presenting 3 new tracks. 'Love The Future' and 'Meeting The Mermaids' are both chill out tracks, and 'Angels In Heaven' is a deep progressive house oriented track. The selection of the best tracks is rather small as the full mix was specially reduced to a less than 60 minutes album. Getting feedback and also thinking about all those people who are streaming music nowadays, I feel that it would be better presented as a short mixed album instead of a long piece of music. There will also be a chill out mixed album released later on this year.
Your extensive DJ career is admirable, what challenges have you faced in the industry, and how did you overcome them?
Not many people are buying CDs and vinyl anymore, it seems that downloading and streaming music are related to the new and young generation. When I started, it was all about vinyls, weekly visits to shops and hoping to buy the next big release to test those vinyls in your sets. You know, those times when people were asking for mixed tapes while you were performing in a club or on an event. We did release 2 vinyls on the El Futuro Recordings label, very limited with only 500 copies available, but I had to change that strategy and fully concentrate on download, online and streaming portals, which we still do today. Now that streaming services such as iTunes and Spotify are accessible for everyone on their mobile phones, this will result in a complete new wave for artists, labels and the music industry in general.
Where are your favourite places to visit in Belgium?
If you’re visiting Belgium to go clubbing, you really should go to the following clubs: Fuse, Café d’Anvers, La Rocca, Versuz, Krush, Lagoa, Balmoral and Decadance. Plus the new ones: Forty Five, Labyrinth Club, Kompass and Ampere. They all have that special warm vibe you’ll be looking for. The Ipanema beach bar on top of the Versuz club during the summer is fabulous, creating a lounge with a pool, beach and great atmosphere. We have must visit festivals as well such as Tomorrowland, Rock Werchter, Pukkelpop, Dour, Extrema Outdoor and also WECANDANCE and Ostend Beach at our Belgian coast.
When visiting Belgium, I would recommend the cities Ghent, Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges, Ostend or Hasselt as they all are just beautiful to stay and
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