Interview with First State aka Sander van Dien about his latest singles and well known compilation series ‘The Whole Nine Yards’  First State starts the year in a manner that the world of electronic dance music has come to expect. Bringing in the New Year as part of a huge six city tour of Australia; alongside the Chemical Brothers, MIA and Mark Ronson among others, whilst releasing another edition of the eagerly anticipated 'The Whole Nine Yards' compilation series. 2013 also sees him team up with the vocal talents of Sarah Howells for another smash in the shape of 'Seeing Stars'. With the massive Crossroads radio show each and every month, his First State Music label, an ever growing arsenal of now legendary 'Bashups', and a whole host of brand new productions and big name collaborations; First State has truly made the step from one of dance music’s most exciting prospects, into one of its most consistent names.

Interview with DJ Jawoo about his album ‘Audio Memoirs’, on Wildlife/Black Hole recordings. With a track record that begins in 2003, Jawoo swiftly climbs to the top of the international electronic dance industry. In a short period of time he releases several EPs on the Black Hole sub label Wildlife. Tracks like “Face Of The Jungle”, “Life Dimension”, “Strange People”, “Somewhere in Toronto”, “Security Reasons”, “Toy Story”, "Neighbour Coming To Me" and "The Mouse", all introduced Jawoo's hot sound to the world. Starting the New Year with a bang, Jawoo proudly presents his debut album “Audio Memoirs”.

Jawoo, born June 25th 1989 in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, is better known as Marinko Vujevic. His first experience with a big crowd was when he turned 14 and started working as a DJ in one of the clubs in his hometown. As a beginner he played a wide variety of genres from techno, tech house, progressive house and even R'n'B and hip-hop; laying a solid foundation for his final switch to electronic dance music.

Interview with The Scumfrog about his new album ‘In Case We're All Still Here’ on Armada Music. 25 years after his first DJ gig, and 10 years since his first successful album, Jesse Houk, aka The Scumfrog, continues to do exactly what he feels like doing; recording his most personal album to date “In Case We’re All Still Here”. Going back to his roots of psychedelic and deep influences, mixed with a wink at sci-fi and a deep understanding of what makes a solid underground groove. Jesse teams up with Armada Music for a journey into Deep House and Tech House. Beside his widely acclaimed song with Sting “If I Ever Lose My Faith”, the album features collaborations with Static Revenger, Vince Elliott, Vassy, and Christian Burns, while other tracks on the album contain Jesse’s own signature vocals.

Interview with Mark Meeuwissen, A&R at Black Hole Recordings. We continue our quest to get to know the hard work involved behind the scenes within the hectic world of a record label with our second interview focusing on the globally known record label ‘Black Hole recordings’. They have amazing artists on their roster including Tiesto, who is one of its founders, with his amazing unforgettable classics, along with Arny Bink, Cosmic Gate BT, JES, Julie Thompson, Andy Duguid, Richard Durand and many more. The music released on the various sub labels stay true to the credo “Captivate, Communicate and Celebrate”!

For our second interview we chose to talk with Mark Meeuwissen, A&R at Black Hole Recordings, well known as DJ and producer in his personal career under the name Mark Green. Mark talks about how he ended up working with Black Hole Recordings, and the work he does at Black Hole headquarters.

Interview with Hugo de Graaf, label manager for Wildlife, Rub A Duck at Black Hole Recordings. Black Hole Recordings, founded in 1997, started with the release of Tiësto’s hailed “Magik” mix compilations. The instant success of the series made it possible to expand, and in 1998 Black Hole Recordings added two new labels to their imprint: “In Trance We Trust” and “Songbird”, which became the label of choice for Tiësto’s “In Search of Sunrise” series.

By 2001 another label was added to the roster: “Magik Muzik”. Initially used for Tiësto’s singles, the sub label expanded quickly and also released material from other artists. Throughout the early days of Black Hole Recordings, many now famous DJs and producers got their first opportunity to release a DJ mix compilation. Ferry Corsten, Armin van Buuren, DJ Montana, Cor Fijneman, Johan Gielen and Ton TB were amongst them, and up to this day a lot of new talent took the first steps in the industry on Black Hole Recordings.