Interview with Protoculture aka Nate Raubenheimer about his ‘TranceWorld vol. 18’ mix compilation, out now on Armada Music. Only a few South African producers enjoy the success that DJ and Producer Nate Raubenheimer, better known to most as Protoculture, has had over the last 8 years. Sucked into the art of music production at a young age, he made the leap to pursue a music career professionally after completing his studies in Audio Engineering at age 20. He immediately took the international Psy-Trance scene by storm with his first artist album, 'Refractions' and trademark melodic and uplifting sound. 

Rich Triphonic's radio show ‘ Triphonic Sessions’ has been gathering momentum for over 2 years now. Hosted on 1Mix Radio, Triphonic Sessions has grown into one of the most popular weekly radio shows within the underground Trance scene..

With support from some of the biggest names in the Electronic Dance Music scene; Paul Van Dyk, Markus Schulz, Cosmic Gate, Judge Jules, Sean Tyas, Lisa Lashes, 4strings, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Sebastian Brandt, Claudia Cazacu, and many more..

The 100th show will provide a journey like no other, with Artist from across the world, to stamp down there sounds on one of the hottest online radio events of the summer.

Interview with First State aka Sander van Dien about his latest singles and well known compilation series ‘The Whole Nine Yards’  First State starts the year in a manner that the world of electronic dance music has come to expect. Bringing in the New Year as part of a huge six city tour of Australia; alongside the Chemical Brothers, MIA and Mark Ronson among others, whilst releasing another edition of the eagerly anticipated 'The Whole Nine Yards' compilation series. 2013 also sees him team up with the vocal talents of Sarah Howells for another smash in the shape of 'Seeing Stars'. With the massive Crossroads radio show each and every month, his First State Music label, an ever growing arsenal of now legendary 'Bashups', and a whole host of brand new productions and big name collaborations; First State has truly made the step from one of dance music’s most exciting prospects, into one of its most consistent names.

Interview with Mark Meeuwissen, A&R at Black Hole Recordings. We continue our quest to get to know the hard work involved behind the scenes within the hectic world of a record label with our second interview focusing on the globally known record label ‘Black Hole recordings’. They have amazing artists on their roster including Tiesto, who is one of its founders, with his amazing unforgettable classics, along with Arny Bink, Cosmic Gate BT, JES, Julie Thompson, Andy Duguid, Richard Durand and many more. The music released on the various sub labels stay true to the credo “Captivate, Communicate and Celebrate”!

For our second interview we chose to talk with Mark Meeuwissen, A&R at Black Hole Recordings, well known as DJ and producer in his personal career under the name Mark Green. Mark talks about how he ended up working with Black Hole Recordings, and the work he does at Black Hole headquarters.

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.