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featureinterview ___________________ Words Thorsten Benders _______________________ Photography Rutger Geerling ____________________________ Connect https://.facebook.com/showtek After 12 Years, Legendary Multi-platinum Duo Showtek Return to Their Hardstyle Roots with the Massive 15-track Studio Album "360 Blue," Featuring Zany, DJ Isaac, Sub Zero Project, Steve Aoki, Wildstylez, Radical Redemption, and more. Out Now on SKINK. Veteran Dutch DJ/producer-duo Showtek unveils their massive new album 360 Blue, which continues their "360" concept, started in late 2023, and sees the duo returning to their hardstyle roots with the 15-track body of work. Throughout their 20-year career, the brothers have become sonic maestros who have shown passion, dedication, and appreciation for many genres of music, including house and big room, pop, indie, and, of course - hardstyle, which has skyrocketed them to worldwide fame over 2 decades ago. "This is pure hardstyle music. We built a legacy in this genre, and have a huge amount of fans worldwide that have been listening to us since day 1. After taking a 12 year break from the genre, we have reignited it with new gained experience, a fresh approach, more mature but still Showtek. Melodic, anthemic, and with a message. This is high energy." - Showtek
The genre that started it all for them takes center stage on 360 Blue, which begins with "Dear Hardstyle" with Earl St. Clair, an ode that thoughtfully mixes an emotive spoken manifesto with upbeat, hard-hitting production that makes for an epic anthem. Each next record embraces a unique variation of the theme, from the festival-friendly heaters "Spaceman" with DJ Isaac and "Mirror Mirror" with Steve Aoki and Jem Cooke to the slightly ethereal "Dream (Adrenalize Remix)," and more. Showtek finally rounds out the heart-pounding rhythms with the memorable, haunting notes of "Heaven or Hell." Showtek premiered the 360 Blue album at their soldout show at the Sydney Showground Stadium earlier this month. With almost 10,000 Australian partygoers, the legendary duo took their new and old fans on a musical sinister journey, performing for almost 2,5 hours, serving as a prologue to more hardstyle events in 2024 where the duo will be showcasing their new LP. Their first "360" concept came in the form of "360 Yellow" last winter, which showcased their house/ big room sound, and the following "360 Red" is set to be released later this year. __________________________________________________ Thank you both for taking the time for this interview. Big gratz on your new album release. You must be pretty excited releasing this beast finally to your fans. What does this album/ release mean for you? And what can fans expect from this album? Thank you. It mean so much to us. We worked really hard and it all started 9 months ago only. We had only one or two edits and remixes. And felt so inspired after preparing some music for our performance at Qlimax and Knock-out . We were like, let’s make some new hardstyle it feels good. And then now , 9 months later we have an album. Fans can expect our signature and maybe the vocals are bit more pop then our older stuff, but you can hear that we have been traveling the world and meeting people from different cultures. We feel we really put in something new. Why the Title “360 Blue” and what meaning holds this title? 360 is a series of albums we are putting out. With each genre we are representing on each album, with its own primary color. Yellow is our edm and bigroom sound, mainstage and club music. Blue represents our roots, hardstyle. This album is jam packed with some amazing tracks (collaborations). One might wonder what your personal favorite track is? And who was was the most fun collaborator to work with (any cool story to share)? That’s really hard to say, every song we have a connection with that’s why it’s on the album. Come back home with Zany and DV 8 is specials because we have been friends and working partners for so long all from the south ( * Eindhoven ). The collab with Radical Redemption and the 27’s or with Sub Zero Project , and Dj Isaac all were unique experiences. You both are traveling a lot for some years now. How is it traveling constantly with your brother? And how do you work on such an album if you are always on the road? What we have learned is that you don’t have to be in the studio to get creative or have ideas. I ( Wouter ) usually sing my Melodies before I play them , or play them in the piano first. We always have our laptops with us on the road and can literally work anywhere. Most demos start in the hotel rooms or on the plane even sometimes. " 360 is a series of albums we are putting out. With each genre we are representing on each album, with its own primary color. Yellow is our edm and bigroom sound, mainstage and club music. Blue represents our roots, hardstyle " ESSENTIALDANCEMUSIC 25
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