{"id":299,"date":"2014-06-26T12:56:08","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T16:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.splice.com\/?p=299"},"modified":"2017-12-11T11:22:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T16:22:08","slug":"new-world-punx-edc-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/new-world-punx-edc-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"New World Punx (Markus Schulz & Ferry Corsten) Talk Studio Tools, Music Production Workflow at EDC Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just before their set on the main stage during Electric Daisy Carnival<\/a>, Las Vegas, we had a chance to catch up with world-renowned DJs and Producers Markus Schulz<\/strong> and Ferry Corsten<\/strong> of New World Punx<\/strong>. Amidst the last moments going over their set in the trailer, the guys took a moment to tell us about their favorite studio tools, how they collaborate and more.<\/p>\n

Nate Mars:\u00a0<\/b>You’ve individually had very successful solo careers. What ultimately brought you two together to form New World Punx?<\/p>\n

Ferry Corsten<\/b>: \u00a0Well, the idea is… we’ve come to the point in our careers where we’ve dealt with the politics, we’ve seen quite a bit of it. I think we’ve reached the point where we want to say, “Hey, we really want to have fun.” We share the same passion for the same type of music, come from the same sort of background in a way. It was sort of a natural evolution.<\/p>\n

Markus Schulz<\/b>: \u00a0Yeah, it all came from trying to get back to having fun. When we’re doing this project, when we’re working, even when we were in a hotel room tightening up this set, we’re dancing around, high\u2011fiving like, “Oh my God, this is going to destroy the place.” It reminds you of exactly why we got into this music in the first place. That’s what it all comes down to.<\/p>\n

NM<\/b>: \u00a0When you first started collaborating, what was the first thing that you noticed about your work flow together?<\/p>\n

Markus<\/b>: \u00a0That it was very simple. Ferry would come up with an idea. We’d turn it up, listen to it, jump around the studio. “Move out of the way.” No egos, nothing. It was like, boom, he jumps in and does something. I jump in and do something \u2011\u2011 it’s natural.<\/p>\n

Ferry<\/b>: \u00a0The fun thing is that our sound has evolved a lot. Markus is more known for the darker, techier sound and I’m more known for some of the melodic stuff. Our processes over the last year and a half have completely turned around. I got really dark and stuff. [laughs]<\/p>\n

Markus<\/b>: \u00a0It’s funny, because people listen to a New World Punx track and they go, “Oh, I know exactly part Ferry did and what part Markus did.”<\/p>\n

Ferry<\/b>: \u00a0They couldn’t be more wrong. [laughs]<\/p>\n

Markus<\/b>: \u00a0Yeah, it’s totally opposite. I’ll come up with something melodic to inspire Ferry, and Ferry will try to come up with something dark and twisted to inspire me. It’s like the track was made totally different.<\/p>\n