You can’t walk two steps into the experimental bass scene without hearing the household name EAZYBAKED. The duo project, composed of visionaries Eric Raye and Andrew Principe, recently concluded their second curated event, The Bake Out. On April 18th, 2026, the second ever Bake Out made monumental waves in St. Petersburg, Florida, as an event for the community, the culture, and the authenticity that so many of us crave in music.
This edition of EAZYBAKED’s Bake Out was held at St. Petersburg’s beloved outdoor venue, Jannus Live, nestled right in the middle of a beautiful downtown. While the first Bake Out was held in mountain-wreathed Colorado, this edition felt right at home in the producers’ home state of Florida. St. Petersburg boasts a vibrant night-life, all while surrounded by ocean and balmy breeze. Jannus Live was a perfect venue, both for attendees and for EAZYBAKED, as it holds very fond memories for the duo.
The duo hand-curated this event, selecting artists that made the evening flow seamlessly. The evening started with a special set from their downtempo project, The Bakers. Following that, Golden Child got the dance floor moving with trap-heavy beats. Dank Frank continued the infectious energy as he showcased his skill on the decks. SURFTEAM (a collaboration between the ever-talented Esseks and tie dye ky) moved the night along as a hybrid act, featuring vocals and experimental tracks. The evening’s special guest, Taiki Nulight, played a set full of delicious 140 that kept everyone moving. And, of course, Eazybaked performed their most ambitious set to date. They played a massively impressive set, with a full range of energies and vibes.
EAZYBAKED are known for their authenticity, both as individuals and artists. Through staying true to their unique sound and their dedication to the underground, they’ve built a very loyal audience. We had a chance to sit down with Eric and Andrew and pick their brains about event curation, community, and more. After some chatting, we dove straight into talking about what makes this event so special and got to listen to the hearts behind it.
In Conversation with EAZYBAKED
Rayne: “So the last Bake Out! How was that at the Mishawaka?”
Eric: It was SO good. It’s, like, what makes going into this one so special – because of how special that one was. There’s like this essence to it.
Andrew: It solidified the idea.
Eric: “Exactly! Now, people, like, know about the idea and people that were at THAT big event are now at this big event and it just feels like it’s our first own thing, so it just feels super special.
Rayne: Have you guys felt any big differences, or is it just kind of feeling vibe-wise like a part two?
Eric: The difference is obviously the climate [laughs]. But for real, as far as the vibe, it feels very homey. Everyone’s just doing their thing.
Andrew: It’s really the same vibes but different place, basically.
Rayne: So is it a trip to be able to throw your own event near where you’re from?
Eric: So, that’s also the thing that’s crazy, is going from Denver to this… it just feels more like ramping up just because it’s our hometown and it’s already something that’s so special to us. So to bring it here, is just like Holy sh*t.
Andrew: We grew up going to shows. We came here, what, 2013?
Rayne: That’s actually one of my other questions! How old were y’all when you came here for the first time?
Eric: He was 16, I was 17.
Rayne: Were y’all just flabbergasted seeing this for the first time back then? [laughs]
Eric: Absolutely. We were young, we were just getting into it. It was Huglife, Gladiator, and Skism, which were artists where we were like, “What the f*ck, this is so sick.” We drove here just for that.
Andrew: And there wasn’t many people here for that, it was maybe 200 people. And now there’s a ton more people.
Eric: There was more people out there for our Bakers set than there was at the whole festival back then.
Andrew: Swiss Sauce is what it was called.
Rayne: So how does it feel being able to go from that experience to having your own event at the same venue?
Eric: It feels insane. I was getting emotional just thinking about it earlier. It’s just crazy because it’s just been a grind. You don’t even think that, like it’s just been fun. Like you’re just doing it and then you get to this and it’s just kinda trippy.
Andrew: You gotta just take a second to absorb it and take it all in.
Eric: Especially because like we just said before, everything’s happening so fast. It’s like I’m blinking and everything’s going!
Rayne: Were you guys any kind of anxious leading up to this?
Eric: Honestly, this is another thing that’s special, it just feels like we’re very prepared right now. We’re in the project right now, so everything just feels dialed.
Rayne: That’s great to hear! Speaking of feeling dialed in, I stay lurking in the Discord channel and you had made a comment about how this is about to be a pretty special Eazybaked set here soon.
Eric: Yeah, I definitely think so.
Rayne: What were some of the intentions going into this set when you both were planning it out? Taking any risks for this one?
Eric: Definitely risks. We’re gonna start out with some high energy, then drop things off and slow things down quite a bit, get really swampy. Go back up. We’re gonna take some risks, play a lot of new songs, new ideas we’ve never played before. Definitely risky, but a lot of fun.
Rayne: Risky is good! I’m definitely a person who values novelty in sets. I think it’s really cool to see artists…
Eric and Rayne: “Spice it up! Yes!”
Eric: It doesn’t have to be so perfect.
Rayne: Exactly! So you guys grew up going to shows and fests. What was the first set that you guys saw that you were there and you were just, like, “Holy sh*t, I didn’t know music could sound like this?“
Eric and Andrew: [nodding to each other] Flume.
Eric: I’m not even gonna lie though, when I was young, Adventure Club was so sick to me, just being in that environment in general. But I’d say an artist that really blew my mind was, yeah, probably Flume. Like this is futuristic music.
Andrew: Yeah, Flume. And that TeamSupreme event in Miami!
Eric: Oh and Mr. Carmack, Great Dane. Legends!
We then chat and sidebar a bit about Okeechobee 2023, where I personally got to see EAZYBAKED and Mr. Carmack perform that weekend before getting back to the interview.
Rayne: So, curating these kinds of events… like this is YOUR event. You guys made this. It’s really cool to see. I’ve seen you guys play in many states, many festivals, all over the place. How does it feel knowing that the community you’ve built… they’re all here for you guys and the project. Does that ever feel a little bit surreal?
Andrew: It’s nuts. Definitely surreal.
Eric: Surreal doesn’t even feel like it’s big enough, like it’s actually insane.
Rayne: I mean, the crowds at your sets are some of my favorites. Like the people that come to these events and track y’all, it’s a good group of people.
Eric: It feels that way!
Rayne: Yeah, it’s like real homies out here.
Andrew: And that’s how we want it to be. And we don’t even really like the word “fans,” it’s moreso just a bunch of like-minded people that are all doing the same thing out here.
Rayne: Do you guys just ever get up on stage and just take a second and just look at it all? Look out at everyone?
Eric: F*ck yeah! And cry! Or just be overwhelmed with just gratitude. It’s so special that we are able to do this. And now that we’ve gotten to this point of like, filling up rooms like this in this caliber. With people that are so talented, like Taiki Nulight. He’s insane!
Andrew: It’s just insane to be able to do what we’re doing and we don’t take it for granted.
Rayne: Yeah absolutely, it definitely takes a village.
Eric: Yeah! And we have the best team. Our team is growing and getting even more dialed.
Andrew: “We feel like we’re in our prime.
Rayne: You’re carving your own lane, truly. Like, the EAZYBAKED name, you can’t take two steps into the experimental bass scene without hearing about y’all.
Rayne: So you guys have grown a core audience of people that really f*ck with what you’re doing. I think a lot of the people that are here, they really care about the emotional draw of your music as well. Obviously, you guys have your bangers and uptempo stuff that makes you wanna go mob in the crowd… But you also have more emotive tracks, like the whole Respawn EP. Like, when that came out I just laid in bed and cried to it. It’s a beautiful work.
Do you guys ever feel afraid to share the more vulnerable works with your audience, or is it more of a freeing release?
Eric: I think when we first started to do it, we did feel a little afraid. I think there’s still some level of like…
Andrew: …like hesitancy, almost.
Eric: Yeah! It’s like, you know, it is a risk still and always will be, but it still feels like a valid one and that’s just who we are. That’s how it keeps everything balanced.
Like, even if we just played, like just from a DJ standpoint, even if we didn’t make that stuff, the DJ set would still need that balance. Playing like a full 90-minute set, you want that set to have the ups, the highs, the lows. It’s the balance, like we have to make that too.
Andrew: Like that represents us as a whole. If we didn’t release it, that would be disingenuous of us.
Rayne: That’s a really good point to make. I’m not a producer by any means, but I make art in other ways, like I’m a writer and such. I constantly feel like it’s almost a push-and-pull tug of war with myself…
Eric: Oh, dude, absolutely.
Rayne: It’s like going between wanting to share your art and those more emotional sides of you, but also the anxiety of being seen. So I think it’s really cool that you guys are saying, “This is part of us. Here you go!
Eric: It’s become like a take-it-or-leave it kinda thing. Hopefully you like it, and if you don’t, that’s fine.
Rayne: Yeah that’s really cool to hear, and I think why a lot of your audience is so genuine.
Eric: I agree, I feel like, yanno, we’re pulling people in that have experienced those highs and lows.
Rayne: Definitely, and it’s great to see it so abundantly. I’ve seen many sets of yours and I’ve mentioned this elsewhere… so when you guys are performing, watching y’all up there together, it literally looks like you are operating from the same brain. It’s the coolest thing! I’ve just seen you guys make eye contact and just start going crazy. No words or anything.
Eric: Well, we can’t hear anything up there. [laughs] But I do wonder if we’re starting to read minds a little bit.
Rayne: I swear to god my best friend and I have developed a little bit of telepathy…
Eric: We’ve said that too!
Rayne: So, question for both of you, separately. As individuals, are your music tastes pretty similar or pretty different?
Andrew: I’d say it goes either way.
Eric: I’d say similar and different, yeah. Like I listen to more indie than Andrew does, and Andrew probably listens to more consistently hip-hop than I do. But we both listen to that same music as well.
Andrew: Like, I’ll still listen to indie, just not as much. [laughs]
Eric: Exactly! I listen to hip-hop but he also listens to more lo-fi than I do… But we have a pretty similar taste. I like everything he’s listening to and I think he likes everything I’m listening to.
Rayne: Probably why that flow works so well.
Andrew: Yeah, we go through a lot of phases too. Our music tastes will be converging and then not.
Eric: But it works very well with just our palate in general.
Rayne: Have you guys ever abandoned a music taste? Like there’s stuff I listened to in, like, 2014, where I’m like, “Hmm, I should go back to that!”
Eric: You know, I’d say like heavy dubstep! But nothing really abandoned. I think it’s just grown.
Andrew: It just takes a backseat.
Eric: Especially with nostalgic feelings. Like, I still appreciate all that.
We start talking and reminiscing about the Warped Tour days and bands we used to listen to from that era.
Rayne: That’s where, I guess, the music taste has taken a backseat for me.
Andrew: Yeah, like, it’ll always be there. Special place. Special place.
Rayne: So with all your different music tastes and your connections in the industry, what is your curation process for these events?
Eric: It’s just kind of spitting ideas out. Just kind of figuring it out. It starts with the flow, like we go to The Bakers, and ideally the night builds up like tonight.
If we’re talking lineup wise, The Bakers opens it up and then Golden Child offers like this good trap element. Then Dank Frank is like this very good hybrid artist. Then Surf Team is also very hybrid, like indie, there’s vocals involved. And then you have Taiki Nulight, which is very 140 and just doom, doom, doom! And then we feel like we’re kind of doing a little bit of all of that.
Rayne: So like bridging all of it together.
Eric: Yeah! It’s music that we are both really into. I love creating lineups.
Andrew: That’s one of my favorite things.
Eric: And I think that comes from being a DJ, like I love creating playlists. We both do.
Andrew: It’s fun. It’s like putting a puzzle together. Finding the flow of it all.
Eric: Our thing has always been putting people on to new sh*t. And when we’re DJ’ing, it’s like the same thing. I feel like, you know, you take risks.
You pull people in that people know, but then you throw some cats in there that they don’t and then they’re like, “Holy sh*t, this is insane!” And then people come here with this expectation of the unexpected and the weird, and what the f*ck are you gonna get? You don’t know, but it’s something that they embrace. Our tastes. And that’s kind of what’s really, really cool about it.
Rayne: And I think that’s a really big thing of curating quality events, too, is putting people on. Showing people something they’ve maybe never seen.
Andrew: F*ck yeah. Like we’ve been put on!
Eric: And that’s what it’s all about. That’s what our thing is. A lot of these cats are some of the undeniably greatest electronic producers of our era, in my opinion. Dank Frank is like a generational act. Surf Team is a generational act. Tie Dye Ky is one of the greatest. I truly believe with all my heart that he’s one of the greatest.
Rayne: I agree wholeheartedly. [chef’s kiss] I watched your EazyTapes on YouTube, the vlogs you guys made. Super funny and cool.
Andrew: Hell yeah, we loved making those.
Rayne: You guys touched on that a little bit in those, just like you guys want to put people on. I was at Camp Kouch, two, three weeks ago. The set y’all played there was insane. I just really appreciate your dedication to elevating the underground, putting people on, kind of selecting artists that you think people need to hear, rather than just following the mainstream.
Eric: One of my mottos that I saw, it’s like, “Tell people. Don’t ask them. Show them, don’t ask them.” Like if you want to come here to our event, then you know, trust us.
Rayne: That’s what I do with my friends. I’m like, “Hey here’s this cool song, now listen to it. You’re in my car!
Eric: That’s what I do! It’s like my favorite thing. I think that’s such a sacred thing, sending music to people. That’s such a potent love language.
Rayne: Yeah, I’ve found so many beautiful artists through stuff that my friends have shown me or, you know, you’re at a festival and your friend is like “Come to this set!” and you’re like, “I don’t know who that is but okay!” And lo and behold, they become your new favorite artist. I think those moments are really, really special.
A night to always remember with EAZYBAKED
After graciously answering my questions, we exchanged some heartfelt words and blinked back some tears.
It is evident that this means so much not just to Eric and Andrew, but to every single person in attendance. From established producers they’ve collaborated with, to the undiscovered DJs in the audience, to the photographers, to the journalists like me. EAZYBAKED knows how to throw down and get weird on stage, while remaining grounded and dedicated to the scene and their art. They take time to put people on, remaining organic and authentic.
As the EAZYBAKED set roared into the night, and dance circles broke out all over the crowd, and strangers linked arms in joyous laughter, it was impossible to look around without getting emotional. The Bake Out was an event where like-minded people from all walks of life united to get weird and have fun, while supporting the artists who support the scene.
After their set, Eric and Andrew hung around chatting with the audience and passing out cookies. Attendees traded gifts and thoughtful trinkets as if there was no tomorrow. The Bake Out was an act of love, full of small moments that will live in the hearts of attendees and artists forever.
Thank you EAZYBAKED for a truly special curation and an event with a more personal experience.
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