292: Mix Master Mike (Beastie Boys, Beat Odyssey 2020, Solo Artist, etc.)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Mixmaster Mike discusses his challenging childhood; his ascent to the top of the competitive DJ world; the development of his singular DJ style; joining the Beastie Boys; and his latest collaboration with Steve Jordan, Beat Odyssey 2020.

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0:00.0	This is Joe Wong.
0:15.0	Welcome to the Trap Set.
0:17.0	Danger to the trap set. Danger. Danger. Danger. And This week's guest is Miczastair Extraordinaire, who's probably best known for his collaboration with the Beastie Boys.
0:52.9	Recently, Mike teamed up with last week's guest, drummer Steve Jordan, to create the album
0:58.5	Beat Odyssey 2020, which was released last month.
1:03.1	Mike spoke to me from his home in Northern California.
1:18.3	Thank you. Hello.
1:20.6	Hey. How are you?
1:22.0	Good. How's it going?
1:23.6	Good. Are you here in L.A.?
1:25.9	I am here up north towards the Sacramento area.
1:31.8	So where'd you grow up?
1:34.0	Grew up in the Bay Area. I'm a San Francisco boy. City boy.
1:39.4	I read that you're half Filipino, half German. Is that right?
1:43.8	Yep, half Filipino, half German. Is that right? Yep, half, half, uh, yeah,
1:45.7	half Filipino, German and Russian. Oh, okay. Eastern, Eastern European. My family's from
1:52.8	Transylvania. Are you, uh, Jewish? Uh, I have a little bit in me, yeah.
2:04.0	I'm a, yeah, I'm half Irish and half Chinese.
2:09.4	You know, you got that Asian, Asian, Caucasian blood.
2:10.2	That's right.
2:15.2	We called it, we called it Chirish when I was growing up.
2:18.7	Yeah, that's interesting.
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