aliaria
I am a beatmaker from Indonesia, I'm formerly a skratch DJ, and now I make instrumental hiphop and other weird beats
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Ragaji Mesin - Freeman remix by DJ Ali & DJ Scratchy (Ruang Segi Empat, 2005)
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Sometimes I perform on-stage as a battle DJ or additional DJ for bands, but now I'm mostly focused in producing beats and remixing projects. I play in Indonesia, from Jakarta to Bali but mostly in Bandung. I really enjoy playing in front of huge crowd, And I would've enjoyed it more had the turntables were any lighter and I didn't have to carry them everywhere myself.. Oh yeah I also got into the finals in the 2003 Indonesian DJ Collaboration Festival
Your musical influences
I try hard not to copy other people styles, however I have a high tendency to mash em up all at once hahaha.
I'm really into almost everything from triphop, 90's hiphop and rnb, abstract hiphop, alternative hiphop, 70's breaks/funk/soul, bigbeat, downbeat electronica, ,weird indie alternative stuff, and even 60's lounge music! so anything weird goes as long it's original, atmospheric or hiphop based. My biggest influence is the dust brothers
What equipment do you use?
Propellerhead Reason 3.0, Propellerhead Recycle!2, Roland SP808EX Sampler, Technics 1200MKII Turntables, Old Numark and Behringer Mixers
