Ignite The Dancefloor! Our Interview With Firebeatz
Dutch duo Firebeatz have been taking the dance music scene by storm. When Tim & Jurre met at the School of Arts in Tillburg, they both discovered each others passion for music and decided to form a team. Since that fateful day, they’ve been putting out hit song after hit song. With releases on Size Records, Revealed Recordings, Spinnin Records, and more, Firebeatz is quickly become a name everybody know. Check out our interview with Firebeatz! Enjoy!
1. Who or What made you fall in love with dance music?
J: That’s different for both of us, for me it started when I heard some dance records during a high school party. I heard the DJ playing music that I didn’t know so I started searching for dance music from that moment on!
T: Me and my friends started to listen to drum n bass when I was young. We went to see the DJ’s play and I was like: I want to do that too! So I got myself some old turntables and started DJing. From then on it was in and out of the record stores and parties as well as trying to make songs of my own in Reason.
2. What is your opinion on the current state of Electronic Dance Music?
J: The EDM scene is so big at the moment, just turn on a regular radio station and you will hear EDM.
T: I think that it’s a good thing that the whole world is getting to know dance music, it gets peoples attention and therefore the subgenres get more attention as well.
3. Do you have any songs that you’re currently working on that you can tell us about?
We’re working on a lot of new stuff, when we’re back home from this us tour we will lock ourselves up in the studio to finish these tunes! Also we’re working on a lot of cool collaborations!
4. You guys have released many single since you started producing. Any plans on making an album?
An album is something that we might want to do in the future, but for now we just like the combination of releasing singles and doing shows around the world. There will definitely be an album in the future.
5. What do you think of all the talent coming out of your respective hometowns?
I (Tim) am from Tilburg and He (Jurre) is from Hilversum, there’s a lot of talent in the Netherlands, but it’s really cool to see other friends from your hometown doing so good and flying around the globe as well!
6. If you could collaborate with any artist, regardless of genre, who would it be and why?
We guess it would have to be The Prodigy! We love that raw sampled sound and it’s a big inspiration for both us!
7. Since you guys are a duo, how do you split up production duties?
There’s not like a special golden plan haha, it’s different every time. We both have a studio at our parents home, so we work in different acoustic rooms but on the same program, Logic. We send projects to each other or we work together, like we said it’s different every time!
8. Who can you guys site as your main inspirations for making music?
Artists like Basement Jaxx, Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, and Tiesto really influenced us when we started. We like old school hip hop and funk music samplewise.
9. Do you have times where you get “producers block?” If so, is there anything special you do to get the creative process flowing again?
We’ve had that happen a few times, but because we work together most of the times we just switch chairs and work on. When it’s really a bad day, we just put on the ps3 and start gaming, or we take a dinner break!
10. What do you guys have in store for 2013 and 2014
We are going to do a lot of shows in the US, you can find us at the biggest festivals and clubs, like Beyond Wonderland, Nocturnal, and more. Also we have some crazy collaborations coming. At the moment we are working on a track with Tiesto that is going to be huge.
Below is their newest song “Wicked” which is a collaboration with producer Schella. “Wicked” is slated to be released September 16th so be on the lookout for it. Enjoy!