Billboard talked Angel + Dren for our 'Getting Back in the DJ Booth' series about how they've navigated the transition from DJing at home to spinning back outside.
Honestly, I was on my Caribbean thing during COVID, Skillibeng’s"Crocodile Teeth" and all of that. I was deep in it.I think I’m more excited to take the energy that I feel like we had on Live during our sets and putting it into our own event, more so than a specific venue. I think what I learned over COVID, as a lot of venues closed permanently, is that I think what's more important than the space is the energy that's cultivated in them.
You dropped your first single"Nirvana" in July. Have you played that song live in one of your DJ sets? What was that feeling like?I get so excited when I play it, 'cause I feel like it mixes really well, for any DJ who wants to know. [] I feel like that’s the fun part of being a DJ. You spend so much time mixing other people’s music to actually mixing your own and feel that feeling and see how people react live, not just hearing about people listening in their headphones.
Do you produce your own music while consciously thinking about how it’s going to blend in with your sets? Or do you view your songs as standalone projects and then think about the bigger picture of"How do I build a set around this?"I think I look at it as a standalone. But I actually feel like the instincts that you develop DJing and actually being at a party, and being sensitive to timing and a certain vibe, I actually think some of those skills inform a lot of the things we do.
Over COVID, we were just like,"Let's shoot some videos. Let's dot our I's, cross our T's." Because this is who I want to be. I feel like a lot of people took time over COVID to be like,"Am I doing what I want to do? Am I who I want to be? Is this making me happy? Does this energize me? Where do I see myself?" And the answer to all those questions always led me to: You'll always love DJing. And that will always be something that you have.
You also own the juice bar Mad Juicy in Harlem. You nourish audiences all the time with an insatiable thirst for music, but what made you want to nourish people physically?So we have a juicer at home, and we drink a fresh juice almost every day. On Instagram, we just showed ourselves making a juice and people were like,"Where can I buy this juice?" And it was really no answer. It's like,"I'm making juice at home, so it's not for sale.
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