Damian Lazarus discusses his London origins, his new album and how he stays sane in the face of our often brutal collective reality.
Already uneasy about what he calls"a general feeling that the planet is occupied in the main by idiots," his worries about the fate of humanity and the planet itself were exacerbated when the pandemic struck, winnowing his touring schedule down from a standard 150 shows a year to precisely nothing. He had, suddenly, a lot of time to think.
Here, Lazarus discusses his London origins, his new album and how he stays sane in the face of our often brutal collective reality.It’s 9 a.m. in Troia, Portugal, and I'm on my hotel bed with my 4 year and my 2 year old. One is playing a learning game on my phone, and the other is watching kids drive tractors on my girlfriend's phone.
5. If you had to recommend one album for someone looking to get into electronic music, what would you give them?6. What’s the first thing you bought for yourself when you started making money as an artist?8. What’s one song you wish you had produced?9. It's been 11 years since your last solo album. In what key ways have you evolved as an artist and human sinceMusically I've understood that less is more and to listen to the quiet moments and cherish them.
14. Between climate change, COVID, political unrest, inequality, etc, how do you keep a positive outlook for the future. Or do you? As a result of this, negative things are happening on and around the dancefloor. We need a fresh start, new ideas, collective positive thinking and planning, new passion for music. These are the things I work hard to visualize and produce when creating my Day Zero and Get Lost events.is out via Diplo's Higher Ground label in the Americas.
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