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ERIC PRYDZ
WHEN Eric Prydz followed his ‘Call On Me’ went off. Someone recorded it on Youtube
cheese-ball with a slew of mean and moody and the hype built from there.”
Pryda material back in’04, we knew we’d
never pin him down to one single style. Arguably the year’s single biggest anthem,
And that’s just the way he likes it. the track was a staple in Eric’s Ibizan sets
“Making one style has never been what I’m this summer, much like the mind tunnel
about,” he tells DJmag. “I just make the techno of his ‘Total Departure’ rework.
music that I feel is missing in my record “That new Amnesia terrace is the new main
box and try to create something as fresh as room for me,” refl ects Eric on Ibiza. “And
possible.” Wonderland was a phenomenal gig also. I
was a bit sceptical as it’s in San Antonio
Ironic, then, that his chart damager and all that but we were just amazed.”
‘Pjanoo’ had actually been gathering dust And as ‘Pjanoo’s uplifting chimes continue
in the bottom of his hard drive. to ring out, Prydz has wasted no time in
“‘Pjanoo’ is actually over two-years-old,” dropping his latest Pryda EP, which
he explains. “I didn’t really get the balances the tripped-out, acid-scorched
response I expected the fi rst time so I kind prog of ‘Evouh’ with ‘Rakfunk’’s Prince
of forgot about it. I played it again at a nodding electro-funk and the cosmic afro-
Christmas party in Stockholm and it really beat of ‘Wapanki’. ALLAN MCGRATH
First record you ever bought? Video Kids ‘Woodpeckers From Space’
Weirdest thing you’ve seen all year? Steve Angello in a dress with a diving
mask and snorkel in our villa in Ibiza.
Top gadget of 2008? Blackberry Bold
Your year in fi ve words... Travelling, travelling and more travelling.
Style: Electronic dance music Best known for: The big Eric Prydz
Most important thing you’ve learned recently? Switching my Blackberry
singles and my labels Pryda and Mouseville. Tune of 2008: The
from 3G to 2G makes the battery last fi ve times longer!
biggest tune for me has been ‘Pjanoo’. Producer of 2008: Dubfi re
KYAU & ALBERT
CONTINUING to propagate their neo- Over on the production front, they’ve been
trance sound through a procession of gigs keenly keeping the pressure levels high.
and productions, it’s been another “We steered off remixes quite a bit through
intensely busy year for Kyau & Albert. 2006 and 2007, but this year we dipped our
So where have the pair been working the toe back in and really enjoyed it,” says
CDJs hardest in 2008, then? Ralph. “We remixed Paul van Dyk’s
“Here, there and everywhere is the short ‘Complicated’ track, which came out in
answer,” says Stephen. “But specifi cally August, which was a great project to work
playing the main stage at Trance Energy on.”
was amazing. We’ve always wanted to spin
there so to play to that many trance fans They’ve also found the time to follow up
was a happy day indeed.” their ‘Megashira’ hit (in collaboration with
“We also played Nature One in Germany,” label-mate Marc Marberg) from last year
chips in Ralph. “It’s becoming something with ‘Orange Bill’.
like a yearly essential for us. Both the And on the immediate horizon is their new
Lovefest and Nocturnal festivals in America single ‘Hide & Seek’, with work soon
were amazing too!” getting underway on their third artist
album, scheduled for release next year.
The pair have also been keeping their home TIM STARK
country audiences happy too with their
Euphonic Records monthlies in Berlin.
First record you ever bought? Puhdy’s ‘Ohne Schminke’
Weirdest thing you’ve seen all year? A fried frog.
Top gadget of 2008? The new Smart ForTwo car.
Style: Neo-trance Best known for: Running Euphonic Records. Tune
Your year in fi ve words... Studio, airplane, Euphonic, love, family.
of 2008: Lange ‘Out Of The Sky’ Producer of 2008: Ronski Speed
Most important thing you’ve learned recently? Some words in Spanish!
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