53: Rinzen

What do Sartre and Camus have to do with techno? LA-based DJ and producer Lubelski is gonna tell you all about it! My pal comes through to talk about his wonderfully-absurd album "Happy Accidents," the joys and expenses of modular synths, the cool freedom of existentialism and more!Follow for updates:IG | Twitter | TikTok | DiscordFollow the Kat Scrawls Newsletter for essays, interviews, playlists and morehttps://katbein.substack.com/

Have you ever met a human encyclopedia? Monsieur Frazier is one, and in today's chat, he gives us all a schoolin' on the Los Angeles dance music scene, the history of electronic music, some fun documentary recommendations and more. He also shares with us his creative process, and explains how his self-titled EP is a guide to the center of his brain and his heart.Follow for updates:IG | Twitter | TikTok | DiscordFollow the Kat Scrawls Newsletter for essays, interviews, playlists and morehttps://katbein.substack.com/

From hilarious tweets to thought-provoking interviews, Baby Weight caught my eye all year. She helps me finish Season 2 with a bang, sharing stories about how she learned to DJ in a pop-loving dive bar, coining the term "Riot Girl Rave" and why she believe women and gender non-comforming DJs and producers are the second coming of DIY dance.Follow for updates:IG | Twitter | TikTok | DiscordFollow the Kat Scrawls Newsletter for essays, interviews, playlists and morehttps://katbein.substack.com/

I finally get my funky friend Pat Lok to join the show, and the conversation just flows like disco for breakfast. It was supposed to be a b2b conversation with his pal and frequent collaborator Party Pupils, but we ended up having a rip-roaring time regardless, talking about the creative process, his favorite sushi spots in Vancouver, his incredible Fone-a-Friend interview series, his "Gone is Yesterday" mini-epic and more!Follow for updates:IG | Twitter | TikTok | DiscordFollow the Kat Scrawls Newsletter for essays, interviews, playlists and morehttps://katbein.substack.com/

Elohim has long been one of the most candid artists on the modern electro-pop scene, and our conversation on the show is no different. It's not my first time speaking with the producer-singer-songwriter, but it is our first time diving into her beautiful four-part EP series "Journey to the Center of Myself"—a must listen for anyone, I promise.In this episode, we chat about learning to live with anxiety, her myriad of rock star influences, what's really going on inside her mind on stage and so much more! Follow for updates:IG | Twitter | TikTok | DiscordFollow the Kat Scrawls Newsletter for essays, interviews, playlists and morehttps://katbein.substack.com/

Rinzen is an old friend of mine, and it's a pleasure to crack his brilliant mind open on my show. He used to be a dance music journalist alongside myself, writing for Billboard Dance, then his music got signed by Deadmau5, and the rest is history he continues to write.Today, we chat about the deep world-building that goes into his songwriting, how he crafts rich and multi-layered creations inspired by the world around him, and we get some advice for other artists coming up in the game.Follow for updates:IG | Twitter | TikTok | DiscordFollow the Kat Scrawls Newsletter for essays, interviews, playlists and morehttps://katbein.substack.com/

This episode features NYC producer and DJ Proper Villains, who despite his saucy name is actually very, very nice. He shares back-in-the-day rave stories, talks up his epic vinyl collection, and of course, gets into what was then his recent collaboration with Cakes Da Kill, "Don Dada," which is a ballroom-esque banger. This dude knows his shit, he’s such a great guy. He’s even a dad now, shout out all the dads. Enjoy this chat with Proper Villains and catch him if you’re ever in NYC!Follow for updates:IG | Twitter | TikTok | DiscordFollow the Kat Scrawls Newsletter for essays, interviews, playlists and morehttps://katbein.substack.com/

Who is Heyz? It's not just a question, it's the name of this madman's first official EP, out now on Deadbeats. It's a mix of beauty and bass, and it does well to introduce Heyz to the world, but there's so much more to this dude than meets the ear. In what must be one of the most colorful Kat Calls chats to date, Heyz tells us all about his traveling music hobo grandpa, the double edged sword that is going viral on TikTok, what in the world possessed him to put a gag on the cover of his debut EP and—once and for all—who Heyz really is!Follow for updates:IG | Twitter | TikTok | DiscordFollow the Kat Scrawls Newsletter for essays, interviews, playlists and morehttps://katbein.substack.com/

Counting credits that including Sidepiece's "On My Mind," "Bad Bitches" with Marshmello, "200 MPH" with Bad Bunny and more, Nitti Gritti has proven himself as one of the dopest and most diverse producers on the modern pop and electronic scene. From his home studio in Ft. Lauderdale, he cooks up mind-melting trap, dubstep, pop-punk, house records and more. It's all about having fun and getting the right beats in the right hands. In today's chat, we talk about his childhood spent in Haiti, take a look at his wild Lego collection, hear about his work with Pitbull, Shaq and others, and get a sneak peak into what's coming next for the recent Grammy nominee.Follow for updates:IG | Twitter | TikTok | DiscordFollow the Kat Scrawls Newsletter for essays, interviews, playlists and morehttps://katbein.substack.com/

Some artists put on for up-and-coming artists, but Hex Cougar puts those up-and-comers on his songs directly. The LA-based DJ and producer brought Pauline Herr, So Sus and Sejo---three super talented visionaries--and joined the trio in a grand and true-scale sonic epic. The "Genesis" EP and its four tracks blend each artist's identity to create something new and larger than the sum of its parts. It was the first time they'd all collaborated, and they did it all over text and email!In this chat, I get three of the four super producers together to hear how their avenger product turned into one of the most exciting EPs of 2021. Shout out Sejo who couldn't be here because he had to work. We'll get you on next time!Follow for updates:IG | Twitter | TikTok | DiscordFollow the Kat Scrawls Newsletter for essays, interviews, playlists and morehttps://katbein.substack.com/