The next voices of the L.A. clubbing scene We met four talents at the W Los Angeles – West Beverly Hills hotel to interview them about their art and careers
In this sit-down at the W Los Angeles – West Beverly Hills, snugly located tucked away in West Beverly Hills, Lubelski, talks to us about his DJ roots in California, his affinity for open air events, and his upcoming projects including his newest LP, Happy Accidents. Roxcizzle, one of the hottest DJs in Los Angeles right now, talks with us about therapy through house music, pregnancy, and what a music filled, pandemic stricken Los Angeles looks like through her eyes. Meeting Austin Millz for the first time, I had absolutely no expectations, but what can one expect from the New York native who has, with an undeniably golden touch, crafted the infectious sound featured on his most recent EP, Midas. Jefferttiti, who I met spinning vinyl disco records pre-pandemic at one of LA’s hottest night spots, Tenants of the Trees, is continuing to provide the vibes the crowd needs to dance the night away (or, because of LA’s alcohol laws, until 2am). Here, nss chats with them all about some DJ performance pet peeves, their experiences in New York & Los Angeles, and the clichés about partying and personality that surround both cities.
Lubelski, Music Producer, Los Angeles
What’s your least favorite thing about LA? I mean there’s so many cliches and some of them are true I guess. Where people are fake, where people are kind of ladder climbing or something. And I’m sure that exists everywhere a bit, especially in big cities, but there’s definitely a lot of shit true about it. One of my best friends, the one who lives in Ojai, we met forever ago, and he always reminds me that when we met, he was like, “Let me get your number” or whatever and I was like, “Yeah, you can get my number, but you’re not gonna call me.” At the time I was trying to call him out and be like, “Ugh people in LA are so fake, you just act like you want my number but you’re not gonna really call.” But we became best friends somehow anyway. Do you have any DJ pet peeves? Requests usually. Some folks will actually tip you. It’s like some old school shit, where it’s kind of like, respect I guess. Requests can be cool,but some people will just request like 10 times in a row just to do it. Especially if I’m playing vinyl, they’ll be like “Can you play such and such?” And I’m like, “Actually I only have vinyl, I don’t have that.” they’re like, “Oh, can you play THIS?” and I’ll say, “Oh, I don’t have that either, sorry.” THIRD request, “What about this, what about that?” It’s like, do you think I’m Spotify? I think because of modern culture, everyone just gets what they want, it’s like, oh, type this in and it shows up, so it’s made the DJ request thing even more demanding.
