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COVER INTERVIEW > PARISI: A NEW ERA IN EXPRESSIVE DANCE MUSIC

JACK: We grew up in Italy, in the south, and our ambition MARCO: It also depends who we are in the room with. If
back in the day was to create a career as session we’re in the room with songwriters like L Devine who we
musicians. We never thought of being artists or songwriters made ‘Believe In Myself’ with, we made four or five records
and producers because we had no idea what that world a day. Of course, not all of them are fully formed but they
was like. I then started to DJ and discover EDM, which led are strong ideas because she’s very quick at writing. We are
me to watch YouTube tutorials of producers creating music, just naturally good at it.
and it was so fascinating to me. After a while, I stopped
playing drums and started to DJ instead. I built a computer, There are times with artists like Chris Lake or Baauer when
downloaded my first copy of Logic and started to learn, by they have vocals or other aspects and we have something
myself, how to produce and create music. Marco wasn’t to work on already, but it all really varies. We don’t have a
originally in love with that or with me DJing. favourite route, we just love to be in the room and make the
best out of the time. We are very good at finishing things
MARCO: I was honestly against it at first. I was thinking that later but the best thing that you can do when you’re in the
we wanted to be ‘real’ musicians, our dream was to play room with someone is to create, to channel the energy to
music and Jack wanted to go and be a DJ. I completely make something that will only happen that day.
underestimated that world, and now, looking back, this was
the biggest decision that affected our lives. Without Jack What are some of your favourite experiences that you’ve
making the decision to become a DJ and a producer and had with artists over the years?
to go and see Swedish House Mafia in Miami and learn from
MARCO: Finishing ‘Actual Life’ with Fred again.. without
that, we wouldn’t be here today.
realising the impact it would have was really special, and
such a beautiful memory. We finished the record with Joy
JACK: Our worlds then collided, and when we started to
Anonymous in Whitstable, a town in England on the seaside,
produce together, we never stopped.
which is so beautiful. It was during the winter and we had
the chimney on, listening to jazz music so it was definitely
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one of our favourite experiences.
Pursuing a career in music led the pair to go on to produce
JACK: Thinking back to the days before we were doing
for some of the biggest names in modern dance & pop
songwriting and producing for a living, we had the pleasure
music, something that they still do consistently to this day.
of spending time in the studio with will.i.am from Black Eyed
Peas and that was a fantastic experience because we were
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approaching music production almost from scratch. We
learned so much from him, and it was so nice to just learn
You’ve been the production brains behind some major
and watch him work.
hits both in the electronic and pop realms. When you’re
working with these big names, do you have a creation
Another one of my personal favourite experiences was
process already laid out in your minds?
when Fred gave us a special surprise of bringing Marco
BOTH: Yes and no. For example, when we did ‘Turn On and myself to Sweden to actually meet and work with
The Lights again..’ and ‘Calling On’ with Fred again.. and Swedish House Mafia to create ‘Turn On The Lights again..’
Swedish House Mafia, Fred maybe had a couple of vocals in and ‘Calling On’ in three days. For me it was a full circle
mind but there was no schedule. moment. I went to Miami in 2012 to listen to them and just
over ten years later I was in the studio with them.
JACK: I don’t think there was a plan, and Marco and I
usually don’t have a plan. We’re aware that there’s another MARCO: The energy of those days was unreal. It was so
way of doing this. You can get into a session with an artist beautiful.
where you already have ideas and vibes, but because
Jack and I are musicians first, we love to play things first. BOTH: We have so many memories but these are probably
We love reading the vibe and energy of the room. The our favourites.
majority of the things we do, we start from scratch. We
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what type of people and music I’m going to encounter, so I
go in with a rough idea of the type of beat I could make, but Out of all the fellow artists they’ve worked with, Fred again..
“We love reading the vibe and energy of the room. The
nothing solid. I think the beauty of the workflow that Marco is the artist that they’ve been connected with for the
majority of the things we do, we start from scratch.” and I have is that we’re very quick. Whilst I can lay down longest, and most consistently. From helping to create
drums and the structure, Marco can think about the chord Fred’s first album ‘Actual Life,’ which evolved into a series
progression and the melodic vibe. We usually vibe in the of albums, their working relationship has only gone from
room with whoever is there. strength to strength.

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