Artist Spotlight: Janksta
Another artist spotlight featuring the homegrown sounds of Janksta from Boulder, CO. We caught up with artist recently and got to ask him a few questions about producing,names, and electro.
–What drove you toward electronic music and the particular style that you embody today?
I remember listening to house and trance back in elementary school. I had hip hop and rock phases, but always ended up back with electronic music. It was when I moved to Boulder for college that I began to dabble, first with just DJing, then later producing. I feel like the years of listening to the music as well as the numerous shows I have seen thus far have all influenced the style I strive for today.
–You’ve just had a few official releases, tell us about them?
Well my debut official release was a remix for Adam Cooper’s “Let it Go,” and was a collaboration with Kastra (incredibleproducer). Antiblaze Records was happy with the result and they signed me on to do some originals. This led to workingwith Australian vocalist Michelle Martinez for “Calling a Hero.” We had a remix competition with close to 300 entries from all over the world, where the winner (‘Przemyslaw Grzelak’ from Poland) had their track released on the remix EP. I also did my own electro remix for this EP with the purpose of having a track that would fit into the vibe of my live sets.
—Janksta is a unique title, how did you decide on that?
Its basically just a twist off my last name, my brother helped me come up with it one day. I liked the bit of comic appeal it had, especially after seeing the definition that had been put up on urbandictionary haha, and it just stuck.
–What sites/ channels should we pay attention to in order to stay up to date with your work?
Just my soundcloud and facebook, I’m going to be releasing quite a few new tracks in the coming months, as well as a couplemore Beatport releases that I’m all very excited about. Keep in touch with these pages to stay posted!
Dillon Francis vs. Jurassic 5 – Kill The House (Janksta Mashup)
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Janksta has been on the look out for a manager/ booking agent, if you fit the position contact the man!
-Tennis
