Dimitri: Can you mention your biggest achievements in your music career in 2015?
Holbrook & SkyKeeper: Well, first of all we are proud that this year we had a lot of requests from promoters and a bunch of performances so we got more experience on the stage. Regarding to production we kept working on both of our styles (bigroom trance and progressive trance), unfortunately not using anything supernatural, but introducing new sounds and tricks. As a result of working on our stuff we can assure that this year our sound became more solid, juicier and stronger!
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?
H: As for me the burgers are the food of the year. Especially BBQ burgers!
S: For me that was BBQ rib eye steak which I cooked with my girlfriend!
Best of 2015 by Holbrook & SkyKeeper
1) Best Track:
H: Kolsch Feat. Tomas Høffding - Bloodline, Sundrowner - Titans, Markus Schulz Feat. Delacey - Destiny
S: Guy J - Nirvana, Jamie XX - SeeSaw, Basil O'Glue - Will To Believe
2) Best Artist (Dj & producer):
H: Solid Stone, Philthy Chit
S: Guy J, Jamie XX
3) Best Remix:
H: Tim Penner Feat. Amber Long - Forgive Me (Solid Stone Remix), Navar - Clean Sights (Gvozdini Remix), Platunoff - Again, I Pass You (Holbrook & SkyKeeper Remix)
S: Solid Stone - Morphine (Michael A Remix), Dusky - Skin Deep (Global Communication Remix), Yahel & Eyal Barkan - Voyage (Eelke Kleijn Remix)
4) Best Remixer:
Solid Stone
5) Best New Talent (Dj or producer):
H: Sundrowner
6) Best Electronic Music Album:
H: Madonna - Rebel Heart, SmokeFishe - All Things About You, Saycet - Mirage
S: Guy J - The Trees, the Sea & the Sun, Jamie XX - In Clour, Rudimental - We the Generation
7) Best Electronic Music Compilation:
Ministry Of Sound: Trance Nation (Mixed By Markus Schulz)
8) Best artwork/cover of an Album or Compilation:
H: Kölsch - 1983
S: Lane8 - Rise
9) Best Lyrics in an Electronic Music track:
H: Kolsch Feat. Tomas Høffding - Bloodline
S: Beat Service & Ana Criado - An Autumn Tale
10) Best Vocalist/Singer featured on Electronic Music track:
H: Tomas Høffding
S: Ana Criado
11) Best Electronic Music Label:
H: Perfecto Black
S: Lost & Found
12) Best Electronic Music Video:
H: Carly Rae Jepsen - I Really Like You
13) Best Online Social media for communication with your fans:
Facebook, Vkontakte
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:
Probably this lovely one: "Two of the best in trance, I love you guys!"
15) Best music composition software:
Ableton Live 9, FL Studio 12, Reveal Sound Spire, Serum, NI Massive
16) Best Club Event or Open Air Festival:
Burning Man (USA, Black Rock Desert)
17) Best personal Dj Gig:
Open Space" with Ben Nicky in "Forsage Club" in Kiev, Ukraine
18) Best DJ set of the year from other fellow DJ:
Lee Burridge - Essential Mix (2015-09-05), Maceo Plex - Essential Mix (205-11-07)
19) Best Radio show:
H: Pete Tong - The Essential Selection
S: Dirty Owl, Vusevich - Logika Ritma
20) Best Radio station:
H: BBC Radio 1
S: Frisky Radio
21) Best Online Record shop that you purchase your music:
Beatport
22) Best Smart phone/Mobile phone device:
iPhone 6 and Instagram
23) Best DJ equipment (software or hardware):
Pioneer CDJ-2000NXS, Pioneer DJM-900NXS, Ableton Live 9, Serato, NI Traktor Pro 2
24) Best hobby or activity that you spent a lot of time in 2015:
H: Workout, skiing
S: Running and swimming
25) Best holiday destination for 2015 that you manage to visit this year either to relax or to perform in a club or festival:
H: Mountains in the western part of Ukraine and Central Europe
S: Are you guys’ crazy? There is an economic crisis in Russia: D
Dimitri: Finally, 2016 is ahead of us would you like to tell your plans with your future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, DJ gigs.
Holbrook & SkyKeeper: Well, a lot of stuff is coming in winter including original tracks and remixes, we are also going to make a collab with an artist we really like right now. We also hope to get new labels next year to see ourselves in other styles of EDM!
Many thanks to Holbrook and Skykeeper for replying to this interview.
Many thanks to Basil O'Glue at Saturate Audio for organising this interview.
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