Having already signed to Tommie Sunshine's New York imprint 'Brooklyn Fire', Mr Aux has already racked up a very impressive discography! With remixes for the likes of The Cheerz and Breakdown and collaborations with Mr Sunshine, it's pretty tough to venture into the blogosphere and not get a fresh dose of his pumped up sound. "The easiest way to describe my sound is dutch house with a twist" he says, concluding that "for the past year or so I have been heavily influenced by the dutch sound. There is something simple and sexy about the style that makes it so fresh!". We were more than happy to agree with his statements, and were curious to find out how the New Zealand crowds faired with his musical preferences, with Dan explaining "It's good in NZ, the crowds really don't mind what I play so I don't have to go all commercial".
Like most modern artists, assisted fame for the Dan Aux alter-ego came from good quality peer to peer media, with blogs going nuts over his crazy sound. Speaking on the topic, he reflected "Its great for the profile, with a lot of producers touring purely based on their popularity which has spread from blogs, especially given that everyone owns their tunes and they are highly accessible". Despite this, its obvious he can see the correlation between lowered artists profits and increases in file sharing, stating that "its getting harder and harder for artists to make money given the increasing in blogs and file sharing on the web". Aside from this, Dan Aux admits that it's every artists goal to have a permanent place where people worldwide can access your music, "...whether it be a Speedyshare link uploaded by some kid in Russia that's been downloaded millions of times or the official Beatport link, if someone loves the track enough they will be happy to pay their $2.00 for it". Breakdown - Feels Like (Dan Aux Remix)
In terms of his musical brilliance, this post accompanies a number of Dan Aux goodies for the crowds to devour. Whether it be his latest release 'Mosquito' or his insanely addictive party mashups and edits, your bound to find an addiction somewhere in here. We can also tell you that his recent remix for Breakdown's new "Feels Like" EP is absolutely massive. We've also thrown in a few complimentary party edits for you to get things started during your own sets. Appreciate these suckers, they come from the best!
We could write a summary for this article, but Dan Aux seemed to do it pretty damn well - "The real reward comes when I get to rock a crowd with my own productions and see them go absolutely ape shit!". Oh, and as Tommie Sunshine has already said, "Dan Aux will save the world". Get on it peeps!
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this man is the best thing about new zealand, and newcastle!
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