DJ MELINKI MEETS: CRUCAST – CONNECTING DJ’S MIXES TOGETHER

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DJ Melinki is our resident Bass Music writer who has previously contributed to our quarterly print magazine, he is making his debut on our online mag and what a debut it is! Melinki recently got to sit down with the designers and founders of the latest Music app to make big noise in the game Crucast. Crucast is an app that allows Dj’s from across the world to upload their mixes and share them with other Dj’s instantly.

Hey guys , thanks for taking the time out to chat to me, for anyone that hasn’t heard of Crucast , What’s your history?

Brains behind the Crucast App & Youtube channel is Joe Perry aka DJ Lazcru (@LAZCRU), a Drum & Bass, House and Garage DJ, producer and bass music promoter from Oxford, UK. Lazcru became notorious for his high octane 3 deck mixes and has performed throughout the UK, Europe and beyond, supporting the likes of DJ Fresh, Nero and Andy C . He also co runs the ever popular UK party SWITCH, which as seen the likes of Skream, MK, Annie Mac, Sub Focus, Disclosure and Rudimental pass through its doors.

 What was the inspiration behind Crucast?

When chilling and chatting with friends the topic of what mixes we’d heard recently from which DJ’s always came into conversation. We thought it would be great if we could curate a library of all of our crew’s favourite sets in one place. We set up the Youtube channel in order to do this and Joe had been dabbling in a bit of development and so set up the app alongside. As everyone tended to have very eclectic tastes, we started with a great selection of DJ sets from the offset. Word spread organically and as the Crucast’s popularity grew, so did the diversity of its offering. This is still going on today and the library will keep growing – though we’re very conscious of quality control we hope to provide something for everyone.

 Coming from the base of Media Platform Youtube is a very good look,what channels on Youtube or other platforms  are an inspiration?

 We love UKF and Boiler Room – both doing great things by promoting DJ’s and their music through innovative and enjoyable platforms – we’re all for spreading that goodness to the masses and hope that we can contribute to the same cause.

Where do you see Crucast going and what are your ambitions as a team?

We’d like Crucast to be synonymous throughout the world as an excellent resource to discover brilliant mixes from the best DJ’s in the universe! We hope that it will appeal to both dance music aficionados who know what they like and also to newcomers who want to delve into the library and find out what they love for the first time. We’re also keen to widen our community as much as we possibly can, so would encourage anyone to get in touch to let us know what they’d like to see featured. Going forward, our focus will also be on exclusive content and we’ve good a great schedule of high profile DJ’s in the pipeline ready to do mixes for the Crucast.

 Who are three of your favorite DJ’s in the game?

Ram Records head honcho Andy C is the don – not only does he select the freshest cuts and blend these with the best tracks of the last 20 years, his mixing is also completely flawless and he mixes in such an exciting way.

 We love Seth Troxler – his sets are pure vibes and his tunes selection is always unique and amazing.

 Peanut Butter Wolf is also an absolute favourite – he is an educator with an encyclopaedic knowledge of music, yet everything he drops is dope.

 Have you got any last words?

We’d like to give props to everyone that’s used the Crucast so far – we hope you’ll continue to enjoy it for years to come and make sure you spread the word and share the love!

 Crucast is available on ios and Android and you can also listen to all their music on their Youtube channel.

DJ Melinki is a resident DJ on Bassdrive.com where he hosts his own show ‘Melinki’s Contrast Music show’, tune in every Monday 8-10pm. Catch the Crucast Founder Dj Lazcru’s exclusive guestmix the show at Bassdrive.com on June 2nd.

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