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Biography

I was lured into the world of trance like many by the classic hit by ATB, ‘9pm (Till I Come)’. I was 14 at the time and this led me to discovering one of the greatest trance compilation series of all time, ‘Trance Nation’. At the time these were mixed by Ferry Corsten, and it is his skills that created my interest in DJing.

During my time at university I practiced the basics on my computer, and in November 2006 I finally took the plunge and bought my own set of CDJs. After a few months of mastering the transition from software to hardware, I played my first set at Sunset in St Helens. This was a back to back set with a good friend who had confidence in my skills enough to unleash me on a live audience. This soon led to my first solo set at Progression in Dereham, a performance that went down rather well with the trance lovers in the area.

I now have a steady flow of gigs lined up, including a return to the place of my solo debut at Progression. The first 12 months were great, the second 12 are guaranteed to be even better..

::. taken from www.mattturner.me.uk

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I came across dj Matt Turner through a mix tape of his. Pocket Damage. It was awesome.

Download his remix, pocket damage here.

Pocket Damage

01: Boom Jinx ft. Key - Eternal Reminiscence
02: Ferry Corsten - I Love You
03: Heatbeat - Push Over (Matt Turner’s Sitting Duck Edit)
04: The Gift - Blue Lights
05: Underwater - Imagine Me (Dan Stone Remix)
06: Georgia - Ode To ‘99
07: Randy Boyer & Eric Tadla ft. Dan Sanfilippo - Alive (Heatbeat Remix)
08: Embrace - Embrace (Ferry Fix)
09: Nitrous Oxide - Waves
10: Sebastian Brandt - So Cold (Cold Blue Remix)

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BLAKE JARRELL

The past two years have brought this extraordinary young artist a plethora of serious achievements.  From his ongoing summer residency at the legendary Amnesia club in Ibiza, to a 40 country world tour to complement his successful 2-disc DJ mixed compilation for the Armada Dancefloor Sessions series.  Blake Jarrell is one of the fastest rising stars in the dance music industry today.

It is hard to believe that just a few years ago Blake’s fortunes we’re anything but good.  Blake arrived in his adopted hometown of Chicago in 2005 shortly after packing up all his belongings and fleeing the Mississippi Delta from the menace of Hurricane Katrina.  The Windy City’s vibrant electronic music community embraced Blake’s natural fan making ability and he was making waves in no time.

Blake quickly rose through the ranks of local jocks and a big break was just ahead.  Some high profile bookings brought on a chance meeting with Armada Music’s head aficionado Armin Van Buuren.  After listening to a few of his original productions, Armin contacted Blake and soon after he joined the Armada artist roster.  Since that time Armin has invited Blake on several of his world tours as an exclusive special guest performer.  Finally, Blake cemented his relationship with Armada Music when he joined a select group of international stars for full summer residencies at Armada’s weekly shindig at Amnesia in Ibiza in 2007 and 2008.

Battle tested indeed, after traveling to over 90 cities, the New Orleans kid turned Chicago hometown heavyweight remains busy and is looking to climb further up the DJ charts with an intense schedule of original productions and remixes.  Blake’s studio skills are what earned him an undisputed reputation and his creativity is enjoyed and heavily supported by Markus Schulz, Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, Paul van Dyk, Pete Tong, Matthew Dekay, John Digweed, Paul Oakenfold and of course Armin Van Buuren.

Blake recalls his 2008 hit Punta del Este and his remix of Moussa Clark’s She Wants Him as just some of the highlights of his young career.  The former was featured on Armin Van Buuren’s acclaimed A State of Trance 2008 compilation, and the latter held the #1 position on Beatport’s trance charts for several weeks.

It is this blistering pace of success that has kept Blake grounded which explains his dedication to expanding his monthly radio show Concentrate.  The show continues to evolve and reach new audiences by featuring signature mix sets from Blake Jarrell and special international guests.  He believes in his fans immensely and works tirelessly to give back to the people that have supported him and his records.

Blake is set to kick off 2009 with an international tour in the better part of February in support of his upcoming project for Armada Music.  A unique compilation that will feature some of Blake’s original work as well as high profile remixes.  The album will debut at the Winter Music Conference in Miami at the end of March with a CD release on Armada Music scheduled shortly after.  The tour will see Blake off to Riga, Stockholm, Helsinki, Vancouver, Toronto, Miami, Boracay, and San Francisco, among others.  Blake Jarrell sets the bar awfully high for aspiring young artists from Chicago, New Orleans and beyond, but it is his perseverance, dedication, hard work, and most of all passion for his craft that sees him through to the top and across the world.

RADIO

You can catch Blake’s weekly radio show “Concentrate” on DI.fm every 3rd Thursday of the month at 4pm US Eastern Time (Progressive Channel).  Expect shows filled with the newest, freshest, most exclusive progressive house, techno, and trance mixes and live sets from all over the globe.  Visit www.di.fm.

::. Taken from www.blakejarrell.com

Marcus Schossow (born 1985, also known as Marcus Schössow) is a Swedish DJ and electronic music producer living in Helsingborg, Sweden.

He became a well known DJ and producer by the release of the Tiesto Album In Search of Sunrise 6, in which his track Chase My Rabbit was featured.

For the international trance music industry he became interesting after Armin van Buuren presented his track Mr. White in his weekly radioshow A State Of Trance. The track Mr. White quickly became one of the most played tracks in 2007. Furthermore Marcus Schossow has collaborated with another Swedish producer Thomas Sagstad to create “Moog Me”, another progressive trance hit. Other collaborations include “Schossow & Brandlt - Horny” which is a remix of “Mouse T - Horny” and “Marcus Schossow & Thomas Sagstad - Crepuscolo”.

Marcus Schossow has a weekly radio show called Tone Diary, which he presents on the internet radio station “AH.FM”.

In the 330th episode of A State of Trance, Armin van Buuren played the song Deadrat6 - Very Exactly, which is a track made by Marcus Schossow and Maor Levi to joke on Deadmau5’s name. At the beginning of the program Armin said “New tunes coming in the next 2 hours by Deadmau5, and I think he’s got a little brother because we got a tune by Deadrat6 too.” Schossow also wrote “haha, Armin played my Deadrat6 joke” on his MSN Messenger.

In 2009 Marcus became the first Swedish DJ to win the title of Most Popular Nordic DJ of 2008 from Megamin’s annual poll since 2004’s winner Airbase. He is the biggest climber in the poll’s history as well as the only Swedish DJ in the top 5 with 628 votes since in 2007 he only received 5 votes.

::. Taken from wikipedia

Visit his website here