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There\u2019s something full-circle about Deorro\u2019s ongoing residency at the OMNIA, one of the most popular club destinations on the Las Vegas strip, where the globally famous EDM DJ regularly gets party-goers dancing beneath a pulsing, kinetic chandelier that\u2019s been described as a biblically accurate angel, replete with countless eyeballs and fluttering wings. If the club was a church, he would be the charismatic preacher, bringing together the crowd under the banner of music and that old-school raver adage \u201cP.L.U.R\u201d\u2014 peace, love, unity, and respect.<\/p>\n
As it was, long before Deorro\u2014real name Erick Orrosquieta\u2014was mixing beats and spinning records for crowds of thousands, he was simply a Los Angeles kid accompanying his parents to choir practice at their local Catholic church. While the adults were distracted with rehearsals, he was busy exploring the church music room, picking up and experimenting with different instruments, and unwittingly laying the foundation not only for his lifelong love of music, but also his career. Against the backdrop of 1990s L.A., with its booming hip hop and electronic scenes, Deorro would rip his favorite songs off the radio using a cassette player and his developing sense of timing.<\/p>\n
More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Throughout high school, Deorro played guitar and drums in a band, but it was his first rave experience that opened his eyes to the vast world of electronic music.\u00a0 \u201cIt was inspiring to hear music that loud\u2026I had never really been to an electronic music festival like that, with those kinds of speakers, those kinds of sounds coming through the speakers,\u201d Deorro reflects now. \u201cIt was a whole different world for me.\u201d<\/p>\n After that first rave, he visited the Guitar Center and asked the employee if they had guitars that \u201cmade techno\u201d: \u201cI had no idea how to make that kind of music.\u201d<\/p>\n The Guitar Center employee was kind enough to explain the basics of electronic music and gave young Deorro some software samples. Then, using a computer that his father won in a singing contest, he began creating his first mixes, in 15-minute increments because that\u2019s all the free Guitar Center demos would allow.<\/p>\n \u201cI would have to uninstall the program, and I couldn\u2019t save anything,\u201d he laughs. \u201cI remember uninstalling, reinstalling, uninstalling, reinstalling. That\u2019s how it was for weeks and months. And I just jammed out like that.\u201d<\/p>\n While his passions were driving him towards electronic music, circumstances nearly drove Deorro into a life very different from the jet-setting one he has now. As a teenager, he became a father for the first time and began to work fulltime while also earning his high school degree. He began training to become a nurse and music became a side hobby\u2014albeit one with a steadily increasing following as he posted tracks online (he did eventually upgrade his software to develop beats). As an overwhelmed young dad, he was soon being challenged with one of the biggest decisions of his life: Keep on the steady path towards nursing or risk it all and pursue his dream of becoming a professional DJ.<\/p>\n For most, the second option is likely to end in disaster. For a singular and driven talent like Deorro, it was destiny, though it wasn\u2019t until his break-through set at 2012 Good Life Festival in Melbourne that he fully realized it. Back in the United States, he was used to playing for crowds that maxed out around 200 people. In Australia, where he went on following Skrillex and Steve Angello, the audience was closer to 40,000. Somewhat unbeknownst to him, his song \u201cBig Fat<\/a>\u201d had sneakily gone viral internationally, though not so much in the U.S., and he was shocked by the energy and excitement that greeted him.<\/p>\n \u201cI played the song and to hear everybody scream the vocal part back at me,\u201d he pauses, still in awe. \u201cIt was such an incredible experience.\u201d<\/p>\n Immediately after the burst of success at Good Life, Deorro returned to playing smaller crowds in the U.S., but with renewed ferocity. His first show back state-side was for only 150 people. He says, \u201cNot only that, but that show I was opening up for a headliner and while I was playing, people were chanting his name and I didn\u2019t care. It didn\u2019t bother me. I was like, \u2018I know what I got to do. I just have to keep working hard and I\u2019m going to do this.\u2019 I feel like that was really special. The universe just gave me that experience and it was such a blessing. I don\u2019t even know how to explain it because that completely changed my life.\u201d<\/p>\n Deorro continued turning out singles and collaborating with increasingly famous names like Diplo and Steve Aoki. Then, in 2015, his label Ultra presented the opportunity to remix his song \u201cFive Hours\u201d with the addition of Chris Brown. The new version, aptly titled \u201cFive More Hours<\/a>,\u201d was a huge hit. \u201c[The label] ended up getting Chris Brown to basically flip the song and make it pop, which absolutely changed my life,\u201d he says. \u201cThis is the reason why I\u2019m sitting in this house. That song basically gave me everything I have.\u201d<\/p>\n Since then, things have been trending decidedly up for Deorro. He\u2019s released two EPs, Good Evening in 2017 and ORRO in 2022, and is currently working on his third. His increased profile has made him a peer of his musical heroes; among his most recent favorite studio partnerships was with Los Tucanes de Tijuana, the famous Norte\u00f1a group he grew up listening to with his father. He calls his time with them a \u201cmasterclass,\u201d adding, \u201cThey\u2019re musical geniuses. It\u2019s definitely one of my favorite collaborations I\u2019ve ever done because I\u2019ve learned so much from them. I took my dad down to their studio and when we were leaving, we were just like, \u2018No way, dude. That was crazy!\u201d My dad introduced me to their music and here I am making music with them.\u201d<\/p>\n As a Mexican-American, Deorro remains committed to creating music that reflects his background by blending Spanish and English lyrics and coming together with international musicians.<\/p>\n \u201cI definitely do know that music can be enjoyed even if you\u2019re not understanding what\u2019s being said,\u201d he insists, passionately. \u201cMusic is definitely a universal language. It breaks barriers. You can portray an emotion in a sound and then someone on the other end can receive it. That\u2019s communication. That\u2019s the beauty of music. You can actually communicate with the audience, with the world, you can connect with people on that spectrum.\u201d<\/p>\n Deorro continues to explore that spectrum of communication with his Las Vegas performances. Despite his two decades in the electronic music scene, the capacity for him to keep learning and expanding is seemingly never ending, especially when playing for crowds as diverse and eclectic as the Vegas club scene.<\/p>\n He explains, \u201cVegas brings me back to how it used to be at house parties, because every house party was different. Every Vegas show is different. It\u2019s always a different crowd. [Elsewhere,] when you come to a Deorro show, you\u2019ll find Deorro fans. In Vegas, I\u2019m sure there\u2019ll be some fans out there, but for the most part, there\u2019s a lot of people that are on vacation. There\u2019s a lot of people there for bachelorette parties or to celebrate something.\u201d<\/p>\n But playing for strangers and winning over a new crowd remains an exciting challenge: \u201cI get to step outside my normal routine and kind of just put on a party, the celebration where it\u2019s not really about showcasing my music, but it\u2019s more about just celebrating.\u201d<\/p>\n During his own time off, Deorro takes things more slowly these days, spending time with his wife Michelle (\u201cShe\u2019s the best. I won the lottery. I\u2019m so lucky,\u201d he gushes) and two sons.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople always ask me, \u2018Where do you like to go on vacation?\u2019 I tell them, \u2018My vacation is at home,\u2019\u2019 he patiently explains. \u201cWhen everybody [else is] on vacation, I\u2019m at work. When everyone\u2019s on spring break, guess where I am? I\u2019m out there playing those parties. So it\u2019s kind of funny when people invite me to go out\u2026I\u2019d rather go to the park.\u201d<\/p>\n When Deorro does hit the Vegas strip, he heads to local hotspots to fuel up before taking the stage. Check out his Vegas favorites here. To check out more from Deorro and the lively spirit of Las Vegas,\u00a0visit KOOL online<\/a>\u00a0(age restrictions apply).<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. 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