Blended Present Starkillers VS Austin Leeds May 25th
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can't wait for this!!!!
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INTERVIEW with Austin Leeds & Nick Terranova
Starkillers-DISKOTEKA(Kobbe & Austin Leeds Mix)
From the track of WMC to the most-booked DJ, its been a wild year for the Starkillers. The track "Diskoteka" definitely made the "beat go boom" and launched Nick Terranova and Austin Leeds into the stratosphere. Massive remixes of Paul Oakenfold, Iio, and John Creamer & Stephane K filled out the year that was punctuated by the followup smash "Scream." You've got to love Nick & Austin, if only for the simple fact that they are the first people I've interviewed to thank their parents for their support.
DJ Ron Slomowicz: Last year at Winter Music Conference, your song "Diskoteka" was played at every event – you couldn't escape hearing the song. This year, you're spinning every event everywhere. So how has the year in between been?
Nick Terranova: It's been really goofy.
RS: One of your big successes this year was the remix of Oakenfold's "Sex and Money." What was that like?
Nick Terranova: I actually have a story about that. Seven years ago I met Oakenfold in Las Vegas when I was opening for him at this club called CTK. I said that I want to learn how to produce and be like you and asked what does it take to be a producer. A couple of months ago when he was at Jet in Las Vegas, after I did the remix, he didn't really know it was me. I went up to him and I said hey remember when I talked to you, seven years ago when I opened for you at CTK's? He said 'yes, yes, yes.' I said that 'I'm the guy that did your remix.' He was like 'wow, oh my God, that's so amazing.'
RS: Was he one of your inspirations?
Nick Terranova: Yes. He's been around for a long time. Everybody has heard his name and he's the pioneer of the whole trance thing. All the big guys are my inspiration.
RS: You've done several remixes this year, but rather than go for the big pop stars, you've kept it really credible – like your mix of Iio. How did you approach that mix – with Nadia's unique vocal style.
Nick Terranova: Basically, I didn't give a crap about what they wanted, I did what I thought was cool. It was a hard BPM to work with, taking the song from 100 BPM to 128 because there was a lot of vibrato and its ends up sounding like a chipmunk. I did my own thing and at first they didn't want it. Marcus Moser of iio/Made asked where was the vocal mix. How many vocal mixes do you want, you already have four? Let this go and see what happens. The mix went number one and everybody loved it.
RS: Then there was the Serge Devant record with Kyven. Is it hard to work with a male vocal?
Nick Terranova: No, he has a good voice. The guy was definitely inspiring the track and Sergio is a good producer who writes very well. It was a very good vocal to work with. I like it when people present you with a credible vocal or something good where you can really compliment the original one.
RS: Turning to your original prouductions. With Scream, is there a story behind that song?
Nick Terranova: Yes, there was a big story behind that song.
Austin Leeds: I don't think there's a story, it was just about listening to a vibe.
Nick Terranova: It probably comes from me and you arguing about it.
Austin Leeds: That's the end product, but the birth was about really feeling Miami. After the "Diskoteka" single, which has a really sexy sultry vocal. The first part I kind of just came up with and then we came up with the second part which is a bit dirtier. It just kind of came together really.
Nick Terranova: Austin didn't want that "would your girlfriend call me a whore" party – he hated it. All the girls loved that part so I kind of smack him around about it.
Austin Leeds: I maybe wanted to be a bit more subtle or a bit more mysterious but that's what naturally happened with the vocal and everything.
RS: This Dirty Sounds Volume 1 CD that's coming out – is that a remix album or a producer album?
Nick Terranova: That's me, Nick from Starkillers, and it's a compilation of all of the Starkillers' work. Its basically a showcase of my remixes and the sound that I've developed over the last year.
RS: What's the difference between Starkillers and Terranova and Austin Leads?
Nick Terranova: Nick Teranova is Starkillers. Austin Leads is my partner and he helps me write everything and he's definitely there and doing stuff, but Nick Teranova is Starkillers. Teranova and Austin Leads is what we do together as a group and it's bit more of a serious vocal-driven sound. Starkillers is a bit more commercial and for the big audience.
Austin Leeds: Starkillers has a unique sound and it's an energy, but I think on our own we just tend to explore a little bit more underground.
RS: So when you're in the studio are you working in Logic, Nuendo, Protools?
Nick Terranova: We use Reason… No, I'm just kidding. We can't get our sound out of Reason. Basically we use Logic and that's it. Everything you hear from us from Discothèque to Only You or Dirty Sound or whatever, it's all Logic and a few third-party synths.
RS: Are you spinning live on CD, vinyl, or laptop now?
Nick Terranova: I'm spinning on CD because vinyl is a bitch to travel with.
RS: When you two work together, do you do separate parts or just collaborate completely?
Austin Leeds: Pretty much collaborating as both of us are engineer and know Logic and other programs. We both know how to program and know our way around so it makes it easy. Even with vocals, Nick's a lot better with melodies and maybe I'm a little bit better at piecing the words together.
Nick Terranova: I mean basically it's not a DJ and producer team. I'd been producing before I met Austin. I was doing a lot of commercials and film work. We both know the programs and can do arrangement and programming. When I stop he goes and when he stops I go, so it kind of works that way.
RS: What's your record of the Conference?
Nick Terranova: I like this Adam Freemer record "Underground." I like the drums and everything, he's really done a good job with that.
Austin Leeds: I'm kind of a purist so I really have to sort of dig deep. There's this track from Noir, who did "My MTV," called "All About House Music" which just got new remixes by Peter Gelderblom. It's a gimmick track with the spoken vocal, but its really good.
RS: And what do you want to say to all your fans?
Nick Terranova: Thanks guys, we appreciate it. You are awesome for real.
Austin Leeds: Thanks for the support, buying the music and playing the tracks.
RS: So when you're in the studio are you working in Logic, Nuendo, Protools?
Nick Terranova: We use Reason… No, I'm just kidding. We can't get our sound out of Reason. Basically we use Logic and that's it. Everything you hear from us from Discothèque to Only You or Dirty Sound or whatever, it's all Logic and a few third-party synths.
