Anjunadeep favorite Yotto recently put his spin on the latest single from Grammy-nominated producer Cassian, titled ‘Imagination ft. Tora and available on Beatport
The track is off Cassian’s debut album Laps, which arrived to massive praise in June of this year. Yotto also just released his debut label project, Odd Ones Out V1, a compilation of five hand-picked artists and a new single of his own. Here, Yotto retools the emotive single into a driving melodic soundscape with his climactic atmospheric tones and signature ethereal spin.
The pair have a long history together from Cassian remixing Yotto’s “Nova” to the duo touring together across venues like Los Angeles’ Fonda and New York City’s Avant Gardner. They have taken their friendship a step further, even sharing workout routines with each other in an effort to remain fit and healthy.
With such synergy and strong connection between the two, we asked them to interview each other so we could learn more about who they are as people and artists.
Enjoy the back-to-back interview below:
If we were to compete against each other in American Ninja Warrior, who do you predict would win and why?
I hope this isn’t leaking your athletic ability but I’d say based on the off-road mountain marathon you did, you would win pretty easily.
You’re great at finding super healthy products to take on the road. Have you always been into working out and looking after your health or have the years slowly made you responsible?
I’ve only been really focused on health the last few years. My mum was always into health food and fitness and I was decent at basketball in high school. But after high school I ate like shit but kept playing lots of basketball, ignoring injuries and generally thinking I was still super fit. Ended up messing my up achilles tendon which made me realise I wasn’t indestructible and that really kick-started the #tourofhealth
How do your parents describe what you do for a living to their friends? On a scale of 1-10 how much do they like your music?
(laughs) Oh man! They’ll probably read this because they live out in the country now and don’t have a whole lot to do. Honestly, I think they name drop some of my “career highlights” like the Grammy nom or some of the insane venues I’ve supported RÜFÜS DU SOL on in Australia. I think all parents want to subtly one-up each other with their kid’s accomplishments. As far as my music goes they would say they like it 9/10 but in reality, it’s probably closer to 6/10.
What’s been the best part of 2020 for you a) personally b) music-wise? (Serious question)
I’ve been thinking about it a lot but this downtime for many of us is the longest we’ve been in one city for maybe 10 years and will probably be the longest for another 10 years so from that perspective it’s a pretty amazing opportunity to live a semi “normal” life. It’s making me rethink a lot of what I do for sure. Music-wise this year has been great. In March I moved into a new studio that is pretty close to my dream studio. Along with releasing my debut album and getting a remix from Yotto, I don’t know how this year can ever be