EAZYBAKED on Story, Selection, and the New “Certified” Remix

Photos Courtesy Of Taylor Clamon EAZYBAKED (@eazybaked) have built their name by making bass music that hits hard without losing detail, atmosphere, or personality. The Orlando duo of Eric Ray and Andrew Principe have spent years shaping a sound that pulls from low-end pressure, strange rhythmic turns, and emotional weight, and that approach has carried them from early underground support into a run of headline shows, major festival slots, and a growing catalog on labels like Deadbeats, HypnoVizion, Memory Palace, and Bassrush. Their recent album The Antennae pushed that identity further, and now they return to a key track in their story with a new remix of “Certified” alongside MontyCler, reworked by sumthin sumthin. That context is important because “Certified” is not framed here as a random catalog revisit. It was one of the records that helped define EAZYBAKED’s rise, from its early impact across multiple Electric Forest sets to its longer life as a fan favorite and a festival weapon. The new remix gives the track another angle while keeping the collaborative spirit that runs through the Lost Dogz orbit. In this conversation, EAZYBAKED talk about discovery, storytelling, and the way a track’s backstory can deepen its place in a set, which makes this a useful entry point into how they think about music beyond simple utility. Interview With EAZYBAKED How does context – such as label identity, artwork, or backstory – shape your relationship with a track? Backstory definitely gives us more direct insight to the track which leaves us more connected most of the time. We also love some good artwork! Some of our favorite albums are very conceptual, with songs that all live in the same world. It makes for a more interesting listening experience especially if we’re talking entire albums. When you discover something through a playlist, what makes you explore the artist further? Usually if that song or artist makes me feel literally anything to be honest. It’s also very dependent on my mood at the time. I often yearn for that sense of nostalgia so hearing a tune that brings me back somewhere will usually have me deep diving the discography! Also when you hear an entirely new palette of sounds or a new take on an existing genre it definitely makes us want to dive deeper and hear what else they’ve created. Does knowing more about a record influence how long it stays in your rotation? I’d say yes. I feel like the more I know about a tune and its origin story the more attached i get to and the longer i’d want to keep it in rotation. How much does background inform the way you present music in a set? It mostly comes from a sense of story that we’re trying to convey. And we want the overall flow and ups and downs of our sets to feel intentional and natural. Like balancing intense, heavier moments with more mellow ones to give everyone a second to breathe. Can you recall a discovery where the surrounding story deepened your connection? There is a song for me personally (Eric) by fred again called “me(heavy)” and it is about someone he loved who got sick and that song has made me shed many tears! I feel very connected to it. How do you balance immediate feeling with deeper understanding when selecting music? When we’re selecting music for sets immediate feeling is a pretty big factor because we generally know what kind of sounds we want. And we also try to keep in mind how a song will fit into our set and how it will add something special. But sometimes we want moments that require a bit of deeper thinking or stepping outside your comfort zone a bit. The post EAZYBAKED on Story, Selection, and the New “Certified” Remix appeared first on Magnetic Magazine.