyone, it would be those guys.Ĭurt: We were living in the same city. Those guys were like the founding fathers for our scene. Like when we actually started playing out and touring and doing shows together, Diplo, Z-Trip and A-Trak. At that time it was Mix Master Mike, Beastie Boys and Qbert and those kinds of dudes, so I think that’s what kind of got us started initially. You know, we came up in the early 2000s…end of the ‘90s. Josh: At different times, it was different people.Ĭurt: Well, a lot of scratch DJs. L+T: Do you guys feel like you had a mentor that kind of helped you along as DJs? We were just drinking with some buddies and that was it.įlosstradamus: No! (laughing) Everybody always wants some deep story, but no. L+T: Ok, just a random question: How did you guys come up with the name, Flosstradamus?Ĭurt: It started out as a joke. Anything we put out and anything we produce we try to have as much fun with it. L+T: I love it! A lot of my friends and peers all love it.Ĭurt: Thank you so much! Honestly, me and this dude (Josh) have been doing this for eight years and we are just having fun. Then, we played for some people and they said it was pretty dope. We played a couple of tunes together and we were trying to just experiment a little bit. It’s crazy, because now there’s a whole scene around that like araabMUZIK and other producers who are mixing drums with Euro samples. It’s crazy because we have always played like Euro sound music with Southern hip-hop in our sets, but we never really put that together in our music. What was your inspiration behind that?įlosstradamus: If you go to Germany or Amsterdam, there’s just tons of really, really, heavy hard, fast, house music. L+T: Unlike the other album, I noticed that with Total Recall you have a lot more electronica involved. We haven’t announced anything really yet. Josh: We are going to hit the road this summer. L+T: Are you guys doing a tour now that the new album is out? I know the last one was with Chromeo some time ago. It’s more like original music and remixes. We haven’t really been doing a lot of mash-ups lately. We did another with Kreayshawn so, that would be the most recent mash-up we’ve done. Do you guys have anything planned for the near future in the form of another mash-up?Ĭurt: We did this one, “Luuk Out Girl,” which is on our EP. Life + Times: I really enjoyed the mash-up you guys did with Twista and Sigur Rós ages ago. Here, Life+Times catches up with the DJ set to talk mash-ups and mentoring. The duo of Curt Cameruci (Autobot) and Josh Young (J2K), have taken the festival circuit by storm, playing everywhere from Lollapalooza to Coachella and causing a storm at this year’s SXSW. Since 2006, Chicago DJ collective Flosstradamus have made a name for themselves by blending hip-hop and dance music.
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