With 15 years as a DJ/Producer, Bodo Kaiser has been involved as a big part to expand the swiss trance scene with his own events. He has a big passion and his innovative and creative to bring some of the most recognised names together in a country that has been considered as dead for Trance.
Bodo Kaiser has made an impact in the Polish and German club scene with his official rework of Mr.Philipps – 7th Day (I will be there) with his former name Invincible which has reached the trackitdown sales charts on #8 within 3 days in 2010 and was placed on several compilations worldwide.
2 Years later in 2012 he teamed up with US singer and songwriter Sheri Pedigo for Caravan that has also reached #25 on the trackitdown Sales Chart. In the same year he got huge recommendations with the release of Beautiful Day that has been the first release after his real name Bodo Kaiser and reached Top10 at the Beatport Trance Charts. With a special announcement by Abercrombie & Fitch that has chosen the tune as they're theme to open their new flagship in HongKong.
Not only noticed on the Asian Market, Bodo Kaiser`s career has gained also success with his`unique live sets, touring in Austria, Germany, Italy and also started his residency in one of the Hottest venues in Poland.
After a small creative break spending years in the Studio, Bodo Kaiser returned in 2015 not only with his first Mix Compilation together with 4 Strings for the Event label Tranceformers but also a rework on his own tune Beautiful Day has been created in a Hard Trance rework by S.H.O.K.K.
With this again he accomplished to bring some of he most rising talents together and made his first collaboration with Dutch legend Ron van den Beuken in 2016, Rising Flute has reached Number 5 at the Beatport Sales Chart in September 2016.
2017 has become an unstoppable Year for the Swiss Talent, with his first EP released on Freegrant Music he not only manage to reach the Beatport Top 10 again but also he received support by Above & Beyond, JES, Shane54, MYON and many more. The EP also has found several nr1 positions for the 2017 Best of Charts.
For his contribution to support other producers he collaborated the same year with the southern Swiss Talent Koray and released the more darker tune Borderline on the UK Label Tangled Audio, which has found support again by Giuseppe Ottaviani, John Askew. Next his single Vimana reached number 15 on Beatport.
The first week of 2018 Borderline and Vimana have reached the beatport Top100 again. Followed by the Vimana (Remixes) in Mai 2018 that hit the Top20 on Beatport. In Sep 2018 Bodo has joined forces with Swiss Legend DJ Indian for the first EP on Joyride Progressive and then for Bariuz on Alter Ego Records.
2019 has been fantastic year of great releases and collaborations on Jan 28th with the longtime friend S.H.O.K.K. that has reached the Beatport Top10 right away. The single End Game has also followed 4 weeks later with an amazing progressive remix by Darkmind & Desire.
9 more releases appear on great labels such as AVA Recordings (Black Hole), We Are Trance, Extrema Global Music, Entrancing Music. In October the music video for his single with Ron van den Beuken and Kim Kiona was released that has been shot in the Lovely City of Amsterdam.
Dimitris: Your biggest music career achievements in 2019:
Bodo Kaiser: 2019 was a packed journey I guess that I was nr. 1 Tune of the Week in Corstens Countdown with my EP Tokyo and the Release of my first official music video with the lovely Kim Kiona.
Dimitris: Please rate your online presence/visibility in 2019 from 0-10?Please elaborate with short comment.
Bodo Kaiser: I would say 7 as its hard these days to be present on all social media such as twitter, instagram, Facebook....
1) Best track(s) and short comment for each track from other fellow artists in 2019
these are definitely some tunes that are almost in all my sets.
2) Best of 2019 personal productions with short comment about them:
Bodo Kaiser: Walk on my Own is definitely one of my personal favourite as this production has been a longjourney with many producer friends involved that helped to the package with their remixes.
3) Best Artist in 2019(DJ & producer) with short comment:
Bodo Kaiser: A.R.D.I. is sure one of the most upcoming producers not only since 2019, such is Danny Stubbs as they always delivers with high quality in their genre.
4) Best Remix(es) from other fellow artists in 2019 with short comment :
Bodo Kaiser: Even that I'm not too much of a Psy-trance Guy the Ranji remix of Nina Nesbitt has got me from the very first minutes.
5) YOUR Best Remix which you have produced in 2019 with short comment?
Bodo Kaiser: I actually didn't do any remix this year as I focused on my originals and collabs.
6) Best Remixer(s) for 2019 with short comment:
7) Best New Talent in 2019 (DJ or producer) with short comment :
8) Best electronic dance music compilation in 2019 with short comment? :
9) Best artwork about single / album/compilation or promotional campaign in 2019 with short comment:
Bodo Kaiser: The private campaign from our tune Walk on my Own that had the Artwork of covicon GmbH something I'm proud of to achieve.
10) Best lyrics in electronic dance music track(s) in 2019 with short comment :
11) Best vocalist/singer on electronic dance music track in 2019 with short comment:
Bodo Kaiser: Kim Kiona & Christina Novelli as they always take you for a journey with their lovely voices.
12) Best electronic dance music label for 2019 with short comment:
13) Best electronic dance music video for 2019 with short comment:
Bodo Kaiser: Walk on my Own, despite of the small budget we have achieved a wonderful result.
14) Best online social media for 2019 with short comment:
Bodo Kaiser: Facebook & Instagram are the easiest way to connect with people online for music.
15) Best social media response you may have received about your music or your DJ performance in 2019:
Bodo Kaiser: I got on on my socials reactions from wide range of countries that I never expected like India, USA, Australia, Guatemala, Argentina etc. It's fantastic to see that my music has such a big impact worldwide.
16) Best music composition software in 2019 with short comment:
Bodo Kaiser: I'm still using the old one haha and I haven't checked new ones lately.
17)Best Club event /Festival/music conference in 2019 with short comment:
Bodo Kaiser: Luminosity, I was there for only one day and sure was a good one :-)
18) Your Best personal DJ Gig & DJ performance in 2019 with short comment:
19) Best DJ set from other fellow DJ in 2019 with short comment:
Bodo Kaiser: That's very hard to choose but Passenger 75 set at the Street Parade on the float was definitely a banging one.
20) Best radio show/podcast or Vlog(video blog) in 2019 with short comment. It can be yours or from other artists you respect:
21) Best review that you have read in 2019 about your tracks or for other artists tracks(please provide the link if this review is online):
Bodo Kaiser: Best one this year was not about a single tune as it was an Interview with Signum about some upcomin tracks and remixes.
http://www.onthesesh.com/on-the-sesh-with-signum/?fbclid=IwAR0bb4eEWk-Jel9sR29_mo6fFFe2PXbgYi5v21dE4iai9uvGB4uv2_220Xg
22) Best music related website in 2019 with short comment:
Bodo Kaiser: Spotify is the one site that is gaining popularity more and more.
23) Best production or DJ equipment (a)software & (b) hardware) in 2019 with short comment:
Bodo Kaiser: There are so many new toys coming out that I can't follow them all.
24) Best technical tips that you learnt in 2019 in relation to your DJing or music productions:
Bodo Kaiser: For productions is patience if something does not go the way you like it, try to look at it in different angles, this is why I share lots of demos with other producer's friends.
25) Best piece of personal or music business advice you got in relation to your career in 2019 and has helped you to progress even further:
Bodo Kaiser: Stay open minded and true to your own signature sound.
26) Best travel tips in 2019 to survive the long travelling hours and jetlag:
Bodo Kaiser: California is always worth the travel and jetlag.
27) Best ever electronic dance music track(s) of all times with short comment?
28) Best hobby or creative activity except music production in 2019:
Bodo Kaiser: Movies and Art
Dimitris: Do you have any concrete plans for 2020 regarding future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, DJ gigs? Please provide us the juicy details.
Bodo Kaiser: I'm actually currently working on my first artist album that for sure will take at least the whole year but I can not tell to much details about it but it will definitely be packed with great collaborations, features and videos..
Dimitris: Your message & wishes for 2020.
Bodo Kaiser: I wish everyone to stay healthy and true to themselves.
Thanks to Dirkie for arranging this interview.
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Thanks to Dirkie for arranging this interview.
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