On this week’s episode of the R.O.A.D. Podcast, the fellas are joined by record producer, DJ, and record executive, New Jersey house legend Junior Sanchez. Junior discusses the close connection between hip hop and house music, a bond that’s not as strong today (04:00), and how homophobia in hip hop contributed to the separation of the scenes (06:10). He also shares his journey into DJing (15:10) and his graffiti background (25:01). Junior highlights his time with Armand Van Helden (33:01) and speaks about his experiences traveling the world (1:01:10). The conversation touches on the success of dance DJs like Erick Morillo (1:25:45) and the rise of dance/EDM DJs (1:26:00). Junior also discusses the advice he gave to Madonna (1:47:01) and the impact of #JustinTimberlake’s “SexyBack” on the rise of dance music (1:55:00). Finally, Junior dives into the process of multi-tracking and how he got his hands on multi-tracks (2:17:00).
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