>>Hi I'm Chris from MusicRadar and we're backstage at the Magnetic festival with Showtek
>>Yeah! >>Yes we are. I mean its been a long time
since we've seen them. We met Wouter back... back when...
>>How long was that ago? >>About 3 years ago I think.
>>2009 2010 right, with Marcel. >>Yeah, yeah. And now they're about to headline
the biggest, well the biggest- only festival in Czech really.
>>Yeah I think so, its crazy. >>Have you been here before?
>>Not this festival. We've been in Prague twice now, I think.
>>Yeah. >>But its the first time we're doing such a big
festival like this. >>First let's transition between the fact
that you guys... especially in Eastern Europe and Germany, the hard style movement
was very huge here, but you've kind of, as an act, transitioned out of that. Well you
haven't transitioned out of it but that sound has kind of... the popular sound has caught
up with you. What everybody else likes is your sound now, right?
>>Well I don't know.. >>Its what some people say but...
>>We came from a hard dance background and we wanted to do something else, and we were
like, ok, we still have our own style of course and we started to produce 128 bpm music.
It still has that Showtek touch, whether its 145, 125, it doesn't matter you know? So that
new flavour we give to electronic like electro - progressive electro has become pretty popular
now. Its really great to see what's happened over the last year.
>>So you're telling me that it wasn't a conscious decision? You didn't go "this is big, let's
change our style"? >>No!
>>No no. >>We were xxxxx scene right, and there was ,0:01:57.829,0:02:02.110 a certain point when we felt like it was no challenge anymore. You did all the festivals,
you did all the big clubs, you toured around the world or some countries where you did
everything, it wasn't a challenge anymore. We reached a ceiling. And we knew that even
though it was a cool scene, it was not so much for us to get there. We had way more
talent in us to do more than just xxx >>And I should know, as we co-produced Marcel,
co-produced a lot of Tiesto as well, we noticed what was going on with their music and we
were like, we felt new energy in our bodies making that kind of stuff. We got more positive
feedback from it so we just jumped on it and went crazy. There are like "new style" release
May last year - a year ago, just a year ago. Look what happened over the last year its
insane. We had 6 xxx top 10s >>Yeah I've seen this man. Obviously when
we met before and like... but this sound generally, aside from the Showtek stuff, a kind of hard
style into the kind of American... yeah >>Yeah. xxx
>>The party electro you mean? >>What's the guy's name that did the 'yeah'
track? >>Alesso?
>>No... >>Will Sparks?
>>Yeah Will Sparks. The Yeah track by Will Sparks. It sounds like the kind of stuff-
not that you were doing- but the kind of hard style sound from a long time ago
>>Yeah like really early "wah wah wah" >>Yeah and just the really simple, like 4 sound.
Every sound produced really tight and its just banging. So you've kind of come over that really, you've
launched yourself straight into that scene by having the experience.
>>Yeah that's a good thing. Of course we still have that experience and to then go into a
different genre xxxxx I'm not saying its easier, but you just create your own thing. You just
go slower, like 'oh this is great let's make it' and it sounds different. Automatic, you know?
>>So how is that transfered in the DJ booth,
because we're here to talk about the DJ thing. Did you have to change the way you play? Because
obviously you were heavy hardstyle DJs. >>We were xxxxxx so we always felt that we
wanted to connect with xxxx On some point where the hard ends went faster and electro
went 128, we were in a grey zone. >>And you were like, which way are we going
to go? >>How do we build up? So we had to try stuff out,
it took us a year to find a little balance. And at some point we said 'what the fxxx' we're
going to do what we really want to do. Play new stuff and fxxx the old sxxx.
>>DJing was interesting. We had some bpm changes
which were actually amazing while playing. We went from 130 to 140 and people love it.
>>So what are you guys' thoughts on things like trap, and the dubstep sound? Because they
reach those bpms. Do you play that stuff? >>Yeah
>>Do you do drop half time? >>Yeah
>>Yeah >>And is that going to be a Showtek thing,
are you going to think about those half times? >>Yeah if its a great track, we can play it
you know? >>One of the craziest moments for us as producers
and well as DJs was when we co-produced Tiesto, song called Maximal Crazy and he played that
on EDC Las Vegas for 160,000 people, and we saw how the club, the place, went off.
And that was our snap in my head - this is going to be us next time doing it. That
was my moment like 1 and a half year ago....this thing in my head...
>>Changed everything- >>It was like this is going to be Showtek
for the next couple of years. Because we were co-producing a lot of stuff, we were in the
shadows of our people, which was cool back then, but now we think that what we need to
do is that. >>You have changed, like we said earlier.
You were a huge house style act and you've kind of broken America by just changing a couple
of bpms and bringing what you do to this audience. And it is a bit like the audience has caught
up with you. Because you haven't changed that much, but they want harder stuff, and you 0:06:21.0800:06:28.590 were there. >>Yeah. The great timing we had was a bit
of luck. Timing is always a part of success of course. I think 'slow down', 'get loose',
those tracks, the Tiesto mix got xxxreleased from get loose. Its a little bit different
to what's out there at the moment and we love it so much, it feels like we have a new career
going on. It feels like there's a new challenge. We have crazy music coming up. Due now,
when this is broadcasted, probably a new track is coming out this week or next week.
>>So how have your fans changed over time because you've changed your style?
>>Yeah its funny because we were a little worried about it in the beginning, but the
year was hard for us. We stepped back a little bit and didn't do any festivals, we did smaller
clubs. But for America it was easier because we had this fan base who went to Chuckie and
Afrojack and Showtek and also listened to Snoop Dog in the car, you know what I mean?
So that's what I'm saying, they love everything. >>The Americans don't seem to care, they're
not like "oh I only do this" >>No, they don't put you in a box, like "oh
you're this", so when we dropped a dubstep track in our sets they were going crazy, and
xxx were like, "what's this?" so we were breaking the rules of music in Europe and
it took a while for us, but I think half of our existing fan base already liked our music.
>>So what are your thoughts on trap and moombahton, do you introduce these into your sets? They
feel like temporary genres but you know... >>We did actually once xxxxxxx and there was
a mix up of genres, there was a little moombah in there. I love it, if its great, it breaks
the rhythm which gives energy xxxx once you go back to that normal bpm you know? So its
great, I love any genre whether its dubstep or progressive or moombah. If its quality,
we'll play it. >>So, final question then, what's coming up
for you for the rest of the year? >>We have already 4 or 5 tracks that we've
already played that have just come out. So we have 4 or 5 tracks this year. That's really
cool. The last song we did was the Tiesto remix of Get loose with xxx which went really
really well. And I think we don't have to worry about music this year, we're pretty
much set. >>So what about albums?
>>We're thinking about it. >>We've written a lot of stuff and if we find
enough time to get a bunch of great tracks then we'll definitely think about an album
or a compilation. >>Do you care about albums though?
>>I love albums. We have a lot of tracks which maybe don't fit the dance floor but fit the
car or whatever. >>One tip to aspiring DJs, to the camera...
>>Always, always do what's in your heart. >>Yeah, fxxx genres, fxxx bpm and create whatever
feels like what's in your head in the studio. Go for it, don't think about it, be bold.
Just go crazy and then you'll achieve the most out of it and you'll be the happiest
guy ever. >>Yeah.
>>Showtek in the house, thank you very much. >>Thank you. We've got to go.
>>Thanks man. >>Thank you so much.