From San Francisco, The Indiigo Child, has made an impact on the dance music industry. His sound consists of a mix of electronic synths and strong beats. The Indiigo Child joins me to speak about his latest track “Come Back To Me” and his journey in music.

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Mason Vera Paine & The Indiigo Child Interview Transcription

[00:00:00] Announcer: Mason Vera Paine,

[00:00:02] Mason Paine: San Francisco based DJ And producers at Indigo Child, brings a unique style to dance music with electronic, synths and powerful beats. He joins me to discuss his latest track, Come Back to Me, and his journey in music. Thanks for joining me, Indigo.

[00:00:15]  The Indiigo Child: Good afternoon, Mason. How are you doing?

[00:00:17] Mason Paine: I'm doing pretty good, man. Thanks for coming on. I appreciate you taking time out from your day for doing this. I want to start out with, like, what what got you into being a DJ?

[00:00:27]  The Indiigo Child: Let me clarify all the DJs out there because there's some amazing DJs. That's what they do. I'm more so I kind of DJ my own music. It's kind of a cheat code. But yeah, obviously in electronic music, we DJ our own music and stuff like that. But, yeah, I've been into it since, like, the 90s. Some of the classes that came out during that time that inspired me, I really got into it. Gigi diagosinois to yours. Are you familiar with that song?

[00:01:02] Mason Paine: No, I'm not.

[00:01:03]  The Indiigo Child: Yeah, they actually feature that song in a movie called Uncut Gems for Adam Sandler. It's at the very end. It's the last track that plays in the credits. That was like my first dance song. That was like, oh, I liked it. I think I want to make this. You should definitely check it out. I'm sure you're familiar with song already. And then stardust dad punk. So all those artists as I was growing up in the was like, oh, that was like inspiration for me to really get into dance music and gabba a little bit in DJing. I had to get more into it later on in life because obviously, dance music, you got to be able to play everything. You got to learn how to do all the technical stuff. But, yeah, I try to think of myself more than just DJ.

[00:01:55]  Mason Paine: Yeah, that's interesting too, because I read that you worked with a lot of hip hop and rap artists. How did that come about?

[00:02:01] The Indiigo Child: I started my life in Jersey City, Newark, New Jersey, and those areas in the tristate area. And surprisingly, when I was coming up, obviously, New York, New Jersey, tristate is very hip hop oriented. That's the biggest culture out there. And I was very fortunate. I grew up in a place called Summit Plaza in Jersey City, and one of my neighbors was AKON, and they lived in my plaza, so they were a lot older than me. But I got a chance to go to their studio and see some of AKON producers. And I got to meet AKON probably twice. I was around those folks and a lot of rappers. So that's how I got into hip hop. That was my first start into producing, making tracks. I started posting videos online of me making hip hop tracks. I was really inspired by a lot of the producers that were making tracks online. The MPC sampling. It's kind of how that way it was the beginning of me getting serious with music.

[00:03:18] Mason Paine: Now, I know for many producers that I know personally, when they do tracks for hip hop or rap artists, there's a lot of sampling from disco, maybe like 70s or 80s pop, even some funk in there. Has that spilled over into how you do music now?

[00:03:38]  The Indiigo Child: Yeah, absolutely. I mean, right now, like my latest track Come Back to Me,