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BEST OF 2015 Interview with DJ duo and producers ANG from Mexico



Dimitri: Can you mention your biggest achievements in your music career in 2015?

ANG: Well, our first great achievement was when we won Ryos & Allisa Rose "Eclipse" remix competition and that was our first Enhanced Recordings release. That remix landed into the Beatport Pulse Chart on #2. The second great achievement was to play on the Electric Oasis Festival in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. We shared the stage with huge artists like VINAI, Noisecontrollers, Vini Vici, Dirty Audio, Dr. Fresch and many more! To finish up, our 3rd accomplishment was on our latest remix for WildØnes ft. David Julien "You Dancing". We received huge support by Nicky Romero, Firebeatz, Tritonal, Breathe Carolina, Blasterjaxx and many more!



Dimitri: Do you like to cook? What is the best recipe that you cooked this year? If you don’t usually cook who is cooking it for you and which is your best food for 2015?

ANG: We love to cook :) and personally, our best "food" was "Journey" with our boy Zack Martino, "Theta" with SaberZ and our "Eclipse" remix for Ryos & Allisa Rose!

                                                         ANG's Best of 2015
1) Best Track:
Breathe Carolina & Ryos - More Than Ever



2) Best Artist (Dj & producer):
Headhunterz



3) Best Remix:
MarLo feat. Christina Novelli - Hold It Together (Chris Schweizer Remix)



4) Best Remixer:
David Gravell



5) Best New Talent (Dj or producer):
Willem De Roo



6) Best Electronic Music Album:
We Are All We Need by Above & Beyond



7) Best Electronic Music Compilation:
ASOT Best Of 2015



8) Best artwork/cover of an Album or Compilation:
The Buygore Album

9) Best Lyrics in an Electronic Music track
Restless Hearts by Mark Sixma & Emma Hewitt



10) Best Vocalist/Singer featured on Electronic Music track:
Emma Hewitt



11) Best Electronic Music Label:
Armada Music



12) Best Electronic Music Video:
Chainsmokers & Tritonal - Until You Were Gone



13) Best Online Social media for communication with your fans:
Twitter

14) Best Twitter or Facebook message or Instagram message you received from a fan or friend or you have read on someone else’s account:
We recieved this really amazing message a while ago via facebook, and it said: "Yo brothers, I just want to say that you guys have been on fire lately and your latest releases are unreal, especially your Area 51 bootleg. Such a shame that Soundcloud took it down :(. You guys are amazing keep up the unreal work, I wish you the best of the best. Also wanted to say that you music has really changed some things in my life, I've been in really bad moments in which your music always helps me get through them. Thanks a lot for everything guys, love your music and support"

15) Best music composition software:
Ableton

16) Best Club Event or Open Air Festival:
EDC

17) Best personal Dj Gig:
Electric Oasis Festival

18) Best Dj set of the year from other fellow Dj:
Andrew Rayel @ASOT FEST MEX 2015



19) Best country that you have visited to perform with the most up for it crowd:
Mexico!

20) Best Radio show:
Hardwell On Air



21) Best Radio station:
Beat 100.9

22) Best Online Record shop that you purchase your music:
Beatport

23) Best music related website that you visit frequently:
Soundcloud

24) Best Smart phone/Mobile phone device:
iPhone 6S

25) Best Dj equipment (software or hardware):
CDJ's 2000 nexus

26) Best new sound or sample that has been used in Electronic Music this year perhaps introduced first by you?
Maybe some of the Virtual Riot pack.

27) Best tip that you learnt this year for your Djing techniques or music composition:
Definitely in Music Composition! EQing and compressing to get a really clean mix

28) Best piece of advice you got in relation to your career in 2015:
To keep working no matter what. Always remember that practice makes perfect and that it takes time.

29) Best hobby or activity that you spent a lot of time in 2015:
Producing

30) Best holiday destination for 2015 that you manage to visit this year either to relax or to perform in a club or festival:
Acapulco, Guerrero

31) Best Electronic Music magazines in printed form not online:
DJ Mag

32) Best Movie of the year that may inspire you to compose a track:
Maybe Mission Impossible to create a really aggressive/ action vibes track!

33) Best online/PC/video game of the year that you have played this year?
No clue haha

34) Best soundtrack for video game of the year:
Lust For Power by Jack Trammell in COD 2015

35) Best joke you heard this year related to electronic music:
Definitely memes about the carnage video

Dimitri: Finally, 2016 is ahead of us would you like to tell your plans with your future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, Dj gigs.

ANG: Well, 2016 is going to be a great year for us hopefully, we have stuff in the works with Breathe Carolina, APEK, Zac Waters, Disco's Over and many more huge and talented producers! Also we have like 4 originals ready and lots of other collabs! Expect lots of new things in 2016, we're coming really strong!



Thanks to ANG for taking time to reply to this interview

Thanks to Enhanced Music for their support to organise this interview

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