"Music is not what I do, it's who I am". As a producer Leandro has released tracks under established labels such as Sirup, Quantize, Pink Star Black, Street King , King Street Sounds, NiteGrooves , Soul Candi , Open House , Multi-Racial , Karmic Power Records and many more. His productions have received notoriety having multiple tracks selected in the Traxsource Soulful , Tech, Progressive and Weekend Weapons charts , as well as having multiple tracks in the Traxsource top 100 genre specific charts . Leandro has also had multiple tracks in the iTunes top 100 House music charts (reaching as high as #48 in America and #19 in Cyprus ), also having multiple #1 spots in the iTunes Dance music category for Cyprus and multiple tracks selected for Beatport Staff Picks, HTFR top 100 and more.
Leandros' music is well supported within the industry and he has received support from some of the world's best DJ's and producers including EDX, DJ Spen, Culoe de Song, Black Coffee, Bert Bevans, Quentin Harris, Karizma, Laurent Garnier,Booker T, Phaze Dee, Vinny da Vinci , Laurent Garnier , Dirty Secretz, H@K, Felix Da Housecat and more . He has had the honor of playing alongside some of the worlds best DJ's including Sam Divine, Sharam (Deep Dish) JoJo Flores, Portia Surreal, Bert Bevans, Paulette, Sam Poppet, Les Schmidt, Oliver, DJ Fresh, Roger Goode, Glen Lewis, & many more. He has also done official remixes for artists such as Black Coffee , Sis n Jones , Tumelo and more. Leandros has giged around the world playing over 100 venues worldwide, including some of the best clubs worldwide, such as Amnesia (Ibiza), Guaba (Cyprus), Balux (Greece) ,Skyline (Miami) , Taboo (South Africa), The Palms (South Africa) to name a few. In his current homeland of Cyprus he previously held residencies at XS nightclub, Ammos Beach Bar, Patio , Blueberry Cafe and many others.
Apart from being an accomplished DJ and producer, Leandro hosts his weekly radio show 'Colours of House' on Deejay Radio Cyprus , which has become the longest running & most syndicated house music/dance radio show in Cyprus' history . Syndicated most notably on Grant Nelson's D3ep RadioNetwork.
Dimitris: Your Top 3 biggest music career achievements in 2022:
DJ Leandro: 1) Winning the EuroTribe Battle of the DJs and flying to Ibiza to play at Amnesia
2) Getting my first release on Sirup Music
3) Doing a remix for Black Coffee
Best of 2022
1) Best track(s) and short comment for each track from other fellow artists of 2022
DJ Leandro: 1) Sebastien Leger- Duel )Amazing tune , simply beautiful , a song that takes you on a
journey)
2) Jope - Serein (Powerful and beautiful melody )
3) Nora En Pure - Forsaken Dream (Stunning chords and piano )
2) Best of 2022 personal productions with short comment about them:
DJ Leandro: 1) 'Aerial Space' - Just loved how the whole track came together , simple and effective.
2) 'Tears of the rain' - I loved how the chord and piano structure came together.
3) Best Artist of 2022(DJ & producer) with short comment:
DJ Leandro: Nora En Pure - She always brings the 'heat'
Tinlicker - Simply amazing producer
Evren Furtuna - A long time favorite of mine and always has amazing productions
Sebastien Leger - His productions are on another level
4) Best Remix(es) from other fellow artists of 2022 with short comment :
DJ Leandro: Agents of Time - They really had an amazing year
Camelphat - Always consistently bringing amazing productions
5) YOUR Best Remix which you have produced of 2022 with short comment?
DJ Leandro: Unfortunately I have not done any remixes this year , for myself I did to an unofficial remix of Robert Miles' 'Children' which will never see the light of day , so I would say that one :)
6) Best Remixer(s) of 2022 with short comment:
DJ Leandro: Eric Prydz - His remix of 'Consciousness' goes down as the best remix imo for this past year
7) Best New Talent of 2022 (DJ or producer) with short comment :
DJ Leandro: CEAUS - a highly talented producer from Turkey who has a bright future ahead
8) Best electronic dance music album of 2022 with short comment:
DJ Leandro: Agents of Time - Universo
9) Best electronic dance music compilation of 2022 with short comment? :
DJ Leandro: Strictly Rhythm After Hours vol.1
10) Best artwork about single / album/compilation or promotional campaign of 2022 with short comment:
DJ Leandro: All artwork from 'Rich Vom Dorf ' - The fact that her creates the cover art from cardboard paper and then scans them, ingenious
11) Best lyrics in electronic dance music track(s) of 2022 with short comment :
DJ Leandro: ' 'Your Voice ' (Adam Port remix) - Simply stunning vocal and lyrics , so powerful
12) Best vocalist/singer on electronic dance music track of 2022 with short comment:
DJ Leandro: Caiiro
13) Best electronic dance music label of 2022 with short comment:
DJ Leandro: Sirup Music
14) Best electronic dance music video of 2022 with short comment:
DJ Leandro: Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd - Moth To A Flame
15) Best online social media of 2022 with short comment:
DJ Leandro: John Summit's Instagram - The dude is hilarious !
16) Best social media response you may have received about your music or your DJ performance of 2022:
DJ Leandro: WeRave from South America constantly supporting and promoting my material
17) Best music composition software of 2022 with short comment:
DJ Leandro: Cubase 12 - Cubase keeps getting better and better with each iteration they come out with
18)Best club event /festival/music conference of 2022 with short comment:
DJ Leandro: Defected in Malta
19) Your Best personal DJ Gig & DJ performance of 2022 with short comment:
DJ Leandro: Ammos Beach Bar Summer opening party - Easily one of the best gigs of my life and the best gig Ive ever hard in Cyprus , crowd as so responsive . They club staff forced us to shut down cos we were partying well over the closing time .
20) Best DJ set from other fellow DJ (actual or online) of 2022 with short comment:
DJ Leandro: Nora En Pure - She always brings her own unique style to each set and her live set from ' the boat' was amazing and beautiful to watch
21) Best radio show/podcast/twitch stream or Vlog(video blog) of 2022 with short comment. It can be yours or from other artists you respect:
DJ Leandro: The Disclosure Twitch streams - Those guys are musical geniuses and their content on twitch should be viewed by every producer
22) Best aftermovie for festival or club event of 2022
DJ Leandro: Defected in Croatia
23) Best music related website of 2022 with short comment:
DJ Leandro: www.werave.com.br
24) Best production or DJ equipment (a)software & (b) hardware) of 2022 with short comment:
DJ Leandro: a) software - Cubase 12
b) hardware - Roalnd Juno x
25) Best sound sample that has been used frequently in electronic dance music tracks of 2022 (personal or from other artists):
DJ Leandro: Mark Knight and Armand Van Heldens 'The music began to play ' - sampled from TJM ' I dont need no music'
26) Best technical tips that you learnt of 2022 in relation to your DJing or music productions:
DJ Leandro: less is more , dont over produce your tracks . If an element cant be heard or can barely be heard , remove it and make space for more important elements
27) Best piece of personal or music business' advice you got in relation to your career of 2022 and has helped you to progress even further:
DJ Leandro: Work hard and be consistent
28)Best hobby or non music related activity of 2022.
DJ Leandro: Playing video games
29) Best ever electronic dance music track(s) of all times with short comment?
DJ Leandro: 1) Nightcrawlers - Push the feeling on
2) Robert Miles - Children
3) Evren Furtuna - my miracle baby
4) Mandy vs Bookashade - Body language
5) Black Coffee- even though
6) Nora En Pure - Come with me
7) EDX - breathin
8) Deadmau5 - Ghosts n stuff
10) Chris Avantgarde - Consciousness
11) Dennis Ferrer - Touched the sky
12) DJ Rasoul - Let me love you
30) From 1 (bad) to 10(super excellent) what is your rate for 2022 in electronic dance music?
DJ Leandro: 10
Dimitris: In which TV series, film or advert would you like to experience your track being used? Which track was the best placed on films/TV series/advert/official aftermovie of a festival from another artist?
DJ Leandro: The Matrix
Dimitris: During 2022 we experienced many tracks that were hybrids of music styles & genres. Do believe that music genres or styles are still relevant today?
DJ Leandro: Its very hard to say yes or no because so many tracks are smashing different genres together to create something new and unique and create a genre of its own. I think as artists we learn and grow our own music styles and evolve as such that we create our own style of music . Yes, there can be a basis of genres , for example he/she/they play 'deep house' but they can add progressive house tracks that compliment deep house tracks .. and so on and so forth
Dimitris: Do you have any concrete plans for 2023 regarding future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, DJ gigs? Please provide us the juicy details.
DJ Leandro: Yes, I will be working hard in the studio and releasing more tracks consistently and currently I have a few tracks lined up for release under Sirup Music and I look forward to more releases with them in 2023
Dimitris: Your message & wishes for 2023.
DJ Leandro: Work hard , do what you love , never hurt anyone , always be true to yourself and if all else fails .... music will always be there for you
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