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If you live in Nashville and you like electro its more than likely you've been to the Coach versus Kase series at 12th and Porter, easily one of my favorite venues in the city. Coach, Jeremy Todd, is pictured to the left and was nice enough to answer a couple interview questions about himself, the CvK series, and the growing Nashville electro scene. Hope you enjoy it.How long have you been djaying? How did you get into it?
I have been djaying for a little over 2 years now. It's funny I got into it just by throwing house parties with my buddy Michael. That turned into a year long stint at Agave in Nashville where we did a weekly on Tuesday nights. We went by the name of Principal & Coach and everything kind of progressed from there.
How did the Coach versus Kase series first start? Has it changed much?
Well it started because the place I used to do a weekly at got shut down so I was looking for a new place to play. Michael and I moved it to 12th and Porter for about 6 weeks and decided to move it across the street to MAI. I then talked to the owners at 12th about throwing a weekly there on the weekends as kind of an "afterparty" for the city. A place where people could go see all the great shows in town and then come dance with us afterwards. The first person that came to mind was Justin so i called him up and we kind of went from there. I had always loved how Justin approached djaying, he had so much passion in it and I knew it would be a good fit. The format hasn;t really changed much we have just gotten some more bells and whistles. New lights and video have been added but the set up is still the same.
You and Justin get to open for, and often hang out with, the best DJs in the world in a relatively small city at relatively small venues. What's that been like for you guys? Does it allow you to network at all or are the relationships more limited to the show?
Yeah that has been amazing. I know Justin has been doing it for longer than me but I have a blast every time I get asked to play. This year alone i have had the privilege to play with Felix Cartal, MSTRKRFT, Designer Drugs, Steve Aoki, Burns and Deadmau5. Its always cool putting a face to some of the music and kind of getting a vibe from people. As far as networking and all that it kind of depends on the guys. I still stay in touch with the guys from Hot Pink Delorean and Designer Drugs. They are just cool dudes who love music and want to have a good time.
The Nashville electro scene feels like its grown just in the few years I have been here. What's your impression?
Its great man, just to be a witness to it has been awesome. Justin has been doing this a lot longer than me so he has deeper roots in it than I do. Jensen Sportag is another big name in town having to do with electro music and i absolutely love them. Justin has been doing things like Hey Kids, and Youth Group while i was doing the Agave thing. I think when me and Justin decided to do this together it was just a perfect blend of our experiences.
What's next for you and Justin? Concerts, mixtapes, originals?
Well Justin just started going out on tour with Kesha which is huge. He will be on tour for awhile now and I couldn't be happier for him. He has been after it for awhile and I am glad to see it paying off for him. As far as me in Nashville I got a new monthly in Murfreesboro called SWAG and its the first Friday of every month at a club called 527. Also starting a new monthly in town where we are gonna bring national acts in. Its called Bang Out! and our first guest is Treasure Fingers and that starts on December 11th. So we have both been very busy.
And finally, Robots: Friend or Foe?
Friend definitely.
Now for a few of the tracks that have been blowing up our speakers the last couple days...
Here's a new song from LA's Dr. Hollywood. Louie Rubio and Lex Larson make up the group and do all the writing, raping, singing and producing themselves. They've also collaborated with some of my favorite rappers: B Real, Too Short, and Obie Trice to name a few.
This track, "Smashing Bottles", comes on the heels of their single "We Run La", a chilled out electro anthem perfect for bleezies and breezies, yaddamean?! The group recently started a little indie called "Undertone" and they're dropping our first self titled e.p. on 2-14-10 which is going to include 5 originals and a couple remixes. I threw in "We Run L.A." as well. I think you guys will dig it. Enjoy
Smashing Bottles- Dr. Hollywood
We Run L.A. - Dr. Hollywood (Dance Remix)
