Lost And Sound Yu Su
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Mar 18, 2026 Yu Su, DJ, producer and composer who blends club textures with ambient and dub influences, talks about sound as material and remaking ideas like a chef. She discusses the balance between dancefloor and home listening. Conversations cover silent, rule-driven dinners, learning production by reverse-engineering, and why space and restraint make minimal music feel expansive.
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Deliberate Club And Home Balance
- Yu Su balances her output roughly half for the club and half for solitary listening, allowing different textures to coexist.
- She prioritises minimal-but-dynamic arrangements so every layer is audible on good systems in clubs or at home.
Music As Melting And Reshaping
- Foundry's core concept is about burning, melting and reshaping ideas — the same creative alchemy applies to cooking and music.
- Yu Su frames composition as transforming familiar fragments into new forms, linking culinary and musical processes.
Chef Mindset Explains DJing
- Yu Su describes DJing and cooking as both high-pressure, fast environments where you craft an experience for others.
- She uses the chef analogy to explain composing and serving music as arranging familiar tastes into a new presentation.