It's kind of baffling at this point because you've seen us behind the decks for three years now and people still don't think we can DJ.īut that's beside the point. In the beginning it was a bit difficult and even to this day, we have to do some shows without Kris and people will walk up to me and Jahan and say, "How are you guys going to do the show without a DJ?" They don't realize that we can DJ. So, the last part of "Get Wet," to me, is kind of this jumping in, getting wet and not caring about what people will think, shutting out any sort of ego and just letting go.Īre there any challenges being two female DJs in a trio in a mostly male dominated profession? The third reason is something that came about over time, something that we realized was so important, and that's our music making process and our live show process. We put our hearts on the stage and we don't care if we get really disgusting and sweaty in the process.
That's fine, but if you come to our show, we literally go to the nines on it and we don't want to leave anything behind. A lot of the time you see DJs or people going to shows who are really tame, just wanting to have a good night without really going hard. If you go to our shows, you know we're sweating by the end and we're soaked in sweat. The second reason would be the physical reason. It means three main things: First is the obvious sexual connotation. You know what, that's the name of our album too and we named our tour that because it means a couple of things. I can only imagine what that means but how about you tell me? So, we've never actually really tried to make a certain kind of music and we just wanted to let it flow and allow us to evolve as artists, whichever way that may take us. We weren't the ones who dubbed ourselves as apart of it. I mean, obviously we thought about what we wanted to do, but it wasn't so specific like, "Hey, we should make this kind of music." It kind of just morphed into what it was and to be honest, we never really pictured ourselves being part of the whole EDM movement.
It's so funny because I would have to say no real planning went into it. When you guys were picking your sound, what thoughts went into that and are you confident about that choice now? Trance totally touches your emotions probably more than any of the subgenres. It's one of the most mind-blowing subgenres because you can totally lose control and get lost in it. It's not my favorite subgenre of dance music, that would probably be drum and bass, but trance is pretty high up there. So would you say that you're a trance fan then?
We're completely honored because he's truly a legend in his genre. Then we kept in contact because we always knew we wanted to do something together and it ended up being a remix at first and hopefully it'll turn into some songs in the future. He actually presented our IDMA award to us and that was the first time we met him. Finally getting to meet him about a year ago was really cool. It was so awesome because we've look up to him for years. You've been releasing a ton of remixes to your songs, so I have to ask-what does it feel like having one of your songs remixed by Armin van Buuren ? I was an indie kid since I was ten, so you know, I always wanted to go to Coachella too so it's been really, really cool. I've been watching Ultra for years and always wanted to go. So, it's really cool to end up playing these shows you always dream of as a kid. Also, it's our first Coachella and it's one of the most renowned festivals in the world. It almost felt like an "Ultra graduation" for us. Everything has been pretty crazy going from playing a side stage at Ultra last year, to playing main stage this year. Yasmine: It feels like it's not quite over yet! We still have one more weekend of Coachella. THUMP: So you guys just got back from playing the main stage at Ultra and then at Coachella, how does all of that feel? THUMP was lucky enough to snag Yasmine in between touring and headlining festivals. The head banging, sweaty loud trio from Chicago consists of sisters Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf with longtime pal, Kris "Rain Man" Trindl. It hasn't taken long for Krewella to dominate festivals and solo shows all over the world.