[wp_ad_camp_2] The DJ Sessions is an online streaming TV show featuring sets by the world’s hottest DJ talent. Each Wednesday at 6pm PST, viewers can tune in for a 5 hour live show. Interviews, hot dancers and an actively engaging fan base are also part of the show. Darran Bruce, founder of The DJ Sessions is with us today to tell more about the show and its history. [wp_ad_camp_1] Tell us how you first started the idea for The DJ Sessions I came up with the idea one day a…
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Interviews with the best DJs from the global EDM scene.
ARTY: KATE IS MY GREATEST INSPIRATION
[wp_ad_camp_2] ARTY has created an opus that connects thousands. His melodic masterpieces have formed a community of faithful fans, music authorities and the dance elite who all look to him as the future of dance music. Together, we have watched in awe as a prodigy has progressed into a producer beyond his years and at the age of just 23, he is still developing, honing his craft for the love of music. Building on every record with the natural flair of a true composer, his tracks mesmerize crowds at every…
Read MoreFELGUK INTERVIEW: Electro Bassline And Rock N Roll Vibe
[wp_ad_camp_2] The Rio-based duo of Felipe “Fel” Lozinsky and Gustavo “Guk” Rozenthal, has been blowing away audiences and ears since 2007, lighting up clubs and festival with their free-for-all mix of electro, house and heavy low end. The only Brazilians to rank on DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJ poll for two consecutive years, 2011 and 2012, the duo has already conquered legions of fans, including star power names like David Guetta, Flo Rida, Black Eyed Peas, and Madonna, who have all commissioned the duo for potent remix work. The partnership…
Read MoreCEDRIC GERVAIS INTERVIEW: THE MIAMI SCENE IS INCREDIBLE
[wp_ad_camp_2] At just 15 years old, having success in the French club scene as a DJ and not speaking any English, he decided Paris wasn’t challenging him enough musically so he packed up and moved to Miami. This was at a time when an exciting movement within the club scene was happening in Miami; Big clubs were opening, the power of residencies were becoming ever more evident, Cedric saw this opportunity and jumped in. He secured residencies at the best clubs and parties Miami had to offer – Living Room,…
Read MoreSANDER VAN DOORN: NEVER STOP DROPPING ALBUMS!
[wp_ad_camp_2] Some people call Sander Van Doorn a technical & musical genius. And who can deny it? He has cranked out more dance floor destroyers, sold-out gigs, number one records, and awards than most artists do in a lifetime. With the help of classics like Grasshopper, Punk’d and Riff, recent hits like Love is Darkness and of course massive collabs and remixes of The Killers (Spaceman), Sia (The Girl You Lost To Cocaine), Robbie Williams (Close My Eyes) and Depeche Mode (Peace) Sander shrugged off the confines of genre typecasting…
Read MoreTIESTO: ‘It’s Always About Evolving And Trying Different Things’
< [wp_ad_camp_2] TIESTO, busy as ever has a grueling Summer schedule ahead where he will play most major festivals world wide. Yet, we can say that Vegas will be his home base with the new resident at new super club Hakkasan. Tilllate Magazine USA caught up with Tiesto to talk about his past, his many successes and what the future holds for him. [wp_ad_camp_1] You’ve been in dance music longer than the average person realizes. Can you tell us about the time you had to fight yourself up the DJ…
Read MoreHammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: ALEJANDRA IORGULESCU
[wp_ad_camp_2] ALEJANDRA IORGULESCU is the director of BEATLOUNGE, a dance music radio station based in Los Angeles, but loved by fans all around the world. In addition, Beatlounge recently launced their new label Beatlounge Records. We had a chat with Alejandra about the brand and all her plans. [wp_ad_camp_1] Tell us more about the Beatlounge brand. How did it start? The idea or concept that would lead up to the BeatLounge creation years later, began to take shape in early 2005. Back then I (Alejandra Iorgulescu) was invited to produce a…
Read MoreHammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: JOE BELLINGHAM
[wp_ad_camp_2] JOE BELLINGHAM joined Shameless Productions in 2009 and quickly established himself as a live act preforming his original Dub, Techno & Ambient live sets. With his trusty field recorder at his side, no personal moment is safe from sample. You might find him recording city buses on the streets of Seattle or at his residency at the Electric Tea Garden for the monthly party The Shameless Social. Either way, he would love to get together sometime to record cat meows, people on drugs and the channel 4 news. [wp_ad_camp_1]…
Read MoreHammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: TROY DARNELL
[wp_ad_camp_2] Vocalist TROY D just released his new mini album DTENSION. Lead single THE NIGHT was remixed by emerging producer/DJ BASSROCK who transformed it into a peak time festival banger, while fully respecting Troy’s vocal mastery. The remix merges the best of both world’s: a great song accompanied by killer beats heavy on the electro house/big room sound. VEVO & HOUSE.NET are already on fire. The remix gained huge support over the course of just a few days. HOUSE.NET: This track is undoubtedly as big as they come, and this has everything that…
Read MoreHammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: BT ON THE DJ SESSIONS
[wp_ad_camp_2] [wp_ad_camp_1] Last Saturday BT ROCKED Seattle’s premium nightclub Q with two subsequent events on ONE NIGHT! A regualr show and an afterhours presented by Stardust Events. The night was completely sold out and Darran Bruce, host & founder of THE DJ SESSIONS took BT aside for an interview that went from talking about his first new EDM album in three years, to revelations about sharks, scuba diving v/s gigs and gossip on fellow DJ/producers. Check the interview below! THE DJ SESSIONS is your one stop shop for…
Read MoreHammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: MOGUAI
[wp_ad_camp_2] MOGUAI just went on tour through North America. Hammarica caught up with him for an exclusive interview! [wp_ad_camp_1] If you could steal one thing from Deadmau5′ studio, what would that be? I would steal his monitor setup 😉 On ITV Live we heard that at one moment in your career you played hardcore/gabber. Did you also produce these styles at one time? I didn’t play gabber or hardcore, I would name it pretty hard techno! At that time when I started djing electronic music was very fast, hard and…
Read MoreHammarica Daily DJ Interview: ZAXX
< [wp_ad_camp_2] ZAXX & Tiff Lacey recently joined for a release on the new label Southern State Music that gained a lot of attention in the dance music world. We caught up with Zaxx to see where he comes from. [wp_ad_camp_1] Tell us a bit about your background. I always had a passion for music and enjoyed the atmospheric and driving sounds of trance. I wanted to bring more of that sound to people so I started dj’ing at the age of 19 and won a few dj competitions. From…
Read MoreHammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: ROKSONIX
[wp_ad_camp_2] ROKSONIX are an EDM dj/producer duo hailing from North London signed to the mighty Circus Records. [wp_ad_camp_1] What is coming up for you guys in the coming months production wise? Well collectively Circus Records have finished our most recent project being the new Circus Records album ‘Circus Two’. Our offering is a brand new track untitled ‘Feel Good’ which is available to buy at all download stores now as part of the Circus Two Sampler…….the full 25 track album is out on the 13th May and features new tracks…
Read MoreHammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: ROGER SHAH
[wp_ad_camp_2] On stage he is impossible to miss. Wireless keyboard in one hand, an ever-ready clutch of his own productions in the other, his live, crowd-interacting performances have brought an entirely new experience to clubs, arenas and festivals worldwide. In 2011 this unequalled approach was reflected in DJ Magazine’s Top 100 chart, when he re-entered the poll for the fourth consecutive year, landing at #51. As a music producer he’s scaled the heights of national charts and with 7 artist albums & compilations released in the last 3 years alone.…
Read MoreHammarica.com Daily DJ Interview: DARTH & VADER
[wp_ad_camp_2] Darth & Vader is one of the main electro house projects from Brazil. With influences of complextro, dirty electro, dubstep, rock and progressive, it was created as a duo in 2009, being ruled just by Hugo since the beginning of 2012. Born in 1988 in Rio de Janeiro and having musical experiences since the age of nine, when began playing the guitar, Hugo Castellan has always been a rock’n’roll lover and had many bands of the style through his adolescence. 2007 was the year when he first heard and also fell in…
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