Stephane Badey is a french music producer and DJ. He was born in Le Creusot (France) on 30 December 1982 and grew up in a small town called Montchanin. His attraction to music started pretty early, aged 9 Stephane Badey started taking piano lessons for a couple of years. That's only when he turned 11 that he could start composing his own Dance music productions, with the help of a synthesizer with internal sequencer.
Later on, in 1998 he discovered the game Music on Playstation I, and in 1999 Music 2000. That's when he really started to improve his skills at producing and became a Trance music producer, as he was a fan of this musical genre since a couple of years already.
It's only in 2004 that Stephane Badey really discovered the ultimate tool for producing music, named FL Studio. Since then he never stopped learning, searching, trying, improving and became after some years of hard and restless training, the talented producer we know today.
After some years publishing his music under Common Creative licenses on Jamendo.com, he finally caught the attention of some professional players. He released his first two EPs in 2012 under French disappeared label, Innocence Music, with alias “BS”, first EP “Emphasis” in January and second, “Secret Weapon” in August.
Beginning of 2013 has been a major turn in his career, Stephane Badey decided to take part in a remix contest organized by label Pharmacy Music, a major player on the Underground Trance scene, as the label owner is no one else than Christopher Lawrence, pioneer of the Psy Trance and Underground Trance style in the 90's. The remix contest was for one of the most successful track by John OO Flemming and Christopher Lawrence, “Beyond the limit”. Stephane Badey made it to the final victory of the contest and signed his first release under a notable label, which actually launched his international career. Beyond the limit 2013 has been released on the 8 July 2013.
Following this achievement, Stephane Badey released his firt original track a few weeks later, under D.Max Recordings, title of the track was “Soulflyer” and it has reached the charts of every main platform, Beatport, Trackitdown and Junodownload.
The last 6 months of 2013 have been very busy with no less than 30 releases, originals and remixes included, for many labels such as Pharmacy, Dmax Recordings, Sensual Bliss recordings (again after winning the remix contest for Barzek – July track), TFB Records. ETT Recordings, Overtmind Recordings, Linger Records or Gent Trance Division. More than 10 of these releases have hit the charts, peaking at #7 for “French Skies -Blaster ( Stephane Badey remix ), under TFB Records.
In September 2013, Stephane Badey has been offered the opportunity to have his own radio show, named Zero Gravity Trance Sessions, broadcasted on EDM webradio Tempo-Radio.com. For the first episode, Christopher Lawrence himself has agreed to be Stephane's guest, which has given a strong visibility to the show from the complete beginning. It is slowly becoming a much appreciated rendez-vous for Stephane's fans around the world and it's now broadcasted on several webradios.
2014 is meant to be even a better year than 2013, some releases under some of the main labels in Trance genre are already planned, the radioshow is getting more popular episode after episode, and Stephane has already reached the charts more than couple of time and will surely hit it many more times.
Name: Stephane Badey
Location: France
Dimitri: Can you mention your biggest achievements in your music career in 2014 and your personal life if it is something that you wish to share with our readers?
Stephane Badey: In 2014 I had the opportunity of getting my tracks produced by one of the best Trance label such as Monster Tunes, which has allowed me to be mixed by some of the worlds biggest djs (Simon Patterson, Aly and Fyla, John O'Callaghan...) My tune Cronos has been released on a Black Hole compilation, In Trance We Trust 020, and for the first time I have been able to get my release on CD which was a very nice achievement for me.
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?
Stephane Badey: For me the best style of 2014 is psy and tech trance getting back to the front of the scene. I think people is trying to get back to the roots and I am also part of this people... in my opinion, we have been too much pushed to hear big room tracks that are for me to be compared to pop songs, and I don't really like it, so for me the best of 2014 in terms of Electronic music style
is this resurgence of the real trance.
1) Best Track:
Stephane Badey: Vlind - Democracy
2) Best Artist (Dj & producer):
Stephane Badey: ReOrder
3) Best Remix:
Stephane Badey: Scott Bond and Marc Mitchell - Airfoil (Ian Standerwick remix)
4) Best Remixer:
Stephane Badey: James Dymond
5) Best New Talent (Dj or producer):
Stephane Badey: Dj Impossible
6) Best Electronic Music Album:
Stephane Badey: Kessler and Mazzar – Human Nature (Label: Pharmacy music)
7) Best Electronic Music Compilation:
Stephane Badey: In Trance We Trust 020
8) Best artwork/cover of an Album or Compilation:
Stephane Badey: Wellenrausch – The pages of time
9) Best Vocalist/Singer featured on Electronic Music track:
Stephane Badey: Sue McLaren
10) Best Electronic Music Label:
Stephane Badey: Joof Recordings
11) Best Online Social media network:
Stephane Badey:Facebook
12) Best music composition software:
Stephane Badey: Fruity Loops
13) Best Event or Open Air Festival:
Stephane Badey: Luminosity Beach Festival
14) Best Radio show:
Stephane Badey: Rush hour Christopher Lawrence
15) Best Radio station:
Stephane Badey: Tempo-radio.com
16) Best Online Record shop that you purchase your music:
Stephane Badey: Beatport
17) Best Website that you visit frequently:
Stephane Badey: Youtube
18) Best online/PC/video game of the year that you have played this year?
Stephane Badey: Gta 5
19) Best soundtrack for video game of the year:
Stephane Badey: Skyrim
Dimitri: Finally, 2015 is ahead of us would you like to tell your plans with your future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, Dj gigs.
Stephane Badey: For 2015, I have many tracks to complete and submit, I would like to get releases again on some big labels and hope to be played often at parties and festivals. I also have some collabs on the way, particularly one with my good friend French Skies, I hope we get a nice release on this one! And finally a couple of remixes are also being finished at the moment, I don't tell much about it, some surprises planned...
Thanks very much to Stephane Badey for replying in this interview
Thanks very much to James at Monster Tunes for organizing this interview
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