DJ Ron Slomowicz: How did you two meet? Were you both DJing separately?
Disco Brothers: We went to school together, so we have known each other for about 15 years now. We started DJing together when we put on our own free parties in Kent, England whilst still at school! It all carried on from there.
RS: How do you DJ as a team? Do one of you choose the record and the other one mixes it, or is there a more integrated method to your style of performance?
Disco Brothers: We DJ back to back, one tune each, each time. Our sets always demonstrate a musical progression - we build the set musically between different genres, at the moment our two main styles are trance and techno. We always aim to make our sets different and innovative by blending genres and creating a musical journey, because of this we like to play for as long as possible - we usually do a 2 hour set but the longer the better, so we can make the music flow.
RS: Your live shows are known for massive crowd interaction. What do you do in your gigs to lead the crowd (in addition to playing the music)?
Disco Brothers: There are two of us up there on the stage which instantly gives us an advantage over other DJs with our stage presence. Our crowd interaction involves plenty of communication with the crowd. Eye contact and plenty of shouting is the name of the game to get the crowd going, we aim to become a part of the crowd and be having just as much fun as them! Our attitude has always been very laid back when it comes to our job and this shows with the great reactions we get when we play out.
RS: Most DJs just come in and play records for their show. What elements as a team do you add to make your nights more magical?
Disco Brothers: Well, we've done loads of stuff in the past to make us stand out, some of it a bit silly but it always works!
RS: What aspect of your music has led to support from so many A-List DJs?
Disco Brothers: We have worked hard to create our own sound. The cross genre side of our DJing is directly linked with our productions as well, we take elements of trance and techno and blend them into one sound. It's a hard job sometimes because the two styles can be radically different but its more the percussive side of the techno that we use as well as percussion structure with the trance riffs and breakdowns. We've got a lot of A list support mainly because we have worked hard at our own sound which is very distinctive, and not just copied someone else.
RS: It sounds like you are exploding all over Europe in addition to the UK. How do you approach gigs outside the UK - say in Switzerland or Turkey?
Disco Brothers: We have to adapt our musical style to suit wherever we play. Switzerland is one of our favourite European gigs at the moment, we have been out there a number of times and are building a good following. When we DJ though, we have to take into account the local sound, in Switzerland they prefer the more banging side of trance such as DJ Scot Project's sound. The whole sound is more heavy and more kick drum based so we adapt to fit in. We also however prepare some tracks of our own sound to make sure we keep ourselves standing out amongst the other DJs.
RS: What's the biggest crowd you have spun for?
Disco Brothers: The biggest would have to be 23,000 people at the Energy Festival in Switzerland last Summer. This event is the Swiss equivalent of the Berlin Love Parade and consists of the Street Parade first and then the club event at the Hallenstadion, a massive sports arena in the centre of Zurich. The Street Parade was amazing - there were twelve floats with sound systems slowly making their way round Zurich harbour which was packed with over 900,000 people! We were playing on the Sirup Records float (Switzerland's biggest trance label) alongside Swiss favourites Tatana and Energy, so you could say this is our biggest crowd!! The whole afternoon was an amazing experience, the Swiss lot certainly know how to party! But, there was still more to come as we moved on later to play our set at the Hallenstadion, which had a main dancefloor holding 23,000 people! To top it all off we were playing with the likes of Paul van Dyk and Tomcraft, so this gig was one of the biggest boosts to our European profile, as well as being a top laugh!
