In this edition, we feature EDM producer Boys Noize and singer Moga Mogami from Dempagumi.inc, plus exclusive coverage of the FIA World Endurance Championship racing at Fuji Speedway.
FUSION: In the past, I know you liked work- ing hard and not naming names with the people you worked with, and I am sure you work with a lot of big names and up and coming people, and the fans who have been listening to you since day one can agree that your skill is extremely amazing, so has your mind changed about who you work with and how you promote yourself
ALEX: It all comes down to your person- ality I guess, at the end of the day, I'm just being myself. I'm not the guy who likes to talk about lot of things, drop- ping names and all that kind of stuff. I stay to myself and I stay focused on my music. I learnt that you have to follow your heart and if you don't feel some- thing, that's ok, and if you do, that's fine too.
You don't have to be judgmental about anyone that does things different than you, you should just strive to be your- self as much as possible.
FUSION: You've just collaborated on new music with Skrillex, but this isn't the first time you've done so, and you two have a very great connection and link with each other, Boys Noize on the main stage at 2023 Ultra Japan Fest. Rocking the crowds as he plays banger music but let's talk about this new music you've devel- oped and how it came about.
ALEX: Yes, so Sonny (Skrillex) and I make music all the time, we just create constantly and whenever we see each other it's a great vibe. We have a lot of unreleased music and that one time he was in Berlin and I was on a plane to play a show in Glasgow I think. I was going through records and samples and found that acapella. I instantly flipped it into a record and I played it that same night during my set and it went totally went off. When I came back to Berlin I told Sonny (Skrillex) about it and he was like lets do it together. He made the track really insane and altered it a lot.
Sonny was working on this album at that time and first we were consider- ing to add it to his LP but it didnt feel 100% right. So we waited until after his album release and when the summer finally arrived we decided it was time to drop it and here we are FUSION: Do you prefer writing music in the studio, or do you enjoy being on tour and performing live?
ALEX: I enjoy both just as much. No doubt the travel part is exhausting, its a common phrase among us DJs that you are paid to travel. But I love performing, its where I get my energy from, from the people, the music, seeing new places, it is the greatest. As a performer, I am used to the adren- aline rush that comes with taking