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Hit the Decks! It's Roderic
Monterrey, Mexico born electronic artist Roderic began his journey when his older brother took him to a psytrance festival when he was thirteen. "I got ... -
Hit the Decks! It's Jacidorex
Brussels-based DJ and producer Jacidorex has been producing music since he was twelve, when he started playing piano. "Then I discovered computer music at sixteen and ... -
Hit the Decks! It's Grabbitz
Electronic music producer, musician, composer, and DJ Grabbitz started producing around the age of 13. "[It was] on my first family computer which came with ... -
Hit the Decks! Its Bon Entendeur
The story of French electronic duo Bon Entendeur, they say, is insane. "We started DJing completely by chance and had to learn in a rush ... -
Hit the Decks! It's Marie Vaunt
Los Angeles-based producer and DJ Marie Vaunt started DJing in 2001 and got into producing in 2006. "From the very beginning, I treated this as ... -
Hit the Decks! It's Odymel
Belgian DJ and producer Odymel started DJing around 14 years ago, initially at his mom's birthday party. "From there, I never stopped," he says. "By ... -
Hit the Decks! It's KTRL
Chicago bass artist KTRL got his start after going to Spring Awakening in 2013. "It was my first festival and in my home city of ... -
Hit the Decks! It's AIROD
French techno DJ and producer AIROD first started to produce when he was 15 years old, on a demo version of Fruity Loops. "At first ... -
Hit the Decks! It's Blastoyz
Revered trance artist Blastoyz started exploring music production at age nine, inspired by his love for psytrance and his bigger brother, who was also a ... -
Hit the Decks! It's Andrea Giudice
London-based Italian DJ and producer Andrea Giudice began DJing in 2009, practicing at home with a basic setup. "An old mixer gifted by a friend ... -
Hit the Decks! It's Poni
Born in Vancouver and now based in Denver, Poni started producing music about five and a half years ago, then slowly started DJing after that. "I ... -
Hit the Decks! It's Indo Warehouse
Indo Warehouse is a NYC-based music collective and label featuring co-founders Kahani and Kunal. They say that the roots of the project is a "wild mix." "Some ... -
Hit the Decks! It's AMÉMÉ
N.Y.C.-based electronic artist AMÉMÉ started DJing when he was in college in New York, 13 years ago. "I started with visits to the local electronic store that ... -
Hit the Decks! It's Sacha Robotti
Virtuoso house music and techno DJ/producer Sacha Robotti started DJing in 1995, and then honing his producing chops around 2001. "I chose DJing/producing as my ... -
Hit the Decks! It's Don Woezik
Dutch DJ Don Woezik, based in Malmö, Sweden, began his musical life as a drummer when he was 12 years old. "[That] which later sparked my ... -
Hit the Decks! It's Pilo
Los Angeles-based DJ and producer Pilo started producing around 2010, using Ableton. "After school, I’d dive into Ableton, spending hours watching YouTube tutorials and experimenting ... -
Hit the Decks! It's Push
Belgian producer Push started on his road in electronic music 28 years ago when he discovered bands like Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, and Visage. "[I] fell ... -
Hit the Decks! It's Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Joe Goddard
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith started producing at the age of 14 and became a professional producer at age 25. "I first started learning about production through ... -
Hit the Decks! It's nimino
London-based producer and Ninja Tune’s newest signee nimino was around 14 when he started producing. "I honestly still don’t think it’s gotten serious," he says. He ... -
Hit the Decks! It's Moody Jones
Egyptian-born, San Francisco-based DJ and entrepreneurial entertainment executive Moody Jones started making mixtapes when he was about 13 years old, using a collection of his ...
