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Written by Paul
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 ID&T Belgium’s legendary Tomorrowland: Universally and unequivocally acclaimed as one of THE biggest success stories of 2011, and dubbed by many as “the 21st Century’s answer to Woodstock”, the multi-award winning super-festival RETURNS on the 27th July 2012 for its 8th edition of fantastical, show-stopping, electronic dance music cream! Back once more to its fairy-tale home – the breathtaking De Schorre National Park in Belgium – for another 3-day bonanza of unparalleled world-class talent and out-of-this-world production, the undisputed goliath of the international festival circuit is gearing up for what will be, without question, the most talked about event of this year’s season. If you think you’ve experienced festivals as they should be, but have yet to sample the delights of Tomorrowland, look no further.
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Written by Paul
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 Simon Cowell’s SYCO ENTERTAINMENT partner with Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith’s OVERBROOK ENTERTAINMENT on the development and launch of a live, new international TV format to find the world’s greatest DJs. This new format has already been developed and will be co-produced by SYCO and OVERBROOK. The show will capture the incredible rise of the DJ phenomena. It has been in development for over a year and SYCO, OE and Sony Pictures Television will soon announce their broadcast partners in both the US and the UK.
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Written by Dimitri Kechagias
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 Interview with Pedro del Mar about his compilation Mellomania 21. It’s that time of year, when after months of hard work, Pedro del Mar releases the 21st episode of his successful compilation series ‘Mellomania’. He is responsible for going through thousands of demos, along with the obvious trance anthems that are currently played by the biggest trance DJ’s worldwide, to choose the appropriate new and exclusive tracks that he will include in each Mellomania CD. He divides the tracks in two great mixes. The first one is called ‘The Club Session’ with the ‘uplifting hands in the air anthems’, and the second one is ‘The Beach Session’ with the more progressive summery Balearic selections’ perfect to relax to and calm your spirit, so you can imagine that you dance along to it in a beach bar in Ibiza. When compilations carry on for so many years’ it means that they manage to build a loyal fan base who appreciate the hard work and the amount of time that an artist invests, in order to release a compilation that later will be considered as a classic.
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Written by Paul
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 Tomorrowland 2012 [De Schorre, Boom, Belgium] 27th - 29th July 2012
Line-up: info from 1st January
Tickets info: from 1st February
Presales tickets: April 7th
The fairy tale continuous... Please welcome Fatboy Slim at Tomorrowland!
Norman Cook still heads into his studio to chop up other people’s tracks for use in his DJ sets, to which end, he clicks a button on his laptop and out bursts a highly improbable mash-up of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, Armand Van Helden’s New York City Beat, The Incredible Bongo Band’s Apache and Prokoviev’s Peter And The Wolf, which is simultaneously brilliant, entirely ridiculous and the kind of idea that only Norman Cook would have.
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Written by Dimitri Kechagias
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 Best of 2011 mini interview with DJ Mikas, Canada's fastest rising star! DJ Mikas is one of Canada's fastest rising stars in the dance music scene. He is the founder of Progressive Grooves Records, host of TranceClass TV & Radio and resident of Gorg-O-Mish nightclub. As of December 2011, he is ranked #275 world wide on Social 100 DJs. As label head of Progressive Grooves Records he pushed for, and discovered, such artists as Enton Mushi, Manuel De La Mare, Kings Of Addiction, Yan Lhert, Shato, Paul Rockseek, Jake Shanahan, Martin Roth, DJ Sage and Haley Parsons among others. The label enjoys continuous support from DJ’s such as Markus Schulz, Paul Van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, Tiesto, Gareth Emery, Cosmic Gate, Richard Durand, Andy Moor, tyDi and too many more to mention.
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Written by Dimitri Kechagias
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 Best of 2011 interview with DJ and producer Dirkie Coetzee
Name: Dirkie Coetzee
Location: South Africa
Dirkie Coetzee started his career in the EDM scene as a bedroom DJ way back at the tender age of 16. After spending numerous years perfecting his mixing skills he quickly started to feature in night clubs, events and radio stations around Southern Africa. It was in this time that Dirkie started to gain interest in the art of music production. “I used to be a DJ, but thanks to the wonderful world of music production I can now create the music I want to play.”
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Written by Dimitri Kechagias
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 Best of 2011 - Interview with SYNA
Name: Toni Kurkimaki / SYNA
Location: Seinajoki, Finland
Synthesizers and beats! That's basically what we're about.
We are Syna - Toni, Mika and Timo from Finland. We've been here since 2004, more or less actively producing stuff for music lovers and DJ's. You can also spot some of us from other music projects such as Deck Jagger And Timo Juuti & Hector 87.
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Written by Dimitri Kechagias
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 Best of 2011 Interview with Miss Nine
Name: Miss Nine
Location: Everywhere & Amsterdam
DJ Miss Nine has been a major presence on the dance scene for quite a few years now. With her eclectic taste in music, ranging from energetic grooves with plenty of vocals to a deeper, progressive sound, Miss Nine turns heads and moves feet wherever she performs. Miss Nine was born in Germany as Kristin Schrot and at the age of 16, she started her career – not as a DJ, but as a model. Shortly thereafter, she secured a worldwide contract with Elite Model Management. After moving to Amsterdam, she discovered the art of DJ’ing and her passion for music eventually led her become a DJ as well.
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Written by Dimitri Kechagias
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 Best of 2011 with Jonas Stenberg. A classically trained musician since childhood, Jonas Stenberg moved on to compose EDM in the late 90's. The first releases came in 2003, with two tracks featured on Swedish trance compilations. Following this, Jonas started to develop his sound and take it in a new direction, participating in movie score projects, and blending different styles of EDM. Besides music, Jonas is finishing a degree in biotech engineering, this took him to Melbourne in 2007, where he studied and gathered new musical inspiration. After years of shaping his sound, Jonas became a resident on Marcel Woods' acclaimed Musical Madness imprint in 2008.
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Written by Dimitri Kechagias
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 The Manufactured Superstars are Bradley Roulier and Shawn Sabo, the Denver-based DJ/producers known as being “the funnest DJs on the planet.” With an eclectic style spanning many genres, the duo pride themselves on being accessible and engaging. Involved in the industry’s leading digital retailer, Beatport.com, from the ground-up (Roulier was a co-founder and is currently a founding member, while Sabo was an original employee and is currently a member), the Manufactured Superstars have long had their fingers on the pulse of EDM. It’s not unusual to hear 100 different tracks played during a single two-hour Manufactured Superstars set. With DJ residencies at superclubs including XS at the Wynn in Las Vegas and Beta Nightclub in Denver (Roulier is co-owner of the latter, incidentally), as well as mainstage spots at leading festivals including Electric Daisy Carnival, the Identity Festival tour, Global Dance at Red Rocks ampitheater and others, there’s one thing that’s for certain when the Manufactured Superstars take the decks: the party’s on!
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