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I finally get my funky friend Pat Lok to join the show, and the conversation just flows like disco for breakfast. It was supposed to be a b2b conversation with his pal and frequent collaborator Party Pupils, but we ended up having a rip-roaring time regardless, talking about the creative process, his favorite sushi spots in Vancouver, his incredible Fone-a-Friend interview series, his "Gone i...

What do Sartre and Camus have to do with techno? LA-based DJ and producer Lubelski is gonna tell you all about it! My pal comes through to talk about his wonderfully-absurd album "Happy Accidents," the joys and expenses of modular synths, the cool freedom of existentialism and more! Follow for updates: IG | Twitter | TikTok | Discord Follow the Kat Scrawls Newsletter for essays, intervie...

Have you ever met a human encyclopedia? Monsieur Frazier is one, and in today's chat, he gives us all a schoolin' on the Los Angeles dance music scene, the history of electronic music, some fun documentary recommendations and more. He also shares with us his creative process, and explains how his self-titled EP is a guide to the center of his brain and his heart. Follow for updates: IG |...

From hilarious tweets to thought-provoking interviews, Baby Weight caught my eye all year. She helps me finish Season 2 with a bang, sharing stories about how she learned to DJ in a pop-loving dive bar, coining the term "Riot Girl Rave" and why she believe women and gender non-comforming DJs and producers are the second coming of DIY dance. Follow for updates: IG | Twitter | TikTok | Dis...

This episode features NYC producer and DJ Proper Villains, who despite his saucy name is actually very, very nice. He shares back-in-the-day rave stories, talks up his epic vinyl collection, and of course, gets into what was then his recent collaboration with Cakes Da Kill, "Don Dada," which is a ballroom-esque banger. This dude knows his shit, he’s such a great guy. He’s even a dad now,...

Rinzen is an old friend of mine, and it's a pleasure to crack his brilliant mind open on my show. He used to be a dance music journalist alongside myself, writing for Billboard Dance, then his music got signed by Deadmau5, and the rest is history he continues to write. Today, we chat about the deep world-building that goes into his songwriting, how he crafts rich and multi-layered creations i...

Elohim has long been one of the most candid artists on the modern electro-pop scene, and our conversation on the show is no different. It's not my first time speaking with the producer-singer-songwriter, but it is our first time diving into her beautiful four-part EP series "Journey to the Center of Myself"—a must listen for anyone, I promise. In this episode, we chat about learning...

With love, intention and an exploratory spirit, Branden Ratcliff and Jared Poythress have pushed the Vindata project to beautiful heights. Debut album 'With Opened Eyes' is a culmination of everywhere the duo has been, mixing melodic grooves with head-knockin' beats, spiritual stillness with euphoric emotion and beyond. Out on Monstercat, the team at Billboard named it one of the be...

Hailing from the wilds of Colorado, Covex distills the very feeling of being alone in nature into soothing, electronic melodies. That being said, his debut album "A Change of Perspective" is so much more than a collection of lovely moods. It's a full exploration of sound and feeling, drudging up the darkness of the shadows as well as stepping into the light.  Today, we chat with Cov...

Some artists put on for up-and-coming artists, but Hex Cougar puts those up-and-comers on his songs directly. The LA-based DJ and producer brought Pauline Herr, So Sus and Sejo---three super talented visionaries--and joined the trio in a grand and true-scale sonic epic. The "Genesis" EP and its four tracks blend each artist's identity to create something new and larger than the sum...

Counting credits that including Sidepiece's "On My Mind," "Bad Bitches" with Marshmello, "200 MPH" with Bad Bunny and more, Nitti Gritti has proven himself as one of the dopest and most diverse producers on the modern pop and electronic scene. From his home studio in Ft. Lauderdale, he cooks up mind-melting trap, dubstep, pop-punk, house records and more. It&apos...

Who is Heyz? It's not just a question, it's the name of this madman's first official EP, out now on Deadbeats. It's a mix of beauty and bass, and it does well to introduce Heyz to the world, but there's so much more to this dude than meets the ear.  In what must be one of the most colorful Kat Calls chats to date, Heyz tells us all about his traveling music hobo grandpa, t...

Imagine you're sitting in high school English class when you get an email that says "Odesza wants to meet you." That's just about what happened to Luc Bradford, better known as Ford. to fans. The young producer has led a rather blessed life all around; from his international childhood to his signing with the Seattle duo's Foreign Family Collective.  He released his debut a...

Sometimes, you've just got to rip it up and start again. Just ask Vetta Borne. The Aussie singer-songwriter had a pretty comfy career writing pop songs for other stars and a solid career performing under her own name until her grandma passed away and inspired the singer to reinvent herself entirely. At the start of 2020, she changed her name to Vetta Borne and discovered a seriously sensual a...

It's Swardy! The jolliest dude in electronic music joins Kat Calls and dishes all about his incredible Secret Sky 2021 set, as well as his time with The M Machine, what it was like to live in a studio that once belonged to Journey, his future plans to make an animated EP and all kinds of stuff. He even gives us a tour of his wonderful workshop! Puppets!! Follow for updates: IG | Twitter | Tik...

Scotland's Sam Gellaitry has been one of the highest-regarded names on the electronic beat scene since he was 17. His own parents supported his decision to drop out of high school and focus on music, and got a Super Bowl ad placement before he turned 20. Now, he's throwing everything you know about him out the window, picking up a microphone and making the best music of his nearly 10-yea...

When it comes to diversity of sound and skill, Krane is one of the bravest on the scene. He's one of the last big Soundcloud breakouts before the rise of Spotify, an artist who took on his first gig as a DJ without really knowing what he was getting himself into. The key to his success? He won't let himself overthink anything, thereby avoiding the analysis paralysis that can keep so many...

The best kind of queen is the one that puts on for everyone around her, and TT The Artist is exactly that kind of visionary. As soon as she was introduced to the Baltimore club scene, she started giving back. Her label Club Queen Records makes space for femme creatives of color, and her full-length documentary Dark City Beneath The Beat shines a bright spotlight on the limitless minds and spirited...

There might not be a realer DJ/producer on the planet. This conversation ran long, but every drop of it is gold. Skream and his friends invented dubstep when he was just a kid, and he's here to let everyone know, dubstep is in his blood. The real OG is back making 140 bpm tunes again (and he actually is back on the tour circuit playing it again!). After nearly 20 years of work in the studio,...

I could not be more honored to present one of Wavedash's very first interviews! This Austin trio just dropped one of the best albums of the year. "World Famous Tour" is a feat of sound and spirit, an album that took the lifelong friends farther into themselves and closer to their artistic truth that ever before--and as we hear in today's chat, that is not an easy thing to do. I...

When it comes to bloghouse, if Glenjamn didn't film it, it probably wasn't that big of a deal. Ever since he filmed Daft Punk's legendary Coachella 2006 performance, he's dedicated his life to documenting the coolest parts of counter culture, from the sweaty L.A. club days of the late 2000s, to Fashion Week Paris with Virgil Abloh. He caught Thomas Bangalter spinning sans helme...

I first met Nala when she was a fledgling DJ in Miami, and already by then she was running a DJ school for other women. She moved to her native LA after graduating college and finessed the fuck out a career, going out every night, making meaningful connections with the artists around her and almost never saying no to an opportunity. When COVID-19 shut the world down, she kept hustling, launching T...

Kaleena Zanders is one of the most powerful and positive voices on the dance music scene, but this singer-songwriter is so much more than a topline. I'm honored to get to know her better on the program, and she was just as bright an energy as I expected.  Here, we chat about her creative childhood, studio snacks, crowdsurfing at Coachella, how the dance community stopped her from quitting mus...

I've been a fan of Pusher ever since I discovered "Islands, Waves, Caves, & Skies" in a random Soundcloud mix in 2012. He may have started out as a video game-inspired future bass producer, but he's since evolved through a myriad of stages, writing dance-pop hits like "Clear" and exploring the art of commitment and spontaneity with his Jamuary series, but it'...

Madeon is a multi-talented producer, DJ, songwriter and all-around artist who broke onto the scene as a 16-year-old prodigy. Today, he's regarded as one of the top talents in the modern dance and pop realm, landing credits with Lady Gaga, Two Door Cinema Club, Coldplay and Ellie Goulding.  His sophomore album "Good Faith," released in 2019, is a high-water achievement that pushed hi...