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Feb162013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: DJ KUTSKI

[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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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

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

Jan122013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: TUBE & BERGER

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[wp_ad_camp_2] They present themselves expressively with their charity project It began in Africa and the accompanying single Free Tribe which made it to No. 1 on the Beatport charts. The project was published to support the children in need of help in Africa on their label Kittball Records, which they founded in 2006 and, since early 2010 both of them collaborate with their friend and Dj Juliet Sikora. In addition to publishing the productions on their own label, TUBE & BERGER make music on labels like Great Stuff Recordings, Moonbootique, Trapez, Ministry of Sound, and others. Many of their singles reached international attention and succeeded even up to No. 1 on the US Billboard Dance charts. Just to name a few: "Straight Ahead”, “The Young and the wild ones”, “Free Tribe”,

Jan112013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: DANIEL KANDI & ESTIVA

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[wp_ad_camp_2] Recently they mixed Volume Three of Enhanced Sessions. They're not only stars of Enhanced, but firmly established as leading lights of the trance genre, dominating the charts with their productions and touring the globe at the world’s finest events. Give a hand to DANIEL KANDI & ESTIVA! [wp_ad_camp_1] Which style of music were you into before trance captured you? Steven: When I was younger I listened a lot to pop music and happy hardcore! Daniel: 80's pop and eurodance and eurotrance, a bit of happy hardcore lol! What can people expect from the new mix album you guys recently released on Enhanced? Steven: A lot of different approaches to trance! Melodies is the keyword in this mix! Daniel: A plethora of the best in trance, trouse and progressive! S

Jan102013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: SYDNEY BLU

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[wp_ad_camp_2] Her success has been built-upon numerous hit singles and relentless world touring. Following the success of her releases (including the chart-topping 'Give It Up For Me' on Mau5trap Recordings being one of Beatport’s highest selling songs and making her the only female electronic producer to ever have a top 10 hit on the website), SYDNEY BLU developed and founded her own record label Blu Music, which has produced several chart-topping singles over the years. Steady support from global heavyweights such as Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk, Deadmau5, Robbie Rivera, & Funkagenda has propelled Sydney Blu and Blu Music to the forefront of the dance music scene, as well as the top of the charts. [wp_ad_camp_1] From Canada, you moved to Miami Florida. How did you adapt to Miami life

Jan92013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: BAD BOY BILL

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[wp_ad_camp_2] An international house icon and co-founder of Beatport, Bad Boy Bill got his start as a teenager, DJing at local parties, entering DJ battles, and throwing his own events. He won the first DJ battle he entered. As a senior in high school, Bill started his own record label (International House Records) and signed tracks from DJ Pierre, Mr. Lee, and others. Between 1995 and 2001, Bill released five volumes of the Bangin’ The Box series on his own label, Mix Connection Multimedia. It became one of the best selling series in dance music history. During that time, Bill also founded Moody Recordings, which released the international hit “Get Get Down” by Paul Johnson. Last Summer he released his first full length artist album. Bad Boy Bill The Album (Nettwerk) packs a doub

Jan32013 by EDM DJSNo Comments

Hammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: Peacetreaty

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[wp_ad_camp_2] In 2009, Josh Anaya discovered the world of electronic music as it emerged in the United States and loudly rose to prominence. He soon found himself behind the tables at local warehouse parties in his hometown of Chino Hills, CA and decided to start producing in early 2010, which quickly turned into an addictive passion. Later that year, he teamed up with high school friend Angelo Patino to form Peacetreaty. Their high-energy electro house style quickly garnered the attention from several high-profile producers, most notably Steve Aoki who signed them to his label, Dim Mak Records, which released their first EP in February 2011. Gaining support from the likes of Wolfgang Gartner, Diplo, Afrojack, Chuckie, Moby and more, Hammarica found some time in their busy schedul