Flow State Ep. 331: DJmegan23 (Interview)

Today’s mix is selections from the discography of DJmegan23, an electronic musician based in Los Angeles. She fuses all kinds of music together: video game soundtracks, trap, ambient, jersey club, vaporwave… Her latest EP is Good Luck, Megan! This mix is 59 tracks, mostly a minute or two long, that are instrumental but occasionally include her producer tag. A brief conversation with DJmegan23 precedes the tracklist, which is available to everyone.What’s your earliest memory of music?I think the farthest back I can pull is probably somewhere around 2005, Toxic by Britney Spears on the radio in car rides with my family. That and Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls, but that was later on i believe.What were your first recordings like? What did you use to make them?My first music i ever made were slowed sample heavy hiphop beats with distorted 808s & youtube type beats on a now deleted youtube channelWhat artists/albums/tracks were the most formative early on as you found your own sound?I can really list off names forever if you let me but ill keep it to only a few lines of names Clams Casino, Aphex Twin, Yung Lean, Whitearmor, Friendzone, Deaths Dynamic Shroud, Chief Keef, C418, Ichiko Aoba, Mid-Air-Thief, Shiro Sagisu, Rei Harakami, Gud, BladeeWhat is your studio setup? What instruments/gear/software do you use to make music?I’m very software based, I have one 89 key yamaha piano since I’m trained in piano playing and my desktop computer with fl studio and many virtual instruments. I do my sample chopping mapped to my piano and work pretty much exclusively in DAW/ on the piano. I do hope to have a full studio with many pieces of hardware eventually, if i can afford itWho is your dream collaborator?I’ve actually achieved a few of them already like clams casino and friendzone but my life would be complete if i got to hit a studio with Gud or Ichiko Aoba.How do you discover new music these days? Any recent notable finds?I’m not the greatest at keeping up with new Music lately, but I’m always listening to music I haven’t heard, because I’m looking for samples and inspiration. I use all kinds of sites for that, from Youtube, to rating sites, to crate digging tools.Name an underrated artist from the past 50 years.Off top- Shamana, been listening to them for a decade now and they’ve stayed too underrated the whole time. Shouts out.What are you working on next?I just dropped an EP but my next project (album) is called Hello, Megan! It’s my Magnum Opus to date, you can expect it this year, maybe even in a few months if all goes to plan. :)0:00:00 - DJmegan23 - decomposition lane0:02:27 - DJmegan23 - Spring0:04:14 - DJmegan23 - 17 Health Potions0:05:15 - DJmegan23, reverie - See U in My Dreams0:08:33 - DJmegan23 - BEACH BENEATH THE BLUE0:10:38 - DJmegan23 - 第一接触(FIRST CONTACT)0:11:34 - DJmegan23 - Get Out of MY HEAD0:12:33 - DJmegan23 - APHEX TWINSIES0:13:35 - DJmegan23 - It’s Dark Out0:14:57 - DJmegan23 - On the Lvl0:16:08 - DJmegan23, cranes, mental - Level 990:18:38 - DJmegan23 - I Love Crack0:19:42 - DJmegan23, yawe - #Jewelry (Instrumental)0:20:53 - DJmegan23 - Man Walks in to starbucks yea ima need that umm Pumpkin spice latte0:23:08 - DJmegan23 - 1000 Perfect Diamonds (Instrumental)0:24:28 - DJmegan23 - KKLOVERZ0:26:21 - DJmegan23 - Idle0:28:58 - DJmegan23 - Kalyptra0:29:54 - DJmegan23 - Winter Glory Calling0:31:36 - DJmegan23 - *Massive Explosion*0:33:10 - DJmegan23, sunsculptor - Final Fantasy0:34:22 - DJmegan23, yawe - Tear Drop0:36:27 - DJmegan23 - When That Minecraft Music Hit0:37:44 - DJmegan23, cranes - Clover0:39:39 - DJmegan23 - DJ VAPORMEG0:42:38 - DJmegan23, yawe - Return 2 Heaven0:43:46 - DJmegan23 - Megan’s Ringtone (outro)0:45:34 - DJmegan23 - golden panda0:46:30 - DJmegan23 - Can’t Get Back (Instrumental)0:49:36 - DJmegan23 - Aero Magica0:51:05 - DJmegan23 - Xx_Turtl3_B34ch_xX0:54:24 - DJmegan23 - Gardens 20010:56:34 - DJmegan23 - Ch3w1n9_Th3_Thumbst1ck0:58:11 - DJmegan23 - Xx_10k_D14m0ndz_xX0:59:36 - DJmegan23 - Aperture Science1:00:26 - DJmegan23 - WEST BLUE (西の海)1:02:43 - DJmegan23 - And Then God Walked in and Said-1:04:33 - DJmegan23 - MIDI FRUIT1:07:08 - DJmegan23 - Jun13rs meggy mix :P1:08:03 - DJmegan23 - SERIAL EXPERIMENTS LAIN1:10:34 - DJmegan23 - MOLLY1:12:44 - DJmegan23 - Megs Realm1:14:11 - DJmegan23 - Dark Wizard Chaos1:15:57 - DJmegan23 - Ice Mirror1:17:03 - DJmegan23, 1gloree - It Broke…1:19:04 - DJmegan23 - So Cool1:20:12 - DJmegan23 - Yay1:21:22 - DJmegan23 - 経験値(4X EXP)1:22:52 - DJmegan23 - ballad for the sins1:26:29 - DJmegan23 - Hurt :1:28:38 - DJmegan23, tr3ndy - Good Luck1:30:30 - DJmegan23, wokstarshawtyy - Lily Pad1:31:36 - DJmegan23 - Hold it in1:33:29 - DJmegan23 - DAVY BACK FIGHT1:35:26 - DJmegan23 - If God Something Worms Idk Cylindrical1:36:11 - DJmegan23, reverie - 222 the sky +djmegan231:38:24 - DJmegan23 - CRIMSON DESCENT1:40:34 - DJmegan23 - Loot This is a public episode. 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