Beat Wala 09 : Danny Tenaglia - Music is the Answer

New York-based DJ and Grammy nominated record producer Danny Tenaglia joined music journalist Jo Youle for an explosive start to Series 02 in front of a live audience on the rooftop of W Hotel Ibiza. They first met at DC10 more then twenty years ago and Danny spent an hour revealing some of his finest stories, from starting to DJ at the tender age of 15 after his brothers snuck him into a club to see the scene that would become his life for the next 5 decades. His success came not behind a major label release, or a world tour, or a hit remix. It happened when enough people had the private Tenaglia experience for themselves. He has held residencies at Twilo, Vinyl, The Tunnel and so many other of NYC´s finest establishments, but it was not until he returned from Miami playing at Cheers, that he began to produce his own music. In 1998 Danny released his LP titled Tourism which featured his track “Elements,” which he talks us through the making of in todays conversation, as well as how he "borrowed" a few bits off Moby to craft the song. With his own warped voice providing the narration, “Elements” walked the listener through the different components of a dance track in real time, going from kick to drum loop to snare hit, letting each layer over the other until the track exploded with dark, drum-heavy energy. “Music is the answer” came next featuring Celeda which he explains started over a phone call with the vocalist and after a short get together, Be Yourself was also created during the few spare hours at the end of the session. Music is the Answer is now 25 years old, about the same mental age as Danny´s huge heart and never ending passion for his music, which he still making today, with his the latest release landing on Nervous Records soon.