Extravagance SL, a project, founded in the late summer in 2009 by the 2 DJs and Producer Philipp Leske and Marcus Schleickmann.
Long before they were on several events as DJs together behind the turntables and realized very quickly that they are on the same shaft. They share not only their preference for Trance and progressive trance, they also know exactly how this should reflect in their own productions.
Since the end of 2010 they found their musical homebase in FENology Records, the well-known label of Woody van Eyden, where their second Release *Rebuild 3.0* was directly grapped by Talla 2XLC on his Techno Club Mix Compilation Vol.39 and played by many big player such as Paul van Dyk, Alex M.O.R.P.H, Claudia Cazacu and Woody van Eyden to name a few. Moreover it was reviewed from 2 big magazines in Germany (Raveline, DJ Mag) and another big one in the USA (DJ Times Magazine).
One month in front of *Rebuild 3.0*, their track *Nightshift* with a bomb remix of Dan Stone, released on Tool Trance, was *TUNE OF THE WEEK* on Armin van Buuren/s *A STATE OF TRANCE 570*. The track reached the TOP 20 in the Beatport Trance Charts and was also played from big players like Above & Beyond, Solarstone, Cressida, Max Graham, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Woody van Eyden and many more.
Meanwhile they toured through various gigs and played also on Heavensgate Events, the well-known Radio & Event brand from Alex M.O.R.P.H. and Woody van Eyden.
Since the beginning of 2013 they present a monthly Guestmix on Heavensgate Radio with a big global radio network.
The next logical step was that they are exclusively managed throughout the world by Music & Artist Agency.
After the last two awesome releases *Veyron* (FENology Records) and *Captiva* (Digital Society Recordings/Enhanced Music) a lot of tracks and remixes are in the row.
Interview was written and conducted by Dimiri Kechagias, Music Journalist, Radio / DJ
Name: Extravagance SL
Location: Germany
Dimitri: Can you tell us about your achievements in your music career in 2013 as DJ &/or producer?
Extravagance SL: We play the second time in the row at the Nature One Festival was a highlight, definitely awesome and as always impressive! Also our first gig as a headliner. We played from 2.30 till 4.00 and the club was still full and burn on, amazing folks.
Dimitri: If you look back on 2013, are there any events in your music career that you wished you had done differently in order to get a better outcome?
Extravagance SL: Not necessarily, maybe more time for more music.
1) Best Track:
Extravagance SL: Simon Patterson feat. Lucy Pullin – The One (Original Mix)
2) Best Artist (DJ & producer):
Extravagance SL: Alex M.O.R.P.H.
3) Best Remix:
Extravagance SL: Bruno Mars – Treasure (Audien Remix)
4) Best Remixer:
Extravagance SL: Audien
5) Best New Talent (DJ or producer):
Extravagance SL: Corti Organ and of course we, haha ;)
6) Best EDM Album:
Extravagance SL: Alex M.O.R.P.H. – Prime Mover The Remixes
7) Best EDM Compilation:
Extravagance SL: I Love Trance Volume One (FENology Records)
8) Best artwork/cover of an album or compilation:
Extravagance SL: HeavensGate Volume 2 CD Compilation
9) Best Vocalist/Singer featured on an EDM track:
Extravagance SL: The Nameless Girl on (Nick the Kid pres. The Nameless Girl – Bright Light (FENology Records)
10) Best EDM Label:
Extravagance SL: Armada
11) Best Music Video:
Extravagance SL: Pop Danthology 2013
12) Best amusing video from Youtube related to Dance Music:
Extravagance SL: Bingo Players ft. Far East Movement - Get Up (Rattle) Man those ducks are so funny !
13) Best Online Social media network:
Extravagance SL: Facebook and Twitter
14) Best music composition software:
Extravagance SL: Logic Studio
15) Best Event or Open Air Festival:
Extravagance SL: Nature One
16) Best personal DJ Gig:
Extravagance SL: Nature One (HeavensGate Floor) !!
17) Best DJ set of the year from another DJ?:
Extravagance SL: It was a Live Set from Extrawelt, amazing guys!
18) Best country in which you have performed:
Extravagance SL: Oh, tricky question…..we think Germany cause we haven/t played in another country :))
19) Best Radio show:
Extravagance SL: HeavensGate
20) Best Radio station:
Extravagance SL: Ibiza Global Radio
21) Best Online Record shop where you usually purchase your music:
Extravagance SL: Beatport
22) Best Website that you visit regularly:
Extravagance SL: http://www.djtechtools.com/
23) Best smart phone/mobile/App:
Extravagance SL: Recordbox
24) Best DJ/Producer product (software or hardware):
Extravagance SL: NI Maschine
25) Best Twitter or Facebook message you received from a fan or friend or you have read from someone else:
Extravagance SL: Well, to get a tweet by Mr. Armin van Buuren of course was a big thing for us !
26) Best piece of News you heard this year related to Electronic Dance Music:
Extravagance SL: These were News for us which we can/t talk about right now.
27) Best personal achievement related to Electronic Dance Music:
Extravagance SL: Dan Stone remix of our track “Nightshift” was “TUNE OF THE WEEK” @ ASOT 570 last year and on #15 in the Beatport Trance Charts.
28) Best holiday destination or best hobby or activity that you spent some time in during 2013
Extravagance SL: For sure we spend time in all kinds of music, preferably Trance and to keep fit Wing Tsun.
29) Best piece of advice you got in relation to your career:
Extravagance SL: Constantly moving forward
30) The Best Book this year, preferably related to EDM:
Extravagance SL: we don/t know one, can you recommend one?
Dimitri: Of course, you can check Mary Go Wild, 25 years of dance music in the Netherlands
31) Best tip that you learnt this year relating to DJ’ing or music composition
Extravagance SL: Sync Buttons are the future, haha, just kiddin/. We learnt so much every day about DJ/ing and producing for sure, that will never stop.
Dimitri: 2014 is ahead of us; would you like to tell us your plans for future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations or DJ gigs.
Extravagance SL: What we can say that a lot of music is on its way, our new single will be out soon on Tool Trance included a really big remix. As well a full feature single release will be released on FENology, also other singles and remixes, we can/t talk about yet. So we are looking forward to 2014 and for sure we hope to play some gigs, maybe the third time in a row at Nature One Festival for example ;)).
Dimitri: Thanks very much for taking the time to reply to this interview
Extravagance SL: Thanks also for having us for this nice interview.
Thanks to Timo Kollochter at Music & Artist agency for his support to organise the interview.
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