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All rights reserved. Scion and the Scion logo are trademarks of Toyota Motor Corporation. 00430-ZIN01-DN If you have a question, email us through the Contact page on scionav.com AZARI&III Interview: Julianne Escobedo Shepherd Photography: JD Howell Azari & III have only been around for about two years, but they’ve already embedded themselves into the hearts of anyone who’s ever loved a diva vocal or lost it on the dance floor. Songs including “Hungry For The Power,” “Reckless With Your Love” and “Into The Night” (which was featured in a recent installment of the Scion A/V Remix series), have marked this Toronto-based act as some of dance music’s ones to watch. Comprised of Dinamo Azari, Alixander III, Fritz Helder and Starving Yet Full, the quartet’s music is impeccably composed, but as we discovered during a phone call to their studio, their composure might be a byproduct of chaos. You are masters of the super-triumphant dance floor build. How do you do it? Starving Yet Full: We come up with a concept, talk about it, joke about it and try on different outfits. Dinamo Azari: Some of the parts I guess are geared for the dance floor, and some for the heart and soul, and we wanna get both of those in there, not just the dance floor. And you know, we have four of us, so it’s pretty tough when you have four minds going in different directions, fighting for their ideas. We’re all kind of coming to a climax where we’ll agree, and it’s a very, very slow process. Alixander III: It grows to fruition. I think everyone just naturally gives what it takes to Visit scionaV.com make the script come to life. for original videos of interviews & performances, exclusive & free Azari: And you can candy-coat stuff, but it’s also fun to put jagged edges on it. music downloads, live event photos, streaming music on Starving: I think we all kind of embody that as individual artists. Scion Radio 17 & much more Azari: We’re very passionate in our own way and we’re also very similar, and I guess that’s just what brings us together. Watch vIdeos fRom the scIon a/v vIdeo seRIes at scIonav.com/musIc/scIonavvIdeo Azari & III in their Toronto studio The sound and ethos of early 1990s dance music is coming back, do you feel a kinship to that era? Azari: We have no objection to dating ourselves. There are people coming from our age group who come from that era who want to do that and did it. III: I think it’s really bad, actually. The ’90s have nothing to do with this. If someone came back and did, like, ’90s shoegaze revival, then I’d be happy. But it’s not that at all. It’s just not the sentiment. We’ve gotten to the age where we definitely don’t shy away from it because we’ve got the technology from back then, and I think that’s probably what people are thinking about, if you want to get specific. The technology is giving people that impression. And you know, 12-bit, 8-bit, whatever, we love old production and we don’t want to just be all digital. In the “Into the Night” video, there’s a shot of you playing a huge rack of synths. Is that the equipment you use? III: Yeah, we have a huge warehouse for our studio with 40-foot ceilings, basically, and we started running out of room, so we just started building up. And the director saw all that and was like, “This has to be in the video.” We have a rock-climbing wall in here. IncludIng Wait, what? III: Can’t you hear the echo in here? We really have 40-foot ceilings, so we just make art and 12th Planet & JuakalI’s “Reasons (doctoR P RemIx)” sculptures and stack them really high. Right now we have gels all over the lights. They’re kind of strobing now. We’re actually walking across the room. Helder: Are you getting a visual? Now we’re in the black light room. III: It’s three feet wide, Amsterdam alleyway-style. Azari: We have a 20-watt generator, too, for when the power goes out. We’re meltdown prepared. myspace.com/azariandiii Listen to Scion A/V Remix: Azari & III—featuring remixes from Prince Language, Renaissance Man, CFCF, Nicolas Jaar and Troxler, Mesamenos & Jaw—at scionav.com/azariandiii PARTY PhoTo- GRAPhY TIPS & TRICKS FRom nICKY dIGITAl After the big night out, after the late-night cab ride home and after the big, greasy brunch in the morning, the next stop is Nicky digital’s website for evidence of what just happened. The ubiquitous party photographer has been a staple of the New York nightlife scIon house PaRtY scene for the past five years. Now he shares some advice for aspiring photographers. And as he says, j“ ust watch out for the ad cranberry juice, that stuff will ruin everything.” aSSeSS the dance fLoor each party has its own vibe, so when you walk in, survey the venue and see where people are hanging out and where people are dancing. When you do this you’ll see what’s making the crowd move, and then you can get between whatever is making the crowd react and the crowd itself and shoot it. get off the WaLL if people are having fun it’s very easy to get good shots, because they’re vibing and you’re vibing and you just get into the fun. it’s easy to document what’s going on around you rather than being a fly on the wall. i’m definitely a participant. i’ve gotten to a point where if i go to a party and leave my camera at home, i feel like i’m missing something because i’m not participating in the way i’m used to. foreign cuStomS Shooting in europe is always pretty funny. The last time i shot in helsinki, it reminded me of when i first started shooting parties in New York.p eople were curious about why this guy was pulling out an expensive-looking camera, but they were also nervous because they had no idea why i was about to take their photo. but in helsinki and iceland and in a lot of other places i’ve shot it’s weird because as soon as people hear that you’re from New York, they’re totally game for whatever you have in mind. i mean if somebody came up to me and was like, “This is how we do it in budapest,” i probably wouldn’t be like, “Okay, awesome,” but New York seems to be a get-out-of-jail-free card.