FIRST TIME BARONG FAMILY LABEL NIGHT IN MIAMI. CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR FEELINGS TO BE A PART OF THIS SPECIAL NIGHT?

PLAYING AT THE BARONG FAMILY LABELNIGHT IN MIAMI BEACH WAS

LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE. IT IS JUST REALLY COOL TO REPRESENT THE MUSIC WE PRODUCE AND LIKE, TOGETHER WITH OUR DJ FRIENDS, IN A PACKED CAMEO CLUB IN THE HEART OF MIAMI. WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT BUT THE VIBE AND ENERGY WAS JUST NEXT LEVEL. SO MANY DEDICATED FANS WHO TRAVELED FOR MILES TO SEE US. REALLY, A NIGHT THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED. WE LOVE YOU GUYS!

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW YOU FIRST GET IN CONTACT WITH BARONG FAMILY?

WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS AND MAKING MUSIC WITH YELLOW CLAW

SINCE 2013. THIS WAS WAY BEFORE THEY STARTED THEIR LABEL

BARONG FAMILY. WHEN THEY STARTED THE LABEL IT WAS A LOGICAL STEP FOR US TO RELEASE OUR MUSIC ON THE LABEL, TOGETHER WITH OTHER FRIENDS OF YELLOW CLAW. AT THIS POINT WE ARE A TRUE FAMILY WHO SHARE THE SAME PASSION.

HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE NAME ’’LNY TNZ’’?

WE WERE THINKING ABOUT AN ARTIST NAME BACK IN 2004 WHEN WE STARTED MAKING MUSIC FOR FUN. WE WERE LIKE: "OK, WHAT NAME SHOULD WE USE?”, WE CAME UP WITH THE THING THAT WE PLAY AND PRODUCE THE ‘TUNES', AND WE LIKE TO PLAY COOL AND CRAZY MUSIC. SO, WE THOUGHT "LET'S CALL IT LOONEY TUNEZ”, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS: CRAZY MUSIC.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CARTOONS. BUT, IT WAS A THING THAT PEOPLE ASSOCIATE IT WITH. THAT'S GOOD THOUGH, IT’S A CATCHY NAME. RECENTLY, WE DECIDED TO TAKE OUT THE VOWELS TO AVOID ANY CONFUSION. NOW IT’S: “LNY TNZ”. WHICH IS WAY STRONGER BRANDING-WISE.

CAN YOU TELL US THE MAIN MESSAGE BEHIND THE TERM

’’FVCK GENRES’’?

THE MAIN MESSAGE BEHIND “FVCK GENRES” IS: WE PRODUCE EN PLAY MUSIC WE LIKE AND DO NOT PUT US IN A BOX! IT’S ALL ABOUT MUSIC AND NOT THE LABELS. OFTEN PEOPLE ASK US: ARE YOU HARDSTYLE, FREESTYLE, TRAP OR WHATEVER? WE DO NOT LABEL OUR MUSIC. WE LOVE TO EXPERIMENT WITH MUSIC AND WE TRY TO BRING THE RIGHT ENERGY IN OUR TRACKS WHICH WILL COME ALIVE ON THE DANCE FLOOR. AND WE SEE IT WORKS, WHETHER WE PLAY IN HOLLAND, USA OR AUSTRALIA. PEOPLE SEEM TO LOVE THE ENERGY WE BRING COMBINED WITH THE UPTEMPO DROPS AND HALF TIME SWITCHES. TECHNO TOGETHER WITH WAKA, DIPLO AND YELLOW CLAW IS LEGENDARY AND IT WILL BE LEGENDARY FOREVER, WE ARE PRETTY SURE ABOUT THAT. HOW WAS IT WORKING WITH THEM ON THE TRACK, MAYBE ONE DAY WE CAN EXPECT TECHNO PART 2?

WHEN WE STARTED WORKING ON TECHNO WITH YELLOW CLAW IN THE STUDIO, WE IMMEDIATELY HAD THE FEELING THAT THIS COULD BE SOMETHING SPECIAL, SOMETHING NEW AND SOMETHING FRESH THAT WAS NEVER DONE BEFORE. WE TRIED TO BRING TRAP, RAP AND HARDER STYLES ALL INTO ONE TRACK. AND WE GUESS IT WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL. ALSO THIS TRACK CAN’T BE LABELED IN ONE GENRE. THAT’S WHY WE SAY: FVCK GENRES!

DO YOU THINK GROWING UP IN THE NETHERLANDS HAS IMPACTED YOUR STYLE OF PRODUCTION?

IT PROBABLY DOES, EVEN WE ARE NOT EVEN AWARE OF IT. AS YOUNGSTERS WE USED TO GO OUT A LOT TO ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF CLUBS WHERE THEY PLAYED A WIDE VARIETY OF MUSIC. WE WERE ALWAYS FOCUSSED ON NEW MUSIC AND WERE WATCHING THE PEOPLE HOW THEY REACT AND DANCE TO IT. THE COOL THING ABOUT HOLLAND IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES TO GO OUT TO. AND THE HARDER STYLES ARE ORIGINATED IN HOLLAND. THESE HARDER STYLES ARTIST WERE ALWAYS A BIG INSPIRATION TO US.

CAN YOU TELL THE PEOPLE SOMETHING ABOUT THE TECHNO/ HARDSTYLE SCENE OR HISTORY IN THE NETHERLANDS? WAS IT YOUR FIRST LOVE OR DID YOU LISTENED TO OTHER KINDS OF MUSIC IN THE PAST/ AT THE

BEGINNING?

WE LISTEN TO ALL KINDS OF MUSIC. FROM RAP TO BALLADS AND CLASSICAL TO HARDCORE. IN THE PAST THERE USED TO BE A LOT OF HARDER STYLE CLUB EVENTS IN HOLLAND. NOWADAYS THE CLUB SCENE IS SLOW AND THE FESTIVAL SCENE IS GROWING. THE COOL THING ABOUT THE FESTIVALS IS THAT YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF YOUR FAVOURITE ARTISTS IN ONE DAY. BACK IN THE DAYS THERE USED TO BE A LOCAL WARM UP DJ IN THE CLUB AND ONE OR TWO GUEST OR HEADLINE ARTISTS. SO THERE IS WAY MORE VARIETY IN MUSIC NOW.

’’TRAP IS GOING TECHNO’’: IT SEEMS YOU TURNED ANY TRAP PRODUCTION INTO PURE DESTRUCTION, YOUR REMIXES ARE SUPER POWERFULL AND PEOPLE OFTEN CALL THEM ’’WAY BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL ONE’’. SO WOULD YOU SAY TRAP AND TECHNO ARE WORKING TOGETHER PRETTY WELL? IS IT A GOOD COMBINATION?

HAHA, IT’S COOL TO HEAR THAT PEOPLE SAY THAT. WE WOULD NEVER SAY THAT OURSELF. WE ALWAYS RESPECT THE ORIGINAL TRACK. WE ONLY DO REMIXES IF WE REALLY REALLY LIKE THE ORIGINAL, SO THAT MAKES IT ALREADY HARD FOR US TO BEAT THE ORIGINAL BUT WE JUST TRY TO GIVE A DIFFERENT TWIST TO IT AND TRY OUR BEST TO MAKE IT A DANCE FLOOR BANGER.

AS OUR NEIGHBOUR: 3 THINGS ABOUT GERMANY THAT CROSS YOUR MIND SPONTANEOUS?

- BOOTSHAUS, COLOGNE! ONE OF THE BEST CLUBS WHERE WE HAVE EVER PLAYED! - BRATWURST! WE JUST LOVE IT!

- 1974 WHAT HAS BEEN THE BEST PART OF 2015 SO FAR?

THE BEST PART OF 2015 WAS OUR OWN “FVCK GENRES” STAGE HOSTING AT SUMMERFESTIVAL BELGIUM. WE WILL DO ANOTHER HOSTING AT SUMMERFESTIVAL THIS YEAR. YOU BETTER KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR THIS ONE. AND ANOTHER BIG HIGHLIGHT FOR US WAS OUR SHOW AT EDC LAS VEGAS. THE VIBE AND ENERGY DOWN THERE IS JUST INDESCRIBABLE!

WHAT’S NEXT ON YOUR RADAR IN 2016, UPCOMING EP/

ALBUM?

WE HAVE BEEN OFF THE RADAR FOR A FEW MONTHS BECAUSE THEY BROKE IN TO OUR STUDIO. WE IMMEDIATELY MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION AND BUILDED THREE BRAND NEW STUDIOS THERE, WHICH ARE JUST FINISHED. THE PLAN FOR NOW IS TO FOCUS ON NEW TRACKS AND NEW EPS! DURING THE CRAZY BUSY UPCOMING FESTIVAL SEASON WE WILL REALLY TRY TO BE AS PRODUCTIVE AS WE CAN AND WILL TRY TO TRANSLATE OUR CREATIVITY IN NEW MUSIC!

WHO WERE SOME OF YOUR EARLY INFLUENCES?

IN ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF MUSIC WE HAVE INFLUENCES. WE LOVE PRODUCERS LIKE: TIMBALAND, STARGATE, DJ MUSTARD AND SCOTT STORCH TO NAME A FEW. ACTS LIKE DAFT PUNK AND COLDPLAY.