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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: Sied van Riel (2013)

In addition to having just about the coolest last name, Sied Van Riel is very much a character – creating big room trance with a melodic edge. ? His recently released track “Carved By Your Hands” is a great example of how he blends trance and progressive to mold his own sound.? As busy in the studio as he is on the road, I spoke with Sied back stage at the Armada showcase during the Amsterdam Dance Event.

DJ Ron Slomowicz: So tonight you are on Armada and doing a versus set with someone, who are you playing against?
Sied van Riel: Tonight, I am playing with Max Graham.

RS: Have you two played together before?
Sied van Riel: Not in a back-to-back, but we have played on the same event so I am really curious and kind of excited.

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SONG OF THE DAY: Armin van Buuren ft Fiora – “Waiting For the Night”

Following in the footsteps of fellow Dutchman Junkie XL, ?Armin van Buuren is adding film scores to his c.v.? For the upcoming Dutch movie “Verliefd op Ibiza” (translated as In Love With Ibiza), Armin scored a third of the movie and produced the single “Waiting for the Night.”? A pretty and energetic trance pop song with catchy vocals, “Waiting for the Night” is cool enough for clubs and commercial enough for radio without going into cheese pop land.? DJs wanting a more aggressive mix can reach for Clinton VanSciver’s electrodisco take or Beat Service’s progressive rethink.? The video is the typical cliche soundtrack formula, film scenes interspersed with singer Fiora – who looks as beautiful as she sounds – performing with scenes from the film projected onto her.? The film looks fun and for someone who will probably never make it to Ibiza, I definitely hope that an English-subtitled version of the film finds it way for rental on Netflix quite soon.

Image courtesy of Armada.