Active Limbic System, is an exciting trance duo, formed by George Tripas and Michalis Patakas.
They produce an uplifting, tech-trance and psy-trance blend, which has nailed them signings on labels like FSOE, Nocturnal Knights Music, ITWT, Perfecto Fluoro, Monster Tunes, Mental Asylum Records, Outburst Records ,Borderline Music, Discover Dark and more.
They've also gained support by big names of the scene, with Paul Van Dyk , Paul Oakenfold,Sean Tyas, Solarstone, Indecent Noise, Mark Sherry, Christopher Lawrence among others.
They're laying down their own path on the trance map, with the peak of high quality trance music as their destination. Will you follow them to the, or are you going to stay lost?
Dimitris: Your Top 3 biggest music career achievements in 2022:
Active Limbic System: Our top 3 achievements for this year were, number 1 the release on FSOE collaborating with our pal and co-producer Niko Zografos to the track called ''Elevation'', number 2 the gig I played this summer for FSI events and the one and only Paul Van Dyk among with our pal and co-producer Chris Oblivion Stavropoulos and number 3 the opportunity Rob Activa gave us to work again to our track called ''Xibalba'' and release it after the relaunch of his massive Borderline Music as 2022 Remaster.
Best of 2022
1) Best track(s) and short comment for each track from other fellow artists of 2022
Active Limbic System: Def this year belongs to me to Borderline Music and its relaunch by Activa....so number 1 is Benjani vs Mac & Monday - Sanctum (Mac & Monday Story Continues Extended Remix)
number 2 Sonic Element - Gone Again (Extended Mix)
number 3 from Pure Trance and this great collaboration Activa & Slipstream - Cassini (Extended Mix)
number 4 an uplifting one released on FSOE and its this one Asteroid, Kinetica & Inversed - Aeon (Extended Mix)
number 5 a tech trance one from our pal and co-producer Peetu S and its name ''Halloween'' released on Outburst Records
number 6 for the fans of hard trance Mindflux & Kuznetsow - One Day (Extended Mix) released on HTE
number 7 a vocal one and its this Ellez Ria pres Arkam & Hidden Tigress- Incomplete (Club Mix) released on Vibrate Audio
for the fans of psy and number 8 on the list is this Improvement & Perfect Ohm & Tuneless - Waveform Information released on Dacru
2) Best of 2022 personal productions with short comment about them:
Active Limbic System: The best is our release on FSOE collaborating with Niko Zografos to the uplifting one called ''Elevation''
3) Best Artist of 2022(DJ & producer) with short comment:
Active Limbic System: For us is Peetu S which is on fire lately and we love his underground style of
tech trance.
4) Best Remix(es) from other fellow artists of 2022 with short comment :
Active Limbic System: Number 1 is a progressive one from Danny Stubbs, on Lustral's ''Everytime''
released on Armada
number 2 the remix Niko Zografos did to Activa's ''Another Day'' released on Regenerate
number 3 John O' Callaghan's remix on Activa - Journey Home released on Black Hole Recordings
number 4 Paul Denton's remix on Aly & Fila vs Scott Bond & Charlie Walker ''Shadow'' released on
FSOE
number 5 Thomas Datt's remix on Dark Matter's ''Dragons Tear'' released on Landscapes
number 6 Will Rees remix on Mark Sherry's ''Luminosity Curve''.
5) YOUR Best Remix which you have produced of 2022 with short comment?
Active Limbic System: This year we released only one remix and this was on early 2022. We remixed our pal's Chris Oblivion track with Soundpass called "At The Gates Of Desert" and released on 1db Records. It's a psy remix with a goa riff which we had the chance to play it live to our latest gig for FSI Events at Bunker Club on November 26th and had a huge impact.
6) Best Remixer(s) of 2022 with short comment:
Active Limbic System: Thomas Datt for sure as I mentioned him before to one of the best remixes he did this year, is a producer we def admire for his sound....Danny Stubbs which we also love his sound...and closing the list with Paul Denton and Will Rees which both have a unique style and proper quality to their tracks either is an original or a remix.
7) Best New Talent of 2022 (DJ or producer) with short comment :
Active Limbic System: Jody 6 is def an upcoming one releasing from techno to trance and each one track has a special id.
8) Best artwork about single / album/compilation or promotional campaign of 2022 with short comment:
Active Limbic System: Outburst artwork for Peetu S ''Halloween''
9) Best social media response you may have received about your music or your DJ performance of 2022:
Active Limbic System: The best social media response with some thousand views was the official video taken by FSI events during our b2b playing with Chris Oblivion, during the warm up set for Giuseppe Ottaviani which took place on October at Bolivar Beach Bar.
10) Best music composition software of 2022 with short comment:
Active Limbic System: Its the one we use, Reason.
11)Best club event /festival/music conference of 2022 with short comment:
Active Limbic System: Luminosity its def the best festival of trance music.
12) Your Best personal DJ Gig & DJ performance of 2022 with short comment:
Active Limbic System: I will say they were 2,playing the warm up sets, for 2 legends of the trance scene as Paul Van Dyk and Giuseppe Ottaviani are. Both events hosted by FSI events which I would like to thank for their support and trust to us.
13) Best DJ set from other fellow DJ (actual or online) of 2022 with short comment:
Active Limbic System: One of the best for me was Enlusion's Forescape Radio #011 [Breaks Special] with some great progressive breaks sounds.
14) 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:
Active Limbic System: Sean Tyas Wet Wednesdays is def a massive one playing some proper trance.
15) 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:
Active Limbic System: Our pal Chris Oblivion who is in the scene more than 20 years as a DJ and as a producer the last years, always said to have patience and to work hard from our first steps 12 years ago when we release our first one to his digital label ''Destination Sunshine'' and its true hard work, patience and being gentle and not selfish will help u to achieve ur goals.
16)Best hobby or non music related activity of 2022.
Active Limbic System: Best hobby for me is running and exercise.
17) Best ever electronic dance music track(s) of all times with short comment?
Active Limbic System: Humate - Love Stimulation (Paul van Dyk's Love Club Mix) its def the track behind the definition of trance music....
18) From 1 (bad) to 10(super excellent) what is your rate for 2022 in electronic dance music?
Active Limbic System: I would say 7 since its difficult in nowadays to find good tracks.
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?
Active Limbic System: I would say ''Xibalba'' to the movie ''The Fountain'' which inspired us to make it.
Dimitris: Do you have any concrete plans for 2023 regarding future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, DJ gigs? Please provide us the juicy details.
Active Limbic System: First of all and the most important is to be healthy and the rest shall follow. We def want to update our PC which we use for our productions so we can make more stuff without any problems.
Dimitris: Your message & wishes for 2023.
Active Limbic System: Wishing everyone great health, to smile all the time and not stop being dreaming. And of course a huge thanks to all for their support all these years.
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