Andrew Hampp Like many of his dance music peers used to spending 200-plus days of the year playing to packed, sweaty crowds, DJ-producer Dillon Francis turned to virtual DJ sets to stay productive.
and employed, during quarantine.But even for an artist used to playing multiple festivals a week, the impact on his output outside of DJ gigs began to take its toll. “It took a lot of productivity away from me actually making music,” says Francis, whose latest mixtape, “Magic Is Real,” dropped last year.So when he was approached by Pernod Ricard’s Malibu Rum to put his own spin on a remix of the viral hit “The Coconut Song (Da Coconut Nut),” the assignment helped re-spark his musical drive. “Something that puts me in a confined area helps my.
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