00:00So, my name is Synaxis and I'm a drum bass artist, I'm mainly a DJ and I started producing since a year ago
00:07and I really like playing high energetic subgenres such as Neurofunk, Dancefloor and Jumbo.
00:17In 2015, I went to my first ever Likusti Antwerp and I just immediately fell in love with how the scene worked,
00:27that everything is about the music and not just about drinking and getting drunk and just forgetting what you did the day after
00:35and I really liked the fact that it was about the music and I saw that the DJ had control over the emotions of the crowd
00:42and I thought that was always such a nice role to play and one day I had the idea,
00:47what if you put this track together with this track and then I realized that that was just DJing
00:52so I started out being virtual DJ like most of us I think and then I bought like a small controller for 100 euros
01:00and I started making mixes and then I did some DJ contests and I won one and in 2019 I got my first gig in the Netherlands as well
01:11and then Covid hit but in 2022 I got back on track and yeah, now we're here.
01:17I think I really like the diversity of drum and bass like if you want to chill out you can play some liquid
01:29or if you want to go crazy put on some Neurofunk, Dancefloor or like also the fact that you can have very emotional intros
01:37and then such a hard hitting drop that really does something to me and also like the high BPM, the energy, I really love it.
01:44It's just so much different than other music genres so it's special to me.
01:48I think it's still the gig where I played for Study of Brussels.
01:58So the lineup was Netsky used Andromantic, Murdoch and me as the opener
02:03and it was just so crazy to me that I was put among these names like the biggest ones in the Belgian scene I think.
02:09From the moment I started to play like 15 minutes after the venue was already full and I could just play my stuff
02:16and people liked it so much and I had so much positive reactions after that and yeah that was just one of the best moments in my career.
02:24My next biggest show is Rampage Open Air. I'm going back to back with KHC again this year but this time on the main stage.
02:38So we are going to open on Saturday from 2 to 3. I think it's going to be the biggest ones, no pressure or something.
02:45and like other stuff like with productions of course. So I started producing a year ago.
02:50I'm trying to focus more on that but first I want to finish my studies.
02:54Next year is my last year and then we are going to focus on the producing more.
02:59So I'm really excited about that as well.
03:02I get inspired by a lot of artists in very different ways.
03:11At the moment production wise I like to learn a lot from Primate because I really love how he makes his intros.
03:19Because I started producing now I think that making intros is so hard to make such interesting intros as he does.
03:25And I think I could really learn a lot from him and also the build-ups. I think he does that really well.
03:30Yeah, Primate I would say.
03:37As a woman, yeah, I think that since Covid a lot of more female artists emerged.
03:44Especially in the Netherlands but also a few in Belgium such as Sharia Tribe for example.
03:49And yeah, I really love that because I'm not the only one, the only female backstage or something.
03:53And sometimes I can also hang with the girlies or something.
03:56So yeah, I think more females are trying to do something with drum and bass.
04:00And I think it's just going to get more and more in the future.
04:03So yeah, that's positive I guess.
04:05I think it depends on what you want to achieve with your music.
04:15Because for some people music is a way to escape, like the escapism.
04:20They want to disappear in the music and they maybe want to follow an artist that gives them that feeling.
04:27But some people use music as a way to express themselves about certain problems in the world or other stuff.
04:35So I think people will always follow artists that they resonate with the most.
04:39So I think you should just do what you think is right and you will attract the people that have the same mindset.
04:50I started out a year ago.
04:52First I started with making some drum loops.
04:54I really wanted to take it step by step.
04:56Because if you have the goal, I want to make a track, then it's too stressy to think about it.
05:01So I thought, okay, first I'm going to make drums.
05:03And the second thing, I'm going to make a bass line, a sub or something.
05:07Now I'm going to make an intro.
05:09Okay, now I'm going to make a build up.
05:11Like not in the one project, but different projects.
05:14And then finally I was like, okay, now I know how to make all these elements.
05:18Let's try to make a tune.
05:20So I also have lectures from Lexeros.
05:23So he teaches me how to produce as well.
05:25Thank you Lexeros for teaching me so much stuff.
05:28And I think that really helped with my progression because some things are so logical if someone says it to you.
05:34But if you don't have access to that info, then it will take you a much longer time to find that out.
05:39So I'm really grateful that I get these lectures.
05:42And now I finally made a tune.
05:44Like it's, I think it sounds okay, but it's a bit boring.
05:48And now I'm making a new tune.
05:50And now the goal is to make it less boring.
05:52So doing it all step by step.
05:54And my goal is to, this year, finish a tune that I can play in my sets.
05:59That will sound good enough, will not be boring.
06:02So I can really drop it in the set.
06:04And hopefully next year a release, self-release or release on label, doesn't matter.
06:08So that's my goal for now.
06:11Well, Rampage Sports Palace still is a magical one.
06:19Because yeah, I went to every Rampage event from the moment I became 16 years old.
06:25I was just obsessed with Rampage and everything.
06:28So if I could play Sports Palace one day, that would be a dream.
06:31And Tomorrowland would also be nice, but I think everyone says that.
06:35And yeah, let it roll.
06:36Also a nice one.
06:38So those three.
06:39I think being Synoxis is a bit different than being Veronica.
06:50Because I think Synoxis pushed me to be more confident and believe more in myself.
06:56Like take more risks and it pushed me out of my comfort zone.
07:00I was really an introvert before I was an artist.
07:03And being an artist made me more extrovert and more ambitious.
07:08And a few years back I was always thinking, how would the people think of me and this and that.
07:13But now I'm like, if I go and I play and I see a smile on someone's face.
07:17Then I'm like, okay, I'm doing this for me and for you.
07:20And if you're happy, then I'm also happy.
07:23And there's always someone going to be happy.
07:26Like you cannot play a set that everyone thinks is shit.
07:29I mean, you really have to do your best, I think.
07:31So I just found more peace within myself.
07:34Thanks to Synoxis.
07:36Thank you.
07:37Thank you.
07:38Thank you.
07:39Thank you.
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