How do you work together when you play out?
Dimitri: “I am a DJ and Mike is an MC, so whatever we
do, it’s not like one is taking the spotlight from the other,
because we just do our own thing.”
Mike: “We select the music together as well, so I know
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what to expect. It mashes together.”
Dimitri: “Also, if I have a few new tracks, and I think I’m
going to play those, I send them to Mike to listen to.
BY
Mike is not the kind of MC that wants everyone to hear
his voice for one hour. He’ll just pick out the right time
to say something, it’s not like Fatman Scoop shouting on
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the mic.”
Mike: “We don’t want it to get annoying. It’s all about the
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike put
crowd, in the end.”
some words behind the beats of
Do you have your own studio set up?
their ‘Smash The House!’ cover-
Mike: “We each have our own standard Pioneer set ups.
We work together a lot, but these days we just have so
mount mix…
much work, that we kind of have to have our own studios.
“When we can, we sit together in the studio. We commu- 01. Axwell, Angello, Ingrosso &
nicate a little bit over the internet, and we don’t live that Laidback Luke feat Deborah Cox
far from each other.” ‘Leave The World Behind (Dimitri Vegas & Like 09. Daddy Groove
Dimitri: “But I also have a second job, A&Ring for Belgian Mike vs SHM Dark Forest Edit)’ AXTONE ‘Shorebreak’ NET’S WORK
label CNR, so I’m busy a couple of days, and Mike is work- “We couldn’t have been happier than when Ax gave us “A new promo we got from our Italian friends. Normally,
ing a bit extra on the music. And now we’re starting up the chance to remix it. The SHM guys opened with it at we don’t leave our tracks on too long, but this one goes
our own label.” the opening party of their Dark Forest night at Pacha, and from beginning to end. Great beats, beautiful break.”
the crowd absolutely loved it!”
Tell us more about your label, Smash Music… 10. Yves V
Dimitri: “Last year, we did so many remixes, so many that 02. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike feat ‘Insane Pressure (Dave Lambert & Elektrokid
I can’t even start counting them! We said, ‘this year is go- Vangosh Mix)’ MOSTIKO/CNR
ing to be different’, but we don’t only want to do our own ‘Deeper Love (Tommy Trash Remix)’ SMASH MUSIC “Yves V is one of the upcoming talents in Belgium we’re
stuff. We went to Sweden, and we had the opportunity “An upcoming release on our Smash Music imprint. It’s supporting. We’re also working on a little collaboration
to work with Albin Myers and Dada Life. They’re really a collaboration with Vangosh, known from tracks with with him. We picked out his latest release here, in the
talented guys, and we really felt a special kind of energy Tocadisco, David Tort and Alex Kenji.” ‘Dave Lambert Mix’, who is my co-A&R at CNR Records,
working with other people because you can have different Belgium.”
styles coming together, different ideas.” 03. Tristan Garner & Gregory Klosman
Mike: “The concept of Smash Music is us working together ‘Fuckin’ Down’ JOIA RECORDS 11. Tim Berg
with other people. The fi rst releases we’ve got lined up are “The new banger on Luciano Ingrosso’s Joia Records, ‘Alcoholic (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Twelve Step
already really promising, which we also included a few of we’ve been hammering it a lot, always with a great Remix)’ JOIA RECORDS
on the mix CD.” response. Shows the talent of Tristan and also Gregory, “We really liked the original, so we were happy when
who is doing a remix for our ‘Salinas’ remix EP.” Luciano Ingrosso from Joia asked us to remix it. Together
Which Mike is Like Mike like? with his partner Jonas Sällberg, he was one of the fi rst
Mike: “You know the saying they have in America, with 04. Dani L Mebius & Billy The Klit guys to give us a break a couple of years ago, and we
[revered basketball player] Michael Jordan, ‘everyone ‘Work This Pussy’ FRANCHISE respect that a lot.”
wants to be like Mike’ — that’s where it actually came “Dani is another new talent I really dig. He sent us a
from, actually he wants to be like me, Like Mike!” couple of new productions, and this is our favourite. I 12. Tiësto & Nelly Furtado
liked it so much, I immediately signed it for CNR, and we ‘Who Wants To Be Alone (Dimitri Vegas & Like
So is everything going according to plan? will be dropping a remix very soon!” Mike Open Air Mix)’ PIAS/MUSICAL FREEDOM
Dimitri: “Actually, the plan is evolving every day. Mostly “When we fi rst saw a track of ours popping up on a Tiësto
we have to say thanks a lot to Axwell for picking us up and 05. Andy Taylor, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike radioshow a couple of years ago, we were really excited;
asking us a year ago to mix ‘Leave The World Behind’. Ever ‘The Underdog (Original Mix vs Jean Elan after seeing all those Youtube clips of him hammering
since we did that remix, people have been calling us every Mix)’ WE PLAY our ‘Under The Water’ and also our ‘Gossip’ remix, we
day. And also, Sebastian [Ingrosso] for announcing us as “Our collaboration with Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor. Andy were ecstatic.”
his favourite producers for 2009.” heard us working when we were doing some random
Mike: “We also need to thank James Sefton, the label beats for our ‘Leave The World Behind’ remix at Sonic 13. Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike & Dada Life
manager from Axtone. We’re defi nitely in debt to the Vista Studios, somewhere hidden in the mountains of ‘Tomorrow (The ID&T Tomorrowland Anthem
Swedish House Mafi a, for sure. It’s not 100% confi rmed, Ibiza.” Instrumental Mix)’ SMASH MUSIC
but we should be playing with them for the fi rst time in “The fi rst release on our imprint, also the theme track of
Miami.” 06. Michael Calfan ID&T Tomorrowland.”
‘Galactica’ YELLOW PRODUCTIONS
Tell us about your involvement with ID&T... “This is a cool promo we got from Yellow Productions, and 14. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
Dimitri: “We only started collaborating a month and a it works really well!” ‘Under The Water (Abel Ramos Mix vs Dada Life
half ago, they’re opening a lot of doors for us. They were Mix)’ MOSTIKO/CNR
looking for new guys to push and it’s really been fantastic 07. Afrojack & Bobby Burns “A mash up of two remixes of our previous ‘Under The
working with them. We’re going to be on their main stage ‘Ghettoblaster’ SPINNIN Water’ release. We got a lot of support on this release,
on the Saturday and on the Sunday we’re going to host “This one actually landed in our hands a few hours before and it did really well in a lot of charts and countries.”
our own Smash Music stage.” we recorded the mix, love at fi rst sight! Big fans of the
Mike: “Ever since we joined ID&T, we’ve been getting Afrojack sound and this one is, once again, a banger. 15. Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike & Albin Myers
more and more gig requests, so they’re handling it, and Mike kicked a little fl ow on it, also.” ‘Drop The Beat (Original Mix)’ SMASH MUSIC
I think 2010 is going to be a really busy year. It’s a really “Another upcoming release on Smash. We did this one
exciting time for us.” 08. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike when we were in Sweden with rising star Albin Myers.
Dimitri: “I’m having a hard time sleeping! Constantly ‘Salinas (White Island Original)’ MOSTIKO/CNR Some hip-hop-infl uenced beats in the break, it works
thinking of the next plan.” “Inspired by the beaches in Eivissa...” really well on the fl oors, and it’s a good closer of our set!”
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