Get ready to embark on a wild musical trip aboard Ski Babi – this guy creates electronic music that’ll blow your head off! He is not another producer, but a sonic master who seamlessly blends energy, ideas, and straight-up danceability into one completely unique fabric.
Ski Babi reaches out to different feelings and events to trek into all kinds of electronic worlds. We are going for all ranges from chill atmospheric ambient vibes to a harder techno and psych trance tune. The track ’33+1′ is where he reveals his extraordinary talent. He skillfully merges lush, progressive ambience with intricate synth work that totally draws you into a swirling dream world.
So who is Ski Babi when he is not yet churning the hypnotizing sounds? Actually, the name originated as a running joke among his buddies. Ski Babi is a stage persona for a guy called Drewski. While at the age of eight he started off with drum lessons, it then turned into a complete enthusiasm about DJing and production. A-Trak, a worldwide recognized DJ, has been an inspiration to Ski Babi, inspiring within him a desire to find all the potential of sound and to build his own style of music, which reflects his multicultural roots and diverse influences.
Hence, get ready to plunge into the depths of Ski Babi’s creative process, listen to his views on the music industry, and have a peek into what he is working on in future. This is gonna be a music experience like no other, a place where every note has the power to deliver an emotional journey through music. Strap in, you are in for a ride!
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Ski Babi
What is your stage name
Ski Babi. That’s baby with an ‘i’ at the end.
Is there a story behind your stage name?
All my friends call me ski for Drewski and it started as an inside joke. I basically said I was starting to wrap, and I wanted to use the ski Babi the Bugatti boy and I’d like harass my friends to get their opinion on it satirically.
Then, a friend of mine put on a show and doubted my abilities because I had given up DJing for years but talked a lot of shit. To spite me he made me headline the gig and asked what I wanted to be billed as I said ski Babi.
Where do you find inspiration?
Through work I work to find inspiration. The work is inspiration. There’s no such thing as finding inspiration you just have to work and trust your creative abilities. There’s no point in trying to find some sort of undefinable muse.
What was the role of music in the early years of your life?
I played drums, took lessons from the age of 8 to 17 my parents always played music in the house all genres. I got my first turntables at 13 and started producing on fruity loops the same year music always been a very pivotal part of my life.
Are you from a musical or artistic family?
No, but I’m from the family that appreciates and champions cultural creations of others in whatever form as long as they are authentic and impactful emotionally.
Who inspired you to be a part of the music industry?
DJ A-Trak is the reason I asked my family for turntables when I was 13.
How did you learn to sing/write/to play?
I learned drums but outside of percussive elements. I just taught myself how to create melodies and program music digitally.
What was the first concert that you ever went to and who did you see perform?
Billy Joel, I think I was nine years old.
How could you describe your music?
A culture clash where things that theoretically may seem uncomfortable together become comfortable. My music reflects my upbringing and all the countries I’ve lived in all the cultures I’ve had the privilege of experiencing.
Describe your creative process.
I kinda just fuck around on FL Studio until I get something I like.
What is your main inspiration?
The never-ending process of diving deeper into the details and possibilities to explore while creating music. Constantly challenging myself to be better, to make things that I enjoyed more than the last, to express myself and the emotion I feel more accurately than I had before.
Who do you see as your main competitor?
No one.
What are your interests outside of music?
I’m a career designer and creative marketing consultant so I have a passion for engineering solutions to creatively based business problems. Kind of nerdy, but I love doing it. besides that painting programming 3-D design fashion basically just creating anything and everything that i can.
If it wasn’t a music career, what would you be doing?
It’s not really a music career, which is why I’m doing this interview so the way that I’ve made money is as a consult for businesses either doing logistics or creative marketing solutions.
What is the biggest problem you have encountered in the journey of music?
Doing electronic music it has been my look, my general vibe. The fact that I’m not a weirdo nerd looking dude. fact that I have a buzz cut and that some weird ass hairstyle. This shit is normal in Europe, but in America, it seems like you have to look like a fucking clown to be taken seriously in electronic music, which is ironic. These DJs are whack. They are some bitch shit for real.
If you could change one thing in the music industry, what would it be?
All the corny, American electronic music, bullshit and DJs the culture here is fucking weird. Put down the headdresses stop throwing cakes of people stop making this shit a joke. It’s patronizing to your fans to the people that actively connect to the music.
Be careful who you toss water at off stage and throw cakes at – someone in the crowd might put some shit back in the air. God forbid someone at an electronic festival would do some gangster shit though right? They’re just for drugging girls and looking like a douche bag, right? I’m being sarcastic for the record.
Why did you choose this as the title of this project?
It reminds me of my ex-girlfriend.
What are your plans for the coming months?
Promote more music put out more music play more music live. More music, less bullshit and continuing to make money and shit. also, my birthday is coming up soon, so we’ll see. I also am trying to renovate my place a bit.
Do you have any artistic collaboration plans
Yeah, with my man Soundboy Kwad once he gets out of prison, and my homeboy Terrence Allen. Just shit with people I fuck with.
What message would you like to give to your fans?
Anything is possible give everyone a chance life is great. The world is beautiful. It only gets easier. Give yourself a break sometimes because you’re doing great and you’ll always be able to figure it out. I love you.
