Best Of 2013 Interview: Sean Tyas

Best Of 2013 Interview: Sean Tyas. A New York native now residing in Switzerland, Sean Tyas is one of the brightest new stars to rise from the Trance scene in recent years. He first broke onto the scene when Sander van Doorn selected him winner of the 'Punk'd' remix competition, leading to the Discover label to sign up his early releases such as 'Lift' which captured the imagination of the Trance community.

This proved to be the start of Sean Tyas emerging as one of the most talented and in-demand producers in EDM today, having co-produced with Armin van Buuren on 'Intricacy', remixed the likes of 'Suburban Train' for Tiësto, 'Oceanic' for Above & Beyond and 'Waiting' for Dash Berlin, and today releasing on a range of leading trance labels such as Armada, Vandit, Black Hole Recordings, AnjunaBeats and his own Tytanium Recordings, while simultaneously spreading his nu-school electro-tech sounds on sought-after labels including Tone Diary and Burn The Fire.

Latest release is his collaboration with Noah Neiman and the amazing singer Fisher - Lose My Logic on Black Hole recordings    

Dimitri: Can you tell us about your achievements in your music career in 2013 as DJ &/or producer?

Sean Tyas: This was a great year of growth for me. I wanted to learn Ableton Live for production so I have the ability to switch if needed, but also for collaborations with artists that use Live.  That took a while for me to learn it as I’m an avid Logic user and the approach is totally different, but I’m proud to say I finally know it really well.

1) Best Remixer:  

Sean Tyas: Mikkas

2) Best EDM Album: 

 Sean Tyas: Giuseppe Ottaviani - Magenta [Black Hole]

3) Best artwork/cover of an album or compilation: 

 Sean Tyas: Far Too Loud / Firestorm EP.-  This guy must be one of the best producers of our day.  He can do anything and his tracks sound so massive.

4) Best Vocalist/Singer featured on an EDM track: 

 Sean Tyas: Fisher or Emma Hewitt.  Both are such amazing people in real life, plus their voices really just force anyone hearing them to fall in love with their sound.

5) Best EDM Label:   

Sean Tyas: Armada

6) Best amusing video from Youtube related to Dance Music:

 Sean Tyas:  Tosh.0 – Bad DJ 

Its f***** amazing.  Normally I think videos satirizing DJs and dance music are a bit too much but he hits it from the right angle and it really is so funny.

7) Best Online Social media network:  

Sean Tyas:  Soundcloud.  I love the approach this site took, and artists now prefer this over YouTube to preview their stuff.

8) Best music composition software:  

Sean Tyas: Ableton Live

9) Best Event or Open Air Festival:  

Sean Tyas: EDC Las Vegas or Tomorrowland Belgium

10) Best personal DJ Gig: 

Sean Tyas:   ASOT 500 Den Bosch

11) Best country in which you have performed:  

Sean Tyas: Argentina

12) Best Radio station:  

Sean Tyas:  Sirius XM Electric Area or BPM

13) Best Online Record shop where you usually purchase your music: 

Sean Tyas: Beatport

14) Best Website that you visit regularly: 

Sean Tyas: Macrumors.com or toucharcade.com

15) Best smart phone/mobile/App: 

 Sean Tyas: Garageband is pretty amazing for jotting down basic Ideas and Korg Electribe for making very tweaked out beats.

16) Best DJ/Producer product (software or hardware): 

 Sean Tyas:  Rekordbox or Mixed in key

17) Best piece of News you heard this year related to Electronic Dance Music:  

Sean Tyas: I have heard Mysteryland will start up in USA. That’s awesome.  That’s always been on of my favourite events I have played at. Such an amazing theme.

18) Best holiday destination or best hobby or activity that you spent some time in during 2013

Sean Tyas: Video Games! I’m a big gamer but I guess of all the games I play, I play on iPad the most and lately XCom has been my favourite one. Almost finished with it….

19) Best piece of advice you got in relation to your career:

Sean Tyas: Macbook pro. The heart of probably most studios these days.  So powerful that you can literally use it as the main studio computer, unplug it and then take it on the road!

20) The Best Book this year, preferably related to EDM:  

Sean Tyas: Books about EDM?  Not something to be reading about, its something to be experienced.  My favourite book I read this year was the Game of Thrones Vol 1-4 pack!

21) Best Movie of the year preferably related to EDM or inspired you to compose a track.

Sean Tyas: Man of Steel had some amazing music!  I would say that was certainly an inspiration to go get onto some new melodies.

Dimitri: 2014 is ahead of us; would you like to tell us your plans for future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations or DJ gigs.
Sean Tyas: Studio Album being worked on in 2014, so that will be the bulk of my work life for a while, but also some interesting collaborations coming up with the likes of Paul van Dyk, a follow-up with Giuseppe Ottaviani, and a few more. Plus several more tracks with the amazing voice of Fisher!
Thanks very much for  taking the time to reply to this interview
Thanks very much to Vass at Urban Rebel PR  for his help to organise this interview

You can book Sean Tyas via http://www.integrityam.com/artist/sean-tyas/

 Interview was written and conducted by Dimitri Kechagias

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