The Bedroom Tapes

Yet this arrangement suits Singer and Levin fine, because as vastly different as their musical tastes are (Singer grew up listening to Nine Inch Nails; Levin listened to pop and gangster rap), they're still able to work seamlessly together when DJing, as if they've perfected the art of beatmatching their separate tastes and turned the results into a unique crowd pleaser.

"The energy reciprocates itself off the dance floor to the DJ booth and back," Singer says of their performances. "It's almost something that you can't describe."

"I go by head-nods," adds Levin, as he begins head-nodding himself. "When people start going like this, that's like a sign that people are feeling the groove."

Originally from the Ukraine, Levin describes himself as being lazy despite the fact that he works, like Singer, about sixteen hours a day (eight for his job, eight more for his music). Before he grew interested in DJing, he worked as a bartender and a club manager, both roles allowing him to admire what he'd eventually do himself.

"I was always envious of the DJ," Levin explains. "He gets all the chicks, he gets all the attention, and people are dancing to his music."

Levin's hope for this year is to release ten singles, mostly collaborations with other artists. Considering himself a perfectionist, Levin worries about the quality of the work he makes available to the public.

"If your name is on a track that sucks, then you suck too," Levin says.

"Me and my partner finished [a track] in two hours, and then it took me another month to tweak everything. The tweaking part is a pain in the ass."

As Levin works to complete his ten-release goal, and Singer toils to finish his second full-length album, the two will continue to perform their eclectic sets for listeners looking for something different.

"I'm really enjoying the nontraditional ways of expressing my music," Singer says. "My direction is overall to push things in a nontraditional direction and to write music that doesn't have a shelf life."