EDMBoston's Interview with Showtek

This past Sunday night on ye ole St Paddy's Day, EDMBoston was able to sit down backstage at Prime with the brothers Janssen, Wouter(pronounced Vow-ter) and Sjeord(pronounced Sho-ert), of Dutch hard house Duo Showtek and asked them some questions. It was an awesome experience, they were really cool guys with some really cool stories. Check out our interview with Showtek in Boston below.

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Minnesota Interview & Download | Mic'd Up

Recently, we caught up with Minnesota at the Middle East and got to ask him a few questions about his tour and his newest music. Below is our interview, as well as a download for his new remix of Adventure Club.

Minnesota! Welcome to Boston! How are you doing today? I know you're on your shadow boxing tour, can you tell us a bit about that, and how that name came about?

Yeah, I've been touring with Zion I and the name is going off of their album. I'm not really sure where they got their name. We were trying to work together to come with a cool name for the tour, and I didnt really have an idea so we called it. It sounds cool and it works!

With the SnowGlobe festival around the corner, how do you approach playing festivals with a more mellow atmosphere, rather than at more mainstream events?

I feel like most of the festivals I play have a...

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Zedd Interviewed for Huffington Post by Tommie Sunshine

Tommie Sunshine isn't a man of few words and to those that follow his social media you know all to well. So who better then he to dig into Zedd and get him to open up about things? Well he did just that for HuffingtonPost

(Huffington Post) Note: HuffPost Entertainment linked up Zedd, one of electronic dance music's hottest young producers, with Tommie Sunshine. Sunshine, a decades-long mainstay in the worlds of DJ'ing and producing, interviewed Zedd about working with Lady Gaga, producing his first studio album, "Clarity" and what it's like to be an in-demand producer at the age of 23. We've included Sunshine's introduction and the entire, unedited Q&A, below.

When I played at Pacha here in NYC on New Year's Day 2011, there was a track that seemed to rock the room just a bit harder than all the others. It was a remix of just barely breaking Skrillex by a relatively unknown producer at the time named Zedd. I reached out to him on Soundcloud and we have been in touch ever since. That first set of exchanges made me realize just how different of an artist Zedd was when his reply to the producer/DJ standard, "send me a .zip of your tunes" was "what songs do u like to have? I usually don't do this, in respect of the labels." No one had ever said that to me before and I had so much respect for him instantly.

I knew at that moment...

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Armin Van Buuren Interview

Armin sits down and chats about A State Of Trance (ASOT), ASOT 600, development in trance, progression in production, and his upcoming tour. Find out why certain cities were choosen for ASOT 600 in this armin van buuren interview and what else the artist has going on in his busy schedule.

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For More on Armin Van Buuren watch his Documentary 'A year with Armin Van Buuren'

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Mic'D Up Interview Series Launches with Quintino Live Stream

EDMBoston has been hard at work over the last few months to recreate our interview series.  Today on Tuesday, November 13th we will be doing our first ever live stream interview with special guest Quintino.

The series, to be dubbed "Mic'd Up" will give viewers an inside view into the artist they love.  We will cover everything and anything in the interviews from what they are working on in the studio to outlandish road stories.

Tune in tonight at 10:30

HERE

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What would you ask Dada Life?

In celebration of the release of THE RULES OF DADA, Dada Life will be doing a special live Q&A with fans worldwide this Saturday, October 27th at 3pm EST. Post your questions for Dada Life in the comments section of www.facebook.com/dadalife and keep checking back for more info.

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3LAU Boston Interview

By Adam:

We had the amazing opportunity to catch a few minutes with 3LAU backstage before his house of blues Boston show and interview him.  It was a fantastic experience and have some great material to share with you guys!  Check it out our 3LAU Boston Interview below

Welcome back to Boston! I know you were here in January of last year. Can you tell us a little bit about that and why you decided to come back?

“January was awesome. January 19 exactly 10 months ago I played Royale, and it was my...

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Armin Van Buuren Interviews Markus Schulz on new album 'Scream'

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Afrojack interview on Jacked Tour

DJ Mag sat down with DJ Afrojack in Ottawa to talk about his Jacked Tour, DJ technology, production, and the infamous DJ Mag Top 100 poll.

See what Afrojack interview has to say about Avicii, Deadmau5, Skrillex, David Guetta, Tiesto and Armin van Buuren.

"All I care about is playing the music I love and the music I make to people who fully understand it" - this man is living and breathing dance music.

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Prydz Says "It's about just pressing play" read the full story here

The following article was posted in MTV were Eric Prydz make a splashy interview weighing in on "pressing play".  Pryda has an interesting take on the measure but EDMBoston can say with certitude that not all DJs even the talented ones possess as much skill as he in the both.  As a result, him pressing play is a lot different then others

By Akshay Bhansali

(MTV.com) It's one of the hottest topics in the electronic dance music world. As a result of EDM's recent surge in popularity, what exactly it means to DJ has become a much-debated topic.

With deadmau5 confessing that DJs just "press play," A-trak encouraging DJs to challenge themselves and our colleagueJacob at Dancing Astronauts issuing a heartfelt DJ "Call-Out," we recently had a very frank conversation with an electronic music legend, who broke down his thoughts on the art of DJ'ing.

Our good friends at Surrender Nightclub in Las Vegas helped MTV News catch up with Eric Prydz, who just launched into the states in support of is new collection, Eric Prydz Presents Pryda. Here's what the legend had to say!

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"I think you need to look at what is 'a DJ set' and what is a 'live show,'" Prydz told MTV News. "If you do a live show, everything needs to be...

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Zeds Dead interview

(National Post) Electronic dance music is becoming something Canadians do exceedingly well. Zeds Dead is no exception. The group is comprised of Hooks and DC, two Toronto producers who started working under the moniker Zeds Dead (yes, a nod to Pulp Fiction) in 2009. The duo will bring their act to Yonge-Dundas Square on Saturday, July 28, headlining the Mad Decent Block Party. We talked hometown shows and the taxonomy of dubstep with Hooks this week.  

Q: What does it mean to you to be able to bring a Mad Decent Block Party to Toronto?A: I feel like Dave Chappelle. No, but it’s amazing that we’re doing a show in Yonge and Dundas Square. We’re going to be blasting all sorts of unknowing onlookers with the bass!

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GHOSTS OF VENICE INTERVIEW: by DIGBoston

Article from Dig Boston

INTERVIEW: GHOSTS OF VENICE

Posted on July 12, 2012 by LAUREN METTER Email

The debate of nature vs. nurture seems like an unsolvable intellectual debacle, but if any musician could whole-heartedly embody both sides of the argument, it’s gotta be UK-based producer Lee Dunn. You might know him as Ghosts of Venice.

Dunn grew up surrounded by house and disco, nurtured by four-on-the-floor rhythms and dance music. His stripped-down style leans heavily toward disco, a sound he created while working on the Chicago House label he started with Garrett Shrigley, Second City Recordings.

Remixing the likes of Grum, James Talk, and Ridney and releasing tracks on labels such as Strictly Rhythm, Defected, and Guest House are all huge feats for a producer in his early 20s, kind of like how huge Sweet Shop and CreateSpace’s  booking of such a forward-thinking artist for this Saturday night at Good Life is. Not to mention Ghosts of Venice seemed pretty keen on making an appearance at Dancing on the Block beforehand. Here’s what Dunn had to say on iChat to CoWaBunga182 (my unfortunate screenname from sixth grade).

Daft Punk -- Da Funk (Ghosts Of Venice Edit) by Ghosts Of Venice

Hi Lee, we’re very excited to have you in

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Norman Doray Interview Boston

Frenchman Norman Doray Traveled to Boston on June 20th for his 3rd stop on his North American tour.  EDMBoston was able to do a special Norman Doray Interview before his show and bring our followers a raw insight into what's happening in Norman's Career.

We chatted with Norman about his 3 New tracks that are unreleased, what surprises we should expect in the next 6 months in EDM in general, his track of the summer, how he keeps his sets interesting and avoids "Press & Play", his thoughts on Avicii, and so much more.

Check it out below!

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Avicii Says he hasn't sold out in interview here:

In the interview, Avicii says he hasn't sold out.  Take a listen and see what he has to say.

He definitely has stuck to producing the same sound but EDMBostons asks why??  Armin van Buuren always says "don't be a prisoner of your own style" and we can't help but think Avicii is the definitive artist thats stuck. At this point it will be very challenging from him to switch out of his pop progressive sound and have a long term career.  Ash has set him up to follow the same trajectory of the hip-hop stars of yesteryear and its pretty sad.

Avicii is a talented producer and you have to give him credit for levels no matter how sick of it (and we're sick of it) you are.  But where is he going with it all besides commercial success?

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Armin Van Buuren Interview Mexico

Armin Van Buuren does A State of Trance interview while in Mexico. Take a listen to what the kingpin has to say:

 

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Max Vangeli Interview

EDMBoston had the exclusive opportunity to sit down with Max Vangeli, when he came to Boston on May 1st.

While his persona was shy and quiet, he was much more vocal as to what he and AN21 have been up to with their new album.  Watch the Max Vangeli interview after the JUMP to find out more!

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