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TIDDEY
EASTERN Europe’s dance music scene has “I just fi nished my fi rst trance album,
exploded in recent years, but none more so which will be released by Sony BMG Poland
than in Poland. With our sister magazine in November,” Tiddey reveals. “It has
DJmag Poland covering both international productions from the beginning of my
and homegrown talent, it’s unsurprising to music adventure until now — with some
see trance master Tiddey catapulted into cool surprises! I really hope people will like
this year’s Top 100. it,” he grins.
Born Darek Plaza, the DJ, based in Poznan, One of 2008’s greatest moments for Tiddey
took to DJing like a duck to water, fi rst was playing a mega stadium gig in his
hitting the decks in 2002 and instinctually hometown alongside a fellow trance titan.
building a reputation for rocking audiences “The Stadium of Sound gig with Tïësto in
in Poland and increasingly across the The Lech Stadium was amazing!” he smiles.
planet, too. Looking ahead, Tiddey says: “I dream that
In 2006, Tiddey was voted DJ of the Year by my tracks will be played by top ranking DJs
FTB.pl (whose readers often exceed and producers. Tomorrow I will dream
500,000 a month), and having added a about playing with them on Ibiza!”
production string to his bow, now he’s Looks like he won’t have long to wait.
poised to take on the big trance players. BEN MURPHY
First record you ever bought? The Mystery ‘Mystery’
Weirdest thing you’ve seen all year? Too many super trance producers
Style: Trance — uplifting and hard. Best known for: The single ‘Get
starting to produce electro.
Away’. Tune of 2008: Alex Morph & Woody Van Eyden ‘Turn It On
Top gadget of 2008? iPod Touch and Sony PlayStation 3.
(Original Mix)’ (Vandit) Producer of 2008: Orjan Nilsen, Sean Tyas
Your year in fi ve words… Parties all over the world.
and John O’Callaghan.
Most important thing you’ve learned recently? I’m still hungry for new
experiences and knowledge.
GREG DOWNEY
NOT many DJs can count Space’s cavernous mix on Discover was a good start and he
Discoteca as the fi rst big notch on their followed up with his soaring ‘Stadium’
turntables so Greg Downey was clearly anthem on Paul van Dyk’s Vandit. A long-
always destined for the big time. term admirer of Downey’s ascendant skills,
“I went out to Ibiza to play small venues the German trance titan then asked him to
and bars a couple of years ago and ended remix his own anthem ‘New York’.
up being snapped up by Gatecrasher to
play Space,” he recalls. “Then I won the DJ-wise, Downey has been clocking up the
Eden DJ competition and played Eden’s air miles at an increasingly rapid rate.
closing.” “Buenos Aires was unbelievable,” he
beams. “Clubs were packed out from the
Back home, though, it was back to reality minute I got there and were going off ’til
and a return to education. Yet the nine in the morning. It’s a real up-and-
determined Northern Irishman saw his coming area for trance.”
dreams take shape when Digweed signed Ironically, only Ibiza has evaded his DJ
his ‘Heaven Scent’ remix to Bedrock last radar this year but it’s surely only a matter
year. of time before Cream and Judgement
This year, Downey has made the step up to Sundays come calling.
the big league proper. Releasing his live DJ ALLAN MCGRATH
First record you ever bought? DJ Nervous ‘Close Your Eyes’
Weirdest thing you’ve seen all year? A hippy couple dancing with their two-
year-old baby at a psy-trance party in a church in Holland.Disturbing!
Your year in fi ve words… Crazy, fast-moving, challenging, rewarding,
hilarious.
Style: A mixture of trance, techno, tech-trance and chunky
Top gadget of 2008? Macbook Pro
progressive. Best known for: My ‘Heaven Scent’ remix on Bedrock
Most important thing you’ve learned recently? To keep extremely fi t during
and releases like ‘Stadium’ on Vandit. Tune of 2008: Simon Patterson
the week to counteract all the travelling and excess!
‘Smack’ Producer of 2008: Simon Patterson
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