INTERVIEW: DJ Baron Talks "Extremely Sorry"

“Baron likes his music heavy, hard, and fast! From the get-go, we had this in common. That, and the man is relentless in his pursuit and quest to produce the ultimate skate track!”—Geoff Rowley

After completing the score to Flip’s latest video, this chart-topping DJ has no plans of slowing down. Ladies and gentlemen, DJ Baron.—Adam Sullivan

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How did you get hooked up with the Flip guys in the first place?

I met Geoff Rowley through a mutual friend, Alex Moul, he is a friend from Oxford. I was staying with him in Huntington Beach and we hit it off from there. We had a lot in coming both being English!

Do you skateboard, or do you have a skate background?

I have a full skate background, I started skating when I was 9 years old. I was okay at it, it all went out the window when I found music though, but I know where skating comes from and what is was like when no one was getting paid.

What was your process in scoring the video?

It varied for each part. Geoff and I sat and discussed the direction for each persons part. It became pretty clear what was needed for each person.

Did you watch the footage, and then use the feel of the skating to create the songs, or was it the other way around?

Again a bit of both, Curren’s song was scored, parts of Geoff's were as well. It really was a mix of things, when you have so many different genres of music, you are never going to have hard and fast rules for how to approach them, that simply would not work.

Who on the team have you spent the most time with?

Well, Geoff probably. In fact, definitely Geoff.

Whose part was the most difficult to create music for?

None of them were difficult per se, but there are certain songs like Luan’s where I thought it would be cool to have something that changed every 8 bars, like a whole new rhythm and groove, but maintaining the vibe of the original 8 bars, it took me quite a while to write it and finish it, I like the end result, sound’s bueno.

Whose song are you most satisfied with?

I am happy with the whole thing, it was a huge project and I feel like as a team we have made something that sets the bench mark in skateboard and action sports movies for a while to come. There are of course, massive highlights. Working with Dave Lombardo from Slayer, and Lemmy from Motorhead was of course huge. Both bands are two of my personal favorites, so that was really cool.

Whose part did you like the most, skating-wise?

EXTREMELY SORRY! The whole thing is banging from Shane’s to David’s and everything in-between.

How long of a project was this? I know the team was filming for five years, how long, or how intense was it score it?

Oh, it was long and extremely intense, but projects where there’s so much passion involved are always going to be intense and stressful at times. What matters, though, is the end product and how people perceive it. I think what we achieved with this DVD is a credit to everyone’s hard work.

What's next for you? What projects do you have coming up?

New Flip DVD!

You can listen to the Flip Extremely Sorry soundtrack HERE.

You can purchase the Flip Extremely Sorry soundtrack HERE.

You can read more about DJ Baron HERE.

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Don't miss Baron and Rowley on The Daily Habit this Friday (9pm/6pm e/p)!