Interview with Hugo de Graaf, label manager for Wildlife, Rub A Duck at Black Hole Recordings. Black Hole Recordings, founded in 1997, started with the release of Tiësto’s hailed “Magik” mix compilations. The instant success of the series made it possible to expand, and in 1998 Black Hole Recordings added two new labels to their imprint: “In Trance We Trust” and “Songbird”, which became the label of choice for Tiësto’s “In Search of Sunrise” series.

By 2001 another label was added to the roster: “Magik Muzik”. Initially used for Tiësto’s singles, the sub label expanded quickly and also released material from other artists. Throughout the early days of Black Hole Recordings, many now famous DJs and producers got their first opportunity to release a DJ mix compilation. Ferry Corsten, Armin van Buuren, DJ Montana, Cor Fijneman, Johan Gielen and Ton TB were amongst them, and up to this day a lot of new talent took the first steps in the industry on Black Hole Recordings.

Interview with Blufeld about his album ‘Thoughtscapes’ out on Green Martian/Bonzai Banshee. For Blufeld, electronic music is the pulse of life. Evocative of all genres, yet guided by a set of dynamics and instrumentation very much of its own unique identity, it breathes a type of emotion to a degree that can only be reached via the imaginative use of synthesizer and drum.

Blufeld has been captivated and completely mesmerized into a three dimensional world of sound, and endeavours to maximize all levels of the sonic and emotional spectrum so as to reach and tug at the heartstrings of people who love electronic music.

Blufeld is a craftsman with a deep sense of care and love for the output and quality of his productions; a producer who works solo to use sound and imagination to output everything that’s inside his heart and mind to create some of the most complex and deepest emotive tracks in progressive trance music.

Interview with Manuel Le Saux about his album 'First Light' out on Discover Records. Living in Rome, and championing the sound of full-on euphoric trance across Europe, Manuel Le Saux has become known for uplifting peak time trance. His vast list of productions and remixes speak for themselves, with releases on Recoverworld, Discover, A State Of Trance, Nu Depth, Enhanced and Digital Society Recordings.

Manuel has built up a huge live following aided in no small part by the popularity of his Extrema radio show.
With over 1,000 shows already aired, it’s no wonder that he is continually booked to play Europe’s big trance events including Quest 4 Trance, Luminosity, Tomorrowland, Entrance Festival, Technoclub and Gatecrasher to name just a few. He has also graced the stage in Australia, Argentina, and Mexico - in fact just about all four corners of the globe!

Interview with Jelle Boon about his debut digital only album ‘First Law Of Boon’ Hailing from Enkhuizen, The Netherlands, 18-year-old multi talented Dutch DJ/producer Jelle Boon took his first steps in the world of electronic dance music at the age of 13. Initially, Jelle focused on programming hip-hop beats, but soon he discovered house, and eventually found his style of choice when he made his acquaintance with Electro; a style that in his mind had everything that house did not.

Soon Jelle spent all his quality time in the studio on the sound that he would quickly make his own. When working on new material, Jelle’s main objective is to always create complex arrangements that will still sound great, and it is exactly that way of working that drew the attention of the record labels. His first productions, like the well received “Der Holle Rache”, were the perfect showcase for this approach to Electro, in which he moves from classical music to plain noise, to machinery and back; everything programmed with truly unique sounds. Critics in the industry aptly described his output as young, energetic and edgy, with an undeniable Dutch icing on top of it.

Belgian festival Tomorrowland has firmly cemented itself in the eyes of the world as being by far one of the leading live music events on the planet, with 2012 becoming its biggest year yet and picking up numerous awards in the process, including Best Major Festival at the European Festival Awards.
 
Tomorrowland has already clocked up over 40 million unique views of its now infamous 2012 after-movie, and over 400,000 views EVERY DAY across all Tomorrowland content, further highlighting the immense interest in what is surely one of the world’s best live music events. With all eyes firmly focused on this year’s edition, event organizers have released important ticket and travel information.