Chef Henny, who is the dude that cooks stuff with
Hennessy. He is currently in a beef with DJ Khaled
which is kinda crazy and hilarious. And last but not
least, DMVU is my friend who I collaborated with on
“Cosmic Rose.” I saw a thing he posted on Soundcloud
one night where he was drunk and recorded himself
playing a Rhodes piano, downloaded that, chopped it
up, made a beat for it, and voila!
Lea Luna: Tell us about your ink and what it means to
you.
Dirt Monkey: For a long time, I’ve had a big fascination
with birds of prey. In December of last year, I was
having a rough time and driving to the airport to play
some shows out of town when a huge bald eagle flew
about 20 feet above my car when no one else was
around. Time stood still. It hit me pretty hard and stuck
with me. This bird on my arm is actually a creation of
my friend and tattoo artist, Jules. He created it as a
combo between a hawk and an eagle, with the colors
of a peregrine falcon. This bird is like my little buddy
who reminds me to be confident, precise, and graceful
through life.
Lea Luna: What are your favorite pieces of hardware,
software, plugins, instruments, etc.?
Dirt Monkey: In the last year, I’ve discovered Universal
Audio and it’s changed the game for me. I use an
Apollo Twin Duo interface with a bunch of UAD plugins
now, and they are the closest I’ve heard to analog
gear out of any plugins. Their SSL G Bus compressor
is amazing and gets used all the time, as well as the
Precision Multiband and Precision Maximizer. As for
software instruments, I still use Massive a lot, and
have gotten really into Serum for doing crazy sound
design.
Lea Luna: Anything coming up you’re excited about
following this release?
Dirt Monkey: This new project I’m starting with Jantsen
is super exciting for me. The stuff we’ve made for it and
the graphic artist we are working with has me feeling
very inspired and confident that it will take over on a
big scale. Also, I’ve got a handful of remixes for some
of the songs on Chroma that are really sick that will be
dropping after the album..
Lea Luna: Give us one word of advice. What’s your
motto?
Dirt Monkey: Excuse the bluntness of this, but I would
have to say, “don’t be a dick.”
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