“Everything was copacetic,” Stevie Martinez tells DJ Mag via video call. He’s sat with Chris, and the pair look comfy and relaxed, reflecting on the year as Christmas closes in. “It’s a nice end to the year, coming back together but in a new place, it’s kind of like a new start. Winter time is the time we take for ourselves.”
The brothers are rarely apart, and it’s been that way since long before those first days on NYC’s dancefloors. Some people with siblings probably couldn’t imagine living, working and travelling together, but for the Bros it’s one of the most important aspects of what they do — as is family in general. Not even five minutes into our conversation, Chris answers a call from their father, who, as they will go on to explain, has been pivotal in every stage of their career — from instilling a love of music, to taking them to those very first underground clubs.
A regular at Paradise Garage and a lover of all music, Steve Martinez Sr. was a pastor when the Bros were growing up. The fusion of those interests meant a heavy involvement with the church band. “People think Christian music, it’s only like gospel or whatever,” Stevie says, “but it’s Christian-all-types-of-music. Christian salsa, rap, we were listening to a lot of funky Christian music.
“For us, in our family, we were kinda like the rebels in church,” he continues, while Chris nods in agreement. “In church, you’re not supposed to listen to secular music. We were always listening to secular music.”
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