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Twin Producer Team Two Fresh Talks Taking On The Industry You may not have heard of Two Fresh quite yet, but the twin brother DJ duo is already highly respected in the production world and doing collabs with up-and-coming rappers on the trap/hip-hop scene. With a sound that fuses the hip hop and electronic dance worlds and connections to Mad Decent, the twins are set to skyrocket in the next year — they just dropped an EP featuring Vic Mensa, Joey Purp and more last October and the buzz is building more and more. Take a listen to their latest track off their “Torch” EP, ‘Still Got It’ feat. Vic Mensa & Joey Purp: BOSSIP caught up with Two Fresh during Coachella Weekend to get the details on their performance at the Heineken House, find out more about the evolution of their sound from wild and crazy dance beats to hip-hop tracks, and what it’s like to work with a family member 24/7. So, for those unfamiliar, tell the people who you are and what your sound is: Kendo: We’re Two Fresh. We’re from Nashville, but we live in LA right now, and majority of our music is Hip-op/Rap/Trap/R&B — that’s the core and the vibe. Coachella is really a dream stage for a lot of artists, and you’re already here at such a young age. What do you feel like got you to this point? Shweez: I feel like it was the progression of our music. In the past two years, we’ve gained notoriety being producers for MC’s and vocalists. Kendo: Right, so we’re shining. We we started out making music, it was all like electronic music — more like the Flying Lotus, J. Dilla, weird beats stuff. After traveling, producing, and just being artists, and even from our move to LA, we finally found our lane and our sound. So that’s why I say this is our first time at Coachella as “Two Fresh.” This is it. Nice! Now coming from Nashville, it’s not exactly known as a hub for the type of music that you make. How did you get into DJing and producing your unique style of music? Shweez: It came with progression. Our older brothers listened to like Three Six [Mafia] and stuff like that, so that’s been an influence. Now that we produce more rap stuff, it shows. Kendo: Yeah, now that we’ve moved a little away from EDM and more toward rap, the influence of hearing stuff like that early, and how to make a rap beat so that someone can actually rap on it really shows. Shweez: Yeah, kind of holding back in some aspects. Three years ago, we’d make a beat and it it would be wild – just be weird, no rules, whatever. Now we’re able to listen to it with a mature ear and think “okay, this is where we can have a bridge,” and think of it as a song, so we can work with more artists and work together rather than just taking over. Now, even though electronic dance was born from us, you really don’t see a lot of Black faces dominating that space — it isn’t really considered “ours.” Being that you don’t really look like all the popular DJ/producers in that world, how do you navigate that space? Kendo: I feel like that’s why we are Two Fresh. We’re still going to play some EDM stuff, but we’ll also be playing some hip hop, some rap, because it’s all in the same vein. I mean, trap comes from hip hop. So, taking that ride of going to our live show, taking that wave of playing the EDM stuff and playing rap and it all works together is why Two Fresh is who Two Fresh is. Is it easy for you all working with your twin brother and being around each other 24/7? Kendo: Yeah, that’s my best friend. Schweez: It’s cool, because we can be brutally honest. There’s no holding back. Even if we’re not right, we can tell each other “oh, that’s not tight,” or “yeah, that’s ill.” I feel like with people who you just meet for the first time, you’ll compromise and you’ll keep your mouth shut because you don’t know them as well. But, we’re brothers, so we can keep it real. Be sure to check out their Torch EP HERE . We can’t wait to hear more from these brothers… Mad Decent

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BOSSIP Exclusive: Twin DJ Duo Two Fresh Talks Merging Electronic Music & Hip Hop, And Working With Family