After over a decade of refining his genre-defying musical style, Los Angeles-born Mexican-American DJ and producer Deorro has become one of today’s most prominent figures in Latin EDM.
As he pushes boundaries in the electronic music scene, the trailblazer is known for his ability to seamlessly blending Latin and EDM as seen on his most recent album ORRO.
Amassing worldwide recognition, Deorro has releasing back-to-back hits including the groundbreaking worldwide phenomenon “Five More Hours” alongside Chris Brown which currently sits at over 820M streams on Spotify, “Bailar” in collaboration with Elvis Crespo which won “Tropical Song of The Year” at the 2017 Billboard Latin Awards and social media viral hit “Perdoname” which has amassed over 201M streams on Spotify.
Currently on his North American tour, Deorro is set to make his way to Bridgeview, IL, Las Vegas, NV, San Antonio, TX, Fort Lauderdale, FL and EDC Orlando in November of this year. The multi-platinum award winning artist has charted across the globe in countries like Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, and Switzerland and has performed at prestigious music festivals like Tomorrowland, Coachella, Lollapalooza, Parrokavile and World Club Dome in Germany bringing latin music to an international audience.
We recently caught up with Deorro backstage during his first ever Baja Beach Fest performance in Rosarito, Mexico. We talked all things growing up in Los Angeles, putting on for the Brown and Black community, a very special collaboration he has in the works with Colombian musical group, La Sonora Dinamita, and much more.
Home Grown Radio: We just saw you perform for first time at Baja beach Dest. How does it feel to be one of the most prominent EDM, Latino, Mexican American kid out of Los Angeles?
Deorro: “It was a lot of fun. Es un honor estar aquí con toda la gente representando la cultura en Baja Beach. The beautiful culture, the beautiful flag. Making people fall in love with la música and viendo como la gente apoya y me mandan amor en el internet o en el stage, me mandan corazones. Eso es algo increíble es un sueño la neta.”
Home Grown Radio: What you tell that Deorro from LA that had dreams of making it big?
Deorro: “I’ll tell him saves que bro, there’s plenty to offer. I mean remember yo me acuerdo estaba en un momento donde donde no sabía qué más tenía que ofrecerle a la música. Pero lo único que me faltaba era conectarme con mi cultura, my roots.”
Home Grown Radio: When you’re working with someone, whether that is another artist, producer, what comes to mind? What’s authentic to you?
Deorro: “It depends. When I wanted to work with Los Toucans de Tijuana, I studied their work and music for years. How they play los arreglos, el bajo, sexton. Mario Quinteros is one of the best writers en la musica and to be there I see how real and authentic they are. I also connect with them on a personal level.”
Home Grown Radio: Now we’re talking about all this notable people and artist. Who’s still on your list that you still need to work with?
Deorro: “Oh my god… I’m such a big music lover. I love music so the list is long. I want to work with rock en español to reggae and cumbia, bachata, merengue. The list is long! For sure, Rock en Español… Maná, Caféta Cuba, Enanitos Verdes, Hombres Gs. Y por fin, me conecté con La Sonora Dinamita. I reached out to them, gave them the idea, they loved it. Y ya estamos trabajando en algo bien, bien bonito.”
Home Grown Radio: Last but not least, what would you tell the young brown and black kids who listen to your music and have dreams of making it big?
Deorro: One of the things that I that I did was I looked inwards. I love making other people happy. I also really allowed myself to be me and that’s something that I really encourage people to do. To not be afraid to be themselves. Who cares what people say. Just do whatever makes you happy.”