Steve Anderson is a full time DJ/Producer/Label Owner based in Edinburgh, Scotland. With an extensive history in the music industry which dates back to the age of 7, Steve claimed National & World Drumming titles before the age of 14. After performing around the UK in various bands in his teens, Steve fully moved into EDM in 1994 as a club DJ. Steve secured weekly residencies in Scotlands elite venues between 1994 and 2000, before being headhunted by Scotlands Club “Cube” and Glasgow FM Radio Station Beat 106 for DJ and Director Of Music residencies in 2001. From 2001-2004 Steve attracted a large following as a result, and thereafter moved into music production. Since 2004 he has toured Europe and the USA as a DJ, and also promoted/played some of the worlds biggest clubs & festival main stages including Eden Ibiza, Miami WMC, Nature One Festival & many more. Steve joined forces with Chris Breame in 2005 to create the hugely popular Trance duo A/B Project. The guys lay claim to some big releases, earning awards for their music along the way, including being the first Trance artists to win BBC Radio One’s “One For The Weekend” with “Misconceptions”.
Steve owns the SAME Recordings, SAME Progressive & DJSA Records record labels, which are a base for some fantastic artists including A/B Project, Daniel Kandi, Sunny Lax, BRM, Dave Walker, Steve Anderson, Sequentia and more. Label successes so far include licensing to various compilation albums, DVD’s, and the release of the hugely popular “SAME Radio Show Volume One Mixed By A/B Project” Double CD compilation album. Alongside his DJ and production work, Steve also owns and hosts the weekly globally syndicated “SAME Radio Show”, which attracts a mass global audience and has aired on over 100 FM stations around the world since its inception. The show is presently one of the flagship weekly 2-hour shows on the Digitally Imported Radio Trance Channel.
A former turntablist with almost unrivalled technical ability, Steve Anderson brings incredible energy and perfection to both his DJ sets and studio production work. This is evident in his huge releases such as “Eternal Optimism”, “Misconceptions”, “Neve”, “Before Long”, “Closer”, “Adversity”, “Everything Ends”, “Always More”, “Templation”, “Everythings Twisted”, “Let Me Know”, “Leith Walk” and “Breathless”. Steve is heavily supported by the world’s elite DJs and radio stations, and is further considered one of the leading male vocalists in the Trance & Progressive scene. With a host of fantastic new productions in the pipeline, Steve Anderson is one of the finest DJs working in dance music today. For DJ bookings, remix requests and all other management requests, please contact SAME Artist Management by emailing bookings[at]sameartistmanagement[dot]com.
Name: Steve Anderson
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Dimitri:Can you mention your biggest achievements in your music career in 2014 as dj & producer,label owner,radio host and your personal life if it is something that you wish to share with our readers?
Steve Anderson: The biggest achievement in my music career for 2014 was finally releasing my double artist album “Steve Anderson - From A/ To /B”. This is a collection of my 10 years as a producer so far, 20 as a DJ, and 40 years on this planet being involved in music! It’s being fantastically received so far around the world, and is even released on Double Gatefold Vinyl as well as Double CD. My “SAME Radio Show” also boasts the fastest growing listenership on the DI Radio Trance Channel every week now, and as for my personal life – I designed, built and opened my own SAME Studios for 2014, a dream also finally realized in full.
Dimitri: 2014 was packed with releases from so many different styles, which Electronic Music style you believe is the absolute Electronic Music Style Of 2014 in the mainstream indifferent if you like it or not. Why you believe this style became so successful in 2014?
Steve Anderson: I don’t know what the style is really called, but the tracks that the likes of Martin Garrix put out are everywhere now, and filling commercial clubs around the world. It’s not necessarily my style or taste, but I can see why it’s so accessible to the new crowds, and I have no problem with it. It doesn’t have the level of emotion or feeling in it that I love with the style of Trance and Progressive I make or play, but it works on the dancefloors, and its simplicity makes peoples ears tune in easily.
1)Best Track:
Steve Anderson: Damien S vs Under “The Cars Below” as there are so many fantastic mixes of this track
2)Best Artist (Dj & producer):
Steve Anderson: Don’t know about Best DJ this year, my pick for Best Producer would be perhaps Aimoon, Evave or Andy Tau.
3)Best Remix:
Steve Anderson: Iversoon & Alex Daf feat. Sally Corlett “Don’t Let It Go” (Pablo Artigas Remix)
4)Best Remixer:
Steve Anderson: Blood Groove & Kikis
5)Best New Talent (Dj or producer):
Steve Anderson: Best new Producer would be Katrin Souza
6)Best Electronic Music Album:
Steve Anderson: Steve Anderson “From A/ To /B”
7)Best Lyrics in an Electronic Music track:
Steve Anderson: Steve Anderson & Breame “Take Me Away” – I wrote this song and lyric about my mothers cancer
8)Best Vocalist/Singer featured on Electronic Music track:
Steve Anderson: I love anything sung by Eva Kade
9)Best Electronic Music Label:
Steve Anderson: Incepto have been outstanding in 2014
10)Best online Funny video related to Dance Music:
Steve Anderson: Deadmau5 “Old McDonald” performance was genius
11)Best Online Social media network:
Steve Anderson: Facebook
12)Best Twitter or Facebook message you received from a fan or friend or you have read on someone else’s account:
Steve Anderson: I received a tweet and FB message from a couple of fans in Canada, who the guy proposed to his girlfriend with the lyrics of my song “Neve”. She accepted, he had a mirror made for her with the lyrics printed on it, they then invited me to Canada for their wedding, and I included their “Neve” mirror photo on the inner sleeve of my double album “From A/ To /B!
13) Best personal selfie of the year, where, when and under which circumstances you took it?
Steve Anderson: At Wembley stadium, London in May this year, at the Froch vs Groves fight
14) Best music composition software:
Steve Anderson: Cubase
15)Best Event or Open Air Festival:
Steve Anderson: Nothing beats Nature One in Germany
16)Best personal Dj Gig:
Steve Anderson: It’s been a year in the studio for me, gigs start again in early 2015
17)Best Dj set of the year from other fellow Dj:
Steve Anderson: I tend to appreciate unknown guys who perform well in clubs technically and musically, without all the arms in the air and Jesus pose bullshit!
18)Best country that you have visited to perform with the most up for it crowd:
Steve Anderson: Germany
19)Best Radio show:
Steve Anderson: SAME Radio Show
20) Best Radio station:
Steve Anderson: Digitally Imported Trance Channel
21)Best Online Record shop that you purchase your music:
Steve Anderson: It’s been a while since I receive 400 promos every week, but Beatport has it covered
22)Best Website that you visit frequently:
Steve Anderson: Ebay! haha
23)Best Smart phone/Mobile phone device:
Steve Anderson: I love my LG G2
24) Best Dj equipment (software or hardware):
Steve Anderson: Ableton is something I couldn’t live without on the software side, as for hardware I would love Santa to bring me a Traktor S8 to try out!
25) Best new sound or sample that has been used in Electronic Music this year perhaps introduced first by you?
Steve Anderson: I hear parts of my early A/B Project tracks sampled and used in tracks quite recently
26) Best tip that you learnt this year for your Djing techniques or music composition:
Steve Anderson: Cleaner and simpler is better, on both counts
27) Best piece of advice you got in relation to your career in 2014:
Steve Anderson: The less I care, the more good things tend to happen. So true!
28) Best hobby or activity that you spent a lot of time in 2014:
Steve Anderson: I caught up with old friends more this year, I will be doing even more of that in 2015
29) Best holiday destination for 2014 that you manage to visit this year either to relax or to perform in a club or festival:
Steve Anderson: Egypt was fantastic to relax/holiday at, as was Marbella. I love the USA in general, and I look forward to playing there in 2015.
30) Best Book of the year preferably related to Electronic Music:
Steve Anderson:MIM
32) Best Movie of the year preferably related to Electronic Music that may inspire you to compose a track:
Steve Anderson: Not movie, but the Irish RTE series Love/Hate has given me inspiration for a couple of new things I will be trying soon
33) Best online/PC/video game of the year that you have played this year?
Steve Anderson: Never play them, sorry!
34) Best track used on video game or TV/online advert in 2014:
Steve Anderson: Any of the Disclosure tracks that feature on TV, a great duo and great album
35) Best piece of News you learnt this year related to Electronic Music Culture:
Steve Anderson:That people still like to hold a physical product in their hands, my album sales have shown this, which is fantastic!
Dimitri: Finally, 2015 is ahead of us would you like to tell your plans with your future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, Dj gigs.
Steve Anderson: Having just released my double artist album “From A/ To /B”, there are a number of new singles, EPs and remixes to be released from this in the coming months, on various new labels I have started working with, including a collab with the commercially successful singer Andrea Britton. I have just been asked to remix one of the biggest Trance anthems of all time for 2015, and I will also be touring in the US shortly. That’s all I can say for now!
Dimitri: Thanks so much Steve for your time to reply on this interview.
Steve Anderson: Thanks Dimitri, much appreciated
Many thanks to Mark at Black Hole recordings for organizing this interview
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