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BEST OF 2017 Interview with DIM3NSION


Your Name: Borja Iglesias
Your location(country,city):Vigo, Spain.

Dimitri: Can you mention your biggest music career achievements in 2017?
DIM3NSION: As DJ I would say my debut on my very first big festival in Spain (A Summer Story in Madrid), Luminosity Beach was amazing too and also my ASOT appearence during the Ferry Corsten take over of the show. As a producer come back few times on the Beatport Top 10 with 'Eterna' and 'The Energy' but also remix an anthem for a big festival like 'Maeba', the A Summer Story 2017 Anthem.


Dimitri: Can you mention your biggest personal life achievements in 2017 that make you extremely proud?
DIM3NSION: Probably to be able to continue travelling and play my music live often. And also I´m getting some music goals I had in mind. Proud of that!
1) Best Track from other artists:
Ferry Corsten - Lonely Inside (Ferry Fix)



2) Your top 3 2017 personal productions
1.DIM3NSION - Eterna 



2.DIM3NSION Ft. Rama Duke - Here With me 



3.DIM3NSION - Stampida



3) Best Artist (Dj & producer):
Ferry Corsten



4) Best Remix from other artist:
Tiësto - Ten Seconds Before Sunrise (Moska Remix) 



5) Best Remix that you have produced?
It has not been released yet, coming on 2018. Ferry Corsten Ft. Niels Geusebroek - Waiting (DIM3NSION Remix) 



6) Best Remixer:
Solis & Sean Truby.



7) Best New Talent (Dj or producer):
Stoneface & Terminal, they are not new producers, but they had a really good productions this year.



8) Best Electronic Music Album:
Blueprint, by Ferry Corsten.



9) Best Electronic Music Compilation:
A State Of Trance Yearmix 2017



10) Best artwork/cover of an Album or Compilation:
Pure Trance 6




11) Best Lyrics in an Electronic Music track (it can be your production or from other artists)
Ferry Corsten Ft. HALIENE - Wherever You Are



12) Best Vocalist/Singer featured on Electronic Music track:
Rama Duke



13) Best Electronic Music Label:
Flashover Recordings



14) Best Electronic Music Video:
The video for my track 'Here With Me'.


15) Best Online Social media for communication with your fans:
Twitter.


16) Best Twitter or Facebook message or Instagram message you received from a fan or friend or you have read on someone else’s account:
Many people has wrote me saying that my music gave them good energy on a bad personal moments. I think make people happy with your music is simply beautiful!



17) Best music composition software:
FL Studio for me.


18) Best Club Event or Open Air Festival:
Ministry Of Sound / Tomorrowland.


19) Best personal Dj Gig:
A Summer Story, Madrid.


20) Best Dj set of the year from other fellow Dj:
Markus Schulz open to close solo set during ADE 2017.




21) Best country that you have played in 2017 and where did you met the best festival/event crowd:
The Netherlands, Luminosity Beach Festival is always amazing to met people from all over the world.



22) Best Radio show or Artist Vlog?:
Corsten´s Countdown / Muzikxpress.



23) Best Radio station:
DI.FM


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


25) Best music related website that you visit frequently:
There are quite a lot out there! haha.


26) Best Smart phone or smart phone application:
Instagram.


27) Best Dj equipment (software or hardware):
Rekordbox DJ


28) Best new sound or sample that has been used in Electronic Music this year perhaps introduced first by you?
Many people used this kind of sounds before than me but I would say the strings staccato I´m using on my track 'Eterna'.


29) Best tip that you learnt this year for your Djing techniques or music composition:
Try always to watch and feel the crowd in order to build your DJ sets / The harder you work, the better your music will be.


30) Best piece of advice you got in relation to your career in 2017:
Think simple and easy.


31) Best hobby or activity that you spent a lot of time in 2017:
Gym and play with my cat... haha.


32) Best holiday destination for 2017 either to relax or to perform in a club or festival:
Vigo! ;-)


33) Best Electronic Music magazines in printed form not online:
Dj Mag.


34) Best Movie of the year that may inspire you to compose a track:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge. Inspired my to create 'Eterna'.


35) Best online/PC/video game of the year that you have played this year?
Candy Crush... haha.



36) Best electronic music related joke you heard this year and make you still laugh:
Fake comment someone wrote about Armin complaining of his DJ Mag position with other big names doing his own comments below. It was fake of course.

37) The saddest electronic music news you heard this year and still makes u cry:
Sad things are not good to remember. Let´s focus on the positive ones!

Dimitri: Finally, please tell our readers your plans with your future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, Dj gigs.
DIM3NSION: I can´t reveal anything yet... but 2018 will be a really big year in terms of music, new releases, collaborations, remixes for big names... Got something very special scheduled for January so stay tuned! Also we´re working hard to get my US Visa ready for 2018 so it will be an amazing year!
Thanks to Rebecca at Dance Therapy for arranging this interview.

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