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02:06:00

 


Steve Birch, operating under the moniker Dream.machine.time, has delivered a truly captivating Psy-Trance experience with his latest album, "Dimensional Musical Transcendence." Known for his meticulous production techniques and imaginative soundscapes, Birch continues to push the boundaries of electronic music. This album is a testament to his ability to blend technical precision with emotive storytelling, offering listeners an immersive journey through his sonic universe.



1. Intro (Original Mix)

The album opens with "Intro," a track that sets the stage with ethereal pads and delicately layered arpeggios. The production here is pristine, creating a soundscape that feels both vast and intimate, drawing listeners into the world Birch has crafted.

2. Hypnagogic (Original Mix)

"Hypnagogic" melds hypnotic rhythms with a pulsating bassline, showcasing Birch’s mastery over trance-inducing grooves. The track builds gradually, incorporating subtle shifts in percussion and lush synths that drive the listener deeper into a trance state.

3. Imagination (Original Mix)

This track is a standout with its intricate melody lines and dynamic structure. "Imagination" ventures into a realm where dreamy atmospheres meet powerful bass stabs, providing a perfect balance between introspective moments and energetic peaks.

4. Liquid Heaven (Original Mix)

"Liquid Heaven" envelops the listener in a sea of vibrant synth textures and sweeping effects. The production is meticulous, with each element meticulously placed to enhance the track's fluidity and depth.

5. Bongo Mongo (Original Mix)

With "Bongo Mongo," Birch introduces tribal influences, blending them seamlessly with his psychedelic sound. The use of live percussion elements paired with digital effects creates a rich and engaging auditory tapestry.

6. Dream a Dream (Original Mix)

In "Dream a Dream," Birch utilizes dreamy vocals and ambient layers to craft a serene and uplifting journey. The track's gentle progression, augmented by delicate melodic touches, makes it a true highlight of the album.

7. I See Fairies (Original Mix)

"I See Fairies" offers a playful yet profound exploration of sound, with twinkling synths and enchanting harmonies. The track's whimsical nature is underscored by Birch's precise production, ensuring each note resonates with clarity.

8. Twinkle Trippy Star (Original Mix)

This track introduces a cosmic theme, with its spacey synths and rhythmic energy. "Twinkle Trippy Star" showcases Birch's ability to fuse elements of sci-fi with psychedelic trance, resulting in a track that feels both nostalgic and forward-thinking.

9. No End No Beginning (Original Mix)

With its cyclic structure and evolving motifs, "No End No Beginning" embodies the concept of infinite loops and timelessness. The track's seamless transitions and layered effects create a continuous flow that captivates the listener.

10. Seaside Interlude (Original Mix)

Serving as a brief respite in the album, "Seaside Interlude" incorporates natural soundscapes and gentle synth waves. This track highlights Birch's versatility in creating atmospheric pieces that complement the album's dynamic range.

11. Smoke & Mirrors (Original Mix)

"Smoke & Mirrors" delves into darker territories, with brooding basslines and haunting melodies. The track's complex arrangements and meticulous sound design showcase Birch's ability to evoke emotion through music.

12. Happiness Is Just a Breath Away (Original Mix)

In a complete shift, "Happiness Is Just a Breath Away" fills the air with bright, uplifting melodies and optimistic harmonies. The track's joyful energy is infectious, offering a moment of pure bliss within the album.

13. Eternal Beings (Original Mix)

"Eternal Beings" is a spiritual journey, characterized by its deep, resonant bass and celestial synths. Birch crafts a narrative through sound that speaks to the eternal nature of existence.

14. Light of the Soul (Original Mix)

The album closes with "Light of the Soul," a track that encapsulates the album’s themes of transcendence and enlightenment. With its soaring melodies and heartfelt progression, it leaves the listener with a sense of hope and introspection.

Steve Birch’s "Dimensional Musical Transcendence" is a masterclass in production and storytelling, reinforcing his status as a visionary in the Psy-Trance genre. Each track is meticulously crafted to offer a unique auditory experience, making this album a must-listen for fans and newcomers alike.



Buy/stream: HERE



Dimitris Kechagias Review:
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15:35:00

 


Beatport and John 00 Fleming usher in a new chapter in trance’s storied history, as the store launches Trance: Raw / Hypnotic / Deep - their second official sub-set for the genre.

To bring greater fluency to trance’s always expanding spectrum, the move has been one that Beatport and John 00 Fleming have had in discussion for close to two years. Trance’s new denomination follows the success Beatport have enjoyed with their comparably designated Techno: Raw / Deep / Hypnotic category, which launched back in February of 2020. In a further shakeup, Beatport’s other major trance classification has been redesignated Trance (Main Floor), adding more clarity to the genre’s range.

As a significant data-backed authority on electronic music, 00 Fleming saw Beatport’s involvement as critical to the homing of artists making less overt trance music. It was through the platform’s experience with their genre-differentiating Techno’s Raw / Deep / Hypnotic bracket that they ultimately found Trance’s solution.
Of his push for the move, John commented, “The understanding of the word ‘trance’ has been expanding for 30 years and is unlikely to stop, all of which has made it a tricky area for Beatport to pin down Within the established music system, I and others have felt essentially ‘genre-less’ for a decade or more. As such, to me, the launch of Trance: Raw, Deep, Hypnotic is a big win. If I had to pick three adjectives for what real trance music is, I couldn’t do much better than those! It’s literally given new meaning to what I do!”
In the months leading up to the move, Beatport’s curators worked to rehome a significant number of artists and record labels under the new band. 
John continues, “as Beatport visitors will see, much of my own non-Psy-trance output now falls under this Trance: Raw / Deep / Hypnotic bracket. I hope this will help lovers of trance in its truest and most classic form to find the music, artists and labels that speak most fully to them.”
With Raw / Deep / Hypnotic, trance has grown a new branch. Find out if it’s what you’re looking for by checking the new category page here, John’s artist page here and John’s Raw/Deep/Hypnotic Chart here 




Additional info:
beatport.com
john00fleming.com
facebook.com/john00fleming
twitter.com/john00fleming
instagram.com/john00fleming
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21:19:00


There's no other producer on this planet like Basil O'Glue, he's dedicated his career to investing into the electronic scene, forever moving forward, playing his part in forging and breaking new musical boundaries and this new single is testament to this. The future is here.



Dimitri Kechagias review:
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[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Basil O'Glue is one of the strongest progressive producers with certain vision and unique sound coming out from Greece in the last decade. His productions are always top notch and highly successful. His latest track on JOOF is the stunning Tell Nobody. Deep haunting moody basslines, punchy kicks and pumping drums along with cinematic Vangelis style synths with fantastic progression throughout to create an excellent tripping out effect that can hypnotize the listener and make him feel transported to another place. The dark distorted spoken vocal sample adds the needed context for the story that Basil O'Glue knows so well to paint with his music brushes. Deep progressive trance from one of the very first masters of this particular sound who constantly delivers the goods and artists like John OO Flemming and Solarstone trust him blindfolded. #PureGold Love IT [/content]
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Additional info:
https://www.facebook.com/JOOFRecordings
https://www.facebook.com/basilogluemusic
facebook.com/basilogluemusic
http://instagram.com/basilglue/
http://soundcloud.com/basil-oglue
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23:14:00

“A decision was made to shake things up. Once that was done, says John 00 Fleming, that change took on a life of its own”. The “it” JOOF refers to is ‘Editions’ - his rule-adverse compilation series, which is currently on the touchline, warming up for its fifth outing. The most apparent modification is in the number of DJs mixing it, which has leapt - quadrupling (yup!) from one to four. “Originally I was just going to bring in one other, but amazing co-mixing suggestions kept coming up. Those suggestions turned into options and, well, here we are!” 

“It has says John allowed for the album to become a far more focussed affair”. With runtimes regularly pushing five hours, Vols. 1 thru 4 were nothing less than odysseys into the fantastic minutiae of progressive. Epic, deep sonic probes, endeavouring to explore every corner of an arguably limitless genre. Beatport all-genre chart toppers and agents of scene change (they played their part in unlocking ASOT door to Progressive last year) ‘JOOF Editions’ mixes became the new apotheosis in journeys by a DJ. In 2019 however, ‘JOOF Editions’ is getting both smaller and larger. With the series’ door opened to a cadre of label friends and fellow defenders of the electronic music underground, joining him in 2019 are Gai Barone, Paul Thomas and Tim Penner. 

To accommodate, John’s reined in the legendarily expansive limits of his own mix. However the release’s overall musical length has almost doubled in size again. Each of the handpicked DJs had up to two-hours with which to make the case for their own particular tract of progressive. “It’s very much the best of all worlds, John feels. It’s allowed me to become even more focussed on a couple of bandwidths, while my co-mixers travel their own lanes, broadening the release as a whole”. 



Fleming’s fifth is the perfect truncation of the JOOF Editions’ you know and love. Its wonderful spacey intro calcifies swiftly into a chunkier, more groove-hardy thing. Incorporating housier undertones along the way, Basil O'Glue’s ‘Nekyia’ and - in its Facade variation - ‘Shrine’ sit alongside Stan Kolev’s ‘Ananda’. Delivering one stunning, toughly percussive and echoically-intense sequence after another, it culminates with ‘Arise’ and ‘Timelapse’ – a double hit from Jerome Isma-Ae. At the midpoint, John’s mix traverses subtlety but unmistakable onto darker, more robust terra. JOOF’s own ‘Drop From The Vile’ and Miika Kuisma’s ‘Tri-be’ shadow Airwave’s ‘Perth To San Diego’, themselves prefacing a dozen other killers. Mix-matters come to the most anthemic of heads through Oliver Prime’s envisioning of LSG’s ‘Netherworld’.



The first of JOOF’s ‘Editions’ guest-mixers is the suddenly-everywhere Canadian, Tim Penner. A man with a notable passion for progressive’s more abstract and avant-garde natures, Tim’s delivers a ceaselessly fascinating two hours of music. Needlework-fine in its mixing, precisely nuanced and exploratory in the sonics, it courses with the latest soundware from The Stupid Experts, Rick Pier O'Neil, ACUMEN, Be Morais and others. Alongside, naturally, is a respectively significant dose of Penner’s own material, sourced from his just-released ‘Radio Silence’ album. Bringing Tim on board, John said: “Once in each decade you come across a genius of a producer. One that is so far forward thinking you’re unsure where to place them in the genre sphere. That’s Tim Penner in a nutshell”. 



“No introduction necessary!” however is how John heralds ‘Editions 5’s next-to-the-decks. (Heck, he’ll give him one anyway!). “Gai Barone is a producer who - from Sasha to Armin van Buuren, exists outside every bubble. His hypnotic melodies have become irresistible to every music lover. Its not just talent either, Gai is one of the loveliest most humble artists on this planet.” In his quest to do justice to the Editions’ remap, the Italian’s gone to some extraordinary lengths. An album capsule perched atop a mix-comp rocket, whether it be original or remix, Gai’s had a hand in no less than 14 of the 17 tracks in his mix. Aliases too? You betcha. Charlotte Petitte, Dead Panther, Tannura Revolutionary Blocks, Celvee, Ayer Astura, Barra Uno – all extraordinary, all new Barone masks and monikers. 



Last and by no means least is moonlighting FSOE UV A&R man, Paul Thomas. Welcoming Paul, John says: “The latest new breed rising over the past couple of years getting on the radar of the likes of Hernan Cattaneo, Nick Warren along with touching a chord with the Trance world too, says John. One of the standout Progressive DJ/Producers over the past few years”, Paul Thomas angles his mix a touch later-night than his co-mixers. Elevating its tempo, through key tracks like Dmitry Molosh’s ‘Sacra’, Molosh’s rewire of Aly & Fila vs. Ferry Corsten’s ‘Camellia’ and Paul’s own ‘Joheia’ & ‘Lorax’ numbers, he brings greater emphasis to melodica, lift and endzone drive.

Fleming. Barone. Thomas. Penner. The men behind the only progressive compilation anyone’s gonna need this year!?? Well that’s for you to tell us! All eight hours of it drops next month. You can pre-order it here


Lastly to celebrate the release of the fifth ‘JOOF Editions’, John’s taking it back to where it all began. On April 21 at The Arch in his hometown Brighton, Hernan Cattaneo, co-mixer Paul Thomas and John himself will toast the album’s arrival. A rare chance to see the globe-circling DJ in his native environment and an even rarer opportunity to see Argentina’s greatest musical export outside the UK’s capital - this (literally!) is not to be taken sitting down. Easter Sunday, The Arch, Brighton.

Tracklist: JOOF Editions Vol. 5 
John 00 Fleming mix 
Rick Pier O'Neil -  Earth Mover (Stas Drive Remix)
Sebastian Busto  -  Budapest                       
Alex O’Rion  - Neuron (Version 1)
Basil O'Glue - Nekyia (Facade Remix)
Parallel Universe - The Decision               
Analog Jungs - Phoenix (Subandrio Remix)             
Black 8 & Arrab - Sandwaves               
Forty Cats  - Fluency Rate
Basil O'Glue - Shrine (Early mix)
Stan Kolev  ‘Ananda’                         
Jerome Isma-ae & Tone Depth - Arise                     
Jerome Isma  & Alastor - Timelapse (Extended Mix)
Airwave - Perth To San Diego       
Miika Kuisma - Tri-be                           
John 00 Fleming & EEEMUS - Drop From The Vile (Basil O'Glue Remix)
Alex Morelli -  In Requiem                   
Jon Hopkins - Singularity (ANNA Remix)
MVMB & Antimatter – Odyssey
Trilingo - Aika
Sisko electrofanatik & klaark - Onium                   
Cetera - bACON AND cHIPS (Roby M Rage Remix)                         
John 00 Fleming -  Looking Back To look forward.
Robert Elster - Antenna 
LSG - Netherworld (Oliver Prime remix)

Paul Thomas
Antrim & Kamilo Sanclemente feat. Paula OS - Once & Again
Paul Thomas & White-Akre - Goliath (Dimuth K remix)
Kamilo Sanclemente & Juan Pablo Torrez - Plannar
Dmitry Molosh - Sacra – Replug
Aly & Fila vs Ferry Corsten - Camellia (Dmitry Molosh Remix)
Grazze - Cat & Mouse (D-Formation Remix)
Jerome Isma-Ae & Alastor - Timelapse (Martin Roth Remix)
Stan Kolev - Inscape - Outta Limits
Sam Heyman - Celestials (Matan Caspi Remix)
Matan Caspi & Ziger - Tampler
Paul Thomas - Lorax
Bluum - Weyland
Paul Thomas Joheja
Andre Sobota - 18th Hour
Aneesh Gera - Solace (Paul Thomas & White-Akre Remix)
Fuenka - Kosmic - FSOE UV
Andretta - Be With You
Stereo Underground feat Sealine - Flashes (Gai Barone Remix)

Gai Barone mix
Ayer Astura  - Repaired                             
Dead Panther  - At noon                         
Gai Barone - 1975
Revolutionary Blocks - SH101
Jan Johnston - Calling your Name (Gai Barone Stripped Remix)
Celvee - After one day
Gai Barone - Ripley
Charlotte Petitte -  Broken Glass
FOLUAL - Alphabeta
Barra Uno - Shaper5
Gai Barone - Hardware
Gai Barone - When The Swallows Come Back Home (Quivver Remix)
Glowplan - Voco
Tannura - Live
David Forbes presents Hal Stucker  - Celeste
Mark Found - Calculator
Gai Barone - The Dancing (Fading Mix)

Tim Penner
Raisell - Twarz (Main Leaf Remix)   
Michael A - Endless Time (Anton MAKe Remix)   
Deep Fog & Cream - Iridium (Pacco & Rudy B Remix)    
Phil Martyn - Storm (Original Mix)   
Tim Penner -  Force Density
The Stupid Experts - Night and Day (Original Mix)   
Be Morais - Sleepwalker    
Tim Penner - New Technologies
Dowden - Orka (Tomek Rmx)    
Rick Pier O'Neil - Throaty (Original Mix)   
ACUMEN - Post Modern (JOBE Remix)
Tim Penner - Rebirth (Club Mix)
Tim Penner - Oceans Between
Theo Fraga - Emerge (Feemarx Remix)
AWKA – Lobbo
Ezequiel Arias - Passenger (Original Mix)
Tim Penner - Down Again
Ivanshee - Orbital Throb (Alessandro Spaiani Remix)
Beswerda - Van Melle
Ezequiel Arias  - Control Is an Illusion (Original Mix)

Additional info:
john00fleming.com
facebook.com/john00fleming
twitter.com/john00fleming
soundcloud.com/john00fleming
joof.co.uk

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09:14:00

Wielded through pure emotion, passion, and exuberance, the one and only trance maestro returns to JOOF Recordings, to light an inspirational fire under in our bellies entitled 'Time Is The Healer'. A thunderous groove, an epic melody, and translucent atmosphere shrouds this release as Airwave once again takes us into the netherworld. 'Time is the Healer' is a testament to the the work of Airwave, and his valiant efforts to create innovative state of the art trance music.





Buy here

Dimitri Kechagias review:
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 [content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Airwave is one of the most gifted producers of his generation and his music making is always at the top of the ladder. His latest EP is just brilliant with two tracks that move to quite different directions. Firstly Time Is A Healer is  a brilliant dark progressive trance anthem with psy influences. Dark thumping basslines, pounding drums, superb percussion, haunting atmosphere, moody synthy lines and cinematic vocal samples turns this track into a powerful hypnotic dream affair that will please those who search for quality sounds. Forget the Past is a more melodic affair with nice drive, pulsating basslines, pumping drums and cool positive feel good synthy themes that add colour and atmosphere and will inspire us all to forget the past and move forward aspiring for a better bright future. #PureGold Love IT  [/content]
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Additional info:
https://www.facebook.com/airwavefanpage/
https://www.facebook.com/JOOFRecordings/

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19:18:00

The final ever event. Saturday 6th August 2016. 3 floors of Trance. One massive send off.

Attic: 20 Years of Trance stage
Push [Live] 

John 00 Fleming

Akira Kayosa [Last ever set - 2 hour closing special]





Tom Rains [Best of Global Underground]


 Basement: Trance Classics
Matt Darey 
Stoneface & Terminal
Robert Nickson
Andy Croson

 Bar: Modern Classics
Ben Lost
Michael Dow 
Pete Bromage
Ryan Hamer

Location: Sound Control
Manchester
M1 5NP

Limited availability on tickets, this will sell out soon tickets here

#MajefaFinal

and then there will be Afterparty from 4.45 till 09.00



To follow the massive event at Sound Control, Majefa has teamed up with Manchester's legendary After Party club Alter Ego. This will be our final dance and to make it that extra bit special, Akira Kayosa has exclusively agreed to take us through to 9am with a 4 Hour Techno, Trance, Hard Trance and Hard House special set!

We have just made the After Party even bigger! Due to popular demand we have now opened Room 2.

Majefa After Party
Sunday 7th August
04:00 - 09:00
Akira Kayosa [4 Hour Set]
Tom Noone

 Room 2: 20 Years of Techno & Trance Bunker
Andy Croson b2b
Adam El Sayed b2b
Tom Noone

Capacity to the After Party is limited to 400, act fast in getting your tickets:
http://skiddle.com/e/12630883

Akira Kayosa [4 Hour Set]


Location: Alter Ego
105 - 107 Princess Street
Manchester
M1 6DD

Tickets for afterparty



Additional info:
https://www.facebook.com/OfficialMajefa/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1640304489556906/
For after party information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1640304489556906/
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22:37:00
Flux BPM Online Interview
The legend DJ, music producer, label owner, and radio host John 00 Fleming has recently released his third long player called Alter Ego. The album has been welcomed from the electronic music online community and there were positive remarks from fanbase and reviews too. It is fantastic that despite his busy schedule John has found time to reply in our questions and he gave us some interesting glimpse of the backstage process of producing this psy trance masterpiece. Of course the interview attempts to place the album within the past, present and future of John 00 Fleming magnificent career who has left his stamp in the electronic music scene and his legacy will be discussed in the years to come. John has helped many new artists to come forward and find platform in his label and radio show to communicate their music with the wider public.  Press Play on your media player and enjoy Alter Ego while you read his though provoking honest and really truthful answers.

Interview is written and conducted by Dimitri Kechagias, Music Journalist, radio host at 1mix radio.

John 00 Fleming
Dimitri: First it would be great to tell us when you decided that you are going to pursue a professional career as DJ and what was so fascinating in this profession?

John: Today we live in a world of celebrity superstar DJ’s that are household names, back when I started such a thing didn't exist DJ’s had an unsocial job dealing with weddings and top 40 music. It was my generation that decided to change things and create parties and raves for dedicated electronic music lovers. That’s what made me really fall in love with DJing, though the DJ ‘celeb’ thing still didn't really take off until a few years later.

Dimitri: You were diagnosed in your 20’s with lung cancer and for that reason you moved to USA for some time. What did you learn from this extremely difficult situation of having a cancer and from your USA experience as well? Are you cured from that situation or you still face difficulties in your health?

John: Today I'm fine, no further problems and super fit and healthy. I needed to head to a warmer climate to recover and this shock also gave me a kick to start enjoying life and to peruse my life as a professional DJ, something I didn't take as serious prior.

Dimitri: When was your first ever production? In which studio did you produced it and did you face difficulty to find a label to sing it?

John: I was never really interested in producing music as I was always happy with being a DJ. A management company that I was signed too set up my first release and forced me in the studio. I worked alongside an engineer due to not understanding how to make music then a label snapped it up. I think this was ‘Baracca destroy’ released in 1995.


Dimitri: You have established with your partners at Bonzai Music the fantastic JOOF records that is responsible for many trance classics and is already diverting to new sublabels as well. Can you comment on why you wanted to have your own label and what is the situation with the new sublabels at the moment?

John: I like having control over my own music, as some others may not care so much as I do, you just become a ‘number’ to them. JOOF recordings was born due to me finding so many high quality releases that weren't getting signed nor were getting the love and attention they deserved from other labels, so took them under my wing to take care of them. I became very close to Bonzai after working with them for so many years, it was a natural partnership that’s now 10 years in.

Dimitri: Can you give us a short comment about your previous albums Nine Lives & One Hundred Ten and if you can tell us if there are differences and similarities with your current album Alter Ego?

John: My previous two albums were a totally different concept, more a listening at home experience with a few dance tracks, chill out, ambient and breaks. Alter ego however is an album made squarely for the dance floor. 



Dimitri: In which studio did you produce Alter Ego and can you tell us the set up that you have used in order to produce it with preferred software and hardware? Have you done lately any upgrade in your studio to produce it?

John 00 Fleming
John: I produced it in my own studio, these days I make everything ‘in the box’ with software only so that I can take projects on the road with me to tweak final bits. I still love hardware, but proves logistically a nuisance when touring and slows my writing process because I can’t take this gear with me while touring. 

I use Logic X and love all the standard synths and plugs that come with it and use them a lot. 

Dimitri: How long it took you to produce the album and did you work with 9-5 mentality or when you had inspiration to compose something? What time of the day or night you find more productive to work for a track?

John: This album was never planned, I made the tracks to fill a void of a certain style that was missing from my DJ sets, so mentally it didn't drain me. There was no looming pressure of a deadline to finish an album as this never existed and before I knew it I had an album worth of tracks!

Dimitri: Did you produce the album based in original samples or did you use mainly sample libraries? If yes which ones?

John: I use a mixture of both, I enjoy creating my own sounds via synthesis but also enjoy manipulating and creating new sounds from existing samples. I never use a sample that hasn't been heavily messed around with.



Dimitri: Do you think that trance music is easier to produce than any other music style and which music style is hardest to produce?

John: I find Trance easy because I've dedicated my career to it; I think this would be the case for any musician that lives in a certain genre. I don’t have to think about it, the magic just happens. When I turn to other genres like say an orchestral piece, I have to think very hard about what I'm doing and the techniques I'm using. 


Dimitri: May Bank holiday is coming another legendary edition of the JOOF Editions. How did you decide to the line-up of the night and can you give us short comment about each artist performing in the night?

John: It’s been quite a journey building our JOOF Editions events, they originally started off as small underground parties that have grown to these big showcases as per our show at KOKO on May 29th. Even with the bigger shows we keep our musical ethos in tact and are proud not to sell out musically.
These bigger shows build the brand allowing us to do the smaller shows that we want to focus on supporting the new breed of DJ’s and producers and have them perform main slots as we are currently blessed with so many talented guys and girls out there who deserve to be performing.

Dimitri: We notice that in this night you will perform as JOOF LIVE. Would you like to tell us what exactly are you going to do as LIVE?

John: I don’t want to be lazy playing ‘live’ then just pressing play. I want to perform the tracks as live as I possible can. I’ll use my DJ skill to read the crowd and build the tracks following the energy of the dance floor. Nothing will be planned, I’ll have no idea what tracks I’ll perform and go with my instinct of what to do. It’s going to be very exciting, but nerve-racking! 


Dimitri: What other events or festivals have been confirmed so far for the next months?

John: I'm playing Boomtown festival in the UK, Forest calling festival in Sweden, Avalon LA, Sun festival in Hungary, Gods Kitchen’s last dance (twice) and a load more. A really busy season ahead, check my Facebook page for full details.

Dimitri: You took the role of the music journalist and in your facebook you are very vocal on many issues concerning our beloved trance scene. Are you satisfied with the music magazines as they stand at the moment? Do you think DJ Mag & Mixmag represent the wide variety of our electronic music culture and what you think should be improved?

John: It’s impossible for magazines to cover everything we want, they do a great job of exposing the electronic scene to the masses, and otherwise those masses will be buying guitars instead of decks. This day an age of social media, we can fill those gaps in media coverage with our own voices and opinions where others can join in the conversation too. It makes it more personal.
John 00 Fleming

Dimitri: The expansion of the internet meant that online media have exploded as well. What is your opinion about the role of the music blogs and bloggers in the development of the trance scene? Are you happy with the level of writing in them? What is missing on them and which one you read frequently?

John: Everyone’s personal opinion with always cause forum chatter, both good and bad, the world will never be a peaceful place due to this. There’s no harm in speaking out, it’s surprising how often changes can be made off the back of this. I find it therapeutic reaching for my pen and offloading my thoughts helps me move forward and my head clears while writing. 



Dimitri: Final question then, you have your own radio show Global Trance Grooves that is very popular of course. Why you believe your fans have embrace it and are you going to change anything in its structure  or you happy as it stands at the moment?

John: I listen to the many that support it and they seem to like the current format. I've asked out a few times if fans want anything changing and it seems a firm no, keep things as they are. I love producing each and every show, it’s like we’re a united family for the two hours while listening together and can’t thank everyone enough for their support. 

Thanks very much to John for his time to answer in my questions and wish him to be well and healthy and enjoy his love for music.

Thanks to Tim at Stark Profiles for helping to arrange this interview. 

Alter Ego’ Tracklist
01. John 00 Fleming - Paranormal
02. Liquid Soul - I See The Spirit (John 00 Fleming Remix)
03. John 00 Fleming - Mustang 2016
04. John 00 Fleming & Guadium – First Take Off
05. John 00 Fleming - Planet X
06. John 00 Fleming - The Imperial Echoes Of Devastation
07. John 00 Fleming - Protected By Karma
08. John 00 Fleming - Desert Rider
09. John 00 Fleming - Mythological Power 
10. John 00 Fleming -Dawn Over The Amazon
11. John 00 Fleming & Ovnimoon - Ascension

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12:28:00

John 00 Fleming is a man with whose electronic music career has been equal parts industrious and illustrious. Now spanning two decades or more, he’s been the driving mix-force behind music compilations, now too numerous to count and – for the larger part - a steadfast advocate of ‘the singles school’ of music release.

By contrast JOOF albums have been far more the rarity. It’s only comparatively recently that John has come to embrace them as a platform for his work, first with ‘Nine Lives’ in 2011 and with its ‘13 follow-up successor, ‘One Hundred Ten [W•K•O]’. 

‘Alter Ego’ (released 09/05/2016), though is a one-album-only divergence, that’s wholly distinct from the first two. For its eleven tracks, it sees him tighten his stylistic aperture to focus an album’s worth of material on his embryonic sound. 

Introduced to Psy-trance by Russell ‘Floorplay’ Coultart, the founder of the genre’s ground-forging Transient label, together the pair went on to form JOOF Recordings. Back in 1999, ‘We Have No Reference Of Time’ - their debut studio co-op, marked John’s first trip into the Psy fields. Collaborations with luminaries like Astrix, Astral Projection, Liquid Soul and Infected Mushroom followed, as have releases on Psy label royalty like HOMmega, Iboga, Iono and Nano - all of which have marked waypoints in his ‘parallel universe’ career. 

Now, through the tellingly titled inference of ‘Alter Ego’, he distills all that accumulated expertise into a full album, which travels the thunderous byways, equatorial highways and infinitely hypnotic arteries of Psy. 

Out through JOOF MANTRA 09/05/2016 - 



Packed with fluid rhythms, chasm-deep drops, astral heights and kinetic energy, he delivers Psy with an advanced understanding few others can call upon. 

‘Alter Ego’ also marks the first long-player to come through John’s new Psy-specific imprint, JOOF MANTRA. As is his nature, it’s a release that plays much like a mix comp - each track making sequential sense in context with the next and last. 

Across its firmament, the album leaves no Psy area uncharted. Numbers like its opener, ‘Paranormal’, the noir-ishly hypnotic thrust of ‘Planet X’ and the humid trance-tropic of ‘Dawn Over The Amazon’ typify its deeper, netherworldian Id. Providing ‘Alter’s super-ego psyche meanwhile is the furnace-hot Fahrenheit of ‘Desert Rider’ and ‘Ascension’ (opposite Chile’s Ovnimoon). 

Collectively, ‘Protected By Karma’, ‘Mythological Power’ and the album’s opening single, ‘The Imperial Echoes Of Devastation’ see it cast eyes out East, supplying it with more spiritualistic, shamanic overtones. 

John still leaves plenty of track space for the more elevating, peak-of-the-night fare. His new 2016 remix of ‘Mustang’ splices harmonics into its gene, while his ‘First Take Off’ co-op with Guadium floor-burns with a magnesium-like intensity. 

For the genre’s lovers, a new page has been turned; for John’s fans, likely more eyes still opened. ‘Alter Ego’ comes out through JOOF Mantra 09/05/2016

‘Alter Ego’ Tracklist
01. John 00 Fleming - Paranormal
02. Liquid Soul - I See The Spirit (John 00 Fleming Remix)
03. John 00 Fleming - Mustang 2016
04. John 00 Fleming & Guadium – First Take Off
05. John 00 Fleming - Planet X
06. John 00 Fleming - The Imperial Echoes Of Devastation
07. John 00 Fleming - Protected By Karma
08. John 00 Fleming - Desert Rider
09. John 00 Fleming - Mythological Power
10. John 00 Fleming -Dawn Over The Amazon
11. John 00 Fleming & Ovnimoon - Ascension

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09:08:00

JOOF Editions debut show at KOKO London last year with Ace Ventura, Alex Di Stefano and Airwave was undoubtedly the highlight of 2015.

Bank Holiday Sunday 29th May 2016 will see the JOOF Recordings roadshow roll into London town again for a label/artist/DJ showcase like no other!

Having recently announced his 2016 imprint shake up, the one and only John 00 Fleming ports his new label paradigm to the capital’s KOKO for JOOF Editions 2016.

We return to this iconic early 19th century Grade 2 listed building, set in the heart of Camden, London and will be proud to perform on the same stage that has hosted such acts as Madonna, Elton John, Coldplay, Prince, Oasis and others. It’s a venue that is swamped in history, with its original decorated multi-tier balconies, along with a standout JBL Crown sound system, which is one of the best we’ve ever heard.

John, himself, is of course a shoo-in for a XL DJ sized set on the night. In every bit as exciting news, he’ll be taking this (perfect!) opportunity to debut his new psy-alias JOOF LIVE stage show on the hallowed turf of the former Camden Palace site. 

We’re also extremely excited to announce the special guests on the night will be Astrix, Coming Soon!!! and Steve Arnold. With support from London promotions team Dance:Love:Hub hosting room 2 with their residents and special guests.

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LINE UP:
John 00 Fleming 
Astrix 
JOOF Live 
Coming Soon
Steve Arnold 

Room 2: Dancelove Hub 
DJ Jon Cockle 
Neill Moore & Sachin 
Neutrino
N-Kore 
Lauren Lyon 
Fin 
Pete Untitled

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DIRECTORS BOX = Fast track entry and use of the exclusive Directors Box with own bar and stunning views over the main room.

ROYAL BOX = Fast track entry and use of the exclusive Royal Box with stunning views over the main room.

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This event is for over 18s only.
NO ID = NO ENTRY / NO EXCEPTIONS
Producing a valid form of photographic identification and submitting that for scanning on Club Scan is a condition on entry to the premises, regardless of age.

JOOF Editions 
Bank Holiday Sunday 29th May 2016 
(10PM – 5AM / Last Entry 2AM)
KOKO London, 1A Camden High Street, London, NW1 7JE 
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09:13:00

Dimitri: Can you mention your biggest achievements in your music career in 2015? 

John 00 Fleming: Still playing underground music within a EDM storm ;)



Dimitri: Do you like to cook? What is the best recipe that you cooked this year? If you don’t usually cook who is cooking it for you and which is your best food for 2015?

John 00 Fleming: I've just started getting into cooking and enjoying it, I make my own special chicken dish with pesto, cheese and tomatoes and roast potatoes. 


                                             Best of 2015 by John 00 Fleming 

1) Best Track: 
The one from Newcastle to Kings cross, fast nice and smooth.

2) Best Artist (Dj & producer): 
Too many to mention

3) Best Remix: 
Even more to mention!

4) Best Remixer: 
Airwave has the golden touch



5) Best New Talent (Dj or producer): 
Subandrio



6) Best Electronic Music Album: 
Anything by Trifonic



7) Best Electronic Music Compilation: 
Far too many good ones out there to narrow it down to one

8)Best artwork/cover of an Album or Compilation: 
JOOF Editons...blatant terrible plug 



9) Best Lyrics in an Electronic Music track 
Uhmmm?

10) Best Vocalist/Singer featured on Electronic Music track: 
Not really a fan of vocals tbh

11) Best Electronic Music Label: 
JOOF!!



12) Best Electronic Music Video: 
Not into vids

13) Best Online Social media for communication with your fans: 
Facebook for me

14) Best music composition software: 
Logic

15) Best Club Event or Open Air Festival: 
Noisily festival



16) Best personal Dj Gig: 
Magic Argentina

17) Best Dj set of the year from other fellow Dj: 
Christopher Lawrence at Avalon

18) Best country that you have visited to perform with the most up for it crowd: 
Argentina



19) Best Radio show: 
Airwave and Christopher Lawrence





20) Best Radio station: 
Di.fm

21) Best Online Record shop that you purchase your music: 
Beatport

22) Best music related website that you visit frequently: 
I often pop to Transfix for info on new releases

23) Best Smart phone/Mobile phone device: 
IPhone

24) Best Dj equipment (software or hardware): 
Pioneer Nexus range



25) Best new sound or sample that has been used in Electronic Music this year perhaps introduced first by you? 
Loopmasters have some really good stuff

26) Best tip that you learnt this year for your Djing techniques or music composition: 
Less is more

27) Best piece of advice you got in relation to your career in 2015: 
Ignore what others say, ignore music fads and follow what you truly love

28) Best hobby or activity that you spent a lot of time in 2015: 
Tinkering with cars

29) Best holiday destination for 2015 that you manage to visit this year either to relax or to perform in a club or festival:
UK!

30) Best Electronic Music magazines in printed form not online:
Mixmag at the moment



31) Best Movie of the year that may inspire you to compose a track: 
I don't watch them

32) Best online/PC/video game of the year that you have played this year?
I never play games


Dimitri: Finally, 2016 is ahead of us would you like to tell your plans with your future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, Dj gigs.

John 00 Fleming: All things JOOF are going through a rebrand, two new sub labels (Psy and Prog), I'm releasing a Psy album under a new alias and performing live. More extended sets from the DJ side of me, and more JOOF tours. Loads of single releases planned too.



Thanks so much to John 00 Fleming for taking time to reply to this interview

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