EDMLI Interview With He, Him, Henry Himself

Coming from a small town in Sweden, Henrik Emanuelsson AKA Henry Himself has grown to be a name to be reckoned within the Dance Music scene. He is been producing some great house music for the last 6 years. Having had his first gig at club HUGO in 2010 Henry Himself has traveled a long-way since then.

From getting the crowd into groove, featuring in the biggest names in the show, collaborations, production and working in Transport sector, Henry Himself has seen it all at a brighter pace. Oh not to forget his culinary skills! He is a chef at studies. He enjoys his timeout hanging out with his friends, working out in gym and producing music.
His Guestmix for EDM Lovers India is still working it’s magic on EDM fans in India. We EDM Lovers India were once again lucky to do an interview with the man himself.
We present the Interview as it happened

” Henry Himself ” is already more than just a name and an emerging brand by itself in the industry. How does it feel?

Henry Himself : Feels really unbelievable. I couldn’t imagine that it’s just 2 years ago when I started the ’’Henry Himself’’ project. I’m very overwhelmed by all the support from the people around the world.

You have featured/played in most of the big name records/shows and also Drop the Rave hugely followed show. How has this part of the journey been?
Henry Himself : Amazing, My podcast ’’Drop The Rave’’ was born over a year ago and it’s growing week after week and I’m getting so much music from my promo mail from other producers and I really love to listen to them, many of them are unreal, so I’m gonna continue with my podcast as long as I can.

Kroon & Berg and Henry Himself has turned out to be a successful combination. would you mind sharing with us how it all started?

Henry Himself : Well, we live in the same town and I’ve known them for a couple a years, but it all started out last summer, we met up in a local nightclub and discussed our music etc. and somehow after that we started to hang out and then we created the ’’Goldskies’’ bootleg and it turned out really well, now we speak to each other almost every day, we are really good friends right now.

What kind of EDM Henry Himself listens too?

Henry Himself : If we focus on the EDM genres I would say, ALL of them! I don’t look down at any EDM genre, all of them has a special vibe. But mostly I listen to, Ordinary House, Progressive, Big Room, Melbourne and so on.

You have come out with so many of amazing tracks, bootlegs. could you share with us your top favorites and some interesting facts on working them which made them to be in your top list?

Henry Himself : Wow, hard decision but I think my Top 5 bootlegs I’ve done are:

1. Sandro Silva & Quintino – Epic (Henry Himself 2014 Rework)

2. Michael Calfan vs. Axwell – Resurrection (Henry Himself 2014 Rework)

3. Sander van Droon, Martin Garrix, DVBBS feat. Aleesia – Gold Skies (Henry Himself vs. Kroon&Berg Bootleg)

4.  Bassjackers & Martin Garrix – Crackin (Henry Himself Bootleg)

5. Moguai – ACIIID (Henry Himself Bootleg)

It’s hard to know before you release it if it’s gonna be a ’’hit’’ but I must say that it’s because of all the people around the world who support them and get them such a hype, They (people) are everything.

Featuring on Hardwell on Air, what was your initial reaction and how did that feel?

Henry Himself : Seriously… I thought it was a joke first when I got the mail back from the Label Manager from Revealed Recordings when he congratulated me and said that they selected ’’Showtime’’ as a Demo Of The Week on ’’Hardwell On Air’’, but then I realized it was for real when I signed a contract with them and so on. I was shocked but it was such an AWESOME feeling to be supported by Hardwell.

Billboard top 10 is one of the highlights of your career and definite outcome of all the hard work you had put in. Did you expect that to happen & any interesting feed backs you got from the every growing list of top dj’s who support you?