PEEKABOO Interview- collab with Bassnectar, blowing up in 2 years - a podcast by Lauren Engel

Hailing from Michigan, PEEKABOO has successfully caught the attention of producers, fans, and everyone in between who are tuned into the bass movement. From humble beginnings as a progressive house producer in high school, PEEKABOO made the leap and relocated to Los Angeles in 2017 with a dream to pursue a new kind of sound.

In April 2017, PEEKABOO released a three-track EP titled Revenge, introducing the world to his single “Wobbly.” Shortly after, the track got into the hands of Bassnectar, and he reached out to PEEKABOO to express his love for the song. Bassnectar dropped “Wobbly” during his set at Electric Forest, and PEEKABOO saw the results immediately. “I saw the track surpass 10,000 plays, then 20,000 plays, and so on,” he said in an interview with River Beats.

It’s the dream of countless producers to work with Bassnectar, and thanks to his love for “Wobbly,” Bassnectar asked PEEKABOO to collaborate on an original tune. Off Reflective Part 2, the producers came together for “Disrupt The System” featuring Azeem. Much like “Wobbly,” this tune features that crispy, fuzzy bass handcrafted by PEEKABOO and elevated by Bassnectar. With this collaboration, PEEKABOO ended 2017 with quite a bang. When an artist is at this point in their career, it’s crucial to keep that fire alive, and PEEKABOO completely knocked us out at the beginning of the new year. Based in Los Angeles, PEEKABOO is one of the newest members of the WAKAAN collective. A label created by producer Liquid Stranger in the summer of 2015. WAKAAN celebrates originality within the dubstep world, and looks for artist who push the envelop with every release. PEEKABOO’s newest EP Imposters, falls perfectly in line with what fans have come to expect from a WAKAAN release.

Time stamps

-01:14 childhood

-03:16 playing in symphonies growing up

-08:50 creating/starting peekaboo

-10:13 RL Grime plays the first release from Peekaboo

-11:29 learning how to DJ

-12:24 working at Fedex

-14:24 connecting with Bassnectar

-18:17 working with disciple record label

-18:28 obtaining managemen

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