With nice mustache comes nice energy—and DJ Susan has it in droves.
Based mostly in San Diego, Susan made a cross-country flight final week to immerse himself within the hedonism of Miami Music Week, a pilgrimage he takes yearly. And he made his presence felt.
However that wasn’t by design, as if he concocted some sort of masterplan to kick up mud within the title of fame like a hellbent TikToker. It’s simply in his nature.
In some ways, the gregarious Susan was emblematic of the triumphant ethos of the return of dance music in Miami after a brutal pandemic. If his unbridled character didn’t pull you in like a magnet to a fridge, it was his big bear-hugs.
Whereas a whole bunch of hundreds of individuals flock to Miami for the week’s pièce de résistance, Extremely Music Competition, town’s numerous accommodations and golf equipment moonlight as breeding grounds for the following period of digital music. It is at these venues the place Susan operated and pollinated, replanting the seeds of dance music tradition that had eroded through the pandemic.
“It was unimaginable. The neighborhood was sturdy and everybody was out in full pressure,” DJ Susan informed EDM.com. “It was a spot for artists and followers alike to attach with none borders and create a fantastic house for all of us to thrive collectively by means of our artwork and keenness for music. After being away for therefore lengthy, it actually made it particular to have the ability to bodily be with these followers, fellow artists and trade gamers that we’ve got solely linked with on-line in actual life. To not point out, this was unmistakably the yr of home music, so it felt actually constructive to be in the fitting place on the proper time with too many legends to rely.”
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Nevertheless it wasn’t simply the infectious antics of the “Tech Home Tony Robbins” that made him the lover of Miami Music Week 2022. It was additionally the music from his flagship report label, Hood Politics Information, a tastemaker identified for its gritty hip-house fashion. And in a metropolis that has lengthy championed home music—maybe now extra so than ever—the imprint’s signature sound might be heard far and large.
Hood Politics can be beloved for its dedication to spotlighting younger, real music producers who do it for the love of the neighborhood—not the pursuit of streaming notoriety. It is this tenet by which the label—and its love-drunk founder—are shaping the way forward for the underground.
“Hood Poli is an enormous household. Everybody we have linked with by means of the label has been nothing however real and supportive of one another,” mentioned Wealthy DietZ, a fast-rising DJ duo who’ve launched music on Hood Politics Information.” It has to stem from the man up prime, DJ Susan. He is simply out right here spreading the love and reminding us all why we received into this scene.”
Now again residence in San Diego, Susan is decompressing what was a twister of per week in Magic Metropolis. All it took was one take a look at his Instagram Tales, which functioned like a Dominique Wilkins-esque spotlight reel of sun-kissed DJ units and hysterical interactions together with his fellow artists.
“To say it was historic can be an understatement,” he displays. “The love and power was palpable and everybody was actually centered on spreading that love all through. This was the yr.”
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