MitiS had the ultimate comeback at the start of 2018 with the release of his highly anticipated album ‘Til the End. Fans have been waiting for over a year for the young producer to rebuild his work from scratch after a hard drive failure. We got the chance to see this new music come to life at Atlanta’s newly renovated Iris nightclub. Party Nails kicked off the night with her signature poppy, electronica sound before PRXZM took to the stage to bring their unique fusion of indie rock and dance music.
MitiS took the crowd away into the journey that is ‘Til the End, with stunner tracks like “Moments” and “We Collide” shaking the dance floor. He threw some love out to his dubstep roots with mix in’s of heavy hitters like Zomboy’s “Lights Out” and Pegboard Nerds’ “Weaponize.” As if the set couldn’t get any better, he remixed Seven Lions’ most recent single, “Ocean.” As the night came to a close, he played everyone’s ultimate MitiS favorite, “Foundations.” Everyone stood in a daze as the lights slowly fell and the last notes drifted away. It was an absolute electrifying and diverse performance and we wish we could relive that night over and over.
We had a chance to catch up with MitiS to talk about his US Tour, bringing ‘Til the End back to life, and how the experience has changed his view of production.
RR: Welcome back to Atlanta, how has your tour been so far?
MitiS: Pretty insane, very insane. Tiring but energetic at the same time. Every show has gone really well and setting up, learning how everything goes together has been great. Been getting to push the album a lot and people have received it really well. It’s been overall amazing.
RR: So as we now know, ‘Til the End originally had been lost due to a hard drive issue. When starting again, was there any track that you felt you had to produce again and didn’t want to change?
MitiS: No, I actually completely started over. I took it as a blessing in disguise because some of the original songs I wasn’t happy with and felt I had to put them on the album just to get it done. It was really good for me because I went in and made an album that was completely fresh. I was trying new things, I didn’t care what anyone else was trying to do with their sound. So yeah, no tracks were recreated.
RR: You called losing the album a blessing. Did you find going back into the project again freed up your mind and took away any previous boundaries?
MitiS: Yeah, everything was free. The first album that I had was kind of leaning towards somewhat how other people sound and how everything is going in the industry. So then it was just about writing music that I like, do what I really want.
RR: Did you find yourself changing how you make music?
MitiS: Oh yeah, for sure. A lot of the other tracks I’ve produced have had house and trance music influences. I love making trance and house, stuff like that, but I felt I was able to open my mind to new ideas, new genres in EDM that I can put my flare onto it.
RR: What were some things you always had on hand for inspiration and getting into your work flow?
MitiS: Waking up, having coffee is routine. Sometimes I’ll go to the studio later and bring a beer and just relax. It’s really a personal meditation you know? I got to get into the right mindset, I want to make sure I go into it with a healthy mind. Coffee, beer, or food help haha, you know?
RR: Do you have any favorite snacks that you like to bring?
MitiS: Club sandwich from Wawa. Wawa is awesome, you got to try it if you haven’t.
RR: After you finished the album the second time, how did it feel? How did you celebrate?
MitiS: Crazy. It was so crazy, I didn’t believe it. I was like, “No way!” because the thing is I promised myself not to be that guy that’s all, “Aw, it’s not done, this isn’t done”, because I made sure every track had the detail that I wanted individually. But at the end, I felt done. This is the ending, this is good, this is it. I took so much time on each track. My friends and I went out and celebrated, it was so much fun. After I finished, I pretty much had to right away start shopping it to the label, got all the ideas together for the release. So we had one night to celebrate, the night I finished it, and literally the next day my Google Docs was just loaded with timelines of what we needed to do for it.
It was fun though. The label Seeking Blue was under MrSuicideSheep’s imprint. They were like, this is awesome, let’s do it and they helped set up everything. It was perfect. I like being involved with everything but it’s hard when planning a wedding now and I have a son, so it was hard for me to be involved the entire process but everyone was super understanding.
RR: Congratulations! So how soon is your wedding after the tour?
MitiS: Thanks! I actually get married thirteen days after I get done. It’s crazy, it’s non-stop moving. We’re holding it in Florida so it’s get back home with Kelly and then jump on a plane to go down.
RR: Why Florida? Is it going to be a beach wedding?
MitiS: We take a vacation every year to Mark Island, Florida and love it. We love it so much, we thought why not get married there. Have a small wedding, close family and friends. We’re very family oriented. And yeah it will be, we have backups in case anything crazy happens.
RR: Coming out of this experience, what are some thoughts you have had about it and has your perception of producing changed?
MitiS: I would do it again. I mean, I’ve used much more precaution to not lose the album a second time, but I would do it again because I had a lot of self growth from it. I feel positive about it. When it happened, I was just kind of hysterically laughing and thought, “Oh my god, what just happened? This is so ridiculous,” and I looked at my fiancé, and she was upset as I was. But I was just like, “You know what, I got a mind, I can create music, it’s not the end of the world”. It’s not like I bought a ghost producer’s stuff and have to repay everything. Always write new music, it will always be there.
The perception of it was at the time, like I said earlier, what a lot of other artists were doing at the time. What’s hot right now, how can I get a big hit. My perception really changed to not caring about any of it. In life, something terrible could happen but something really good can come out of that. It’s really cheesy I know, but it’s true.
RR: Does ‘Til the End encompass a new signature mark when it comes to your sound or are there some new things you want to venture into?
MitiS: With style of genre or whatever you want to call it, it’s a little more future stuff. It’s more working with different tempos, it’s an album that isn’t just melodic bass. It’s a whole range of different things. The sounds are way different than what I normally use, like using a lot of guitars, different synths that I purchased just to have in order to keep evolving the sound.
RR: We like how the beginning, middle, and last tracks were just instrumentals.
MitiS: Yeah, it was just different. The middle kind of has this hip-hop vibe and the last one is orchestral. I just wanted to have an album that was timeless. When you listen to great artists, people we all look up to, that is what they do. That’s where I got that kind of idea, an album doesn’t have to be one style. You can just make something timeless.
RR: So moving forward, are there any sub genres you want to dabble into?
MitiS: Ironically, I really want to start making hip-hop beats and stuff. Really chill, some people call it Lo-Fi I think? I’m not sure what it’s called. I really want to get into tech house too. I love tech house, and I have probably two EP’s worth of tech house but I feel like if I tried to release it right now as MitiS people would be so confused.
RR: Well you definitely tend to switch it up with every album, mixtape, EP etc. You’re not afraid to make it different.
MitiS: I was trying drum and bass back then and people hated it in America, you know? A lot of people then started pushing it and now people have started to like it.
RR: Yeah it’s funny how the trends work like that sometimes.
MitiS: It’s what a fell in love with like hospital records, all that stuff. But yeah, definitely want to try some new things out.
RR: So once the tour is over and you get married, what’s next for you?
MitiS: Going to start writing another album. We’ll have a remix album coming out and keep up a Spotify playlist. I’m really excited for the remix album, we’re working with some amazing artists, and I can’t say anything just yet. I really want to dig into not fashion, but real cool MitiS merch and different things. But first want to start cracking at a new album, I got a lot of new ideas for it.
RR: Just going off the merch a little bit, do you plan to design it yourself?
MitiS: Yeah, I really want to get into art and things like that for the MitiS project.
We thank MitiS for taking the time to sit down with and give us an insight of what’s up next in his career. You can check out ‘Til the End on Spotify, Soundcloud, and iTunes now.
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https://soundcloud.com/mitis
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