LAMP Weekly Mix #86 featuring kidbusiness
LAMP Weekly Mix #86 featuring Kid Business
A couple of years back I was playing a show with the Bixel Boys in a random location near downtown. This dude Bryan and his lovely girlfriend came up and started talking to me telling me about this thing they were doing called the Late Night Laggers. Told them it sounded interesting and to keep me in the loop. Soon after he asked me to help them out with sound for their Sunset Club Sundays. It was an incredibly fun Sunday rooftop party in the warehouse district downtown. After two years of amazingly successful collaborations, I am stoked to have kidbusiness one of their amazing residents and an all around good dude as our guest mix artist for the week. He and they have been moving on to some much bigger things recently which you can read about in MR PUZL's interview with him below.MR PUZL: Tell us a little bit about your mix and the tracks you chose for it.kidbusiness: With this mix I really wanted to show the breadth of genre's and styles that you can hear at Late Night Laggers (LNL) events. We all play and enjoy so many different styles of music that as a collective we think it's really important to avoid being pinned down to one specific genre. This mix is a reflection of our dedication to all music, particularly the styles from around the world that really get people moving late at night, hence the Late Night Laggers, haha.There's a little bit of everything in this mix: house, acid, some techno, some hip-hop and baile funk from all-star producers representing LA, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and more.MP: When did you first start producing and DJing?KB: I started spinning in 2008 while I was at the University of Michigan. My good friend Ted is a hip hop DJ and had a pair of Technics at home where I would go practice. I didn’t realize it at the time but s/o to Ted a.k.aTeddy Ruckspin for being such a awesome and patient friend. I can't imagine how torturous it must've have been to hear me practice for the first time with blasting Crookers, Deadmau5 and Bloody Beetroots tracks for hours on end.Production is a much more recent thing for me, I'd say within the last year or two I've been taking it more seriously for sure. Being a DJ first, it's a different mindset and approach to music that still feels like a work in progress for me.MP: Growing up in Alhambra what were some of your earliest music influences?KB: Growing up I was definitely a rock kid. My big sister trained me up starting when I was six or seven on all things KROQ, for example the first CD I ever owned was Rage Against the Machine "Battle of Los Angeles" which she handed down to me. From there I was really drawn to raw and emotional types of bands and artists like The Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, Sublime and Bjork.It really wasn't until late high school/early college that I really started discovering hip-hop and electronic music I could get behind like Mos Def, Blu and Exile, Prefuse 73, Portishead, DJ Shadow and Massive Attack. Since then I've definitely been more attracted to club music and the global community of djs and producer that has emerged and become really interconnected online.MP: As a producer where do you see your music heading? Do you tend to work solo or with other collaborators?KB: Producing is a whole different beast and is definitely still coming together for me so I tend to work solo more often than not.If I had to say where my music is headed it's definitely meant for the club in a fast-paced but heavy sounding sort of way, inspired by the drums of Footwork and Garage while wanting to feel more like something you’d play in a heavier Techno set. I can't say that at this stage I have a definitive sound but most everything I make is definitely meant to make you move, jump and shake around. I’m having some fun with it but there’s a long road to go get me where I want to be, haha.MP: Where do you tend to find inspiration for your creativity?KB: LA is an incredible place for anyone seeking creative inspiration because of the sheer number of people out here doing amazing things. Personally my inspiration most often comes from being around creative people every day, not the least of which are my LNL mates, haha! We’re always busy making something happen or going out to enjoy music so we’re always talking about what’s next. Whether it’s a new event, a song or a mix I’d say it’s the creative energy of those around me that gets me really excited to contribute in whatever way I can.MP: You’ve been able to share the stage with a whole host of DJs and musicians. What has been your most memorable to date?KB: I think the shows that really stand out in my mind are some of the early Lagger events where we didn’t necessarily know what we were doing but we were having a lot of fun doing it. Probably the best example of that I would say was the time we had Munchi back in 2013. He’s always been one of the biggest inspirations for us through his music and contributions to Moombahton and Latin club sounds in general.At that stage for LNL it felt reallllyy good to be able to host him in LA and share the stage with a producer and DJ of his caliber so early on in the squad’s life. We like to think that event put us on LA’s radar and got us started on the right foot to get us where we are today so I definitely remember it very fondly.MP: We noticed you studied Business Admin at Michigan and got the opportunity to work for Ghostly. What did you take away from those experiences that helped you develop as an artist and allow you to build Late Night Laggers into what it is today?KB: Working at Ghostly was the first time I got to see the inner-workings of independent music and it made it feel totally possible for me to do. It was an eye opening experience in a lot of ways but I think the most impressive thing about Ghostly’s brand, and one thing I came away with that has helped us build LNL, is how much they are able to accomplish with a small but really strong and really dedicated team.Also, what’s cool about Ghostly is that I don’t think they can strictly be classified as a record label. The brand as a whole is really about promoting all types of art, creativity and culture which has definitely had an impact on the way that I look at LNL and what we’re capable of. We don’t only promote DJs and producers, rather we want to make sure to push creativity of all sorts and create events for people that tend toward multi-media, multi-sensory experiences.MP: The Late Night Laggers are hosts to many events and curate an eclectic blend of sights and sounds. Can you tell our audience about some of the different nights and themes that you produce?KB: We started out curating and producing warehouse events back in 2013. Since then we’ve definitely expanded from doing one off nights to hosting two monthly parties, Calentura and Tropixx, as well as producing our summer party Sunset Club and a few others.Tropixx we put on in partnership with Muevelo and Colin Johnson and is more focused on some of the more clubby styles of music like Moombahton, Reggaeton and Trap to name a few. This one is more of a beachy vibe so we really like to focus on fun things like inflatable dolphins and sharks and we’ll usually bring some tasty tropical fruit to go with, haha. Like always we really want to create spaces where anyone can come to the club with their crew and feel welcome to dance all night with ours.Sunset Club is our way of celebrating LA and the creative minds all around the city. For that event we really try to get together a who’s who of LA artists from DJs, producers, musicians, and performers to painters and even people to who do art installations for the event. It’s a really great multi-media experience meant to celebrate the work that people are doing on any artistic front, not just music.Lastly, Calentura is a jungle escape set to a global bass soundtrack that we put on in conjunction with Subsuelo at Los Globos in Echo Park. This one dedicated to more Latin-leaning and tropical music styles: Cumbia, Dembow, Dancehall, Kuduro, Zouk, etc. For this night we go all out and have the Subsuelo and LNL teams doing stage design bringing in bamboo trees, vines and heavy rain forest visuals to match the visual feel we establish in our creative. It’s a lot of fun and things tend to get really hot and humid really fast!Shameless plug, our next Calentura on 9/19 is going to be massive, haha!! We’ve got Branko from Buraka Som Sistema joining us from Portugal, our good friend JSTJR who has been on an absolute warpath with his productions lately, and a great LA band called Buyepongo playing. We’ve had some really good events in the past but I expect this will be one of our best!MP: The dynamic of LNL is made up of many people. Who are some of the faces of the group and how does everyone play a part?KB: Late Night Laggers is a definitely a big cast and crew and we all wear a lot of hats to make sure we can concept, design, market and produce our events to the best of our ability. Dani Stone (thunderb4dawn), Eddie Do (word54), Gabe Madera (Aztlan Quetzal) and myself handle the day to day promotions, event curation, bookings and technical execution but none of this would really be possible without amazing amounts of support we’ve gotten from friends and family ever since we started.MP: Your events always contain an awesome collection of visual elements. How do you see the visual side of event production permeating into the overall experience and how a night comes together for you and your crew?KB: I think that’s one of the things that we take the most pride in because we feel it adds so much to the way people experience and interact with us before, during and after the event. For us it’s important to get the word out and get people to the venue but really our focus is on making sure that every element is a perfect representation of the event and to make it feel like a something bigger than just a one off type of thing.Working with Julian Felix who does our visuals and Johnathan Monterossa who does our event videos we’ve been able to create events that have a life of their own. These guys take what they do really seriously and they definitely add a lot to how our events feel and how they are represented out in the world.MP: Your recent partnership with Subsuelo for Calentura has been exciting to see develop and grow. What other relationships and projects are you looking to develop with the LNL brand?KB: Yes! Working with Subsuelo has really been an awesome opportunity for our two groups to learn from one another and execute on some amazing stuff so far. With them we’ve had great opportunities to flex our event design and production capabilities primarily through Calentura but on some other projects as well.As far as other collaborations go, we recently announced a partnership with IHEARTCOMIX for their ClubIHC series. Starting next Friday 9/4 for the Stooki Sound show at the Echoplex, Late Night Laggers will be playing in support. Being huge fans of IHEARTCOMIX we are really excited to be able to help with these shows and be a part of one of our favorite nights in LA.As far as future collaborations go there are a few things in the works that I can’t share just yet but be on the lookout for some really cool stuff on the horizon!MP: If you had a blank check and any pick of LA venues, how would you stack a lineup for your Calentura event and where would you host it?KB: One of the important things about Calentura is that the venue has to have the right vibe to get the event across the way we want. Without a specific venue however and with a blank check in hand, I would actually love to take over a warehouse like Lot 613 or another venue where we could totally control every element of the look and feel.From there I would definitely want to have Buraka Som Sistema from Portugal out to play, Munchi from Holland again and an amazing performer like M.I.A to give it the right lean. With that lineup the night would be seriously unforgettable, which after all is the whole point, right?Our respective crews have been wanting to come together on an event for quite a while now. This coming Saturday we are finally coming together in a format that is absolutely perfect for our distinctly different styles of dance music. We will be putting on a silent disco battle for the ages under a full moon on the rooftop of the Montalban Theater in Hollywood, with LAMP DJ's Vs. Late Night Laggers DJ's. You wont want to miss it. For tickets just click the flyer below.
Track List
1. Adonis - No Way Back (Astronomar Edit)2. Maelstrom - Pool Chicks3. Basement Jaxx - Rock This Road (Catz N Dogz Remix)4. Danny Daze - Get Up5. Jaxx Da Fishworks - Why Won’t You Be with Me (Elisa Bee Remix)6. TJR - What’s Up Suckas (Zhu Remix)7. Yolanda Be Cool - Change (Ballast Remix)8. Intermodal - Hot Commodity9. Low Steppa - Wrongun10. Stephane 1993 - Smoke11. Plastikman x Harvard Bass - Spasticaked (Astronomar Smooshup)12. Don Rimini - Do You Wanna F… (Dub)13. Ana Gnucci Rab - A. Rab (Jubilee and Rizzla Rmx)14. Justin Martin & Ardalan - Function (VIP)15. Rihanna - BBHM$$$ (Joey LaBeija Remix)16. Act Yo Age - Song for Nonna (Franki Chan Remix)17. GTA x Wiwek - What We Tell Em (Falcons Remix)18. Omulu - Furdunço19. Ballast - Sluggish (Myrryrs Remix)20. Don Rimini - Octopussy21. Brodinski - Hector22. Boys Noize x Salva - Choo Choo23. Fly Street Gang - On Errythang (Ana Sia re-work)24. GRRL - Bad Bitch25. Youth - Take One26. Djoko - Red Alert27. Bart B More - The Heat28. French Fries - Smoke WineEnjoy,LAMP