0:17BamThe people, for sure. I haven’t been a super big fan of, like, the scene here, except for, like, the underground music, but the people, yeah, that’s what makes me stay.
0:27AOkay, so what would you say about the underground music scene here?
0:29BamThey got, they throw dumb like warehouse raves, like, I don’t know, certain lit or like phone lists, like they’ll just send you to like these warehouses out in the middle of nowhere, like under a bridge in the sewers, throw insane raves until like five, six in the morning. Love that shit. They don’t got that like in Washington where I’m actually from. A lot of stinky motherfuckers. I mean, I love the music. The people are awesome, too, but some of them just need to take a shower more often, dude. I’m not even going to front. Like, we’re all in a warehouse together. Like, put on some Old Spice, please, for the love of God.
1:06BamI hear it. I hear it.
1:28ABut, and so do you make music?
1:29BamI dabble.
1:31AOkay. What kind of stuff do you make?
1:33BamThe shit, usually like very like old school New York-ish hip-hop beats or like like, you know, Griselda. I mean, you know Wu-Tang. Yeah. That’s a lot of my inspiration or like MF Doom, Westside Gunn. Love those motherfuckers. So that’s usually what I try to emanate.
1:54AOkay, and how did you get into hip-hop?
1:57BamJust friends. Friends got music, studios. I just come in. Sometimes I try to throw a bar in there, but I think I need to stick to the techie side. I’m not too lyrical.
2:11AYeah, that’s fair. I thought you were going to say that the raves aren’t like hip-hop raves, no?
2:15BamWell, I mean, sometimes they can be, but not usually. I’m not super into the super wubby shit. I love hardstyle. That’s my shit.
2:27AIs that a big thing here in Denver?
2:28BamNot surprisingly. Surprisingly not. I wish it was. It’s more of like a European, like, Netherlands, Berlin, Amsterdam.
2:36ASo how is there a scene here in Denver?
2:39BamVery scarce. I mean, the scene here is more like wubby, dubstep, bass shit. I like a lot of the bass shit, but I don’t know, dude. Dubstep just grinds my gears.
2:54AYou don’t like dubstep? Dubstep’s no good?
2:55BamI don’t like the screechy whiny shit I like the you know the wubby lubby I mean it depends I don’t know it’s a weird it’s all this it’s not all the same they’re very nuanced I don’t know but I fuck with the I fuck with the harder hitting shit
3:12Aokay who are like some names we should know in hardstyle like
3:15Bamoh hards
3:18Afor the people who don’t know crude intentions oh yeah I like that face this way it’s more like
3:22Bamyeah yeah yeah yeah crude intentions the purge Mutilator, oh my god, I fucking love that motherfucker Who else? CrowdX Little Texas, Sub-Zero Project Those are some of my names, yeah
3:39AIf you could speak to the peak of this genre of music When was it and how did it happen? SoundCloud music is like, if that’s a framework I don’t know if you know how SoundCloud came to work But it’s like a scene developed, it proliferated And now here we are
3:55BamI think it definitely started in, like, the Netherlands, like, or, um, I don’t know, Berlin, Amsterdam, they all got, like, that very, like, deep techno house, I think is, it’s, like, hard, I can’t remember what it’s called
4:12AIt’s okay
4:12BamBut they got this, um, their techno there is very, like, deep in hits, and I think it just kind of evolved from that, maybe, I don’t know, early, like, late 90s, or to, like, Russia, too, I think Oh yeah, they fucking love it over there. That’s when they got the guys in the tracksuits fucking
4:32AOh yeah?
4:32BamI can’t, I know, I can’t hit that shit, I can’t hit that shit But no, yeah, that’s where it originated. I’m glad it fucking found its way out here But not enough. There’s not really any hardstyle raves out here
4:43AOkay, where’s like the most prominent, what are you gonna say?
4:45BamOh, I’m saying there is one coming up. I think it’s at the, I think it’s at Vinyl actually
4:52AAnd what day is that?
4:53BamShit, I don’t know man, I’d have to check
4:56AOkay, maybe you’ll let me know
4:57BamI’ll let you know, yeah, let me get your digits Oh, yeah, dude No, they’re sick, dude Oh, they’re so much fun It’s like the exact kind of music I want when I’m at like a club or like at a show Hell
5:08Ayeah Hell yeah What’s it called? You say you came out here from Seattle What’s like the biggest difference you see between here and like outside the music scene, right? Like at the people level, how people talk to each other, how they interact The culture, I guess, you know?
5:22BamThe people here are like completely the opposite That’s it, like everyone in Seattle is, not everyone, there’s cool people there, but the vibe is just like, stay away from me, I don’t want to talk to you. Like if you do this in Seattle, you’ll get like fucking nobody. But Denver, I feel like most people are just chill, like they’re down to, it might be the weather too. It’s always gray there, everyone’s sad all the time.
5:45AYeah, I heard that.
5:46BamBut I don’t know, people here just smoke a lot more weed and chill out. We got sunshine all the time. Way too much recently, too. Our fire season’s going to be fucked up. But yeah, dude, just the people.
5:59AShout out to the water.
6:01BamYou what?
6:01AShout out to the water.
6:02BamShout out water, man. Hey, dude, we need some more of that. I think it’s probably going to snow soon, hopefully. But yeah, the people and the weather is probably the two biggest Just like opposite differences. Although, Washington is way more beautiful. The trees, the fucking, I love moss. The woods, big ass trees too. Because all these were planted. We don’t got, like, we’re in a desert technically.
6:27AYeah. Isn’t that crazy? We’re in a fucking desert.
6:29BamYeah. Elevated desert, dude, it’s fucking wild.
6:31AThey make you think it’s not a desert. No, it is. But
6:34Bamit explains a lot. It’s literally classified as an elevated desert. But, um, yeah, weathering the people, man. But I’m glad I’m out here, you know, it’s been fun, it’s a vibe Oh yeah,
6:45Amy last question is, what’s a message you have for the people under 8?
6:48BamUnder 8? Stay in school until you graduate high school And then after that, only go to college if you really need to Because otherwise, you’ll just be in a world of hurt If you don’t need a degree to do what you want to do, then don’t do it Just do what you want No, no,
7:16Aoh my god
7:17BamNo, I just, uh, I make it happen It’s
7:19Aall we can do, right? It’s
7:21Bamall we can do, try my best out here
7:22AOh yeah, man, well I appreciate it
7:24BamNo, I appreciate you, bro What was your name again? Maceo Maceo, hey Bam Bam
7:29ASo my page is called We Them Media And I’ve been having people say Booyah Booyah? Yeah, so you can say it with me at the end of 3, 2, 1 Ready? 3, 2, 1 Booyah!
