As humans, we tend to always be in search of what’s next in terms of music innovation and creativity. If people stay complacent and don’t consistently try to raise the bar higher and higher, we end up with the same recycled beats that all just end up sounding like VIPs of previously released tracks. Today we are beyond stoked to present you all with something fresh and awe-inspiring that is bound to leave any listener yearning for more. Willdabeast & Torbjørn are here to drop off their newest collaborative project titled “Don’t Step”. A track that truly embodies the raw talent each artist possesses within their own instrument-infused space bass. Now it’s time to take a deeper dive as to what makes this track what we like to call, a certified bop. 

“I have learned that in my short time here on this planet, we all struggle. So why not share the struggle? What lies beneath is the most important and that is something we all share. The subconscious is something we can’t run from. The central nervous system. ‘Beneath The Surface’ is our album and its on the way. Don’t Step  is a statement. The First single from this album to proclaim our statement and revel in the fact we have something to say. This is not just our journey but connected is something we can all be tethered to when we learn that we share similar patterns of existence. The path, the struggle, the pain, it exists in all of us.”

-WILDABEAST

Diving Deep w/ Willdabeast & Torbjørn

You’re on your deathbed and you can listen to one last song, which one would it be and why?
WILDABEST: Curse this questionI could answer this 197 different ways haha. Kidding of course, it’s just that our taste’s not only change like the weather (more like increase like in volume), but also we are swayed even with genre by the day, like our mood. I’m just going to throw a dart at the wall and say FKJ – Leave My Home,     I was going to say Thriftworks – ‘Terry’s Big Dab’ but, considering I’m on my deathbed, I think it might send me into a hallucinogenic spin and said bed would become quite soiled with excitement.
Torbjørn: Whatever song I produced most recently. I don’t know why but I can listen to my own newest beats on repeat for hours.
 
If you could change one thing about the electronic scene, what would it be and why?
WILDABEAST:I would say: being more inclusive. I’ve always gathered that the best way to learn is by first hand experience and from direct processes of cultivation wherein encouragement is high and ego is low.
Torbjørn: Everyone who argues endlessly on EDM twitter should get their own exclusive festival where only they can perform and attend.
 
If you had one message you could share with the world right now, what would it be?
WILDABEAST:Be kind but work hard (and that includes to yourself). To me, there are always areas to improv upon. To be good is alright, but to be great is nearly impossible, and so that is where the great struggle lies. If mediocrity is somewhere in accomplishing the 0-90%, we aim to be in the 90-97% always trying to better ourselves regardless of what it is; in our personal lives like our family or relationship/home life, in our friendships, in our music, in our theory and understanding, in our knowledge of production and programming, in our instrument and personal development of it, in the work area, in marketing or business etc there is always area for improvement and this has been the motto moving forward here for some time. To always be pushing, always working (and still giving yourself a break and a pat on the back too) is how we try our best to progress and keep pushing this forward. The hardest part is just that, the last 3% is nearly impossible to accomplish. The 97-100 percentile is the hardest, to become near perfect or at least getting close to it, is truly difficult; either way it keeps us driven and on that path of moving forward.
Torbjørn: Back to the Future 1 & 2 are perfect movies and should be protected without reboots at all cost. No but seriously, believe in yourself more that everyone. You owe it to yourself to be your own biggest fan, and to never give up even if your path to success is manic and ugly and difficult. It’s okay to fail over and over again, just don’t stop until you succeed. Imagine if Robert Zemeckis gave up after getting rejected by Disney and every other film company that turned him down? I’ll tell you what would happen, we would have no Back to the Future 1 or 2 and that’s not a world that I want to exist in. So be like Robert Zemeckis and don’t give up on your dream no matter what.