RB BackStage: Going Dark with Drezo

“I believe in the music,” he says sincerely. “If you are pursuing your own thing then a lot of good things can happen.” Drezo grew up in Scottsdale, AZ and when he felt the music scene was leading him further west he picked up stakes and moved to Los Angeles with a few other DJ friends to hone his skills. While others were working on their media image and logo designs he was logging hours in the driver seat behind the mixer. He worked clubs and house parties, many times for no money just to get his sound out and find his own way in the music community. The night before his big Blackout show at The Pressroom I caught up with DJ/Producer Drezo to hit him with some rapid-fire questions and picked his brain about the state of the industry.

Relentless Beats: “So what is your next big festival show?”

Drezo: “I’ll be playing EDC Las Vegas this year!”

RB: “Do you know what stage?”

Drezo: “Actually I’m not sure yet.”

RB: “What was the first big festival you played?”

Drezo: “EDC Orlando 2012 was the first big show. When I got up there I felt like a real DJ.”

RB: “If you had to pick one reoccurring theme in your music what would it be?”

Drezo: “The darker side of house,” he says. “A DJ needs to expose the audience to new music. I love playing a song I know no one has heard before and knowing that they are going to try to go out and find it.”

RB: “I literally had that exact thing happen to me in London many years ago. I heard a track in a club and I was like ‘I have to find that!’ For you is there a big difference between performing live rather than creating in the studio?”

Drezo: “If you do one you have to be able to do the other. Reading the crowd is a big part of performing live. It wasn’t easy for me. I used to video myself on stage to help me improve.”

RB: “If there was one piece equipment or tech you couldn’t live without, what would it be?”

Drezo: “My samples. If I lost those I think I’d quit!”

RB: “When was the first time you heard one of your tracks that wasn’t from your own machine?”

Drezo: “One of my songs was on a Sirius XM show. My friends sent me videos of it.”

RB: “Do you feel like there is less aggression and rivalry among the artists in the dance music world rather than other genres?”

Drezo: “I think that other DJs respect the others who have made it. They know how hard they have worked to get there.”

RB: “What is the next big project for you, that thing up in the clouds that you want to do? Headline a festival, a movie soundtrack, a full length album?

Drezo: “One of my dreams was to work will Dillon Francis and that is happening right now. If you look at some of my old interviews I mentioned how I would like to work with him and now it is happening.”

RB: “That is amazing to have a specific goal like that and be able to achieve it. When does the track come out?”

Drezo: “It should be coming out in May under Mad Decent.”