So we dropped the vinyl version of Da Hardy Boyz EP last night,
here's an interview with Blu Jemz of Da Hardy Boyz to give you some more insight...

How did Da Hardy Boyz come about?
well... we used to get fucked up after parties... and then we realized it was a lot more fun to make music at 5 am. so we started making these afterparty songs that were house/ electro (which btw are really easy to make, not good but easy) and we'd rap over them with german accents. then.. we found out diplo would really like these songs, so we lost the German accents and took it seriously.

What bands and producers influenced the Hardy sound?
Basically, anybody from the 80s. that was the apex of music production and pop music writing,,, after that except for rap it went to shit...

You guys seem to have a thing for the Pet Shop Boys, what's so good about em?
The Pet Shop Boys are crazy underrated.  They have a million hit singles and a huge fan base and their music has so much emotion but they're still club songs- which is an amazing dichotomy.  

You and TK go way back... how do you guys know each other?
We went to same elementary school.  he was always the mad "cool guy", even though he was a year younger than me.  When w were 15 and going to Nasa, Tk"s mom would let him have afterparties (starting at 8am)  at his house and cook us breakfast.  he was just the mad cool guy of the group.

We all know LLoydski we see out at the clubs, but what's he really like?
Lloyd's like my extreme emotional best friend.  Like, when i wanna kill myself- I call Lloyd...
Or, when i wanna kill someone else- I call Lloyd.

Knowing you guys, the recording process must have been pretty hairy... What's it like? How do come up with the hooks to the tracks?
now since the studio is at tk"s most shit starts with one of his beats, or me or lloyd have a concept for a song and we just make it all together. But to be honest tk is the one with the magic touch in the group thats why we call him terry touch. like 'I want to be there' is all him . we helped with production but every note is from his brain.

You seem to have a strong new wave vibe going on, what were the key synthesizers used on this? 
Somethings from Roland< somethings from Oberheim.  A lot of stuff in Logic..  a casio.

You debuted the live show with the Summer Tour. It must be pretty hard to get a crowd who's never heard of you on your side. What's that like? What works?
We dont' anticipate any crowd to be on our side.

As a DJ and Producer, you seem really good at navigating the club world, corporate sponsorships, the underground DJ scene, etc. How do you do it? Any tips for aspiring DJs / Producers?
Well, believe it or not, all these people that I work with are my homies before any business is involved.  If You dont" know me you probably see me as an asshole or lucky schmoe.  Contrary to that belief, people who know me and talk to me, realize that I'm sincere and on some real shit.  If it were up to people that dont"t know me_ i"d have no career- but luckily...

What are 5 of your favorite records or singles?
(pffft) sound of distress..
Alexander Robotnik- "Problems D' Amour"
Jay_dee "Plastic Dreams"
anything by Dilla
Tribe "Low End Theory"
My Bloody Valentine
and my Prefuse remix.

Is it true you used to date Kelis?
Every girl i"ve ever gone out with was a mistake until now.... watch out for Spanish Berlin... & ~Dark Dreams~

the vinyl edition features hand-screened covers
and comes with a FREE copy of Blu Jemz and Roger Yamaha's classic Second Cousins mix

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