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Interview With Coone!

 

This Interview was conducted by 3MiloE, and DJ Deadly Buda, and  took place at Insomniac’s Escape: Psycho Circus 2017.

3MiloE : So, where are you from and what’s the music like where you’re from?

Coone: Like we basically grew up with EDM in Belgium, where I was born. Ah, I’d say EDM in general, not only an hard style, has been big for ages, you know. Before you guys picked it up, let’s say ten years ago, maybe more. When it got big here, everything was rock, hip-hop, you know, everything above the ground was hip-hop, everything underground was a little EDM, and now it blew up, and now we get the mainstream crowd as well, but I grew up with mainstream Hard style parties, whatever. It always has been big, as far as I’m concerned.

3MiloE: That’s cool.

Deadly Buda: Is, ah, the hard style different in Belgium the Holland?

Coone: Ah…yeah, of course. Let’s say, ah, the Netherlands are more picky, so they are a little bit more spoiled, but if they go off …like the crowd loves it, that means you are really doing a good job. Because Like I said they’re spoiled. In Belgium, guys are a little bit behind, or something like that, behind the when  so, they like the little bit more commercial stuff, you need to play more bootlegs and remixes of like more famous tracks, but, ah, I love Belgium, it’s, ah, it’s my hometown, my home country, so I love it, I love the crowd. They are really energetic and enthusiastic every time a play for them, so it’s like, I’m in love with my country.

3MiloE: How did you become a DJ?

Coone: …my older brother was a DJ, so I learned being a DJ because of my brother, you know, he played records in his bedroom, and then he started playing national radio stations, that’s how I rolled into it, you know.

Deadly Buda: Oh, wow!

3MiloE: How did you come up with your DJ name?

Coone : Its, ah, its actually my real name, but it is spelled different. My real name is Koen, so Coen, actually, and I just say like, let me write it different, that’s it. It might be offending to some people, cause it’s like, in some part of Australia, over here, its like, ah, like a bad word. But, fuck it! It is never my intention you know. It’s my name! I’m sorry, my mother gave it to me, come at me if you have a problem!

3MiloE: So what animal best personifies your music?

Coone: An animal?

3MiloE: Yeah

Coone: Oh, wow, that’s…ah…. My music? I’d say, ah, dog.

3MiloE: Ok

Coone: Cause a dog can be sweet, and can be like tough as well. My hard style is, is hard, but it has sweet moments as well. And it also fits cause I love hip-hop as well, and that actually fits hip-hop as well. You know the big pit bull, DMX, (growling noise). So, I think a dog it pretty cool. Cause I’m not going to say a lion, cause that’s too tough, that’s more raw style, you know.

Coone at Escape: Psycho Circus 2017

3MiloE: That’s awesome! So, what are you trying to convey with your music?

Coone: What do I what?

3MiloE: What’s the message you are trying to send people?

Coone: I don’t know man, I fell in love with hard style because of that energy and, like I said the roughness that it has. And I, ah, think there is too much pussy music man. I mean, like, music should have balls, like, for example, rock or gangsta hip-hop, I like that cause it has balls. What am I trying to do? Ah, I think there are parts of the world were hard style is not big, for now, and I’m trying to change that. Cause the feeling I had When I first heard hard style…I cannot be the only one that feels that way. So, I’m sure that a lot of people can relate, and could feel that way that I felt when I first hear hard style.

Deadly Buda: What country would you want to play that you haven’t played yet?

Coone: To Africa, like the continent. I’ve been to, ah…everywhere else, actually, but that is the only place. I would love to play, buts it’s like, EDM in general is, like, really small. But, ah, yeah, not to spoil you guys, but, California is doing great. I like the atmosphere and the vibe that you guys have, ah, same goes for South America, let’s say, Chile for example, Chile is doing great. And then Asia is picking up.

Deadly Buda: Have you played in China?

Coone: Yeah. Two months ago.

Deadly Buda: What was that like?

Coone: Ah, the only rave scene that is big is in Tian Zhen, and the rest is picking up, but really slow. The don’t got social media, so, so it’s hard for them to get in touch with the last hypes or whatever. For me, for my China tour, it went great. I did five shows, four of them were sold out. All the clubs are now big, like thousand plus. But, then again, for the first year I did a tour, something’s gotta give. Just like, eh, everyone. Like … what you get more of over there is bottle service clubs. Like high standard clubs. Like, its not about me, it’s not about the DJ, it’s how big your bottle of Grey Goose is. Its different, like I said, the only rave scene now I think is in (Tian Zen?). And the rest it picking up, a little bit more slow.

Voice 1: Yeah, that’s wonderful man, thank you….(cuts off)

 

 

 

Articles, Events, Interviews

Interview with DJ Nightstalker!

This interview was conducted by 3MiloE, in DJ Nightstalker’s trailer, at Insomniac Events’, Escape: Psycho Circus.

3MiloE:           Well, my name is Milo.

DJ Nightstalker:          Nice to meet you, Milo.

3MiloE:           I’m representing the Hard Data Magazine today.

DJ Nightstalker:                   Nice.

3MiloE:           And I just wanted to ask you some questions.

DJ Nightstalker :         Sure.

3MiloE:           So where are you from?

Nightstalker :              I grew up in Colorado, but came out to L.A. years and year ago, so it’s got to be like 20 years by now, yeah.

Milo:               20 years?

DJ Nightstalker :         Yeah, yeah.

3MiloE:           What was the music scene like?

DJ Nightstalker :         It was just starting at that time. It was sort of warehouse raves, backyard party. It was kind of emerging out of the party vibe, like backyard party, ditch party, underground, like you break into a warehouse, into legit parties, and stuff like that, too. So it was pretty cool.

3MiloE:           Awesome. So how did you come up with your D.J. name?

DJ Nightstalker :         D.J. name? I think I was probably like thinking of … It was the ’90s, German base, and general, and the hardcore was dark, and I was skinnier (laughs) at that time. So I probably looked a little more like Richard Ramirez . But it had a good vibe like L.A. style, where we were kind of creeping around at night, kind of like breaking in and playing music and renegade parties and stuff like that. Did a lot of desert renegade parties and other cool stuff.

3MiloE:           That’s awesome.

DJ Nightstalker :         Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was kind of weird, acid, mushroom kind of vibe, you know what I mean?

3MiloE:           Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I have the L.A. Underground scene, so I there’s a lot of that. Okay. What animal best personifies your music?

DJ Nightstalker :         Personifies the music? It would probably be well, some kind of mythic creature probably, like a phoenix or something. I don’t know. Like the claw, I get known for the claw, so something that kind of rises out of the ashes, and then just like bites you, kind of after you’ve been in the trance. So that or maybe some kind of snake or something, who knows?

3MiloE:           That’d be cool.

DJ Nightstalker :         Yeah, yeah.

3MiloE:           Awesome, awesome. What are you trying to convey with your music?

DJ Nightstalker :         Really, for me it’s the whole idea of taking people on a journey is a cliché and stuff, but for me it really is … it comes from a spiritual place, so this is where we build community, through music. It’s also a space where we come together, and I kind of want to push the boundaries a little bit, so people almost feel like they’re in a dream and then they break out of that dream. You know what I mean? Instead of just like kind of hitting them hard the whole time, it’s like kind of building them to that sort of breaking point. That’s what I’m doing, yeah.

3MiloE:           Can you describe the feeling you get when you’re on stage?

DJ Nightstalker :         Before you’re on, you’re always like … it’s anxious or, What’s going to happen? Do I have everything? I can’t quite see past maybe the first few tunes or something like that, but then when you’re in it, it’s like you’re just sort of lost almost, like sort of merge with the crowd. And then you get spit out the other side, and you’re like, “Oh, shit. I don’t even really kind of remember what just happened.” It’s kind of weird. I wish I could be more present, but it’s like I’m just so caught up in the music and stuff that yeah, it just kind of flies by like a blur, but it’s almost like an out-of-body experience or something.

3MiloE:           Yeah. Trippy.

DJ Nightstalker :         Yeah, yeah.

3MiloE:           Okay. What moment do you cherish most of all in your career so far?

DJ Nightstalker :         So far? There’s been a lot. I have really sort of pivotal moments more recently, doing a lot of EDCs and the big festivals and stuff, but I would say it being way back to when I was still spinning vinyl, when there was still a vinyl scene, and I got asked to support Goldie in Japan. So I went to Japan, and did like three dates in Japan, two dates with him. But yeah, it was just like all music, and taking me to these crazy places, see different people, different cultures, and like, “It’s 4 a.m., and these people are still here just for me,” kind of thing. It was pretty trippy. It was part of a moment that I still cherish.

3MiloE:           Awesome. What are your major influences?

DJ Nightstalker :         Influences would be … early, classic-era drum and base, like folk-tech, maybe any sort of even like left-field, Electronica, hardcore. I was really heavy into hardcore coming up. But also, I used to go to after-hours, when I didn’t even know genres and it’d be like house music and I was just like, “I don’t know what the hell this is,” but I’m just like lost in the beats all night until the sun comes up kind of thing. But I grew up, my dad had a huge record collection that I’ve inherited now. So we used to listen to Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. He’d put on albums and we’d just sit there and listen to music. I’d say that’s really where it began, just this of love of … He collected everything from funk to Kenny Rogers to soul and all that stuff. So, I’d say that’s kind of where the roots began.

3MiloE:           Where do you see yourself a year from now?

DJ Nightstalker :         A year from now? This is probably a good transition year where I’m finally taking the production seriously so hopefully that’s going to elevate the game. I’m in a really good spot in terms of coming up as a name, or coming back up, because I was an old-school DJ, and sort of faded away for a while and then coming back, kind of resurgence.

But yeah, like Ableton, I’m getting into Ableton and stuff. What people don’t realize is …I’m also like, my other life is, I’m a professor. So I teach.

3MiloE:           Oh, wow. I’m in my master’s program in psychology. Yeah.

DJ Nightstalker :         Nice. So I got a PhD and I teach at University. Sometimes my students find out what my other life is, but that’s really my career, and so I sort of feel like I’m behind in that way, I can’t devote 100% of my time towards making music, because in my free time I have I’m writing, writing articles that that sort of thing.

3MiloE:           May I ask you what you teach?

DJ Nightstalker :         So, Chicano studies and then it’s like rhetoric, and critical thinking kind of thing, and also writing.

3MiloE:           That’s great.

DJ Nightstalker :         Yeah, yeah.

3MiloE:           That’s great, man. Well, thank you for your time.

DJ Nightstalker :         Yeah, for sure. Yeah.

3MiloE:           It’s been a pleasure. We really appreciate this, so thank you.

DJ Nightstalker:          Nice, nice, nice. Yeah. Thank you. Keep doing the good work, man.

3MiloE:           Yeah, man. You too.

 

 

Announcements, Articles

The Hard Data & Musicoin Content Program

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Following the success of The Hard Data & Musicoin Pilot Program, both entities have decided to extend the content creation aspect of the Pilot Program until at least January 31, 2018. What that means is, between now and January 31st 2018, writers, editors, photographers, artists, proofreaders and other content related jobs will be receiving Musicoin for their contributions to The Hard Data website and magazine.

In August of 2017, the Pilot Program of which this initiative is based on doubled the readership of The Hard Data, and Musicoin tripled its value in US dollars. Creative types unfamiliar with cryptocurrency were introduced to the ecosystem, and readers of The Hard Data were treated to an expanded palette of content related to their favorite music genre: hard electronic dance music.

Because the price of Musicoin tripled (though now the value has pulled back a bit) over the course of the pilot program, content rewards will be half the amount of Musicoin received previously. We hope that by the end of January 2018 Musicoins will rise again in value, and contributors can see their efforts rewarded even more so should the price jump be significant.

Payment Schedule

The Hard Data will be paying the following rates for content produced on a work-for-hire basis until January 31, 2018, no matter how high or low the price of Musicoin is compared to the US Dollar.

Online Content

1. Article Writing = 250 MC
A 500 word (or more) article about some subject pertinent to hard electronic dance music, such as interviews, party reviews or previews, editorials, music reviews.

1b. NEW!!! DJ Top 10 = 100 MC
A list of your 10 favorite tracks of the month, starting with #10 going down to #1. Each track must have a link to its purchase link on either musicoin.org, hardtunes.com, iTunes, Amazon (in that order of preference). If no purchase link is available, insert the download, Youtube, or streaming link. If a track has a good video, it would be good to insert that as well.

2. Photography, artwork, images = 5 MC per image.
In the case of photographers, it is expected that they will be uploading multiple images to The Hard Data’s Facebook photo page. So, if 10 photos are uploaded, that would equal 50 MC. However, we expect about 50 images per event. For 50 images (or more) they would receive 250 MC (please note we are capping the payment for albums at 250 MC to prevent people from uploading mass irrelevant photos). Each time a writer or editor uses one of their photos in an article, however, the photographer or artist would receive an additional 5 MC (only until January 31, 2018, though).

Writers or content creators that insert their own, legally compliant fair-use or copyright cleared photos will also receive 5 MC per photo. Please note, never use a photo on http://theharddata.com unless it is one of our photographers, or is copyright cleared.

3. Article editing/proofreading = 50 MC
The editor confirms that the article is formatted correctly, hyperlinks work, and spelling and grammar errors are non-existent. For a 500 word or more article, or Top 10, the reward is 50 MC.

4. Article sharing = 250 MC
Meaning: Sharing an individual article published on http://theharddata.com. Shares must be relevant in their venue. We currently define a payable “share” as one or a combination of the following:

a. 30 shares on Facebook (such as groups, event pages, or pages you manage)
b. an Instagram photo (or several) with a total of 30 different hashtags
c. several Twitter tweets with a total of 30 different hashtags
d. 10 Forum posts with a link to the article. You should be an active member of the forums you post to.
e. 30 relevant Steemit.com comments with links to the article.
f. 30 links in Reddit Subgroups.
g. If there are other venues you would like to promote on, please tell us about it and we will try to accommodate and come to an agreement with you on proper compensation. For example, we don’t have much penetration on Pinterest or Snapchat right now, so we are open to proposals in those and other social media venues.

So, an example of a “combination share” would be: a person shared an article to 15 different Facebook groups, made an Instagram post with 10 hashtags, and made 10 Twitter tweets each with 2 hashtags. This would qualify for 250 MC, just as a straight 30 Facebook shares would.

5. Share checking = 50 MC
The share checker makes sure that the person about to receive a sharing reward made good links and wasn’t spammy.

Content Schedule

For the months of September 2017-January 2018, The Hard Data aims to publish and share an average of 20 different content items (articles, top 10s, photo albums) per month. If you would like to be a contributor for The Hard Data, please get in touch with us and tell us what you want to contribute, and when you plan to do it. Though we have a solid stable of writers and photographers, the increased content schedule is opening more content slots that will need filled.

Requirements

1. You must post the article or photo album yourself, after your register for an account on http://theharddata.com or we give you access to one of our social media pages. We use WordPress as a platform, if you are unfamiliar with it, we will teach you how to use it.
2. You must have a musicoin.org account, so that we may send you MC. If you don’t have one already, signup here:

https://musicoin.org/accept/bd71b3b7
3. That you follow our general guidelines and agree to them on sign-up.

http://www.theharddata.com/contributor-signup/

Articles, Interviews

Artist Interview – Mekanikal

Mekanikal is one of the fastest rising talents in the North American Hard Dance scene. He began producing music when he was 14 and gravitated towards hardstyle after watching Coone’s video series of the making of his album “The Challenge.” After spending time developing his sound, Mekanikal got his first major break in 2013 with his remix of T.A.T.A.N.K.A Project’s track “DJ’s Life” was released on Zanzalabs. Because of that, in 2013 he had the opportunity to play at Defqon 1 NL, and the first edition of TomorrowWorld in Atlanta, GA. In 2014 he saw even more success as his original track “Questions” was released on Q-Dance Records. Due to that he was invited to play at The Qontinent: Wild Wild Weekend, Decibel Outdoor Festival, and the first edition of Mysteryland USA. We had the chance to catch up with him in preparation for his appearance at Basscon: Wasteland, April 28-29.

Thank you for taking the time to sit down and interview with us! How did you decide on you DJ alias Mekanikal?

Originally I was playing at shows like Defqon and TomorrowWorld under an old alias, which people had a lot of trouble pronouncing—especially in Europe. So I, Q-Dance, and Headliner Entertainment—(who I was signed with at the time) had a sit-down and came up with the name “Mekanikal,” which ultimately became my new alias.

Are you influenced by other artists or genres? If so, which ones? How did you eventually get interested in the harderstyle? When do you first remember being hooked by the sound?

I’m influenced by many genres other than hardstyle, especially trap and bass music. Some of the sound design elements in those tracks and the high energy inspire me, and I strive to inject that into my own productions. I got interested in hardstyle back in 2006-2007 after previewing a bunch of compilation albums on iTunes (the modern-day equivalent to crate-digging through records). I came across Headhunterz’ track “The Sacrifice” and I moved into jumpstyle and hard trance after hearing that track, Once I found D-Block and S-te-fan’s Qlimax anthem that’s when I knew I was hooked on hardstyle!

What are you trying to convey through your music? Are there any themes or ideas that are important to you? Is there anything in particular you find yourself wanting to communicate to the audience?

In my music, I try to convey all the elements that I like in hardstyle. From the melodies, to the basslines, to the atmosphere and energy, I want people to have a good time while listening to my music. In terms of ideas or themes, I like to incorporate a non-hardstyle element into each track I make. For example, one track you’ll hear at Wasteland has a two-step moombah section, and in another track I might throw in an acoustic guitar or create a trance-esque atmosphere for the breakdown. I want to show the audience that the binary of euphoric vs. raw that currently plagues the hardstyle scene is counterproductive, and looking to other styles of dance music is okay in hardstyle. It will grow on you if you just give it a chance.

How do you prepare for a big show? Do you have any pre-show rituals that you follow? Do you ever still get nervous before a performance or show?

To put it simply, I down two or three Red Bulls and get on stage haha.  In terms of pre-show “rituals” I usually like to go over my SD cards one last time to make sure I have all the songs I want to play, and I like to get to the stage early. I think if you don’t get a little nervous before you go onstage that is a sign of cockiness and it will screw up somehow. Having pre-show nerves keeps you focused and ensures that you will deliver to the best of your abilities. Personally, I don’t get as nervous as I used to before a show, but I am definitely not calm either… just ask anyone who’s tried to talk to me onstage!

You recently released your track Psycedelica, a Hardstyle and Psytrance crossover track, as well as Hardstyle Made me Do It with Reactor and MC Sik-Wit-It. Are there any other interesting tracks or potential collabs in the future we should look out for?

I just wrapped on three tracks that will be debuted at Wasteland: a remix to an Ummet Ozcan track as well as a Markus Schulz bootleg, and a new original that will be the first track of my set, so get there for that ☺. For future collabs, I have a couple that I’m nailing down final details for, so look for those in the second half of 2017.

Of all your music, what song did you enjoy creating the most and why?

I really enjoyed creating Psychedelic. It was my first attempt at making a psytrance-influenced track and I really had no idea how it would turn out. It was a lot of trial and error and mangling sounds in ways that I hadn’t thought of before.

You’ve played several other Basscon parties, and even at the Basscon: Wasteland stage at  EDC Las Vegas, are you excited to be back in the CA for Basscon: Wastelend? What is different about this time?

I’m always excited to play in California. The sheer energy and volume of people that turn out for these shows is staggering and rivals the size of European crowds in many cases. What will be different, though, is you can expect a lot more variety in this upcoming performance. Don’t expect there to be just one BPM or style played.

Do you have anything special planned for the party? Unreleased tracks? Oldschool throwbacks?

Catch DJ Mekanikal at Basscon: Wasteland on Saturday, April 29.

Expect to hear a lot of energetic tracks, and some unreleased material from both myself and other up and coming east-coast producers. Also, I might throw in some classic hardstyle if the crowd seems hype to that. I don’t plan my sets too much in advance so it’s hard to definitively say what will be in it.

Is there anything else you’d like to tell the readers of The Hard Data? 

Thank you all for helping grow the community to the size it is now, and let’s work to build it up even more! If you see me at Wasteland walking through the crowd, feel free to come up and say hi. I love talking with fans of the harder styles. Finally, California, I’ll be back later this year if you miss my performance at Wasteland. Stay tuned to my socials for that announcement ☺.

Catch DJ Mekanikal at Basscon: Wasteland on Saturday April 29.

Facebook: Facebook.com/mekanikalhardstyle
Soundcloud: Soundcloud.com/djmekanikalofficial
Website: touring.apa-agency.com/rosters/mekanikal

Articles, Interviews

Eni – Interviewed

Eni is a Freestyle DJ from Los Angeles, CA and has played at parties such as Arizr, KTRA LA and Hardstyle Arena, and will be playing at Winterfresh Music Festival on December 3rd. Freestyle is one of the fastest growing genres and is relatively new to the American scene. With Hardstyle and Hardcore getting much of the spotlight nowadays, Eni’s Freestyle sound brings much needed fun and freedom to the party. Freestyle by definition means ‘playing without restrictions’, and Eni regularly combines Subground, Jungle Terror, Tekstyle, Jumpstyle, Hardstyle, and any other variations of the hard dance styles, mixed with classic breaks and hard trap.

I know a lot of people ask, so let’s set the record straight- is Eni your real name or is it an alias? How long have you been a DJ?

Eni is actually my real name; it’s a family name from my dad’s side. I’m actually the third- it’s on my birth certificate! I started DJing under the alias Audiofallout back in 2012-2013, but when I started a sound company under the same name people were getting confused. I also had changed my style from strictly Hardstyle to Freestyle so I decided to change my alias to fit my new style and create some separation between my company and myself. I started practicing and learning in 2009 when I bought a pair of belt drive Numark TT1700.

Can you tell us a little bit about how you got into Freestyle and about what your biggest inspirations in this style are?

I got into Freestyle basically by getting bored of just DJ’ing Hardstyle, hahahaha! For a long time I had been a die-hard fan of Hardstyle and could not get enough, but as time went on I felt things get a bit stagnant and needed some variety. I had always loved the dub-style tracks and cross genre stuff so I started to look for that kind of music more and more. I stated finding really cool crossbreed, some sweet trap influenced stuff, and things that broke down to funky house drops for a bit and I fell in love. I wanted to find the coolest most unknown hard dance and bring that up to all the people here in the states.

Eni at KTRA, LA
Eni performing at KTRA, LA

How does Freestyle tie together with your slogan “Eni Kind of Music”?

Well with Freestyle I like to play the spectrum from hard house and Jungle Terror, to Terrorcore and Speedcore… thus my slogan- playing Eni Kind of Music- nothing is off limits. I’ll mix in a lot of random hip-hop and trap influenced stuff, some Cumbia (dance music popular in Latin America), and other genres just to keep it fun and interesting.

You recently played in San Francisco, how did that go? Is the American crowd receptive to the Freestyle sound?

San Francisco was absolutely incredible!!! I had an amazing time out there. It was my first time playing in San Fran and I couldn’t have asked for a better first show. I had a great set and lots of fun. I really love the energy that the Northern California Scene has, it is very reminiscent of the feeling I used to get when I first started going to raves when I was 16. It’s very vibrant, colorful, and youthful. I also got a chance to work with J-Rod, Kriss, Keiji, Kreation, and Hauyon while I was up there. Leading to some really interesting new projects.

As you mentioned, you have a few projects going right now- you been starting to produce, collabs with other American artists, and you’ve been involved with the Hardroadz Media podcast- what can you tell us about those and what can we expect in the future? Anything else we should be watching for?

My trip up to San Francisco inspired me with quite a bit and I have recently started working on a new collab alias with a good buddy who just moved to California from Chile. We have 2 tracks just about finished and I will be dropping the first one at Winterfresh tonight. I haven’t had enough time to really work on many solo projects but I do have a bootleg in the works. Besides that I have been working with another friend of mine as the new host and engineer for the Hardroadz Media podcast. With the podcast we try to focus mostly on American based DJs and producers. It comes down to the fact that Europe and all of their DJs are already established and set, and for the American scene to grow we need to start supporting and showing up for our homegrown talent. For this reason my friend started this podcast. Each month we feature 30 minutes of hand picked tracks and then a 30-minute guest mix. Recently we got lucky and now the show is streamed live on the Department of Hard Dance every third Wednesday of the month, as well as putting it out on SoundCloud.

Anything else you would like to tell the readers of The Hard Data?

I just want to say thank you to everyone who has given me support over these past couple of years. I have been so lucky and blessed to be surrounded by these amazing support structures. I’m very excited with my Dabscouts sponsorship and collaboration. Their designs are pretty awesome and I have been blessed to have their graphic designer and photographer at my disposal. I’m hoping to do some really cool merchandising with them coming out eventually with a fully Eni Kind Of Music clothing line.

Catch Eni at Winterfresh on December 3rd at Union Nightclub in Los Angeles- get your tickets here