Last week, asKnock2prepared to release his debut album,Nolimit,smokeplumed outside his Southern California crib.
It was full survival mode at that point.
Knock2 andISOxo, born Julian Isorena, first met as teens, DJing local events in San Diego.
Knock2’s debut album fuses genres like early 2000s pop, hip-hop, and progressive house.Evers*
Reflecting on their all gas, no breaksCoachella show, Knock2 pays it forward to his childhood friend.
Im still processing, he says.
It just feels amazing to do something so special and real with someone you believe in.
I love the character so much because I really wanted to cater to my hardcore fans, too.
Theyre insane with trying to dig up my music and conceptualize it.
Learn what DJing is.
Learn everything I know.
Both your parents were musicians?
He touched anything, and he was good at it.
I grew up going to their band practices and seeing them play.
More and more, I learned about this culture.
More music was coming out in those eras.
It was crazy, infectious.
We worked so, so hard and put so much time towards it.
Its like, All right, lets let go.
