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Interview with Matt Darey
1. How important was Your early exposure to EDM culture in shaping Your career today ?
Matt Darey: I guess I was there right from the early beginnings of Dance music culture and I moved through many genres in the time from then till now. It gives me a great perspective on the way things are today and that helps me see outside the boundaries of what’s going on right now, try to think ahead.
2. You are a producer, Dj, radio show host and founder of Your own label (Nocturnal Global). How do You balance all these responsibilities without comprising one or another ?
Matt Darey: I think the main thing is to get the balance between these things and your personal life. It’s always a juggling act and there’s never enough time to do everything you want to do but the label, Dj-ing and the radio show all go hand in hand so it’s not too crazy. I have some good people on the team that you don’t see out there in public without whom I would never have a life of my own. Read more
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Sander van Doorn aka Purple Haze presents Hymn 2.0
Remember 2005, when Sander van Doorn produced “Adrenaline / Push Off Me” under alias Purple Haze ? One alias out of so many others, such as Filterfunk, Larsson, Purple Haze, Sam Sharp, Sandler, it was a tune to remember. It was a sparse, bass-heavy track with a few keys and synths, and perfectly showcased Purple Haze skills as a budding producer. It took another year to come back with another stormer, called “Eden / Rush” but that was a moment for him to find his own moment of clarity, installing himself as a new upcoming face within the IDM (International Dance Music) spectrum. Speaking about progress, tunes as mentioned earlier, one after another, like the ones he supplied before, 2009 makes the debut of “Bliksem” and his globally renowned style is not absent at all.
Being known such as “Best New Producer” at the Trance Awards and also “Best Breakthrough DJ” in the International Dance Music Awards at the Miami Winter Music Conference in 2008, his productions are easily notable and also being heavily supported by major EDM heads out there. Read more
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Interview with Binary Finary
Binary Finary are back since their break in 2000. After 10 years they have resurfaced with a new team performing live as well as behind the decks and also have some new upcoming releases. Stuart Matheson agreed to speak with us to catch up on what they have been doing for the past 10 years and their upcoming plans for the group.
Stuart offers insight into what their live performances entail, the development of their recent re-release and remix pack for their chart topping hit “1998″ as well as other topics.
1. Can you describe what equipment you use while performing live on stage ?
Stuart Matheson: We use 2 MacBook pros, networked up with 2 JazzMutant Lemurs and a keyboard, all plugged into a traditional Dj mixer. Clips are triggered live from the Lemur’s as well as the control of filters and effects. Read more
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Interview with Paul Thomas
1. Growing up, did You always aspire to be the successful Dj You are nowadays ? When did You commit Yourself to EDM as a career ?
Paul Thomas: It was back in 2006. The record shop I worked in Birmingham closed down, and I was working as a part time DJ anyway, so I decided to use my Godskitchen residency as a platform to become a full time DJ.
2. Everyone knows that You are a Godskitchen worldwide resident, Toolroom Records producer; Global Underground artist and stalwart member of the new breed of house music, but does Paul Thomas have a deeper wish to be known of ?
Paul Thomas: Not really. If I hadn’t have made it as a Dj, I would like to have become a chef, so maybe 3 Michelen Star Chef Paul Thomas would have been cool! Read more
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Greg Downey & Mansun - (I'm in a) Wide Open Space
Paul Draper the vocalist/rhythm guitarist and the company (Stove King the bassist, Dominic Chad the lead guitarist/backing vocalist and Andie Rathbone the drummer) forms Mansun based in Chester, England, makes some of the best verses and songs of their career, but is it lost in 2003 when they vanished, the band broke up, but they literally made history with some major albums such as “Attack of the Grey Lantern” in 1997 (the band were originally called ‘Grey Lantern’), “Six” in 1998, “Little Kix” in 2003.
Their own biography and discography it’s huge, fair enough, but this time we are focusing on the 1997′s album “Attack of the Grey Lantern”, where we are having something special already, history in the making with their track “Wide Open Space” that literally took the world by storm at that time, being majorly supported on several top radio stations and huge support from Mr Paul Oakenfold himself a.k.a. Perfecto, being hammered in so many clubs around the world, including the well known British super nightclub Cream. Read more
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Lasgo - Lost (Jordy Lishious remix)
Lasgo has dominated the Dance scene for the last decade around the world, especially in Europe. The Belgium-born trio band who acknowledges both fame and pride with several major tracks released one after another, being heavily hammered by TV channels all over the world. The group formed in 2000 and is composed of Jelle van Dael as the vocalist, (after Evi Goffin left the band in 2008, as a result of a change in priorities in life now being a mother) and Peter Luts and Jeff Martens as the producers.
The new Lasgo formed as leading influences polarizes fans with every verse, every move and every punchline. Since Lasgo’s first appearance in 2001 with “Some Things” single late that year (before scanning over 25,000 units in retail, it went gold in the charts at that time), they have been the talk of the times. The new image of Lasgo, delivering an official debut nowadays with the single “Lost” along Jelle, being released July 2009, from their “Smile” album a confident perspective that asserts Lasgo’s awareness that they are not changing anything, but they try to keep it the same as it was. Read more
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Interview with Aly and Fila
1. First things first, your official debut album “Rising Sun”, has caused quite a major commotion lately. Were you surprised by the massive success that this album has already achieved ?
Aly & Fila: We are overwhelmed by the support it has received so far, massive thanks to everyone.
2. What can actually be expected from your long overdue, years-in-the-making “Rising Sun” debut ?
Aly & Fila: We wanted to make it as an Artist album should be, a variety of tracks.
3. I am a great fan of Old Egyptian culture, Thebes, Amun, Ra, Horus (your old track “Eye of Horus”, brings up good memories), but is this album of yours something that we might call “Rising Ra” for a change ?
Aly & Fila: Well “Rising Sun” is a rising project and also has meanings towards Egypt. Read more
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Interview with Lisa Kensington
1. How and when did you firstly start your collaboration with Escade Media ?
Lisa Kensington: I was approached by Escade in 2009. The first big thing we collaborated on was a tour in December across India. Since then I was touring Indonesia, Singapore, India, Japan and Malaysia with them. Very nice!
2. Do you think that it is more easy to be Djane (female Dj) nowadays than it was years ago ?
Lisa Kensington: I think that it is more popular today to see female Dj’s which gives girls the courage to do it themselves as compared to years ago it was kinda viewed as more of a “boys thing”. I think we can do it same as them, maybe better 
3. What is your next big thing to happen within the EDM world ?
Lisa Kensington: I am scheduled to play in Tokyo in May and very looking forward to it! Read more
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Interview with Hera Salinas
1. How and when did you firstly start your collaboration with Escade Media ?
Hera Salinas: Roy “Lexx” Alexander asked me end of 2009 to start collaborating with Escade Media on a global scale. Since then, I appreciate working with Escade Media very much as you don’t find such professional and reliable partners in this business very often.
2. Do you think that it is more easy to be Djane (female Dj) nowadays than it was years ago ?
Hera Salinas: I think you have to make a brand of yourself to distinguish between you and others and to live your USP (unique Selling Proposition) as there are more and more female DJs around. This aspect has made the competition harder over the past years on the one hand but on the other hand female DJs are much more accepted by the audience than it used to be 5 years ago for instance. Read more
