Retrovision Discusses Hexagon Management & "We Like To Party" [Exclusive Interview]

Retrovision Discusses Hexagon Management & "We Like To Party"

5/26/2019

You've talked about how you got into music through a Playstation 1 video game, but a few unanswered questions from your beginning is where you got your name from and at what point you decided that you wanted to be a musician full-time?
I actually got my name pretty randomly! It was the middle of the night and I started searching for a cool nickname I could keep and then came up with this. As for when I knew I would do this full-time, it was seeing how the stats were growing and how my project was taking off and it got to the point where I was confident enough to invest all of my time into it. If things hadn't worked out, my backup plan was to be a sound engineer but well, I got kicked out of the school because I was working on my own tracks instead of doing homework!

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When you were starting to post music, you hopped around from Melbourne Bounce to hardstyle and trap. So how did you go about finding your musical voice?
I think that was the most complicated thing for me since I started making music. I had to create my own identity with my own vibe while trying to sound not like other people. That's why I tried multiple musical genres because I also wanted to learn how to produce any style before sticking to one.

Your growth over the past month and years has been nothing short of extraordinary. What can you say about the mix of originals and remixes that have contributed to this success?
Some tracks and remixes I released worked way better than I expected! For example, last year I self-released a track called "Galaxy" with literally zero promo and it still got over three million streams on Spotify which is insane! Now I have a more serious schedule to follow with original tracks, my management and I are trying to not release too much music so that we can let the tracks breathe. It gives us more time to promote them and focus on each single. Between those tracks, I'll usually releasing some remixes so that I let the people know that the project is still alive!

Congratulations on recently being signed to Don Diablo's Hexagon artist roster! What effect has this change had on your career and daily life?
I'm super happy about this! I signed with Hexagon Management which allows me to have a super motivated and hard-working team that helps me all the time on all aspects of my career. This of course doesn't mean that I'll just be releasing on a single label, in fact, I'm getting way more great opportunities than anytime before!

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It's always important to spend time outside of the studio so as to keep your craft in perspective. What are some of your favorite things to do when you take a break or when you unwind at the end of the day?
I usually play video games a LOT! Pretty much every evening around 10pm, I get online and play games with few friends. We're like a small group and we always play together since few years for now. I also watch some shows like Game of Thrones and some of the Marvel and DC Comics shows.

Tell us more about your latest track out on Musical Freedom!
I'm super happy to have finally released my track "We Like To Party"! It's my comeback track on Musical Freedom and it got so much support from the DJs already! It gets me super excited for this summer!

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Of all of the subgenres, I feel like there is an underrepresentation of future house music and artists at EDM festivals and tour schedules. In your opinion, where do you see the genre going as EDM matures?
I think Future House is exploding at the moment as we see more and more artists from that genre playing festivals around the world. It's still pretty hard for smaller future house artists to get club gigs because it's such a melodic style. Some of the songs just sound too happy to give that "club" atmosphere, but I think the scene is getting better each day!

You've also been touring more frequently lately, what have been some of the stand-out moments from your travels and performances?
One of my favorite shows is where I played at Warp Club in Tokyo. The crowd was literally singing all the tracks during the show and everyone was having a good time. One of my biggest goals is just to make people happy and this couldn't have been a better place to do that! Also in Bratislava last month at Bratislove Festival, I had such a positive reaction at the start of my set which made me never want to get off that stage!

Now that we're almost at the halfway point, what do you hope to accomplish by the end of the year?
I have a track coming soon this summer and I really hope this one makes a blast! I put a lot of love into it so I'm eager to see how people respond! There are also some upcoming collaborations which I'm super excited for. Looking a bit further ahead, I'm so thrilled to have gotten booked to play at a few festivals this summer. Clearly a first time for me to play at those big scenes so I'm going to re-work my whole set to give people the best that I can!

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