Dimitri: Can you mention your biggest achievements in your music career in 2015?
A & Z: We think that our biggest achievement this year was that we managed to evolve our sound production & music into a more mature professional level
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?
A & Z: No I am not really into cooking that much haha! it's usually my mom that cooks for me ... best food is definitely Syrian Shawerma !
Best Of 2015 by A & Z
1) Best Track:
Ilan Bluestone - 43
2) Best Artist (Dj & producer):
Aly & Fila
3) Best Remix:
Aly & Fila - The Other Shore (Fady & Mina Remix)
4) Best Remixer:
Ilan Bluestone
5) Best New Talent (Dj or producer):
Zack Shaar & Muvy ... love their stuff
6) Best Electronic Music Album:
" Embrace " love the fresh sound from Armin
7) Best Electronic Music Compilation:
Future Sound of Egypt 400
8) Best artwork/cover of an Album or Compilation:
Will Atkinson - Fresh Meat ... cracks me up haha :D
9) Best Lyrics in an Electronic Music track
Above & Beyond - We're all we need
10) Best Vocalist/Singer featured on Electronic Music track:
Susana
11) Best Electronic Music Label:
FSOE
12) Best Online Social media for communication with your fans:
Twitter
13) Best Twitter or Facebook message or Instagram message you received from a fan or friend or you have read on someone else’s account:
It always feels good when Armin or Fila drops an ID track of us & everybody starts mentioning us saying " is this yours guys ? "
14) Best music composition software:
FL Studio of course !!
15) Best personal Dj Gig:
FSOE 400 at the pyramids
16) Best Dj set of the year from other fellow Dj:
Armin's set at ASOT UMF festival Miami
17) Best Radio show:
Future Sound of Egypt
18) Best Online Record shop that you purchase your music:
Beatport
19) Best music related website that you visit frequently:
Trancefix
20) Best Smart phone/Mobile phone device:
Iphone
21) Best new sound or sample that has been used in Electronic Music this year perhaps introduced first by you?
Our signature huge big room non lyrical vocals breakdowns ...seems like everybody is doing them right now haha ! :p
22) Best tip that you learnt this year for your Djing techniques or music composition:
Having a limiter with a gain up by about 3db on my master channel to avoid beefing up the mix unnecessarily!
23) Best piece of advice you got in relation to your career in 2015:
Always be Patient!
24) Best hobby or activity that you spent a lot of time in 2015:
Playing PS4 with my friends haha
35) Best Movie of the year that may inspire you to compose a track:
Interstellar
26) Best online/PC/video game of the year that you have played this year?
FIFA 16 !
Dimitri: Finally, 2016 is ahead of us would you like to tell your plans with your future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, Dj gigs.
A & Z: Hopefully 2016 will be an even more successful one for us !
Thanks very much to A & Z for taking some time to reply in this interview
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