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Best of 2022 Interview with Inoblivion


Inoblivion is a young upcoming DJ and Producer from a small town near Stuttgart in Southern Germany. After starting to DJ in 2012, he began to produce his own music in early 2017. He finished the year 2020 making a dream come true releasing 'No Way Back' on Sneijders' Afterdark. The track also got featured on the new Afterdark compilation 003 Belfast. In the meantime, there were many more great releases on Armada, Afterdark, Outburst, Subculture and Kearnage. 2022 then featured another highlight with a tune on CD 2 of Armin van Buurens legendary compilation ‚A State Of Trance Ibiza 2022‘. It cannot look better for the future.


Dimitris: Your Top 3 biggest music career achievements in 2022:

Inoblivion: Having a track on Armin van Buurens ASOT Ibiza 2022 compilation, playing Nature One festival, releasing my debut on Kearnage Recordings


Best of 2022

1) Best track(s) and short comment for each track from other fellow artists of 2022

Inoblivion: Davor - Mission To Nowhere, the track is so creative and fresh sounding it's crazy, also Klaus Kaz - We Will Rise.



2) Best of 2022 personal productions with short comment about them:

Inoblivion: Inoblivion - When Darkness Falls, combining a beautiful melody with a banging Tech Trance drop.


3) Best Artist of 2022(DJ & producer) with short comment:

Inoblivion: Klaus Kaz, Davor and Shugz, all three pushing the boundaries in terms of creativity and fresh sounding tracks.


4) Best Remix(es) from other fellow artists of 2022 with short comment :

Inoblivion: Will Atkinson - Telescope (Maddix Extended Remix), just banging.


5) YOUR Best Remix which you have produced of 2022 with short comment?

Inoblivion: Kate Ryan - Désenchantée (Inoblivion Remix), I love the track forever, the melody and the vocals so I turned it into a club banger.

6) Best Remixer(s) of 2022 with short comment:

Inoblivion: Maddix, every remix he made this year is super super banging.

7) Best New Talent of 2022 (DJ or producer) with short comment :

Inoblivion: Davor and Klaus Kaz, pushing the boundaries.

8) Best electronic dance music album of 2022 with short comment:

Inoblivion: Ciaran McAuley - PERMISSION TO EXHALE, all tracks are just beautiful.


9) Best electronic dance music compilation of 2022 with short comment? :

Inoblivion: I loved the ASOT Ibiza 2022 compilation, obviously since my track was on there but also there have been some amazing tunes on both CDs.


10) Best artwork about single / album/compilation or promotional campaign of 2022 with short comment:

Inoblivion: I have to say I still am blown away by my artwork of my single The Secret To Integrity on Kearnage.

11) Best lyrics in electronic dance music track(s) of 2022 with short comment :

Inoblivion: Sneijder feat. Victoriya - Need You Here, with the story behind it is just perfect.


12) Best vocalist/singer on electronic dance music track of 2022 with short comment:

Inoblivion: Plumb on Bryan Kearneys 'Take This' and Victoriya on Sneijders 'Need You Here', both vocals are stunning and give you goosebumps.


13) Best electronic dance music label of 2022 with short comment:

Inoblivion: Victims Helpline, the stuff Will is releasing there is just mind blowing.

14) Best electronic dance music video of 2022 with short comment:

Inoblivion: Not really a music video but the visiuals on any Anyma show are just insane.

15) Best online social media of 2022 with short comment:

Inoblivion: Will Atkinson is doing some super funny clips.

16) Best social media response you may have received about your music or your DJ performance of 2022:

Inoblivion: When I announced my Subculture and Kearnage releases.

17) Best music composition software of 2022 with short comment:

Inoblivion: Logic, I have always been a Logic guy since I got my first Mac way way back, there have been some amazing updates this year too on Logic.

18)Best club event /festival/music conference of 2022 with short comment:

Inoblivion: Luminosity Beach Festival, it can't get any better than four days of Trance at the beach.


19) Your Best personal DJ Gig & DJ performance of 2022 with short comment:

Inoblivion: Nature One, always been a dream of mine to play that festival with such a long history, still can't believe that dream came true.


20) Best DJ set from other fellow DJ (actual or online) of 2022 with short comment:

Inoblivion: Shugz and Will Atkinsons sets from Planetlove, just amazing sets and the variety of tracks is unreal. Also Bryan Kearney from Kearnage and Dyens set from Rotterdam Rave.

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:

Inoblivion: I absolutely love Bryan Kearneys Chat series where he talks to other artists.

22) Best aftermovie for festival or club event of 2022

Inoblivion: The Tomorrowland one is just CRAZY, from the quality. I work for a film company so I know how much work it is to put that aftermovie together.


23) Best music related website of 2022 with short comment:

Inoblivion: 1001 Tracklist, just checking the tracklists after an event is nice.

24) Best production or DJ equipment (a)software & (b) hardware) of 2022 with short comment:

Inoblivion: Tantra 2

25) Best sound sample that has been used frequently in electronic dance music tracks of 2022 (personal or from other artists):

Inoblivion: I have found some amazing Hat samples which I use in every tune now.

26) Best technical tips that you learnt of 2022 in relation to your DJing or music productions:

Inoblivion: The Kick is the most important part of a track! It just has to be banging.

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:

Inoblivion: Go out to events and meet other people.

28)Best hobby or non music related activity of 2022.

Inoblivion: Playing Darts.

29) Best ever electronic dance music track(s) of all times with short comment?

Inoblivion: For me that is 100% Reverse - Distant Destiny, the melody is just the best melody out there and it hits in the feels every single time!


30) From 1 (bad) to 10(super excellent) what is your rate for 2022 in electronic dance music?

Inoblivion: 9

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?

Inoblivion: I have produce a track for the Ultracore game which was super super nice. And I think Armins Blah Blah Blah has been placed super nice in some commercials and also in a movie trailer.

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?

Inoblivion: That's a good question, I feel like in general, the genres moved closer together even more especially Trance and Techno for example. So it's definitely not that relevant any more and overall, good music is good music right.

Dimitris: Do you have any concrete plans for 2023 regarding future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, DJ gigs? Please provide us the juicy details.

Inoblivion: 2023 will start super big for me with a release on my dream label, then I have some other tracks lined up on my favorite labels and there are also a few collabs, maybe there are also some gigs but I will keep that all to myself for now.


Dimitris: Your message & wishes for 2023.

Inoblivion: I am super thankful to be allowed to experience all this and I wish everyone an amazing year 2023 with lots of great music and events.

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