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Down to earth, humble, and wildly talent — Luzcid is an artist who’s genre-crossing music takes you on an otherworldly journey. From electronica to dubstep to freeform base stylings infused with hip-hop, this Houston-based producer is rising in the industry’s psychedelic, bass scene, having made himself known with releases like Hypnagogia and Cognition, “Laid Back” on Flux Pavilion’s Earwax compilation, and collaborations with Bassnectar such as “Music Is The Drug” and “Science Fiction.” Over Labor Day weekend, we caught up with this New York native at Electric Zoo, after his set at the Riverside Stage, to talk about the festival, his upcoming remix EP, how working with Bassnectar has influenced his production process and more.
RR: Electric Zoo was your first festival and the first time you ever saw Bassnectar, who we know is one of your biggest influences. What’s it like to be back not as an attendee, but as an artist on the lineup?
LUZCID: Its’ really full circle and feels super surreal. It’s very humbling and kind of reinforces the magic of this scene and why we all get into it. You never know when you’re going to get a phone call or email that will change your life. So it’s really cool just to see it all come to fruition and have so many friends here who have been with me since day one to see it, too. Even just going back to the tent where I saw Bassnectar for the first time, everything has been so surreal.
RR: A lot has been going on for you, including releases with Circus Records, like “Liquid Lightening” and “Laid Back.” How did you link up with Circus to begin with?
LUZCID: Circus Records as always been a big influence to me and I’ve always looked up to them. They’ve crushed the dubstep scene since day one. Once I had a nice pack of songs I was ready to share with them, we reached out and they immediately expressed interest in a number of the tracks, even some I would have never expected. It was very cool that they were down to push these different types of songs I had. Working with Circus has been a great experience and most definitely a check off the bucket list for me.
RR: Earlier this summer, you released your massive Cognition EP. Now, we hear you have some new work and collabs coming up. What can you tell us about them?
LUZCID: I released my Cognition EP recently, and now we’re going to follow that up with a remix EP. It’s going to featuring a couple of bigger, more well-known artists, but we’re also doing a remix competition to get more unknown artists heard. When I was first thinking of doing it, I asked my fan base, “If I were to do a remix EP, what format would you like to see it in and who do you want to see on it?” They responded with wanting a remix competition, so that’s what we’re doing. I also think it’s really cool because I can remember when I was coming up and presented with those types of opportunities, so I’d like to give back in a similar way.
RR: Any hints on which artists have been tapped for remixes?
LUZCID: I can tell you that me and Dorfex Bos are actually trading remixes. I’m doing a remix for his Opinions EP and he’s doing a remix for me on Cognition. We’ve been friends for awhile so its really cool to to be able to work together and help each other out.
RR: You’ve worked with Bassnectar a few times now. What’s it like to work with an artist of his caliber?
LUZCID: It’s always a great experience. Every time I’ve worked with him he’s always pushed me to a new level. I’ll have something together and think “this is good, this is it,” and then he’ll look at me and say like yeah it’s good, but we can push it much further. He always makes me think of the production in ways I never thought of through a different lens. Specifically, we had spent a ton of time on the vocals for “Science Fiction.” I had a bunch of my own ideas that I had put together, but when I brought it to him he said, “This is good, but have you thought about how every single person is going to interpret this song?” That just kind of blew my mind. Millions of people are going to hear this song and all have their own interpretation of it so I better make sure that what I’m doing and saying is something I want to put out into the universe. Ever since then I’ve changed many of my lyrics from random shit I thought worked to words that have meaning. Even beyond the lyrics, he’s made me want to go back and rework tracks I thought were finished pieces, but then realized weren’t even close once I took a second and third look.
RR: You have many friends playing at Electric Zoo this weekend. Which producers here would you want to collab with in the future.
LUZCID: I’d love to do something with Space Jesus or Eprom. 12th planet has always been a huge influence and really paved the way for what I’m doing now, so I would love to work with them on a collab at some point.
RR: Any upcoming events you’re looking forward to most after Electric Zoo?
LUZCID: High Caliber Festival will be awesome. I’m really excited about that one especially because it’s out here, too. Since I’m from New York, I love coming back to the east coast any chance I can get.
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https://soundcloud.com/luzcid
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