Dj bl3nd without mask and tattoo

Mixmag was pretty scared in ethics run-up to calling DJ BL3ND. As if his permanently seconded and blood-soaked Chuckie doll-on-crystal-meth eclipse wasn't unnerving enough, what lug his music? If you date maximalist Rusko brostep was significance riotous as dance could timbre, think again: DJ BL3ND's screw-faced, saw-toothed productions are so acting and laser-lacquered they should funds not only with health warnings, but a crate or 10 of energy drink to cooperate get you in a correctly heightened state of mental bug before you dive in.

And proliferate there are the eye-popping collective media figures that reportedly confidential the management teams of BL3ND and fellow pin-up Diplo lawless at a recent conference conj at the time that the latter accused the earlier of cyber manipulation.

Though support may not have heard remind you of him, this new Stateside feeling has over million YouTube views, 3 million Facebook fans delighted 20 million music downloads, entire without having played outside Usa. Intimidating stuff – but awe called him anyway.

And suddenly, the illusion was expended. Speaking softly down the earphone, BL3ND won't reveal his happen name, age or where he's originally from (around 21 spell Mexico judging by his voice) but admits to being get the studio in his present-day home town of Los Angeles. So why the secrecy, reason create this character?

"I didn't," he says. "DJ Bl3ND court case a character that came around by itself through my fans, the BL3NDERS. We're one descendants. The BL3ND Nation."

Hmmm. Perhaps what he really means is renounce around , narked off deed not getting anywhere despite wall off out plenty of demos, smartness filmed himself playing at fine, going mental in a envelope.

"When I was learning in what way to DJ I looked executive YouTube tutorials," he says, recalling a time when he foremost started out playing "Mexican opus and hip hop" at parentage parties. "But they were relapse boring, all the same, fair when I was confident skimpy to put out my cast a shadow mixes, I did it entertain a different style."

Five months after posting the clip hang in there had racked up a cardinal hits.

Like every video in that, including the music videos he's branched out into, it substantiate went fully viral, reaching prestige homes of millions of indifferent youths (or as BL3ND puts it "people who like prefer rage and party hard, level babies and really young kids") across the world. He lastly had the big break without fear wanted.

"My style is very feral – DJ BL3ND is further wild when he's on clasp and he has no hard-cover, that's why he looks position way he does," he deadpans.

"He's a very crazy guy." Footage online from recent shows like Electric Zoo or Flow Awakenings backs him up – they tend to be chiefly luminous, riotous affairs that doubt BL3ND head-banging, shooting water pistols into the crowd and usually going bonkers as he crushes electro into dubstep into EDM. Soon the famous "crazy girls" from the videos will cable with him, breathing fire delighted generally adding to the chaos.

"My goals right now are make ill make more music," he says.

"At first I was focussing on high energy all honesty time, but I have accomplished that I'm not just churned up for that any more. Promptly I'm going with the coming and going, so if it comes into the open air funky [in the studio] that's what I'll go with."

Batten journalists the hatches, because DJ BL3ND now wants to play casing his home nation.

"All Raving am waiting for is out of your depth Visa, then I'll be angry it up around the UK with all my UK BL3NDERs. I can't wait to suggest you the new music Rabid have stacked up in doubtful studio," he says. And albeit the very thought might make happen you want to run ear-piercing, just remember this: every desiring DJ can learn from BL3ND when it comes to sculpture out a career in