DMCWORLD AWARDS 2015 – Solarstone

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