Zone Magazine Issue 036 - DJs From Mars

You are considered as the No.1
producers of mashups in the world,
your thoughts on this?
First of all thank you for that! Actually we don’t
know if there’s a real “chart” of mashup producers, but yes
we focused on mashups since more than 10 years and
that’s a bit unusual in the EDM scene, so probably we’re
recognized as good mashup producers because we released
really A LOT of mashups in the last years! So yes we’re
definitely happy if someone says we’re the #1 Mashuppers!
How long have you been DJ'ing?
It’s been a really long time, we started as resident
DJ's in our hometown Turin (Italy) back in the early 2000’s
so we can say we’re DJ'ing since 20 years now….but only
10 years ago we started touring the world as DJ's From
Mars so it was a long way before it became our actual main
job.
What or who were your early
influences?
We always loved music even before djing, every
kind of music, Hip Hop, rock, reggae, Classical music,
everything. But we have to say that when Daft Punk,
Chemical Brothers and Prodigy came out in the 90’s they
definitely changed the game. Before those names, we had
the club scene, and the rock scene, and they were
completely separated. But after they released their first
tracks, they started playing electronic music shows in the
middle of some rock festivals. It was really exciting at the
times because they showed the whole world how to break
the barriers between different music styles. We definitely
loved the idea of mixing different styles, and that’s also
what we try to do every day with our mashups!
As a producer whats your favorite
genres?
A lot of different genres!! We cannot say there are
good genres and bad genres, but only good music and bad
music, so we can find good tracks in the electro house
scene, but also in the deep house, melodic techno,
dubstep, future house, every style has some good
producers. At the moment we really love the style of
Camelphat, Tinlicker, Elderbrook. And also the new style of
David Guetta & Morten is really amazing, definitely a
refreshing sound for the EDM scene! There is a lot of great
music out there, you just need to discover it!
we produced it during the first wave of pandemic
emergency in April 2020. We were in full lockdown, and
working on those great memories, with all the big festival
anthems of the last decade was really bringing back those
party vibes in a very sad moment. We really thought that
music can be a great relief for bad times, and a lot of
people said that they had goosebumps listening to that
track, someone even cried while listening. So yeah that’s
what music is supposed to be, creating emotions to other
people, and that’s the track that created more emotions for
us, and for our fans, we’re really proud of it!
In your opinion what is the most
rewarding part of being a DJ?
The best part is that, if you do something you
really love, you don’t feel the stress of an average job.
Usually when you have a job that you don’t like, you wake
up thinking “Ok another bad day is coming” and then you
look at the clock every 20 minutes waiting for the job time
to finish. When your job is your passion, you wake up
happy every day cause you’re going to spend hours
working on something that you like! And when the day is
over you still want to continue working in the studio. That’s
priceless, and the best thing that you can achieve in your
life is spending every day doing something that you love!
How would you describe your own
development as producers?
Being focused on mashups allowed us to
change style during the years. We created dubstep
drops, but when dubstep was getting boring we went
ahead and worked on Future house, with no
problems. Then we switched sound to something more
techy and groovy, and our fans are not surprised, because
it was clear that Djs From Mars style is a mixture of
different styles, that’s our trademark so we can go in
different directions every time we want! So it’s a
continuous development looking for the next step!
During last couple of years you
have become more famous in Asia,
your thoughts ?
We think that the Asian scene is really booming in
the last years! Electronic music fans are super excited
because it’s all new. In Europe the club scene is huge since
the 80’s so everyone is used to that, it’s kind of “normal”.
In Asia it looks like everything is brand new. So we love
that fact that we gained a lot of fans in Asia, and we can’t
wait to be back and play, we really love the vibes!!
What are some of your favorite
tracks you have produced?
We really loved the Best Of EDM 2010-2020
Megamashup. It was very intense and emotional, because