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When did your musical journey with Electronic Music begin? Well it actually began almost 9 or 10 years ago, when I was around 15-16 years old. I started just by buying a DAW and making some beats here and there but nothing special. A few months later I started discovering electronic music, specially techno. Minimal was at his hype so all this Minus (Richie Hawtin, Magda.etc) had a big impact on me, then I started discovering the Detroit guys, specially Kenny Larkin and Carl Craig, those were my all time favorites. Soon after that I started producing mostly before starting to play out. And from a young age I had pretty good support from guys like Samuel L Session to even Carl Cox , they were playing my tracks back when I was 17 years old! After that I started releasing with Sleep is Commercial in Berlin, BlaBla Berlin, My Favorite Robot with Jonny and few more here and there. At the same time I started playing around in my hometown of San Juan and until now I've been curating lineups and booking here in Puerto Rico for a few years now. There are so many DJ's in the world right now, How would you describe your sound? For me the most important thing is versatility and to always keep it interesting. I love to experiment, playing from techno to house, to electro to minimal, to everything, so this is very crucial for me even when I'm listening to new talents I've never heard. I can't be stuck on a all techno set all night for example, I would just want to go home when that happens, and that happens a lot! So I hear that you and Jonny Cruz have started a label together. Can you tell us more about this project? Yes, Jonny and I decision to start Opulence was natural. After collaborating and playing together for years now it was time to unite all our favorite producers and friends and most importantly not to follow any trend. For us that was very important from the beginning, to not have a 'sound'. We are going to be releasing different ranges of music. For our first release we have a VA called Ostentatious with tracks from veterans like Guido Schneider, Lee Jones, Daniel Dreir, Alexi Delano to new young guns like Atelier Francesco, Pablo Mateo & more. So basically our sound is house to techno to anything in between but always dark, groovy and "atmospheric" Besides the new label , what other projects have you got in the pipeline for 2017? We are just working 100% on Opulence right now and making music. The second release is mine and Jonny's with some big special collabs and remixers. We are doing North and South America launch parties soon & lots more. If you could change one thing in the music industry, what would it be? I think the lack of identity. Everybody wants to follow all this new trends and copying all the big hits, but it aint working. Let's try to bring something new to the table, share some good music & memories and that's it. If you had one more night left on earth and had to programme 12 hours of talent , who would you book? That's a great question. I hate playing short sets so I would definitely give 3 hours at least to each of the artists, but I think this could be my rundown: Zip, Kenny Larkin, Cassy, and Roman Flugel. If you were not DJing and producing, what would you be doing?t I have a degree in marketing & advertising, so definitely working on something like that. ISSUE 98 / 2017 27 At only 24, Cali Lanauze has already left a permanent mark on the House scene, garnering support from heavy weights like Carl Cox and Samuel L Session, you could say that he was born to DJ. Now kicking off his new label Opulenece with fellow DJ Jonny Cruz, Lanauze lets us know what we can expect from the label aiming to not 'follow any trends'. follow @cali514 HOUSE Joe Le Groove | Guestlist "EVERYBODY WANTS TO FOLLOW ALL THIS NEW TRENDS AND COPYING ALL THE BIG HITS, BUT IT AINT WORKING. LET'S TRY TO BRING SOMETHING NEW TO THE TABLE"