Dimibo

Origin: None

Filip and Loch first met online in 2013 through a shared passion for producing electronic music. Both hailing from the Pacific Northwest, it wasn’t long before they sat down in the studio and started making music together. Their first song, ‘Shangri La,’ won them a trip to Las Vegas to perform at Electric Daisy Carnival as winners of Insomniac’s Discovery Project. However, this early success had to be put on hold. Not completely satisfied with their final product, they spent the next two years honing their production capabilities as well as their overall sound, and it is during this period that they discovered their mutual passion for psytrance.

Their performance at a few select festivals followed by a release on the respected Brazilian psy label Alien Records caught the attention of a fellow producer who calls the Northwest home. Sharing a love of psytrance with Seven Lions, they collaborated on a massive remix of Excision’s 2016 dubstep monster ‘The Paradox.’ Deftly blending two seemingly incompatible genres, their Paradox remix immediately grabbed the attention of a wide range of listeners.

With multiple tracks slated for upcoming release on Armada Music & Perfecto Records to name a few, it’s safe to say that Dimibo is just getting started.

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Home Town: Redmond, Washington
Currently Living: Redmond and Seattle
Origin Of Name: Random Wikipedia searches
Weapon of Choice: Ableton 9

What advice would you offer someone thinking about entering the Discovery Project competition?
Be original and forward-thinking with your music. Don’t recycle commonly used ideas in your productions. Also, place some of your originals in the DJ mix to give you an extra edge.

Was there one particular moment in the recording or mixing process for your Discovery Project entry that made you feel like you were creating something pretty damn special?
Yes! When we finished the first draft (that sounded completely different from the final one but with similar chords) we knew this song had potential. It wasn’t until we added the lead in the drop and made the verse the way it is that we knew we had something truly special that could take us places. We kept working on it and oftentimes we thought we had a complete product but another studio session would prove our initial thoughts wrong. We kept changing and improving the track at various places until we all were somewhat satisfied with it. It took about five months to perfect.

Are there any dots to connect with where and how you grew up to your musical output?
All of three of us grew up playing piano and having it forced down our throats. Loch and Filip were classically trained while Brennan focused on pop and blues. Filip also played drums in a few bands and both he and Brennan taught themselves guitar. We all have a strong musical background and do our own research on production techniques or have taken music theory classes to improve our music producing skill set.

What’s the biggest misconception about being a DJ? Or, what would people be surprised to find out about the profession?
There’s this common misconception that it is extremely easy to put together and mix an amazing set. While mixing isn’t very difficult in itself, planning out a flowing set that will captivate audiences is much more difficult. There is a lot of work behind the scenes such as setting up cue points, planning mashups on the fly and practicing intricate transitions (not to mention the amount of studio time spent creating our original tracks). Sets aren’t ever completely planned out. We have ideas of what we want to play and where to take the mix and then we just go for it. We take some of our practiced mashups and transitions and apply them to our set as well.

Tell me about your most memorable night out as an artist or as a fan.
Our most memorable night was seeing Above & Beyond at a make-up show in a 1500 person club. It was the best crowd we’ve ever seen and the intimate venue plus Above & Beyond made it a spectacular night out.

What is your ultimate career dream?
Headline a massive festival.

Are you impulsive with your work or do you have a sketch in mind before you start?
It varies from track to track. Some ideas are planned out and we get inspired to follow through with them. Most often we have impulsive studio sessions and things just happen. Our best ideas have been either by impulse or accident. You learn a lot by listening to other music. You realize how much creative freedom you have and that you can be inspired by anything. A single percussive hit could inspire an entire track.

How important is it for you to experiment and take on the risk of failure?
It is essential to our music making. Our music won’t stand out if it copies what other artists do. Experimentation and innovation are the biggest ways to separate yourself from the crowd of producers out there. Taking a random sound that at first sounds terrible and trying to build off of it can create unique results. Also putting all your mental filters away and messing around with audio can be incredibly creative. Reversing, re-sampling, adding tons of effects and doing it all over again produces amazing results. Executing your experimentation well could lead to big results for your music.

If we pressed Shuffle on your iPod while you went to the bathroom, what would you be embarrassed to come back to us listening to?
No shame here: Justin Bieber.

What sound or noise do you love?
Really clicky percussion that’s panned wide and is part of the beat and rhythm.

What should everyone just shut the fuck up about?
About how their genre is the best EDM genre and why everyone else’s suck. Also, everyone should stop complaining about big room house.

What gets you excited when you think about the future of electronic music and club culture?
The unlimited possibilities of electronic music and being able to morph any genre of music that exists today, and make it electronic. The adaptability of artists and producers is amazing.

When you look at electronic music and the surrounding culture, what worries you about the future, what do you wish would change or that you could change?
That people will think it’s only about drugs and partying when there is so much more to it. A lot of music is made that is meant just to be played at parties but there are so many artists who put out emotional masterpieces that rival the works of early composers in the classical era. The only difference is that they are electronic.

What are your weaknesses?
Not being able to give up on an idea that’s leading to nowhere and spending all night long trying to perfect it.

Do you have a secret passion?
Woodworking

How would you describe your sound to a deaf person?
Watching fireworks, or a sun set. For our winning submission “Shangri La,” sitting in the most beautiful place you can imagine and watching time go by.

Is success physical or internal? What does it mean to you?
Internal. If you appear to succeed from the outside (playing festivals) but it isn’t your true passion then internally you haven’t succeeded. Success means doing what you love and finding satisfaction in your life.

What do you remember about your first DJ gig?
Seeing people dance to our only original track at that time, “Marathon.” It gave us an adrenaline rush to know that our creation made people feel something.

Winning Track:

EDC Las Vegas Set:

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