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You have achieved so much in your career so far, and have been pivotal in so many ways. What do you think is next for the dance scene and how do you see your involvement in it?
What’s next for me is giving back to the community in a few ways you will see soon. As far as the scene goes, I think it’s just going to continue to grow.
Retrospectively If you could change anything that you have done in your career what would it be, and why would you change it?
I wouldn’t. Everything led me to here.
Going back again, you quite rightly predicted the massive Trance boom in Clubland in the late 1990’s, are you still as enthusiastic about the genre today and will it ever be as big as it was in its boom years?
I’m excited about the trance scene right now and I’m thankful that I can be somewhat of an ambassador of the resurgence with Insomniac
putting on shows like Dreamstate all around the world. It’s an exciting time for the genre and keep a look out for some more things from me real soon in that world.
The scene in the U.S. has grown so fast compared to the rest of the world, and it has taken quite a slating for its love of EDM as a genre. Is there a move away from the style now or does it still have a hold over U.S. audiences?
It’s already started to become a blend of all electronic music styles. Some hit tracks from guys like Calvin aren’t “EDM” sounding.
What style of music do you think will replace EDM as the next big sound?
I think the sound of electronic music will continue to evolve. There is no one “style”.
On your travels you must come across some amazing new talent. Is there anyone that you are predicting great things for in the future?
I’ve just signed an artist called Harry Vederci
that I’m excited about. He has some really great music coming soon.
There has been a lot of criticism of late of a certain magazine’s ‘Top 100 DJs’ poll with people protesting that certain DJ’s have unfairly manipulated the amount of votes etc, do you have any thoughts on the matter and do you think that these type of polls have any credibility anymore?
I don’t really pay attention to those polls. I am focused on different areas with my own career .
The internet now plays a massive part in the dance scene with hundreds of blogs and online clubbing lifestyle magazines, do you think that this is a good thing for the scene or was it better when there were only a handful of dance publications?
I think it’s good. The more the merrier. We just want to share our music so the more opportunity to do this should only be a positive thing. It’s healthy to have a big media side to an already big music side for the electronic scene.
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