RS: Now that y'all have your own label, Lost Angeles Recordings,
how are things different?
D:Fuse: We have to work on crap a lot more, which we wished we
didn't have to do.
Mike Hiratzka: All the tracks that we used to leave for other
people, now we have to take care of ourselves. It gives us the
creative control to be able to release what we want when we want and
to be able to choose remixers. For instance, we just had Chris
McAlley do an outstanding remix. For our second single, "Massif," the
response has been amazing. Having that ability to control our future
musically is really important to both of us and it allows us to maybe
release records that might now appeal to other labels that are looking
for a specific type of thing, this way we could do our thing our way.
D:Fuse: When we first put together some of our singles shopped them
around, we got some responses back from people that would pick up our
music and we kind of looked at each other one day and said why don't
we do our own thing. We've both been in this industry for so long and
we still have so many relationships that basically we already have
this big pool of industry people and DJs that we already connect with.
That's what exciting about new technology today is that because it's
only an online record label, everything is just going to be available
to download only. I would have never in a million years though I
would start a record label because I've seen what other people have to
go through to deal with a record label and I've dealt with them
forever. Labels that basically throw music out there with a little
bit of money and a little bit of work but if it doesn't pop right off,
they're done with it, bury the album and move on to the next project.
I was frustrated and Mike knew about a lot of this too as far as the
people he was working with, so the great thing is, it's only two
people doing the label and we outsource a lot of stuff to other
people. We don't have a team of twenty or thirty or forty or fifty
people behind us, but at the same time our hearts are in it. We've
already seen so many benefits since we love what we're doing, we're
proud of what we're doing and we're pushing it with all of our hearts.
Just believing in a project can take it so much further than some war
chest of money thrown in your direction.
Mike Hiratzka: We have invested so much of ourselves already in
this, but I think that really shows in the quality of the work that
we're doing. We really care about making the best music that we can
make. We want to deliver music that's going to get people excited and
resonate with them. That may not always be something that is really
promoted by a third party record label as they don't have that
emotional and personal connection with the music. There may be a
record that they sing but they're not going to push it the way that
somebody who has a real connection to the music from the very
beginning and all the way through is going to have. It's just a more
personal thing for us. We've been talking about the label as an
extension of the album and whole process over the last year – creating
it, developing it, and seeing how it's going to translate into the
future for live performances and that effects our DJing careers. We
had this master plan we've been developing over the last couple of
years and it's just sort of all getting to the point now.
D:Fuse: World domination, we want to build the biggest corporate
entity that we've ever seen.
RS: That makes perfect sense.
D:Fuse: Yes, world domination, we're opening our nuclear reactor next week.
RS: Before you launch the nuclear reactor, what would you like
to say to all your fans out there?
D:Fuse: Please buy our record. Love is the answer.
Mike Hiratzka: Yes, world peace. We hope that when you listen to
the album that you will be able to relate to it because it's got a
little bit of something for everybody. Hopefully all the energy and
fun that we've put in to it and all the dedication that it's taken
over the course of the last year to get it done, comes through. It
may not be what people are expecting from two club DJs but I think
that's why we wanted to do the album in the first place – to be able
to push the limits of what we were doing musically and be able to just
kind of break free of the club track sort of format and get into
something that was little bit more…
D:Fuse: I can sum this up really quickly. It's a sexy album and we
just want people to put it on and have some sex and really just enjoy
life. Step away from all the horrible things that are going on and
have lots of sex.
