Us-Two (@ustwomusic_)has been moving fast lately, with recent releases on No Art and Joseph Capriati’s Metamorfosi imprint arriving in the same month, along with a set at Capriati’s Amnesia residency. The UK artist, now operating as a solo act, has built out a catalog that already includes releases on Knee Deep In Sound, Edible, Eastenderz, and Nothing Else Matters, while also holding down a TRMNL Lab 11 residency.
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That mix of label movement and steady club work gives his current run a clear sense of acceleration without making it feel like it came from nowhere.
His recent Metamorfosi and No Art releases both point toward the same broader idea: Us-Two is making functional club music with enough character to sit inside larger rooms while still feeling personal to the DJ playing it. His live résumé has already stretched across Fabric, Shelter, KOKO, ANTS at Ushuaïa, and No Art Festival UK, which means his relationship with technology is not theoretical.
These are records and sets built around reading the room, moving quickly when needed, and knowing when a new tool helps the moment instead of distracting from it.
In the interview below, Us-Two talks about technology, presence, AI vocal separation, and staying engaged behind the decks and how that contributes to the wider DJ culture too. His answers are practical, which is probably the most useful angle here: he is open to new tools when they help the set, but he does not let anything interfere with the basic task of connecting with people on the dancefloor.
For him, the real skill still sits in reading reactions, making quick decisions, and staying locked into the room while the technology keeps changing around him.
Interview With Us-Two
How do you decide when technology is enhancing your performance versus taking too much control?
If I can use technology to help my DJ sets, then I will use it, but if I am struggling to understand something, then I will not let it hinder my performances.
In an era of increasingly advanced tools, what helps you stay physically and creatively engaged behind the decks?
The people on the dancefloor.
There is no better feeling than connecting with a crowd, whether that is seeing them smile and dance or close their eyes with their hands in the air. It is always very special to see.
Have you ever noticed your focus drift during a set? What practices help you re-engage in the moment?
No. If anything, I can over-focus on a couple of people, especially those who might not be dancing as much as others.
I try my hardest to make those specific people dance.
What does presence look like for you when you are fully locked into a room?
For me, being present means constantly reading the crowd and feeding off their energy.
I watch how people react to a track, and if their response is positive, I think about what I can play next to recreate that feeling. If their reaction is not what I would like, I quickly flick through my USB to find something else.
When I am fully locked in, it feels like the crowd and I are on the same wavelength, and I enjoy it just as much as they do.
In your view, how is technology reshaping DJ skill sets today?
I think technology is going to continue to advance sets and allow DJs to be more creative.
For example, I have started using AI to strip vocals from tracks and then use those acapellas in my sets. I struggled to find clean vocals in the past, so this has helped me a lot.
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
