Han: A Steady Climb To The Top of WAVS
You don’t usually expect a producer’s very first placement to be on a Doja Cat album. But that’s exactly how Han‘s introduction to the industry…
Prodbyflames: The Death Of The Producer Archetype
With a placement on Yeat’s latest album ADL alongside NBA YoungBoy and Grimes, Prodbyflames is entering a new level of visibility, keeping music as only one part of…
Swisher: Through Frankfurt, Berlin, and Everything That Happened in Between
Swisher doesn’t believe in hiding things behind effects. Saturation, EQ, maybe some reverb, and that’s about it. It’s a philosophy that runs through…
godoftrip: Luck Only Shows Up If You’re Working
Roman Shatskiy grew up in Aksay, Kazakhstan, spending a decade as a professional dancer before music pulled him in a different direction. He downloaded FL Studio the…
Hugo: Pick Better Sounds, Not Better Plugins
Great music doesn’t usually come from stacking effects or fixing things after the fact. It starts much earlier than that. In this conversation, Hugo talks about sound…
Yaseer: 13 Years of Work, One Year of Posting
Yaseer has been making music for 13 years. He only started posting it a year ago. That gap says a lot about how he operates. A Turkish immigrant kid who grew up in…
How Vlex Went From Monterrey to Blxst in Four Years
Alejandro Villarreal Miranda grew up in Monterrey, Mexico, downloading GarageBand on an iPod at 13 because EDM made him want to know how sounds were made. He’s…
Autrioly: Sri Lankan Scales, Canadian Winters, and a Sound Nobody Else Has
Autrioly grew up in Sri Lanka learning instruments from his dad, moved to Canada, spent years making hyperpop that never felt quite right, and eventually found his way…
BSIDES: The Frankfurt Producer Who Learned From German Music by Avoiding It
Nico started out sampling Spanish folk and 70s soul records for a YouTube beat channel. He got bored making just drums and wanted to go deeper into melody. Two years…
Matt Miggz: Self-Awareness, Delusion, and Really Good Drums
Matt Miggz watched Drumline with his mom in third grade, walked out of the theater begging for drum lessons, and never really stopped. That was the beginning. The rest…
What Does It Mean to Be “Tapt”? Ferno Has an Answer.
Dante Guzzi has been making music under the name Fernospazzin since 2019. His records have since crossed a billion streams — “Vampiro” with Matuê,…
Oliver Zoéga: Release Often, Trust Yourself, Ignore the Rest
Oliver Zoéga grew up in Denmark surrounded by music — both parents deeply into it, the house always full of sound. By 22 he’d turned that upbringing into a…
The Craft of Belonging: Meet Yuo
In the world of music creation, we often celebrate the beats that make us move and the melodies that linger in our hearts. But behind every great track lies the unsung…
Deep Diving Into Monii’s Workflow & Catalog
With a consistent climb to the top of the WAVS charts, Monii’s creativity has shown to be a trusty tool in getting his sound noticed and his work sampled…
Trust Me Lucien’s Creative Process, Go-To Plugins, and Musical Craft
Meet Trust Me Lucien: The 19-Year-Old Swedish Sample Maker Making Waves In today’s interview, we sat down with Trust Me Lucien, a 19-year-old sample maker from Sweden,…
Analog Dreams, Digital Realities: Beatsinner’s Textural Visions
At wavs.com, we delve into the intricate intersections of sound and vision, celebrating producers who push the boundaries of creativity. For this one, we had the…