![]() One of the most spectacular moments of my career was when I played the Google Dreamforce Festival in San Francisco. All of a sudden, with a blink of an eye, it was my driver coming, and it was my headline show – it was my tour. Then I started going on tour with bigger DJs, and saw the way they traveled. ![]() I had time to go to the room, shower, put on a suit, go for dinner, and then start my set. I did a quick change, and flew from Miami to Vegas. Maarten, and I got on a plane and flew to Miami. They took me to a helicopter that took me to St. I’ve got the best job in the world.’ I jumped off the side of the boat into Paul Allen’s tender. I got my bag, and it was just one of those moments when I thought, ‘I love my job. I rocked it, and I played until five in the morning. I was DJing and every single Victoria Secret model was dropping in on the floor - all the power couples featured in that month’s US Weekly Magazine as well. He was going to drop the New Year’s Eve balloons and do the count down, before I started my set on stage. ZF: Paul Oakenfold was doing New Year’s Eve at Perfecto in Vegas, and he really wanted me to DJ for him. IC: So tell me what was your most memorable event that you’ve ever performed at? Where you look back and think that was just insane! Zen wears a tuxedo by Prada, Paul Oakenfold wears a suit by Armani. It’s almost like pursuing a degree, you know? It takes a few years. And now, translating that into music takes a long time. It’s different now that it’s digital, but I was always quite good with very technical DJ things. Even from the vinyl days, I used to write notes out. I could always identify the key of the song, and mathematically work out the tempo. I’ve been producing my own music as well now for 7 years, and honestly for the first 3 or 4 years, I was making some absolute crap. ![]() He also wanted me to fly around and do his Cannes Film Festival party - this was about 10 years ago when it all kind of kicked off. It went from me playing Harvey Weinstein’s after-party to Nick Jones’, who owns Soho House. There were a lot of events back then as well, so I was very lucky. And very quickly after that, it became almost like a full-time job. I did that for a friend just for fun and from that one gig, I got booked to do Harvey Weinstein’s Golden Globe after-party. When the time was right, I DJ’d an event that RedBull’s PR company was hosting. I just waited my time, got a job, did some PR, and got some cash in LA. It was very much, you know, Mark Ronson, DJ AM, Adam 12, Sam Ronson, Z-trip – all these sort of scratch mixers. When I moved to LA, I was initially a little bit scared by the scene here. If I made 500 bucks for a show in Sydney that I was half promoting, I would spend 700 dollars on vinyl records. In between being at college, being a model and traveling the world, I would sometimes take my records with me and DJ in Tokyo, or Sydney. It was a hobby, and it remained a hobby for a very long time. I started playing in clubs when I was around 15. When I was about 14 or 15, I actually had a real set-up for turntables - Gemini belt drive turntables and a Gemini 2 channel mixer. My mum and dad collected a lot of vinyl records, so I used to just take the old record players and line them. I was mixing audio around the age of 9 or 10 in my own kind of way. Zen Freeman: It almost sounds a bit cliché now but I started when I was about 13. I know that you performed at Cannes Film Festival, at the SuperBowl, the Emmy awards party… How did you get started as a DJ and get involved with performing at such high profile events? Indira Cesarine: I would love to hear about some of these incredible events that you’ve been doing around the world. Shot on location at Cleo Restaurant, Vegas. Right: Zen wears a tuxedo by Prada, Paul Oakenfold wears a suit by Armani. Left: Zen wears a suit and jacket by Burberry. Amidst his packed touring schedule, Zen spared some time to chat with us about some of the incredible events he’s performed at, his work as a music supervisor for Tommy Hilfiger, Chanel and Prada, and his secrets to keeping his energy levels high. The Untitled Magazine hit Vegas for an exclusive photo shoot with DJ’s Paul Oakenfold and Zen Freeman with photographer Jonathan Bookallil.
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