Just how good was the Pure Trance WMC Yacht Party this year??? Amazing…
Tune of 2015:
Peter Steele ‘Mantra’ – admittedly a release on my Pure Trance label, but it’s one of those tracks that always sounds better than the record before it – by any DJ – in any set!
Your best DJ moment of 2015:
Pure Trance WMC Yacht Party, Miami – everything that’s perfect about trance happened on that boat, it was perfect!
Your worst DJ moment of 2015:
Ultra, Miami. They gave trance a crappy little stage as a token gesture, whilst focusing on everything that’s wrong with EDM
Guilty pleasure track of 2015:
Enya’s ‘Dark Sky Island’ album.
Selfie pic of the year:
I don’t like looking at myself if I can avoid it!
DJ of the year:
He says he’s not a DJ, but Giuseppe Ottaviani gets my vote for pushing the boundaries of trance as a live concept
Label of the year:
ubculture, for delving deeper and coming up with consistently brilliant releases
Best breakthrough producer:
Gai Barone, who has been making big waves in the progressive trance scene
Best DJ argument of the year:
That would be any DJ trying to justify using a ghost producer, arguing with him or herself…how I’d love to hear that one…
Most annoying record of 2015:
For my manager it would be Ritual ‘Josephine’, which I sang constantly for about a week
Best piece of studio kit launched in 2015:
Heavyocity’s ‘Gravity’ – a goldmine of soundscape creation
Biggest loser of 2015:
Donald Trump – hands down
New Year’s Resolution?
To stop smoking – again