“I hadn't heard his remixes and didn't know how amazing a drummer Travis is. But we got together, I threw on James Brown's 'Funky Drummer,' one of the most sampled beats in hip-hop, and 'I Know You Got Soul' by Bobby Byrd. His face would just open up; he would match the beat perfectly. I thought, 'Damn, this is fun.' It's like a skeleton you get to put the clothes on. And once the clothes are on, you yank out the spine.”

— Adam Goldstein

LA Times http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/08/dj-am-in-the-la-times-and-a-collection-of-video-performances.html

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