Best of 2012: Arrakeen from Singapore

Name: Arrakeen

Location: Singapore

Dimitri: Can you tell us how 2012 has been for the development of your career as a DJ and/or Producer?

Arrakeen: I’ve gotta say it’s been coming along pretty alright so far! As a producer, I’m beginning to receive the exposure resulting from the hard work I’ve been putting in to find and create my own signature sound… I had an early year remix project in February with Camouflage, and was approached by several other labels for remix projects which I had to unfortunately turn down, due to time constraints and balancing producing and work life… It wasn’t completely stagnant of course; so on the up side, I do have two truly great releases coming out early 2013 on the always awesome Camouflage, so I do hope my fans will lend their support and stay tuned! These are really gonna be something… I’m really excited about the upcoming year!

Best of 2012: Frank Cherryman from Spain

Name:  Frank Cherryman

Location: Alicante (Spain)

Dimitri: Can you tell us how 2012 has been for the development of your career as a DJ and/or Producer?

Frank Cherryman: I've done plenty new productions, focusing on Trance and Dance, which has allowed me to play in more clubs that usual. The best year of my career without a doubt and counting!

Dimitri: If you look back at 2012, are there any moments in your musical career that you wish you had done differently in order to get a better outcome?

Frank Cherryman: Of course, I always have moments or things that I could change, but only little details. I believe in my job and work hard to arrive where I want.

Best of 2012: Suzy Solar

Name: Suzy Solar

Location: Tampa, Florida USA

Dimitri: Can you tell us how 2012 has been for the development of your career as a DJ and/or Producer?

Suzy: 2012 has been great for me. I’ve been working on several tracks and playing gigs with some of my favorite DJ’s like Ferry Corsten, Above & Beyond, Paul Oakenfold, Sander van Doorn, Gabriel & Dresden, DJ Rap, and Noel Sanger. Next year will be even bigger!

Dimitri: If you look back at 2012, are there any moments in your musical career that you wish you had done differently in order to get a better outcome?

Suzy: Not any specifics moments, but I do wish that I would have gotten a personal assistant so that I’d have had more time to get everything done.

Best of 2012: Simon Lee & Alvin

Name: Simon Lee & Alvin
Location: Malaysia

Dimitri: Can you tell us how 2012 has been for the development of your career as a DJ and/or Producer?

Simon Lee & Alvin: 2012 has been a huge year for us! It’s our 5th year of Radio KUL and we’re so happy with the continued support from 1 Mix Radio! We’ve been able to feature so many amazing EDM artistes on the show – it’s so great to have them share their music and experiences with the listeners – most notably Molly Bancroft, Madelin Zero, and the many guest DJ sets that we’ve featured. We also celebrated our 200th episode this year – thanks to singers Hadley and Cristina Soto for hosting those special editions! And we mixed Radio KUL Vol. 02 that went to #32 on the Beatport Mixes chart.

Personally as DJs, we finished our debut single “Count The Stars” that just got released on the legendary Black Hole Recordings. I think that was the most important thing we did this year - just spending plenty of time in the studio finishing a lot of music and edits that we can use in our radio shows and performances.

We played some really great gigs this year too - some small, some bigger. And we won a local dance music award (Choons Award) for our radio show.

So yes, we cannot ask for more and it’s been so humbling to have all this success in 2012.

It will be very hard to top this year!

Best of 2012: Marc Simz

Name: Marc Simz
Location: Nijmegen the Netherlands

Dimitri: Can you tell us how 2012 has been for the development of your career as a DJ and/or Producer?

Marc Simz: 2012 was not a good year for me, changed from bookings agency. Not enough time for new productions, and a low amount of gigs.

Dimitri: If you look back at 2012, are there any moments in your musical career that you wish you had done differently in order to get a better outcome?

Marc Simz:  I like trance a lot, so I make different kind of trance. But I think I have to stay more to the tech trance in 2013.

Best of 2012, Alex Fisher

Name: Alex Fisher
Location: Holland

Dimitri: Can you tell us how 2012 has been for the development of your career as a DJ and/or Producer?

Alex Fisher: 2012 was an amazing year for me, I did a lot of new tracks and great gigs

Best of 2012: Wilf Hammarica

Name: Wilf Hammarica

Location: Seattle, USA

Dimitri: Can you tell us how 2012 has been for the development of your career as a DJ and/or Producer?

Wilf Hammarica: I got a new studio set up together and started recording under the alias Area 303 with partner in beats Larry Kleinke. We did some shows around clubs in Seattle and had numerous gigs for ITV Live; The DJ Sessions. However, for 2013 we want to rapidly expand and start touring after finishing a few new EPs.

Dimitri: If you look back at 2012, are there any moments in your musical career that you wish you had done differently in order to get a better outcome?

Wilf Hammarica: 2012 went very smoothly, Yet, I wish I had a bit more time to record myself since I invest most of my time in Hammarica.

Best of 2012: Darin Epsilon

Name:  Darin Epsilon

Location:  Los Angeles, US

Dimitri: Can you tell us how 2012 has been for the development of your career as a DJ and/or Producer?

Darin Epsilon: I honestly could not have asked for a better year!  There were so many important milestones:  playing two massive festivals for US top promoter Insomniac Events; headlining my first show in Africa; appearing on Nick Warren’s Renaissance compilation; and signing with Nick’s respected label ‘Hope Recordings’.

Dimitri: If you look back at 2012, are there any moments in your musical career that you wish you had done differently in order to get a better outcome?

Darin Epsilon: I don’t regret any decision I’ve made thus far. Every failure has only made me a stronger person, and ultimately led me to where I am today.

Best of 2012: Harmonic Agenda

Name: John Svartberg - alias: Harmonic Agenda.
Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Dimitri: Can you tell us how 2012 has been for the development of your career as a DJ and/or Producer?
Harmonic Agenda: 2012 has been a Great year for me, both as a person and in my musical career. In early spring this year, my beautiful daughter was born. She is my firstborn child, and it has been an amazing journey so far. Being a dad is life changing, and I love every bit of it. She gives me so much inspiration every day.
Since being a parent takes up a lot of time, my focus hasn’t been put into my music this year. But I’ve had a few releases, and two of them are really special to me.
Drylight - Tin Box (Harmonic Agenda Remix), has a very unique sound coming from me. It is not Trance.. it is not Pop.. it is an electronic mixture of my feelings that I managed to capture during my girlfriend’s pregnancy. It means a lot to me.
Harmonic Agenda - Philly Fox (Original Mix), is a milestone in my early career. This is my first original track, released on Nemesis (Subtraxx). I managed to express exactly what Harmonic Agenda means to me - progressive beats, with lots of percussion, tension pads, harmonic leads, deep cutting saw basses and funky plucks. I am really proud to have this tune in my line-up.

Best of 2012: Iversoon & Alex Daf

Name: Iversoon & Alex Daf
Location: Ukraine

Dimitri: Can you tell us how 2012 has been for the development of your career as a DJ and/or Producer?

Iversoon & Alex Daf: We have to admit that this year was very productive for Iversoon & Alex Daf, and we have been working hard on it. We have been released more than 15 singles and EPs as well as compilations in which our tracks were included. Our main achievement in 2012 was signing to Armada and Black Hole. That makes us really happy, and as a result our gig schedule has increased and we’ve started to get more orders for remixes and that’s great too.

Dimitri: If you look back at 2012, are there any moments in your musical career that you wish you had done differently in order to get a better outcome?

Iversoon & Alex Daf: We are pretty happy with what is happening now, and how 2012 has turned out for Iversoon & Alex Daf. We consider this year to be full of new experiences and achievements in a producer's aspect. Of course, we have experienced a lot of difficulties, but everyone has them eventually. We are looking for a good booking manager at the moment.

Best of 2012: Morten Breum

Name: Morten Breum

Location: Copenhagen

Dimitri: Can you tell us how 2012 has been for the development of your career as a DJ and/or Producer?

Morten Breum: I started working with my new management team and we had a mutual goal from day one. First priority was to move to LA, where joining forces with other artists is less of a challenge. From a creative perspective, I needed a new inspiration, a breath of fresh air and a change of scenery. LA is a very creative and inspiring city; it has a special vibe. So far, things have been great. We have made a lot of progress during the last year. I’m sure 2013 will be even better!

Dimitri: If you look back at 2012, are there any moments in your musical career that you wish you had done differently in order to get a better outcome?

Morten Breum: No, not really. You can always look back and think you could have done better. But I choose to look forward.

Best of 2012: Moodies

Name: Moodies

Location: Czech Republic

Dimitri: Can you tell us how 2012 has been for the development of your career as a DJ and/or Producer?

Both: We've released our first remix, our first EP, played our first gig as the ‘Moodies’, played at an open air event for the first time, and now we are making our first interview. Good year, isn't it?

Dimitri: If you look back at 2012, are there any moments in your musical career that you wish you had done differently in order to get a better outcome?

Both: It was a busy year, it would just be nice if we had more time to spend in the studio during summer.

Best of 2012 according to Moodies, please welcome Adam & Voytech

Best of 2012: Graeme Park

Name: Graeme Park
Location: The North

Dimitri: Can you tell us how 2012 has been for the development of your career as a DJ and/or Producer?

Graeme: I’ve been celebrating The Haçienda’s 30th Anniversary all year with some amazing gigs in the UK, Europe and around the world.  Considering the club closed its doors in 1997, there is still such a lot of love and support for The Haçienda.  The year ends with me doing a 7 hour set at our annual Christmas party at Sankeys in Manchester on 27th December.

Dimitri: If you look back at 2012, are there any moments in your musical career that you wish you had done differently in order to get a better outcome?: 

Graeme:  I wouldn’t change a thing.

Best of 2012: Bodo Kaiser

Name: Bodo Kaiser
Location: Switzerland

Dimitri: Can you tell us how 2012 has been for the development of your career as a DJ and/or Producer?

Bodo Kaiser: It has been A Great Year with some new Experiences to Play at new Locations, and also got to do some new Style of Remixes for Great Artists

Dimitri: If you look back at 2012, are there any moments in your musical career that you wish you had done differently in order to get a better outcome?

Bodo Kaiser: Nope I'm happy the Way it is!

Best of 2012: Moonbeam

Best of 2012: Moonbeam

Name: Moonbeam

Location: Russia

Best of 2012 according to Moonbeam

1) Best Track: A*S*Y*S - Acid Glitch

2) Best Artist: Oliver Koletzki

3) Best Remix: Channel X - My 3 Wishes (Kolombo Remix)

4) Best Remixer: Gui Boratto

5) Best New Talent: Kairo Kingdom

6) Best EDM Album: Kosheen - Independence

7) Best EDM Compilation: John Digweed Live In London

Best of 2012: Aerofoil

Name: Aerofoil

Location: Holland

Dimitri: Can you tell us how 2012 has been for the development of your career as a DJ and/or Producer?

Aerofoil: 2012 has been a good step forward! Having a bunch of successful releases, and of course my own radio show called "AfterBurned" have been good promotional material to get me more up in the scene. 

Best of 2012 according to Aerofoil

Best of 2012: Headstrong (Don Jackson)

Best of 2012: Headstrong (Don Jackson)
Name:  Headstrong (Don Jackson)
Location: York (UK)
Intro questions:

Dimitri: Can you tell us how 2012 has been for the development of your career as a DJ and/or Producer?:   

Headstrong: 2012 has been all Headstrong: About quality and not quantity. With 2 very successful releases from headstrong. Giving time to finish the much anticipated new Album: 'Headstrong – Timeless part Deux' http://www.solarecords.com for pre-order

Dimitri: If you look back at 2012, are there any moments in your musical career that you wish you had done differently in order to get a better outcome?:

Headstrong: None at all, very happy with my releases building up to a very big output of new material in 2013.

Markus Schulz World Tour - Best Of 2012

Markus Schulz World Tour - Best Of 2012. It’s been the year in which readers of Stateside EDM bible DJ Times voted him America’s Best DJ. The year that (with zeitgeist timing) his ‘Los Angeles ’12’ compilation-captured the moment another American metropolis went supernova and with ‘Scream’ he hit his fourth artist album homerun. Now to cap off one of the most incredible 365s of his career, Markus Schulz is taking you on tour with him. Recorded live throughout the year, track by ballistic track, ‘World Tour - Best Of 2012’ whistle-stops you country-to–country and club-to-club.

Pack your bag Club-Citizen – we’re going around the world in 80 minutes.

Every month for the last five years, Markus Schulz has beamed his in-club experiences into living rooms, gyms, offices and car stereos everywhere. Zeroing in on one city, one big event and one dependably up-for-it crowd, he digitally captures it for the monthly Global DJ Broadcast World Tour show. Catching every fader flip, every tweak of the treble, every firing of the FX unit and every resultant reactive cheer, World Tour sets get you as ringside as its possible to get (without stepping on a plane).