inthemix | News | The spotlight’s on Ferry & Booka Shade

March sees the return of inthemix’s ‘in the spotlight’ series of live webchats, where you get chance to go head to head with some of dance’s biggest celebrities. Coming up we’ve got two of Europe’s biggest names; uplifting trance king Ferry Corsten on Thursday March 15th at 5pm AEDST, and then a fortnight later on Thursday March 29th at 7pm AEDST we have electro/tech/minimal superstars Booka Shade.

Ferry Corsten – Thu Mar 15th
05.00pm: NSW/ACT/VIC
04.30pm: SA
04.00pm: QLD
02.00pm: WA
06.00am: London
01.00am: New York
10.00pm: Los Angeles (March 16th)

The Dutch DJ/producer has held onto his status as one of uplifting trance’s most revered identities throughout is career – making music for over 15 years and riding the Gatecrasher wave all the way to the top in the late 90s and managing to stay there. Sitting comfortably amongst top tier DJs like Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk and Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten has in recent times prided himself on a new trailblazing direction, fusing elements of electro, tech and breaks, with his renowned style of trance.

Blowing minds throughout March as part of the nationwide Future Music Festival, and slotted in for another massive show at Sydney’s Sublime this Friday night, this will be your chance to ask Ferry why trance continues to excite him so much.

Booka Shade – Thu Mar 29th
07.00pm: NSW/ACT/VIC
06.30pm: SA
06.00pm: QLD
04.00pm: WA
08.00am: London
03.00am: New York
12.00am: Los Angeles

Booka Shade are Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, responsible – along with M.A.N.D.Y. and DJ T – for the blossoming Get Physical record label. They’re without a doubt one of the hottest names in the electro/tech/minimal scene sweeping the globe. Pushing a unique style of club music that manages to be cutting edge yet still drenched with emotion, they’ve turned heads with their Memento and Movements albums, won over the clubbing massive with hits like Stupid Questions and Body Language and completed a solid catalogue of remix work. The pair have been making music together for over a decade, but this will be the first time Book Shade have brought their live performance to Australia. Here’s your chance to ask the boys whether the minimal sound is really all it is cracked up to be, and what we can expect from their renowned live show when it hits our shores over the Easter long weekend.

Presented by Smirnoff ICE, ‘in the spotlight’ features some of Australia and the world’s most sought-after artists every month. Chat are available to every registered member of inthemix, completely FREE of charge.

For more info check out www.inthemix.com.au/chat/inthespotlight.