Alesso, known for high-profile remixes, his smash hit "Heroes (We Could Be)" featuring Tove Lo and coming in at No. 15 on DJ Magazine's list of the top 100 DJs,finally debuted his long awaited studio album, "Forever." Before Ultra Music Festivalwe sat down with the Swedish electronic-dance music star to talk about the time leading up to his album's debut, his place in the electronic world and how he approached his festival sets.
What goes into your process to create a set for a large festival like Ultra?
Ultra is a big thing. It’s like the start of the new music this year. This is for all the guys in the scene. This is where you premiere your new songs, so it’s important to prepare. I prepared a set for like two weeks, I think, just because you’ve got one hour and I’ve got a lot of new music coming out, but I can’t play all of it because people also want to hear my old songs. So it’s important to find that balance, and that’s kind of hard sometimes because I’ve only got one hour. It’s just a lot of preparation with the visuals as well. I talk to my crew and that’s helping me do the show to make sure everything is spot on.
Ultra is a big thing. It’s like the start of the new music this year. This is for all the guys in the scene. This is where you premiere your new songs, so it’s important to prepare. I prepared a set for like two weeks, I think, just because you’ve got one hour and I’ve got a lot of new music coming out, but I can’t play all of it because people also want to hear my old songs. So it’s important to find that balance, and that’s kind of hard sometimes because I’ve only got one hour. It’s just a lot of preparation with the visuals as well. I talk to my crew and that’s helping me do the show to make sure everything is spot on.
Do you have any sort of like pre-act rituals?
I never drink or anything like that.
I never drink or anything like that.
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