The night is being launched next month and is gonna be a fun monthly night pushing the idea of fun, funky music with a party vibe. More details to come….
These girls really should need no introduction. They have been dominating the Auckland club scene, smashing all the big NZ festivals, touring the country and winning international DJ competitions. “Is that all??!!!”. The Croatian born, New Zealand living sister duo also recently made a pilgrimage to the Miami Winter Music Conference, the largest event on the international dance music calender, after winning the Lets Mix NGDJ Competition.
Here’s what is going down with them right now…
Can you introduce yourselves and tell us an interesting fact about each other that Chilli JAM readers won’t know? We used to be professional figure skaters, true story!
So, it’s been a big year so far for Maya and Vanya. Can you tell us what was the highlight of your recent trip to the Miami Winter Music Conference? The whole trip was pretty rad! Highlight was just being there amongst it all and getting to experience playing at some of WMC’s biggest parties alongside guys like M.A.N.D.Y, Swedish House Mafia, Pete Tong, Tiesto, Afrojack, Nic Fanciulli, Diplo, DJ Sneak, Dennis Ferrer, even Macy Gray! But the craziest gig out of them all was playing for the Mad Decent label party with all their crew, chicken on the BBQ and daggering all night long!
And I hear you are off on a Europe tour very soon. Can you tell the readers a wee bit about what that will involve and what you have planned? We’re heading there this July for their summer and have a tour lined up over the UK, Croatia, Ibiza and hopefully more to come so we’re really excited about that, its such a different experience to play at gigs overseas and it’s awesome to get the opportunity to do so.
Are there any gigs on that tour that you are particularly looking forward to? Definitely looking forward to playing at Creamfields in the UK, also we’re gonna be around there when the Exit Festival is on so can’t wait to check that out!
Beside all the international jet setting, you guys have found the time to play at some of New Zealand’s biggest parties and festivals. What would be your local highlight so far? Still Rhythm n Vines for sure! There’s not much that beats jam packing our car and driving down to Gissy for a week over the new year, getting amongst the grapevines and playing to an awesome crowd who are up for anything. Its one of the best vibes and something we’ve looked forward to every year.
Your sets and mixes seem to be containing a lot more edits and remixes in recent months. How have you found the move to production? We’ve always made edits and bootlegs here and there, just for fun and mainly for our sets but its only recently that we’ve started getting onto production more seriously. While Maya was as uni she did a few courses on music production on the side and got into Logic, Protools, Ableton and we both spent hours watching videos and tutorials on it so the basic knowledge of it all was always there. Its only recently that we’ve pushed for some proper studio time with some of our buddies like Dick Johnson getting to use some pretty epic studio equipment and proper monitors (as opposed to our $40 hand-me-downs that we’ve been working on till now) and other toys.
Do you have any original work in the pipelines? Your DJ sets and mixes tend to span quite a few different genres. What kind of sound can we expect from your original work? At the moment we’re in the studio working towards releasing our debut ep. The sound that we’re going for with this one is on the house and tropical tip with a twist of uk funky and dub sound to it.
Tell us a little bit about the set up your using in the studio? At home? Lol, right now its in Maya’s room which contains one MacBook Pro, Ableton, Logic, some rusty ancient Pioneer speakers that our dad used in the 80s, a bongo, a couple of shakers that one of us bought as a souvenir from Miami, and an inbuilt computer mic… But from time to time we do manage to put Dick Johnson in a headlock (which is not as easy as it sounds as he’s a very busy man!) and get the honour of producing in the BE Club studio which is equipped with some of the best gear there is.
Your sound has been described as “tropical house” and, while you play a very broad range of music, you tend to have a penchant towards Latin and tribal tinged music. How would you describe your sound and what are your influences? Its really hard for us to describe our sound as its ever evolving. I guess our main influence comes from our parents’ record collection filled with all sorts of music from all over the world, in particular the Spanish, Latino, South American and African sounds. I guess when you add that to the music that we ourselves listened to throughout the years you get that in a more clubby, house and hip hop mixture.
So, your playing at Good Luck bar in Wellington this weekend. What can the Wellington crowd expect from your set musically? We love Wellington so we’re excited about coming back down, have never played at Good Luck yet so really looking forward to that!
Thanks heaps for taking the time to have a chat and I’ll see you in the weekend for a big night at Good Luck.
Connect with Maya and Vanya using rad social media (how fresh!):
Download to get down…
Enjoy.
Come and Join us for a fun night of party beats and festivities. This shit is gonna be huge so make sure you get amongst it!
Maya and Vanya with support from Buff Marvin and Dilby
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Good Luck and Chilli Jam proud to be presenting
Four is Not A Threesome
Exclusive MAYA AND VANYA most excellence and sexy time dj. They are number one at winning vely vely big competition. Also buff marvin and dilby playing. Jiggy jiggy good time on Saturday 22 may. Exciting so much we give you free drink from yum cha cocktails menu when you walking in between 8pm to 9pm. Cute and yummy. Please come!
Maya and Vanya
“Their ability to bring together everything from tropical music to fidget house reflects an exciting development in club culture, where urban and latin music are fusing more and more with electronic dance music”
- Beatportal.com
“NZ’s biggest up and coming DJs to look out for”
- Mad Decent
Press Appearances:
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TV/Radio:
MTV USA
SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO USA
DJ TV UK
NOVA FM Australia
AMP ENERGY USA
GEORGE FM NZ
Internet/Websites:
mtv.com
UltraRecords.com
djmag.com
beatportal.com
MadDecent.com
nme.com
4clubbers.net
letsmix.com
dancemusicblog.com
worlddj.com
maximum.co.uk
residentadvisor.com
georgefm.co.nz
realgroove.co.nz
roadrunner.com
Beatport Charts:
March 2010
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/chart/detail/22678/MayaVanya%20March%20Beatport%20chart
Link to Maya & Vanya Mixes:
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Including some of their own edits and remixes
http://soundcloud.com/mayavanya
http://letsmix.com/mayavanya
More Information on NGDJ Competition:
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http://www.letsmix.com/ngdj
http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/next-generation-dj-winner-announced/
http://www.djmag.com/news/detail/2129
Chilli JAM: http://www.chillij.com/
Chilli JAM on Itunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=355585014
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★★ Studio 9 ★★
☆ Friday 23 April ☆
Feat.
☆ Daymon
☆ Vernon
☆ Johnny Kingdom
with
☆ J.E.F.
Wellington’s first ladies of Tech
Tickets $10 on the door
From 10pm
★★ ★★ ★★
Following on from some bad-ass parties last year, Wellington’s finest pure Tech-House & Techno night returns for 2010. Daymon, Vernon and Johnny Kingdom are back, this time to show you locals do it best.
This time, Stereotype welcomes very special guests J.E.F. Otherwise known as Wellington’s first ladies of tech, Heylady and Melt will be busy on the decks alongside the boys ensuring an intimate but hard rocking night of fresh as f☆ck tunage!
★★ ★★ ★★
☆ STEREOTYPE
Since their beginnings, Stereotype quickly became known for their quality nights of Tech-House and Techno. Regular guests to Stereotype nights have included Dopamine, Anitx/Fiord, Klaus Hill, Dick ‘Magik’ Johnson and Tim Richards. The boys have also been racking up studio time and laying down guest mixes for some of the worlds biggest online radio stations.
☆ J.E.F
Fresh from a storming set in the bush at The Taniwha’s Den, Heylady and Melt step up to do their thing once again, club styles this time. Hot-stepping sound is what these ladies are all about, and they still do it on vinyl! Real records ya know?…
☆ Stay in touch with Stereotype on …
Soundcloud
Johhny Kingdom
Vernon
Daymon
Stereotype
featuring
Antix live - aka. Fiord
with
Vernon, Johnny Kingdom and Daymon
Friday 25 September
Sandwiches in association with Stereotype are amped to bring you one of New Zealand’s best underground progressive and techno artists, Barton Strom of ANTIX.
Taking time out from touring, Barton joins the Stereotype DJs Vernon, Daymon, and Johnny Kingdom for a quality night of cutting edge music.
Since their first release in 2003, brothers Barton and Hayden Strom have had a selection of critically acclaimed albums. With a string of killer live performances their infectious bass lines and enticing grooves have helped the brothers build a solid reputation as one of the most in demand progressive and techno acts on the planet.
Last year the boys raised the bar even higher with their album WANDERERS and the follow up DVD/CD WANDERING - a collection of remixes and documentary footage from their last US tour.
2008 started out with a bang with ANTIX being nominated and then placed runner up for the best in their game on the Beatport Music Awards.
And if that’s not all, they also produce and remix as FIORD with releases on Dieb Audio, Sprout, Underwater, Therapy Music and Whoop! With support and high praise from Hernan Cattaneo, D-nox, Frank Beckers, Anthony Pappa, Jim Rivers and John Digweed the future is definitely moving Fiord.
If you love progressive and deep techno, this is an evening not to be missed.
Check out a recent mix of Anitx-Fiord live.
Download from RapidShare
Check out their MySpace page for more Antix.
www.myspace.com/antixfiord
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/ANTIX-FIORD/61636921003?ref=search&sid=559544288.3409082024..1
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