Cazzette On ‘Blind Heart’ & EDM [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO]

AB: We got the a capella, just the local files, from our manager and he said you should try to make something out of this, this is a really good a capella and we agreed and it just kind of happened.

SF: It was a long process. We went back and forth for like 6 months just to see what version. We did maybe five different versions of the song. At the end of the day, we mixed them all together in a new quarter file and just like remade everything, but it finally it came together really nicely, and I think we nailed that one really good.

AB: We’re super happy with the results. It has a kid of a cool gospel-like soul vibe to it, which is what I think we fell for and Ash as well, so I mean that’s pretty much it. It’s kind of a boring story. I mean, usually it happens to us before that. We get a cappella files and we just create the song around that and try to capture the whole vibe of the song and build everything around that.

SF: Usually it’s something that doesn’t feel just forced. We like to challenge ourselves. So, when we get remix requests, we usually go for the remix that feels good and at the same time doesn’t feel us. We try to make something. If the song is like 90 bbm and they want a house remix of it, usually people say no to that because the tempos are completely different, but we see that as a challenge, so we usually go for that and try to make something cool out of it. We just like to collaborate with people that have something cool with the original, but we can make it way more different and more interesting in our own way.

AB: I feel the other way around too, when we’re looking for remixers to remix our stuff, it’s the same thing you know. If you have a club song you don't really need another club remixer. In most cases, you’re just gonna get two club tracks. You want something to give new life to the original.

AB: Yeah, so we’re releasing our new single ‘Together’ in a while, and were super excited for that one. And then we also have an EP coming out and we’re kinda like working on finalizing some of the tracks for that. But for now were still spending a lot of time in the studio, which feels great. And then we’re obviously gonna do a proper tour again and continue. When you really think about it, we’ve been on the road for like three years on and off, and it’s a little bit too much because we really have to focus on the music side of things too and not just the DJ-ing part. It feels good that we’ve taken a step back and worked on a lot of new music. We’re excited that it’s coming out, and then once that has been released, we’re going to start touring properly again.

SF: ‘Together’ is in the same vein as ‘Sleepless’ and ‘Blind Heart.’ ‘Sleepless’ was more like an indie vocoded futuristic kind of song. And then ‘Blind Heart’ was more like an old school house song with awesome newer futuristic elements. This one is more R&B influenced and also, I don’t know, it has so much elements in the song that we love, from all kinds of music. That’s our favorite song so far I think from the singles we’ve been releasing. So we’re just really excited about what people are going to think about it. The vocal is great. We pitched it down.

AB: It’s not very typical a cappella.

SF: It has all the stuff we love in a song, so we love it so we hope people will love it too.

AB: I mean it was a long time now. He’s busy with his stuff, obviously, one of the world’s biggest artists. He has a pretty hectic schedule and we’re doing our thing. I mean it’s been great having him like in the beginning. It was nice to have someone as good as him around for support, but I mean lately we do our thing. He does his thing. We are all family.

SF: We all meet up you know like in Ibiza every year almost and different shows. We all hang out. It’s all good, but as Alex said, it’s just different types of careers also.

SF: I don’t know. I was thinking about that now. I moved to Stockholm in August. After I moved there, I met more producers. It starts getting dark at I think September/October and it’s just like that for six months and it’s terrible and very nice at the same time because I noticed people go in the studio and they just sit there for 24 hrs a day and just like do everything and the house music just happened. I think back in the day, it was not as big and I think Swedes love to begin and start new trends in all kinds of fields in music, and I think that house music was a small minority in Sweden before and now, everyone is doing it. Everybody is very good at it too. And I think Sweden in general has great producers, obviously Max Martin. All these major pop songs. The catalogue is crazy for him. You can see there’s Rob and carl**, who also makes big pop songs. Legly**, who makes indie music. Theres all kinds of musicians that’s just phenomenal.

AB: So, we’re leaving Austin, SXSW, we’re leaving Friday for Boston. Then we’re doing a show in Atlanta on Saturday. Then we’re off to New York for a few days. Then it’s the conference in Miami, and then after that it’s San Francisco right?

SF: Yeah, but we’re playing Sunnyvale and then Sacramento I think, and after that we’re doing LA and then after that I think we’re done.

AB: For this run and then back to the studio.

SF: We have to finish up the EP after that, we were supposed to do Tokyo but that got cancelled today, we heard, which is very unfortunate.

AB: And then it’s summer season and so we’re doing probably Ibiza this year and also Queen fields.

SF: US and Canada, everything as usual.