What's amazing about a DJ set is when you're able to re-appropriate a song or give purpose to a song that people didn't really think it was supposed to have. Give it this sort of hidden power by playing it before this song and after that one. That it fits into this logic and it goes farther than you thought it could go.
A-TrakI've been doing it since I was prepubescent when I loved to scratch records and play good music. As it happens, you know I sort of fell into the mix. I really feel like I played a role in bringing dance music to America years ago.
A-TrakOne thing that I learned in recent years from working more with other people is this idea that part of a producer's job is to make people comfortable and confident.
A-TrakI worked with him for years. I still think Kanye [West] is one of the most important people in music in the last ten years.
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