Dance music talk with real scene memory.
Back To Back with Willy Joy pairs relaxed artist conversations with deep knowledge of electronic music scenes. Recent episodes move from Dirty Bird history and hard dance influences to drum and bass touring, classic records, labels, production habits, and career pivots.
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Back To Back with Willy Joy is a long-running interview show rooted in dance and electronic music culture. It has the rhythm of people talking shop, not a polished press cycle. The conversations usually begin with a current reason to talk: a new track, a new EP, an album, a tour, or a classic episode worth revisiting. Then they stretch outward. Mz Worthy's episode moves through Dirty Bird history, software, Grooveboxes, Reason, and the humbling feeling that production never fully becomes easy. Water Spirit's conversation starts near hard dance and a new song, then opens into early listening habits, ambient intentions, chill wave, live drums, and the way unexpected influences show up inside heavier music. Skybreak's episode uses Half Blood as a doorway into melodic bass music, social justice, escapism, remix contests, streaming, and the uneasy timing of creative breakthroughs. Dillon Nathaniel talks through school, FL Studio, Obsessions, studio life, and the pressure to decide what kind of career will actually feel livable. Loco Dice brings a wider historical sweep, connecting hip hop, Dusseldorf, Miami, Ultra, rap, DJing, dancing, and the shift from playing tracks to shaping a room's emotions. Dirty Vegas adds the perspective of a group tied to a durable dance record while still making new work. The Classics episodes keep the show's archive active, especially when artists like Harriet Jackson and LP Giobbi have new tours or albums in motion. Back To Back is strongest when the talk gets specific. It cares about scenes, labels, gear, cities, clubs, and the odd moments when a career turns. The tone stays warm and quick. It can be funny, blunt, reflective, or openly excited, but it rarely feels distant. For listeners who follow electronic music beyond playlists, it offers useful context without turning the culture into homework. For newer fans, it works as a map of names, sounds, and histories worth chasing.
Made for: For electronic music fans, DJs, producers, and scene-watchers who want relaxed but informed conversations with artists. It especially fits listeners interested in how records, labels, tours, and musical identities develop over time.
What sets it apart: The show stands out through lived-in familiarity with dance music rather than generic celebrity interviewing. Guests are treated like peers, so release talk naturally turns into craft, history, doubts, influences, and the small decisions behind long careers.
Each week Willy Joy talks to the most interesting & influential people in dance & electronic music and beyond. The music industry is changing at a rapid pace. How did we get here? Where are we heading? And where do we all fit in? Willy tries to answer these questions each week with the help of his DJ friends, music industry guests and his own overactive brain.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Artist conversations connect electronic music's finished releases to the production habits, career turns, and creative pressure behind them.
Willy Joy turns artist interviews into working histories of electronic music. Conversations with Skybreak, Dillon Nathaniel, Water Spirit, Moksi, Loco Dice, and Mz Worthy connect new releases to the decisions behind them: learning production, changing creative direction,…
At Ultra, Loco Dice changes his mind about DJing; you get the story behind the switch.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A scene-aware conversation about Dirty Bird, production, and the stubborn usefulness of staying curious.
Ms. Worthy gives Back to Back the shape of a season finale, following an early pull toward DJ gear and Grooveboxes into Reason, then into an education in production, engineering, and collaboration that still feels active.
Water Spirit's ambient roots and broad influences give this hard dance episode an unusually personal shape.
Water Spirit's single-episode review centers on Echo Layer, the new Welcome Records release, while tracing a project that began in ambient, drumless territory before moving toward a more rhythm-led hard dance sound.
A grounded look at Skybreak's evolving bass sound and the values surrounding Half Blood.
Skybreak's conversation with Willie Joy traces the road to Half Blood with a useful sense of shape, moving from the jazzy melodic instincts he brought into heavier bass music toward a record that pulls those ideas together.
A candid path from studio frustration to DJ momentum and a renewed label.
Dylan Nathaniel's first Back To Back appearance frames The Ethos EP and the relaunch of Obsessions as a story about durability. The conversation traces his move from trying to take engineering and production seriously to reopening FL Studio, leaning toward DJ work, and watching…
Loco Dice reflects on how moving from hip hop into electronic music changed his sense of the crowd.
Loco Dice's story is really about learning what a DJ can do to a room. On Back to Back, the Dusseldorf artist traces his path through hip hop as a rapper, DJ, dancer, and artist before house and techno fully take hold.
A candid conversation about turning solo pressure into momentum.
Moxie Crew catches Moxie at a turning point: a new album, and the first since Moxie became a solo project after Diego, the group's MC, left last year. The conversation stays close to that shift, especially the pressure to prove that Moxie is still present and still moving.
A focused, candid look at the album, visuals, and platform work behind No Manor's hands-on creative world.
No Manor's conversation with Willie Joy works best as a close look at the labor around a new album. I Contain Flashing Images sits inside a wider creative system: pixel art, live visuals, a website, merchandise, and a tour shaped by months of preparation.
New dance records, label heat, weekly momentum.
One indie dance track, cleanly mapped.
EDM festival culture from inside the crowd.
Willy Joy interviews electronic music producer No Mana about his new album 'I Contain Flashing Images' and accompanying tour.
Willy Joy interviews Dutch DJ/producer Moksi about his new solo album 'Moksi Crew' and his transition from a duo to a solo act.
Willy Joy interviews a DJ/producer about discovering young talent and their own early career in electronic music.
Back To Back with Willy Joy centers on Ms.
Water Spirit tells Willy Joy that her path began with machinima, Halo, Team Fortress 2, and Sony Vegas, then shifted into FL Studio and music creation.
Skybreak says he has been making music since age five, starting in a basement with his dad, a guitar, and a cracked copy of Cool Edit Pro before moving into FL Studio, drums, and eventually electronic production.
Willie Joy talks with Dylan Nathaniel about the Ethos EP, the relaunched Obsessions label, and the long route that got him there.
Willie Joy introduces Loco Dice as a first-time guest, a Dusseldorf-based veteran who moved from hip hop into house and techno after touring in the 1990s with artists like Snoop Dogg.
Willy Joy interviews the members of Dirty Vegas about their iconic song Days Go By and their new EP.
Willy Joy introduces a re-run interview with DJ/producer Harriet Jackson, discussing her new U.S.
Willy Joy introduces a rerun of his interview with LP Giobbi from 2021, celebrating her new album.