Lost Frequencies Talks EDC Las Vegas, Mixing Different Genres, USA vs European Festivals & More

We sat down with Lost Frequencies at EDC Las Vegas to discuss the wide variety of genres represented in his sets, his opinion regarding the differences between the American and European rave scenes, his epic set at EDC, and his new music!

So, you just finished your set and I noticed you mixed together a lot of genres. I heard some Drum and Bass and some Techno. What influence has these other genres had on your music and is it hard to combine so many different genres in one set?

The thing is I always have this base layer, which is my original music, everything I play is the music that I produced, even if it’s going to be Drum and Bass or a bit more Techno-ish soundtrack. It’s always going to be melodic; you are always going to have vocals somewhere in the track. That is what’s going to be the glue throughout the whole set. And also, the single factor that I produce everything is always kind of the same mixing style I guess. And so, it’s not too different but genre wise it is going to change a bit. I think also because for me, it’s fun during one hour like this today, but even if a bit longer set I like to change it up, I like to play something different and to wake up the crowd a bit, challenge them and then go back to them with something else.

So how do you balance tracks you want to play based on what the crowd wants to hear?

I try to spread them out. But sometimes what I have is I think she said I have only 50 minutes left and I have to throw them all in the one that they want to listen to because there was there’s always new tracks I want and the tracks that that I want to I want to support you know, like the latest release or the latest album, and then the big ones.

So you’ve played around the world and like we’ve talked about I live in the Netherlands and you’re from Belgium. What is the biggest difference between the European rave scene and the American rave scene?

The clothing is very different. The USA is more crazy. I would say maybe not more crazy but it’s like for people when they go to electronic music festival here in the US, they really travel, it’s like a mission. You know, it’s like we go to EDC, and we got to go to this crazy festival like when I see everything here, it’s really insane. I don’t think we have something like this in Europe. We have Tomorrowland which is super big but not as big as this you know? So, I don’t know it’s very different. Also, the genre of electronic music on the lineup is very different in the US compared to Europe. So, for me as a European artist to be here on the lineup on the mainstage today was very nice.

So how do you feel about your set, happy about it? It was great from where I was standing.

Thank you. That’s the only thing I said after it’s like sometimes you play these kinds of shows and the stage is so big that you don’t really know in the moment itself, like sometimes I usually like to look back with some videos we have from the live stream to get a better perspective from because I don’t really see the crowd you know, and, and sometimes it’s hard to tell, are people dancing? Are they chilling or you know, am I getting their attention? Is this a singalong moment? Because I don’t really hear a lot, but I was trying to do my thing I know. Some people know me, but maybe a lot of people don’t really know me here tonight. So, I was really trying to play my music to try to show showcase who I am and hopefully they liked it.

You played some new music tonight “In my Bones”. Can you tell us a little bit about the inspiration behind that track?

So “In my Bones” is a track with David Kushner. The version that I played tonight is the deluxe mix. So, every single track can have an alternative version, which is going to be like you said a Techno version or a Drum and Bass version. So, because the original version is always quite slower, it’s more radio friendly. And then the deluxe mix like the one I played tonight. It was more Trance and old school House inspired with a little piano, but and then the kick coming in. It was a nice reaction, I’m happy. So, I’ve been trying it out for the last few shows and now I think I’m going to set it down and finally mix it properly and master it.

Your music is so positive. It’s really uplifting. What kind of message do you want to spread to your fans into the world especially now with so many problems going on and so many bad things?

Yeah, I usually have a lot of messages in my music that are about unity and love. I think it’s sometimes it’s quite cheesy. But at the same time, it’s also so obvious you know and when you are at a place like this, I think sometimes people do really like to hear this kind of stuff and they really connect with it. I like personally the love lyrics and sharing and spreading good vibes. And so, when I make music and I can incorporate these lyrics in the least cheesy way possible that I’m super happy that I can do something like that. And then it translates well in the crowd.