Y do I explore Afterlife, Genesys and their own ambition: Magazine Cover

Talking with Y do I, the members discuss their musical journey, the excitement of working with Anyma, and their future plans for music, collaborations, and performances:

Tell us a bit about how Y do I started and the influences that inspired the project?

We were always into music since childhood and David and I are fiends since high school. David has a psytrance project known as Technical Hitch and Amos used to be in the world music genre, playing ethnic instruments. 

The Y do I project came to us as an idea to have a project which is less fast BPM, with more room to bring ourselves into the rhythm of a bigger audience, where we can share our story through music. 

How has your sound changed over the past few years? Was there any particular influence that led to evolution?

The sound engineering on all our work is always a top priority for us. We are more into sharp and clean sounds and the evolution and development of our sound is happening on a daily basis. We have to have something new in any track. 

“We were searching for something slower, more emotional music that could reach people beyond just the dancefloor.”

How do you first get involved with Afterlife?

It was a long road. We had few artists which we tried work in collaboration with, but when you work with a big artist it’s not always easy. The Afterlife guys are really busy so you have to always keep something fresh with them to get their attention. At the end of 2023 we got Kevin de Vries attention with ‘Saga’ and 9 month after Tale Of Us premiered it in Tulum NYE 2024. It was finally released in September, when we officially joined Afterlife. It was worth the hard work to get to that point. 

How did the writing of The End of Genesys happen with Anyma?

After Saga with Kevin, he introduced us to Anyma, then the work on it started with one phone call. And lots of work after, until we got to the result which you hear today.

When did you discover that you would be part of the title track? How did you celebrate?

It was part of the process of this track, but we never thought it would be the title track of the show, and the album, so this one we are still digesting. And we are keen to celebrate with all the fans in their cities. For us to perform our music is the biggest celebration.

What was your reaction to Anyma’s run at The Sphere in Las Vegas and hearing your music as a part of it?

We have been invited by Anyma to experience it live. Even to see the SPHERE live was a once in a lifetime experience but to hear your own music live there was actually insane for us. We are extremely proud. 

What’s next for you guys; musically and live, what can fans expect? 

Release-wise we look ahead to our remix for  Camelphat and Artbat feat Rhodes – For A Feeling, which will be released this summer. 

And we are working on our Q4 touring and hope to see everyone soon, as we have huge amount of new sounds to share. We have fusion music, which as we see now all is changing in the genre. We can’t wait to see the crowd reactions for our new music. 

Music is often more than just sound, you guys use light and shadow to help build tension and suspense in your work. Can you elaborate on this and the overall importance of art? 

Music is a message without words, the tension & release are part of the story which we try to deliver to the crowd. Music can free something inside of you which was hidden and make you blossom from within.

With such success coming so rapidly, how has the transition to larger stages and a bigger spotlight affected you publicly and privately?

I think we never had anything happen rapidly. The amount of the hard work and years we are into music, it’s been a long and challenging road to be at this point now. We are blessed and thankful for this moment and we feel so ready for these stages and moments with the fans. We hug this moment and we just cannot wait to perform to you. 

What influences beyond dance music help to shape your sound and style?

Life itself has shaped our style, as well as the music we listen to – from chill out, classical and psytrance, all the way through to ethnic music. Our daily lives, family, nature & our own inner god also direct us in a subconscious way.

What is something you have learned more recently that you wish you had known when Y do I started?

How fast today you need to have interest for your listener and fans. Tracks are much shorter, you have to be a character as well as a producer and also a social media professional and much more. 

It’s is not always an easy thing to manage. But to be honest even knowing this, it is most important for us to create our own art, with hope the crowd will get it — rather than to create something that’s already out there. 

What other artists are you hoping to collaborate with in the future?

We are in touch with lots of artists now, but if we can make a wish here it would be Skrillex 

You’ve had the privilege of performing at Hï Ibiza and Afterlife Tulum, what other events and venues are you hoping to play at next? 

We think big. We hope for Tomorrowland and we are working now on our artist visa for the USA, so we hope to be all over there in the next year 

You have an upcoming remix for Camelphat x ARTBAT x Rhodes, can you provide some background on how that came about? 

Our good friend Adam Sellouk got this one and asked us if we would like to collaborate on this remix. It didn’t take a lot of time with this one – after one session in the studio we all knew we had a banger. 

The music is steeped in emotion; how does your studio process help ensure that infusion into each track?

Well, what you have inside of you, is what you are going to create. We are connected to the spiritual side of us, and that’s why it’s reflected into our music

Do you have a favorite plug-in or production tip you can share with us?

Serum 2 is probably our most-used at the moment. The best tip we can share with producers is: don’t try to mimic others, try to be yourself and do your own thing.

Check out the full magazine with Y do I here.