THREE COMPUTERS
STEVE Aoki lives in Las Vegas, but that’s little more than a technicality. The electro-house DJ is constantly on the road, playing between 200 and 300 shows a year. In addition to his career in music, Aoki has developed a fitness regimen, Aoki Bootcamp, which he posts on Instagram so his fans can follow his high-intensity interval workouts no matter if he is in China or New York. His NEO U app, based on his personal fitness programme, launched in October.
Staying fit on the road is something of an obsession for Aoki. “I try to make it so the workouts can be done by anyone, anywhere,” he said. “Because I also like to show the places I work out in – some of which can be the size of a closet. I’ve worked out outside, by my car in the middle of the night, in green rooms of the venues I’m playing in, in hotel gyms, my own bedroom.”
He realises that travel can play havoc with a fitness schedule, so he recommends working out immediately upon arrival at a destination.
And he’s a self-described “very efficient traveller” when it comes to packing, bringing only what he’ll use. What he doesn’t pack? Socks and underwear.
Here’s what he can’t travel without
MEDITATION PILLOW
“Meditation is a big part of traveling, so I actually bring a meditation pillow. So I sit on the pillow and I meditate on the regular one. I like to have it, because it reminds me to use meditation.” “One is specifically for music production. Then I have a DJ computer, where I organise all my music, and I don’t want that as my studio computer because I want that to be completely separate and its own entity. I have a whole library where I download music tracks that I want to play and prepare my set. And then I have another laptop that I use for all other work. Everything outside of my studio life: my music production life, my DJ life. I run and am part of various businesses, in and outside of the music world with fashion and so forth, and so I have that kind of separate station.”
DIESEL SMARTWATCH
“I track my heart rate, I track all my footsteps, all that good stuff. I love all that information, statistics, insights – it’s really important for me to know everything.”
THE WORLD’S PRICIEST ALARM CLOCK
“My big ipad is for Netflixing. And then the small ipad is basically a timer for my sets. Some sets I have 75 minutes, some sets I have two hours, some sets I have 90 minutes, so I have that clock really big in my face so I know where I’m at in my sets.”
PROTEIN BARS
“I have my Quest protein bars on hand especially if I’m getting the munchies on the plane, or wherever I am, or if I need to have a quick fix before I get to the gym.”