Tune
Detlef – Kinky Tail on Hot Creations. Played this to death during the summer and every time it sends the crowd wild! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIpaeH7YHno
Album
Toolroom Ibiza Volume 2 – Many of the tracks in this ended up in my playlist during the summer.
Remix
Blood Groove & Kikis remix of ‘Take Me With You’ on Particles by Redux Saints, Jourdan Bordes and myself. They really took this to another level! – https://soundcloud.com/particles/various-artists-take-me-with-4
Label
Suffused Music. Every episode of my radio show during the year has included a track from this label, love it!
Breakthrough label
Kenja Records from Southampton, headed up by Ronnie Spiteri and has been releasing really great underground house music consistently all year.
Producer
Erik Prydz – Just can’t fault anything he makes.
Festival
Airpusher Steampunk Masquerade Festival, San Francisco – Loved playing there this year, amazing people, music and atmosphere. Can’t wait to go back next year.
Music Conference
Amsterdam Dance Event, always the best conference for hooking up with contacts that you deal with all year online, as well as fusing relationships with new people.
Radio Show
Toolroom Radio with Mark Knight.
Mainstage DJ
Kolsch. No secret I’m a huge fan, he never disappoints.
Resident DJ
Dirk Schmidt aka Pop on Acid. Resident and owner of Trash in Rotterdam who never fails to read the crowd and push boundaries musically.
Club
Egg, London. Every time the atmosphere is unreal.
New Studio Equipment/Software
Omnisphere. Had this a while but finally getting around to using it and now in every track.
Personal highlight of 2016
Signing a 12month deal with Toolroom.
Your ambition for 2017…
Play more major festivals and signed to more high profile labels, which means more time in the studio in 2017.
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