Category: Interviews

INTERVIEW: Fila of Aly & Fila (2013)

Trance is truly global music.? Friends since childhood,? Aly Amyr Fathalah and Fadi Wassef Naguib came together to form the massively successful trance duo Aly & Fila.? With major support from Armin van Buuren, their debut album “Rising Sun” unleashed major songs such as “Medellin, ” “I Can Hear You,” “Listening,” and “Paradise.”? Watch for their new album Quiet Storm to be release just in time for the Winter Music Conference, giving the fan base of the Egyptian duo even more reasons to vote them back into the top 20 again.

DJ Ron Slomowicz: ? How long have the two of you been working together?
Fila: For a long time, at least 15 years. We are both 30 years old and we have known each other since we were 5. We were in the same kindergarten and have been best friends since then; when we were 15 years old we started working on music together. ?
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INTERVIEW: Tom Fall (2013)

Darude is easily the best known DJ/producer from Finland.? Along with the rising talents of Super8 & Tab, Maison & Dragen, and Orkidea comes the engaging Tom Fall. His tracks like “iRok,” “Untouchable,” and “All This Time” showcase a variety of sounds that build on his massive debut “Cubic.”? Embracing the different elements of EDM, his unique sets are always quite memorable for the way he mixes his own productions with his reworks of other people’s tracks. Watch out for his forthcoming artist album.? I look forward to chatting with him again, not only for his vibrant personality but his amazing accent.

RS:? So you are from Finland, what is the Finish dance scene like?
Tom Fall:? It is growing rapidly, especially now that more and more Finnish artists are breaking through internationally.

RS:? Your first demo got picked up and exploded; did you have any idea that it would become as big as it did?
Tom Fall:? ?Cubic? was absolutely amazing, it was the first demo that I ever sent out and it was amazing how well it did, I was blown away.
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INTERVIEW: Ashley Wallbridge (2013)

At the Armada party, Ashley Wallbridge?s tag team set with Tom Fall was one of the clear highlights of the Amsterdam Dance Event 2012. ?? Topping the Beatport Trance Chart with “DUI,” his recent single with Gareth Emery, is just another achievement for the rising British DJ/Producer who tours around the world as he creates amazing tracks that span the many EDM genres.? Unwilling to be tied down to a single style, tracks like “Faces,” “Mansion,” and “Zorro” give a hint at his breadth of talent.

RS: So the DJ Mag list was released tonight.? Last year you were 132 on the list, where are you this year?
Ashley Wallbridge: 118

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