STREAMING AUDIO INTERVIEW

Sander van Doorn is on fire in 2008. It’s an exciting time to be a trance fan, to say the very least and the scene is more vibrant and diverse than it’s ever been. While elder statesmen Tiesto, PVD and Armin continue to oversee proceedings from on high, the scene has witnessed an explosion of talented DJ/producers who are committed in taking the sound to places that it’s never been before. It’s been referred to many as ‘nu-trance’, and leading the charge is Holland’s Sander van Doorn.

“There was a big shift a couple of years ago when a lot of trance producers all of a sudden ‘saw the light’, and tried to combine different genres into a blend,” Sander told ITM. “Sometimes I’m referred to as by other DJs as an ambassador in bringing a new impulse to trance. I’ve always just done my own thing, but if this is the result then I’ve probably been doing the right thing.”

Sander has been hard at work since early in the decade, but it wasn’t until ‘06 that he really came to the scene’s attention with his devastating reworking of Armin van Buuren’s Control Freak. It was trance at its core, but the influence of techno, progressive and electro could all be felt strongly and most importantly, it sounded epic on the dancefloor. Since then he’s concocted a few original devastating anthems of his own, including the monstrous Riff which is still getting hammered a year after its release, and has come to epitomise all that can be achieved through the fusion of trance and techno.

And this October, Sander van Doorn will be heading up a lineup that includes some of the very best DJ/producers that ‘nu-trance’ has to offer when Godskitchen descends on Australia for its 10th anniversary tour. The events have been a regular fixture on our national dance calendar for a decade now, but there’s more excitement attached to Godskitchen in 2008 than ever before. ITM’s Angus Paterson talks to Sander van Doorn about being nu-trance’s greatest ambassador.

Stay tuned for part 2 of ITM’s interview Sander van Doorn in the leadup to October. Godskitchen will spreading its wings at the following shows around the country…

Saturday 4th October – Melbourne, Hisense Arena (SOLD OUT)
Sunday 5th October – Gold Coast, The Bedroom
Friday 10th October – Perth, Metro City
Saturday 11th October – Sydney, The Dome