INTERVIEWS – Page 7

Feb212013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: MOONBEAM

[wp_ad_camp_2] MOONBEAM just released their new album 'THE RANDOM'- For Hammarica.com a perfect time to catch up with the duo from Russia! [wp_ad_camp_1] Your new album has some of a different concept to it. Could you explain your thoughts behind it and what people can expect from the album tracks? For the first time, we release 2CDs edition. CD#1 includes soundtracks for our “The Random” movie. As always, we were trying to experiment and find something new in electronic music. We worked with many artists from around the world, including Andrea Roma, Jacob A, A*S*Y*S and others. This allowed us to use virtually all styles of music in the album. Since we set ourselves a task to dive into the creative process and to transmit mood of each track, as the result of it we got a very dee

Feb182013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: DUBSTEP SENSATION VASKI

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[wp_ad_camp_2] Dubstep sensation VASKI is currently on tour with EXCISION. We found a moment with him to share his experiences! [wp_ad_camp_1] You just rocked Seattle a few weeks ago. Did you enjoy a good cup of Starbucks ahead of your performance? Haha nah, I get enough energy just knowing I'm about to perform. Being a good performer is all about knowing how to take the nervous energy you have and turn it into good stage presence. What would you like to say to the Seattle crowd? Thanks for rockin it with me! I loved playing my song "insane" and singing along with you guys - Can't wait to come back! Your top 5 dubstep tracks of the moment? Flux pavilion - I still can't stop The frim - baseline skanka Killsonik - walrus Ellie goulding - figure 8 (xilent remi...

Feb162013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: DJ KUTSKI

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[wp_ad_camp_2] It’s very rare in this day and age to find new pioneers who work hard day in day out to constantly push the boundaries of harder music. Hard Dance & Hardcore’s newest superstar Kutski aptly fits this title and is without doubt the most exciting cross over talent to emerge from the UK in the past decade! With his infamous technical ability, incorporating DMC-style scratching and mixing into every perfectly constructed set, its not difficult to see why he has earned the tag ‘the people’s favourite’, voted the UK’s No.1 hard dance dj in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll and scooping up awards for ‘Best UK Hard DJ’ and ‘Outstanding Achievement’ in the Hard Dance Awards 2010 as well as best hard dance dj in the Hardcore Heaven Awards! [wp_ad_camp_1] You are from the UK, a

Feb152013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: JOHN 00 FLEMING

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[wp_ad_camp_2] John 00 Fleming is an artist who has achieved international success in a career spanning over 20 years without dishonouring his musical essence or fans. With over 10 million album sales and 30 produced mix compilations, John’s a proven musical pioneer whose essence lies in what his fans call, ‘the J00F sound’. The J00F sound is as unpretentious as the artist, and is best described as deep and textured progressively edged trance, in an electronic dance music style that is an antithesis to what is normally produced within the genre. [wp_ad_camp_1] You are about to release your new album One Hundred Ten WKO. Tell us more about it. I’m really proud of One Hundred Ten WKO. For years I’ve been making scores for the TV and movie world, so it’s nice to put my writing skill

Feb132013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: EXCISION

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[wp_ad_camp_2] Canadian bass master EXCISION kicks off 2013 with the massive “Execution Tour,” a North American trek that includes over 50 confirmed dates. The “Execution Tour” will feature EXCISION’s new stage “The Executioner,” a behemoth production setup and a true technological breakthrough that will take live electronic music performance to a new level. “The Executioner” is a video-mapping masterwork that displays an impressive 420 square feet of world-class, true-3D, video-mapped animations guaranteed to daze and amaze fans. “The Executioner” will include the greatest projector available in the world and cast some of the most intricate and amazing animations available today onto a mechanical bunker in which EXCISION will perform a live set that will simultaneously sync audio wit

Feb52013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: COURTNEY JAMES

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[wp_ad_camp_2] COURTNEY JAMES is a film maker from Toronto. He fell in love with EDM early in life and ultimately decided to make a film dedicated to EDM. [wp_ad_camp_1] You are an indie film maker and not by default a DJ, but we found it important to feature you. Introduce yourself to our readers and tell us what connects you with the EDM world. I would like to think that everyone in their own unique way is a DJ. We program our I Tunes library on a monthly, weekly, sometimes daily basis. Music to me is essential to my routine and it ultimately lead me to becoming a film maker with this project. So to answer the first part of your question - I feel like I'm both thanks to this experience. In terms of the formal introduction.. my name is Courtney James and I'm someone who has been...

Feb42013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: KENNETH THOMAS ON ITV LIVE

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[wp_ad_camp_2] "Kenneth Thomas is without doubt one of the most promising young DJs in the electronic scene right now. There's an intelligence and a well defined style to his sets. He's quickly emerging as one to watch in the next generation of superstar DJs." When Paul Oakenfold has this to say about someone people can tend to stop and take a listen. Following in an elite class consisting of Dave Ralph, D:Fuse & Hernan Cattaneo, its seems every 5 years or so Oakenfold hand picks a future star to take under his wing and the latest selection is Kenneth Thomas. [wp_ad_camp_1] Hailing out of the Detroit, the birthplace of Techno, KT stands out with his emotional and melodic sound. Although often categorized in the trance vain, his ability to blend and explore all dance music genres...

Feb32013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: ANGRY MUFFIN

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[wp_ad_camp_2] Angry Muffin, who as his former personality released music with some of the top electronic labels on the planet, says shielding himself from the public and media will force audiences to listen rather than look. The anonymous artist plans on captivating his followers through music without a public image, hearkening back to a time when glitz and a pretty face were not as important as the music itself. For people who are curious about the music a muffin would produce, could you describe your sound to us? My sound touches on many different genres, all of which were a tremendous influence on me at various points in my life. There are strong flavours of electro pop, 90s industrial, classic rock, 80s pop, all threaded together within an appealing modern EDM framework. I ...

Jan312013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: THE SUCCESS OF W&W

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Jan302013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: MARCO BAILEY

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[wp_ad_camp_2] Marco Bailey from Belgium is one of the busiest techno DJs around. Touring every weekend, hitting each continent and managing his ever so popular label MB Elektronics known for its prolific output of quality techno. February 11th marks the release of his new artist album High Volume. Therefore, we are honored to have him for an exclusive interview! [wp_ad_camp_1] Marco, you are about to release your new album by the name of High Volume in February. Could you tell us what we can expect, your vision behind the album and how long it took to make? Of course, the main theme of the album is techno. It's the sound I'm known for and the sound I love to play around the world because of its relentless energy. Yet, my love for music goes way beyond techno and I love to sh...

Jan292013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: BARE

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[wp_ad_camp_2] The BARE sound is a product of deep roots in rock, west coast hip-hop (as part of the Vital Mindz collective) and aggressive drum ‘n’ bass (as past alias Reborn). These influences, combined with ultra crisp drum programming, slick melodies and mind altering bass modulation, spawn face melting anthems that practically rewind themselves. [wp_ad_camp_1] You currently are very much into TRAP after having lots of success with dubstep and drum & bass. What made the change for you? Being a musician I am really open to exploring new sounds, new genres. evolving I guess you could say. Trap revolves a lot around sound design. Do you use unconventional methods to get some of your sounds or effects? Yes and no. I still use a lot of methods I learned to do wel

Jan252013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: BLACKLIQUID

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[wp_ad_camp_4] [wp_ad_camp_2] Saturday January 26th Blackliquid will make an appearance on ITV Live The DJ Sessions. In anticipation on his performance, Hammarica.com interviewed him! Blackliquid, tell us a little bit about your background. I started music performance life as a drummer and backing vocalist in a three piece rhythm and blues band playing the London Pub circuit in the early to mid 80’s. ‘Riff and the Four Four’. By then I had been influenced by Grand Master Flash and became a DJ playing local London clubs and parties. After the 88’ Acid house explosion in the UK I started releasing electronic music in 89’. House music at first with BPM Records. By 94 Jungle had crept on to the scene and I was involved with making and putting out white label jungle tracks. Complete

Jan172013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: Meet KYAU & ALBERT!

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[wp_ad_camp_2] KYAU & ALBERT are gearing up for a show at FOUNDATION NIGHTCLUB and an appearance at ITV LIVE THE DJ SESSIONS January 26th in Seattle. You can win a meet & greet with the duo by commenting below this post! [wp_ad_camp_1] When was the last time you rocked Seattle? Ralph Kyau: Quite long time ago. It was in September 2011. Steven Albert: I remember we did some jogging in the city. What do you like the best about the city? Ralph Kyau: I love the breweries. Already tested 4 of them in Seattle on our last visits. Do you have any special tracks you know you are going to play out? Steven Albert: We're playing a couple of tracks from our new album 'Nights Awake' and some unreleased material from our label Euphonic. Do you sometimes mix in live vo

Jan162013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: Full On FERRY CORSTEN

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[wp_ad_camp_2] Producer. DJ. Pioneer. Innovator. Visionary. He’s the man that single handedly initiated a revolution in a dance music genre -one that’s long since touched every corner of the globe. Having designed the Dutch trance sound, he propelled it into the clubbing consciousness and on further still into popular culture. From there he continues to innovate at every turn, working with vocalists as diverse as Simon Le Bon and Guru and has remixed music from some of the planet’s most enduring artists - U2, The Killers, Faithless, Moby and William Orbit among them. Recently, FERRY CORSTEN came to Seattle to rock a show. Now a few weeks later, we have Ferry exclusive for Hammarica.com. [wp_ad_camp_1] Tell us one thing you love about Seattle. If I would have to say one thing i

Jan152013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: SANDER VAN DOORN

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[wp_ad_camp_2] It’s FreakNight 2012 at WaMu Theatre in Seattle. Myself and Chris Herrera have just finished our exclusive interview with Armin van Buuren and now have the opportunity to speak with SANDER VAN DOORN. He enters the room expressing his fatigue and the desire to be brief and ends up talking with us for over 2 hours! Here are some highlights from that conversation with questions from myself and guest interviewer Chris Herrera. [wp_ad_camp_1] We understand you’ve signed with Jay Z’s new label. How is that going to affect your producing? First of all, it isn’t going to change what I’m doing. They signed me, because they like what I’m doing. The first track has been out for about half a year over Europe but now we’re ready for the US market. It’s the beginning of a very