To talk about "Maratone", is to talk about one of the most promising producers from Denmark; the discovery of music at the early age of only 10 years old, made him a real lover of magical sound of electronic dance music. In 2014 when he releases his first profesional tracks, his remixes of Susana "Silent For So Long" and Jo Cartwright "Embrace You" on Raz Nitzan Music made the way for him look very bright; the remix of Susana was released on her physical compilation Press Play vol. 3 and the remix of Jo Cartwright was picked up and played by Armin van Buuren at A State Of Trance. His most popular release might be "Vendetta" featuring Ikerya Project, because of the massive Sensualise mashup with Armin van Buurens "This Is What It Feels Like". Armin played the mashup at the worlds biggest festivals in whole 2017, and this was a real booster for Maratone.
Very known in his hometown for having been djing in one of the clubs of his city Odense as the only DJ being able to play upfront dance-music; is the time when he decided to put all his focus and potential in the start of his pofesional career as a music producer. Throughout this time; we can point out tracks as "Sunrise" and "Stardust" featuring the dutch singer and songwrite Robin Vane as being some of his most well-known releases.
In 2016 Maratone won a remix competition by Dennis Sheperd with the remix of "We Are feat. Sylvia Tuson" made together with the dutch duo XiJaro & Pitch. This remix was released on Dennis Sheperds A Tribute To Life imprint, at that time distributed by Black Hole Recordings. After this remix XiJaro & Pitch formed a strong friendship and producer-partnership with Maratone and made the track called "The Hymn" which was released under the Abora Recordings sub-label Digital Euphoria and this track opened new doors for Maratone.
As supported by Abora Recordings since 2016, Maratone keeps on evolving his sound. With a quite wide musical range, the outstanding and impressive elements in his productions are truely standing out. By the time Abora Recordings offered Maratone an exclusive record deal, he had no doubt in signing with the label. After just a few years in the industry; Maratone is already supported by artists as Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Andrew Rayel, Sean Tyas, Roger Shah, Manuel Le Saux, Simon Patterson and Roman Messer.
It's necessary also to mention his popular weekly radio show "Maraphobia" on 1Mix Radio, one of the most popular digital radios of the UK. We can listen to his program on the 1Mix Radio trance channel every Tuesday night at 20.00 CET; a weekly magical journey with some of the hottest tracks of the moment.
Dimitris: Can you mention your biggest music career achievements in 2018?
Maratone: Finishing my artist album without any doubt! :)
Dimitris: Can you rate 2018 for you as a year with 1 being very bad until 10 that is perfect year!
1) Best 3 Tracks from other artists in 2018, please give us a short comment for each track:
Maratone: Joel Hirsch & Roxanne Emery - Neon Dreams, simply amazing.
Richard Durand & Christina Novelli - The Air I Breath, AMAZING!!!
Luke Bond - U, PARTY BOMB!
Richard Durand & Christina Novelli - The Air I Breath, AMAZING!!!
Luke Bond - U, PARTY BOMB!
2) Your 3 Best of 2018 personal productions, give us more background info about them(please provide the listening link for our readers):
Maratone: My remix of "So Cold" by Christina Novelli & DJ Xquizit and all the tracks on my album, you'll have to wait! :)
3) Best Artist in 2018(DJ & producer) please explain why you pick him/her up:
4) Best Remix in 2018, please explain why you liked it so much:
Maratone: So many good, dunno which one.
5) Best Remix that you have produced in 2018, please tell us why you believe is your best work?
6) Best Remixer for 2018, please tell us why you choose him/her:
7) Best New Talent in 2018 (DJ or producer), please explain the reasons why you choose him/her :
8) Best electronic music album in 2018? Please explain your decision why you think is the best album?(b) Do you believe that albums are still relevant or you prefer singles:
Maratone: Hmmmm.... My own? :D I think albums are still relevant yes!
9) Best electronic music compilation in 2018, please explain what exactly you liked about this compilation(the elements you appreciate):
Maratone: Dunno tbh, i don't really follow compilations.
10) Best lyrics in an electronic music track in 2018 (it can be your production or from other artists) Please explain why you like these lyrics so much!
11) Best vocalist/singer featured on electronic music track in 2018, please tell why you appreciate this singer/vocalist and why:
12) Best electronic music label for 2018, please justify why you choose this label and what was so special in 2018 about it:
13) Best online social media for 2018 and why you believe is the best particularly in 2018?:
Maratone: Instagram
14) Best music composition software in 2018, please explain why you appreciate it so much:
Maratone: FL Studio, I love it.
15) Best Club event or Festival that you have performed there or you would love one day to perform there, please explain the reasons that influenced your choice of the event & festival:
Maratone: Basarm on tour in Denmark. Such a big ass stage and a huge crowd.
16) Best radio show/podcast or Vlog(video blog) in 2018, please explain why you think this is the best radio show or vlog?:
Maratone: I do enjoy Group Therapy alot.
Dimitris: Do you have a radio show or vlog? Have you produced any YouTube tutorials for fellow artists to learn from you? If yes please tell us here the details and choose the best episode from your radio show/vlog/YouTube tutorial for 2018.
17) Best new sound or sample that has been introduced in any electronic music track in 2018 and you wish to have invented it or you may even have introduced it for the first time?
Maratone: KSHMR packs are awesome as always.
Dimitris: In 2018 the electronic music talent AVICII died and this has alerted several artists to become more health conscious. Are there any lessons to learn as an artist out from this sad event?
Dimitris: If you are DJ or producer who travels very often to perform Live in various countries can you give us your best Travel Tip for 2018 in order to survive the long travelling hours?
Maratone: My ipad haha
Dimitris: Can you mention briefly your plans for your future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, DJ gigs for 2019!
Maratone: I have a BIG collab planned for next year, but cant tell about it yet.
Dimitris: Finally, what is your biggest wish for 2019 and give us your wishes for our readers?
Maratone: To get more dj gigs.
Thanks to Maratone for his wonderful answers!
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