Mark Pledger - Interview

We chat to Mark Pledger about his famous school mates,chances of a Smith & Pledger reunion and you guessed it... LIGHT SABERS!  01.Let’s start at the beginning… how long have you been DJ’ing and Producing, and how did it all start for you? From a very early age I listened to a mixture of music that not only inspired me but made me want to make my own tracks. I started learning keyboards and recording covers of TV and film soundtracks...

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Sophie Sugar - Interview

We Chat To Sophie Sugar about buying records at age 6, Working on TV, and the chance of writing a book... Q: So... Sophie Sugar...I know everyone asks you this, but I can't seem to find the true answer...what's your real name? A: Ha ha, good opening question - i don't think anyone's asked me before!! Well the 'Sophie' half of me is real and it almost feels like Sugar is my real last name now - but it's actually 'Forsyth'. Q: Do you ever...

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Shane Halcon - Interview

We Catch up with Shane Halcon, And chat to him about moving to Holland, Managing First State and Playing Cricket...  01.So, long before DJ’ ing and Dance Music came across your path, you were quite a successful Cricket player… tell us a bit about the transition from Cricket to DJ’ing, Producing and Managing one of Dance music’s Finest Acts came about?To keep a long story short…I was in the UK in 2004 for my debut international season...

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First State - Interview

We chat to First State about Power Tools, Adopting South Africans and his brand new Album...  01.Other than being quite a powerful tool in carpentry, Sander is quite a powerful name in Dance music, including DJ’s Sander Kleinenberg,  Sander Van Doorn and of course yourself Sander Van Dien… is there some kind of magic to the name or is it pure coincidence? HAHAHA!!  *Laughs*  Perhaps its in the name… perhaps its...

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Arnej Interview

We chat to Arnej about Fruityloops, an Offensive Twitter Account as well as the return of 8 Wonders! Q: So born in Bosnia, grew up in Canada, and now Admired by the world… tell us a bit about how you grew up, and how that eventually led to The Producer/DJ We know today? A: I grew up no differently than most kids did. I played outside a lot, got into trouble every so often and probably didn't spend enough time doing my homework!...

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Derek The Bandit Interview

We chat to Derek The Bandit about being a Barney Simon fan, Falling asleep on the Job and his time in the Scene Q: You've been involved with Dance music and Radio for close on 20 years, Tell us a bit about life before that... A: before that I was a kid at school!, Always wanted to work in radio since the age of 13...so just followed my passion! Q: How did Dance music come across your path? A: it all started on my first...

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Lazy Rich Interview

We Chat To Lazy Rich about Maple Syrup, The Future of Electro and find out just why he's so lazy...  Q: As one of Dance Music’s hardest working DJ’s... It’s quite Ironic that you call yourself “Lazy Rich”, I’m assuming of course that your parents didn’t have a look at you and thought “Let’s call him lazy”... where did the name come from? A: It's from the track by x-press 2, ages before I remixed it I did a bootleg version of it, and...

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Royal K Interview

We chat to Royal K about his secret love for Trance Music, Food & Beverage Management and the fact that he has no embarrassing DJ stories. Q: So first things first... how did you get into DJ'ing... how exactly did the bug bite? A: Well it all started out at my mates house the one day, playing around on his decks and an old mixer, and after that day i kinda got hooked, went and bought myself a mixer and some old decks and gave at...

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