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“My fans are the best, I love joking around with them, sharing stuff… It just comes naturally to me. I’m not scared of people, I don’t need to hide in a corner and pretend I don’t want the attention, acting like I’m better than everyone else. Haha, that’s such a stupid thought. I love twitter.“…

“For me, moving forward into the future it’s just about thinking outside of the box“ – Weiss 2016 [Rewind 2016] Over the last couple of years few underground house acts have made the impression that the UK’s Weiss have had. With tracks such as “My Sister” and “Guitar Man” making their way to the top…

“Just because someone plays vinyl, doesn’t make them a better DJ than someone that plays digital.  It’s a matter of preference.  I still enjoy a tangible thing I can look at and touch and feel and completely manipulate – like a record, I will always enjoy that – but there are things you can do…

“An open minded crowd, is good for me“ – Shanti Celeste [Rewind 2017] Straight out of the UK, we chat with DJ and producer, Shanti Celeste ahead of her New Year’s Day performance at Let Them Eat Cake. Tell us a little about how you lay down a track, are you always jumping in the studio…

“The underground tends to rule at night. It’s definitely more expensive than it used to be, and the island’s pushing more the middle to upper class tourism. That’s a concern, actually, how it’s going affect the vibe in clubs in the long-term, if the new audience at the younger end of it is forced out.”…

“Don’t compare yourself to others. Just do how you feel and be guided by your moods and feelings, because your mood with its smallest nuances will always set you apart from others. So will your music.” – Alex Niggemann [Rewind 2016] There was a lot of excitement on social media earlier this year when it was…

“People sticking cell phones into your face – that’s not great. When people request one of my own songs, that’s annoying. It’s like ‘It’s my own song, I’m going to play it – just be patient’.” – Axwell Axwell Live @ Pacha Ivy George St. Sydney NYE 2009 NYE 2009-10 Axwell Interview Image credit –…

“These days everyone has virtual friends on the internet. I much prefer meeting someone face to face and forming those relationships. I put the people before the music. And I think people appreciate that.” – Norman Jay MBE [Rewind 2010] If you haven’t heard of NORMAN JAY MBE, chances are you will very soon . Releasing…

“It was really bizarre hearing how you’d touched so many lives.”  – Ian Ball [Rewind 2011] Gomez Interview BIG things were predicted for Gomez when their debut album ‘Bring It On’ beat The Verve and Massive Attack to win the Mercury Music Prize in 1998, yet they seemed to disappear from the public eye as…

“Pop music, sex music, death music” – Jonathan Higgs Everything Everything With their experimental brand of pop, Everything Everything certainly seem to be defining a new genre of music. The four-piece band, consisting of Jonathan Higgs, Jeremy Pritchard, Mike Spearman and Alex Robertshaw unleash their hap-hazard pop, death, sex music symphonies in their debut album…