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This week the boys rumble out west to link up with THE COOLEST, Von Kiss (@vonkiss). We lead off by diving into the BESO party and the explosion of Peso Pluma. Following that we talk formative years from raving in LA, almost dying at a foam party, and experiencing the best nightlife vibe in Tijuana at a young age. We later dive deeper into Montell Jordan’s 1995 smash hit “This Is How We Do It”, and recall the Von Kiss Andre 3000 moment in LA that had plenty of twists and turns. Dive in!

6 Juni 20231h 22min

This week on the podcast is a boys only episode where Jupiter recounts the frightening moments of djing during a shooting in the club in Portland. Shortly after, we dive into a couple light hearted club stories to shift the mood including discussing the impact of early 2000s business casual fashion in nightclubs and the abundance of argyle and fedoras. We dive into the impact and hilarity of being one of the first people in the club at the start of the night and consider how it effects djs around the world when they have to pace themselves musically while entertaining that early evening crowd. Dive in!

24 Maj 20231h 9min

This week the legendary Flosstradamus (@flosstradamus) joins us for a deeper dive into the future of AI and the global impact it’s projected to have. We lead off with a battle between De La Soul vs Naughty By Nature before rolling into a history lesson on the impact of playing Coachella early in his career and Get Out The Hood at Town Hall Pub during the blog era. We tap into Curt’s new project in pushing forward AI in the music industry, which absolutely blew our minds (you gotta listen to understand the full scope). Following that we dove into burnout, getting inspired again, and a journey through ayahuasca that helped Curt arrive into the present. Once again this weeks write up can’t do the episode full justice, you just gotta turn it on and go for the ride. Big love to Curt for sitting down with us, again an absolute honor.

16 Maj 20231h 23min

“The most fun I’ve ever had on a podcast was @5on5pod yesterday” - Fat TonyWhen Oreo Jones put us in contact with Fat Tony (@fattonyrap) I knew he would be the perfect fit to join us on the podcast and holy shit even that was an understatement. In all our episodes so far I’m not sure we’ve had a moment like THIS where we feel like we’re being joined by a long lost brother. Neek brought us a structured battle down south of Chamillionaire vs Lil Flip before we dove into an absolutely off the rails episode that absolutely warrants a part 2. Fat Tony is an absolute national treasure, one of us, and someone that felt like we were talking to family, fire it up and hear for yourself.

9 Maj 20232h 33min

There are no words to describe how much fun and what an honor it was to have the legendary A-Trak (@atrak) on the podcast this week but we will try our best to give you a proper recap caption. We lead off the episode with A-Trak’s Coachella recap including talking about his history playing the festival throughout the years and what it was like being on stage as The Brothers Macklovitch. We dive into the story of Duck Sauce and how Armand Van Helden initially met A-Trak and how their creative process takes form during production. We cover the newer project releases including the vinyl release of the Cam’ron & A-Trak album “U Wasn’t There (with an exclusive sneak peek 👀) and the new project from Chicago’s Ric Wilson along with Chromeo and A-Trak. You know we talk about the vinyl room and you know we talk about that Yeah Yeah Yeahs remix that shook the world and still rings off today. We talk about it all, just fire up the episode already! Thank you legend for joining the boys. Forever grateful.

2 Maj 20231h 52min

This week it’s the boys recap of NAAM, Los Angeles adventures, secret record stores, and a phenomenal Coachella recap. Shoutout to all our friends that joined us for interviews during our trip. Keep your eyes peeled on @5on5podcast Instagram account for those clips. Also if you’re reading this we’re now ranked #171 in Apple Music music podcast in Canada. No big deal. Thanks Canadians!

25 Apr 20231h 30min

This week we present to you Part 2 of our THREE HOUR interview with Louis La Roche (@iamlouislaroche). We lead off the conversation diving into what it’s like entering the music industry with a breakout hit at 17 and his initial response when people thought his song was a new Daft Punk release. We briefly discuss them impact of tinnitus and hearing loss in the dj community. We take a deep dive into sample clearance and the recent impact of AI created artist replicas such as the new AI Kanye material and how this could personally impact the artists. There’s so much information we could highlight in this first half of the episode but instead we think it’s best just to dive in head first. Enjoy!

18 Apr 20231h 21min

This week we present to you Part 1 of our THREE HOUR interview with Louis La Roche (@iamlouislaroche). We lead off the conversation diving into what it’s like entering the music industry with a breakout hit at 17 and his initial response when people thought his song was a new Daft Punk release. We briefly discuss them impact of tinnitus and hearing loss in the dj community. We take a deep dive into sample clearance and the recent impact of AI created artist replicas such as the new AI Kanye material and how this could personally impact the artists. There’s so much information we could highlight in this first half of the episode but instead we think it’s best just to dive in head first. The continuation of the episode will be released next week!

12 Apr 20231h 32min