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A Sit Down With DJ Kerri Chandler

23.11.2017


Not many deep-house producers have a sound as distinct as New Jersey’s Kerri Chandler; his muscular basslines, dopamine-activating chord progressions and, most of all, badass kick drums stand out in a genre that can sometimes seem a bit monotone. He’s been working his unique style since the late ’80s, but Chandler’s star is as bright as ever, as evidenced by his constant gigging in Europe’s clubs and festivals, including a residency at Ibiza’s famed Circoloco party.

Speaking to…

A Sit Down With DJ Mark Farina

21.11.2017


Mark Farina is one of the most talented and tenured DJs active today. With a career spanning three decades, the Chicago-born/San Francisco-based musician has been a leading advocate for Chicago house and the underground scene while acting as a “genre-prenuer” for his signature Mushroom Jazz series, playfully blending elements of jazz, soul, hip hop, and house in a pleasant amalgam of grooving, laid-back vibes.

Known for his Chicago house, acid jazz, and downtempo works he is embraced by…

A Sit Down With DJ Krewella

21.11.2017


Krewella is one of the biggest buzzing EDM acts of 2012. Formed in 2007 with two sisters (Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf) and producer Rain Man, their track “Killin It” became a meme of its own, gaining major attention from DJs and music lovers all around the world.

In 2017, Krewella partnered with dance-fitness program Zumba. They made a song called "I Got This" for their new STRONG program, which entails of workouts to high energy music. This has yet to be released, but it was teased on the…

A Sit Down With DJ Savoy

20.11.2017


For those of you that don’t know, SAVOY is pretty awesome. But don’t just take my word for it. Here, let me explain — SAVOY is a trio of musicians comprised of Gray Smith, Ben Eberdt, and Mike Kelly. The three met when they were in college at CU Boulder. "We met in the dorms, Mike lived a door or two down from me," said Ben. "When Gray and I met, Gray was cruising around with a guitar and I called him over and we started jamming right then and there. We’ve played music together ever…

A Sit Down With DJ Khainz

20.11.2017


Khainz is a techno and tech house producer who has been DJ'ing for nearly 20 years now and producing since 1999. Hailing from beautiful Lucerne, Switzerland, hi s cutting edge production skills have seen him produce exciting and innovative releases in the past on such established imprints as Heinz Music, Sprout, Formatik and Great Stuff, amongst many more.

As well as a pretty impressive production work appetite, he is also a prolific world tour performer with him who has played at venues in…

A Sit Down With DJ Mike Shiver

17.11.2017


Producer and DJ Mike Shiver has been one of the most talked-about, up and coming talents over the last years. Since breaking onto the scene in 2003, he has been sending shivers down thousands of peoples spines. Mike has unquestioningly become one of Scandinavia's biggest front figures in the EDM landscape and has shown the world why his music is so highly rated, loved, and captivating.

So far the long list of artists to receive the Shiver remix interpretation includes Above & Beyond,…

A Sit Down With DJ Timo Maas

17.11.2017


Timo Maas has been on a 30-year quest to deliver his musical wizardry to the world. In fact, music is such an intrinsic part of his DNA that it’s one of his main modes of communication. From a residency at the groundbreaking Circoloco at DC10 in Ibiza, where he has been entrenched for over 15 years, to tours around Europe and the rest of the world, Timo Maas maintains a high level of performance.

Piety may not be a distinctive feature of Timo, but what can not be taken away from it is the…

A Sit Down With DJ Phil Weeks

17.11.2017


Phil Weeks is a house music purist. Whether DJing or producing, the Parisian with the huge personality delivers raw beats influenced in equal measure by classic Chicago house and nu-school French flair, underpinned with a hip-hop attitude. His long running Robsoul Recordings also defines him as one of the most skilled label heads in underground house music.

Phil has also fully embraced the relationship with his fans and house music fans in general – whether through his popular…

A Sit Down With DJ Dick Trevor

16.11.2017


Throughout the years, Dick Trevor proved his never-ending creativity by joining forces with numerous Psytrance/Goa-Trance pioneers and forming projects such as the “Bumbling Loons” (with James Monro), or “Slinky Nuns/Seeka” with George Barker. On Twisted Records, Dick did collaborations with Simon Posford as “Infernal Machine” and Tristan as “Trickster”. He also did a “Western Rebel Alliance Remix” track with Jules Evans for the Shpongle Remix album. On Phantasm Records,…

A Sit Down With DJ Juventa

16.11.2017


Jordin Post, commonly known as Juventa is one of the new-breed of super talented DJs / Producers in the scene unrestricted by genre boundaries, who at every turn can ontinues to amaze and entertain with his studio dream of being able to achieve at such a young age. With his first release at just 15 years old, Juventa quickly established himself, thanks to diverse productions and remixes across leading labels such as Enhanced Music, 5 x World Number 1 DJ Armin Van Buuren's very own Armada Music…

A Sit Down With DJ DaGeneral

14.11.2017


He’s a Scottish Techno DJ, an accomplished producer and the co-owner of General Surgery Records, a prestigious label that supports underground music artists.

DaGeneral has played with a myriad of other top DJs and producers including Mark EG, Mike C, Chuck-E, The Producer, Jon the Dentist, Phutek, Blue Amazon, Shades of Rhythm, Oliver Lieb, and many more. He’s traveled and played all over Ireland, the UK, and the Czech Republic.

He also co-directs Iconic Underground Magazine, a…

A Sit Down With DJ Sébastien Léger

14.11.2017


Sébastien Léger built on his skills as a trained pianist and drummer, he speaks English, Dutch and French and since 2009 has enjoyed huge success with singles “Hit Girl”, “Hypnotized” and “Aqualight”. He owns and manages record label ‘Mistakes Music’ and happens to have remixed for the likes of Kylie Minogue, Justin Timberlake, Duran Duran, Groove Armada and Ali Love. He’s a very talented guy.

His storied career as both a DJ and a producer is long, illustrious…

A Sit Down With DJ Isaac

14.11.2017


Roel "DJ Isaac" Schutrups was born in Winschoten in the northern part of Holland on June 8th 1974. He started his music career as a remixer for Dutch radio stations with an oldschool tape recorder and a small Casio sampler.. Through the years he bought new and better equipment and started to develop his own unique style of production which resulted in his first record called "Bad Dreams" which was released in 1995 and became a huge Dutch hardcore techno hit. DJ Isaac started deejaying as well…

A Sit Down With DJ Dixon

13.11.2017


Dixon’s real name is Steffen Berkhahn. He was born in Berlin in 1975, had a promising football career (cut short by injury), chose music instead and became one of the best house and techno DJs in the world. He is married with one child.

Berkhahn lives what we might (pretentiously) call an ‘examined life’; interviews with, profiles of and, obviously, music by Dixon are just as Googleable as anything else. Perhaps this is why, over recent years, Berkhahn has tended to decline interview…

A Sit Down With DJ Marcel Dettmann

13.11.2017


At the age of 14, German DJ/producer Marcel Dettmann was introduced to electronic music via friends whom he planned on attending parties with in Berlin. 3 years later he was spinning vinyl and by 1999, Dettmann was resident DJ at Berlin's legendary Ostgut (and later Berghain) club. Since then, Marcel has created hi-profile remixes, produced his own records, and founded his own label.

After two decades of DJing, his is a star that continues to burn as bright as any without any hint of…

A Sit Down With A DJ Jazzy Jeff

13.11.2017


Jeff Townes aka Jazzy Jeff's career has seen him comfortably juggle having a high profile within the most popular aspects of hip hop, while being permanently respected and active in the music's underground. Very few people have ever managed that.
Jeff was one of the early DJs in the city that would be influenced by the emerging hip hop culture of the 1980s and he incorporated this style of DJing into his sets, going on to later explore turntablist techniques. Along with DJ Cash Money, Jeff is…

A Sit Down With DJ Matthias Tanzmann

02.11.2017


Matthias Tanzmann emerged from Germany and his native town of Leipzig in the nineties, and became one of the most respected DJs and label owners in the scene.

He has his very own way behind the decks in the way that he combines grooves, subtle melodies and infectious basslines into soundtracks that never lose sight of the groove and keep people on the dance floor going crazy and waiting for more.

His musical identity is shaped by the prolific brands he is associated with. You don't just…

A Sit Down With DJ Airwave

02.11.2017


Airwave a.k.a. Laurent Veronnez hails from Brussels, Belgium and is one of the most gifted artists of our time. He possesses a passion for his craft which drips from every track he has produced since his musical inception 20 years ago. He is well-respected amongst his peers for his opinions on, and vision for, the trance music industry and he speaks honestly about how he feels and where he sees his musical vision taking him. Versatility and great skill in the studio has led him to…

A Sit Down With DJ Noah Neiman

01.11.2017


Noah Neiman, an American Pop/EDM crossover DJ/Producer have started to receive attention through Spotify's "ElectroNOW", "Fresh Electronic" and Hardwell's "House Party". Noah Neiman's recent release "Make It So Good" has topped over 2 million plays and is now officially receiving support from the legend himself Hardwell, W&W, Don Diablo, Nicky Romero and many more.

He is an inspirational character, well aquainted with Enhanced fans thanks to a host of diverse, unique and infectious…

A Sit Down With DJ Matt Lange

01.11.2017


LA-based producer and DJ Matt Lange was inspired by the aggressive industrial programming of early Nine Inch Nails and Aphex Twin’s brutal contrast of ambient and jungle. Packed off to Boston’s Berklee College by his parents, Lange undertook a music-production course and began home recording on an old laptop. Introduced to BT by one of his college mentors, Lange worked as an engineer on the trance producer’s Grammy nominated album, These Hopeful Machines. He then began developing sample…

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