Off the back of their new six-track, ear-wormy EP "Back To Haus," the German duo Digitalism have no plans on slowing down anytime soon. Having met in a record shop in back 2004, fawning over releases from the French super-group Africanism All Stars. Jens Moelle and İsmail “Isi” Tüfekçi are no longer novice DJs. Instead, try Hamburg’s “most prolific and bewitching production duo.”

I spoke with the pair as we looked back on what’s inspired, amazed, and continues to motivate them through their trek through the bountiful landscape of music. Monkeys joining the audience at Fuji Rock in Japan? Check. The aforementioned pizza incident? Yep. Countless syncs in video games and TV shows? You betcha. How about a Vans x Digitalism shoe collab? Isi’s got an idea…

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