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DJ duo GTA performs at The Granada Sept.22
▶ JOSH MCQUADE
@L0neWolfMcQuade
Matt Toth and Julio Mejia, who make up the DJ group Good Times Ahead, are performing at The Granada Sept. 22
The DJ duo Good Times Ahead (GTA) is set to perform at the Granada on Sept. 22.
GTA is made up of house trap and hip hop producers Matt Toth and Julio Mejia. The group was formed in 2010 after Toth and Mejia met through mutual friends on Facebook.
"We had both been producing music on our own, and the mutual friend hit us up," Toth said.
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Both Toth and Mejia have produced music individually: Toth under the name Van Toth, and Mejia under the name JWLS. Since creating GTA, however, the duo produces everything together. They have released three EPs and multiple singles. GTA has worked with artists such as Diplo, Lil Jon and Wax Motif.
bring our ideas together when we tour."
"We actually do everything under GTA," Meija said. "We'll work on our own a lot if we're at home. We'll work by ourselves and
The duo has toured four times, two of those tours as headliners. They opened for Rihanna in 2013 during her Diamonds World Tour.
The group also toured with Tiesto and Calvin Harris as a part of the Greater Than World Tour.
GTA hasn't always stood for Good Times Ahead. The band left it up to the fans to
decide what the acronym GTA stood for.
"For a while we had this campaign where we would tell our fans to come up with their own meaning," Toth said. "We would get a
The duo talked it over and decided that Good Times Ahead reflects the style of music the duo
lot of funny answers back like Get That Ass or Guatemalan Techno Army."
creates.
"Good Times Ahead" is also the name of the duo's upcoming full-length studio album, which releases Oct. 7.Meija said fans will notice a shift in tone and style.
"We're actually known for a lot of aggressive kind of stuff, but on this album we really pushed ourselves to creatively try new things," said Mejia. "This album really showcases our skills as producers."
Mejia said crowds should expect music with a cool and distant sound, ranging from R&B to electronic. Hip-hop will also be featured on the LP; Vince Staples is listed as a feature on the track, "Little Bit of This."
"We've always been a fan of Vince with his Summertime '06 album, I thought it was super dope." Toth said.
"You guys better show up, turn up, come out to the Good Times Ahead Tour, because we are going to have a blast," Toth said.
The band had just one message to pass onto Lawrence before its show.
Skydyed brings their unique live show to Lawrence
ALYSSA HOEDL
@AHoedl
What happens when live music and electronic music get mixed together? Skydyed happens. The band, consisting of bassist Andrew Slattery, guitarist Max Doucette and drummer Shane Eagen, performs at The Bottleneck this week.
The group got its start in Fort Collins, Colo. after Slattery and Doucette moved there from Massachusetts. All three members come from a large musical background. Doucette started playing music in fourth grade when he played clarinet for his school's band.
"Once my dad introduced me to the guitar I discovered classic rock artists like Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix and fell in love with the music," Doucette said. "By the time I got to high school, I made music my primary focus in life."
For Slattery, his inspiration for music also
stemmed from his father.
"My dad is a lifelong musician who worked as a children's entertainer [...] when I was growing up," Slattery said. "That inspired me to get into music myself, and I've been playing ever since."
The band tries to stick out from the crowd through its live shows, which take the audience on a journey through their use of electronic music.
of," Eagen said. "It always makes for a great time at our live shows."
"We work very hard to create a totally original sound that we are proud
"Our live shows bring together elements from the electronic music world
as well as the more hardhitting rock music world that we all grew up with." Slattery said. "The goal is to blend the two together in a tasteful, fun way that
creates a unique experience for every audience we play for."
This is not the first time Skydyed has performed in Lawrence. The band played
at The Bottleneck in April.
"We are excited to bring the Skydyed experience back to Lawrence," Slattery said.
Skydyed
performs
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at The Bottleneck on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 9 p.m. For more information, visit thebottlenecklive. com.
Skydived comes to Lawrence Sept. 28.
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