Trance
Supernaturalistic Interview With Sander Van Doorn
After roughly three years you have gone on to become one of the leading trance acts
in the world having remixed for the likes of Armin Van Buuren and a whole host of
other artists along the way. What would you say has been your career highlight to
date, and what has been your most defining moment?
I´ve had a lot
of highlights to be honest, playing at Dance Valley for the first time, doing my
first Essential Mix, getting into the top 100 on 32, climbing to 15, finishing my
first album, etc. I think the Message In Bottle track I produced 2,5 years kinda
set the basis to get where I am today.
Perhaps not many trance fans will be aware that you are also behind the Purple
Haze and Sam Sharp aliases. Do you have a set agenda for these aliases or do you
simply write tracks and then think which alias would suit it best? Is there any
difference in the creative process for, say, a Sander Van Doorn record and a Purple
Haze record?
Well the original idea behind using different aliases was to be able to produce
different genres of music with Purple Haze on the more deeper tip Sandler for more
euphoric stuff, Sam Sharp for the harder stuff besides doing more techy stuff under
Sander van Doorn. I actually decided to put all projects under just Sander van Doorn
though because I felt people made the connection anyway and it made more sense for
me to start focusing on one name with still producing as diverse as I did before.
You’ve just released ‘Supernaturalistic’, your debut
artist album. Where did the title come from for this?
At first we came with
the idea of using the title “Supercalifragilistic” which
is a part of ‘the longest word’ in the Mary Poppins play. We realized
that using that title would create a few issues with Disney so we had to come
up with something different but since I liked the super part of the title I came
up with Supernaturalistic with naturalistic referring to the natural process of
how the album came along.
It’s notable that with this album you’ve stripped your sound down,
and on tracks such as ‘Grasshopper’ you’ve created a hybrid of
the current minimal techno sound with your usual tech-trance sound. This has
been a popular direction for many producers throughout 2008 so far. Do you see this
as a natural progression for the sound of trance music?
I think so. The
whole introduction of minimal opened a door to more dissonant melodies and also
the “less is more” principle which found its way into
trance as well. This new sound gives trance a fresh breeze and makes it so much
more diverse and interesting.
The album comprises upfront and exclusive material alongside recent Sander
Van Doorn singles including the superb ‘Back By Dope Demand’ and ‘The
Bass’. What is your personal highlight on the album? And which single do you
think you are most proud of from it?
For me the album is a highlight at
itself because it gave me an opportunity to experiment a lot more and also tryout
an even wider range of genres. Besides the older tracks like Riff, Grasshopper and
By Any Demand tracks like Look Inside Your Head, The Bass and Apple are my favourites.
To be honest I couldn’t make a
choice which one of those I like most.
You’ve recently launched the Doorn label and already have an impressive
catalogue spanning releases from Wardt, Abel Ramos and John O’Callaghan. Who
do you tip for the top this year, and where do you aim to take the label throughout
2008?
I think producers like Wardt John O’ Callaghan and Marcus Schossow
have a very bright future ahead, those I definitely top for this year and next year.
My aim for the album is to take it to a top level with a very general acceptance
of different genres.
You’ve recently remixed the single ‘The Girl You Lost To Cocaine’ by
SIA. How did this remix come about?
I got this track as a promo a few months
ago with the Stonebridge remixes and I completely loved it. I contacted my record
company to try and get it signed on my label for the Benelux and also felt I could
make a remix that would be suited for the clubs. Sia’s label loved the idea
and that’s the whole history.
In an ideal world, if you could choose an ultimate line-up for a collaboration
(for example someone on bass, vocals, drums etc) who would you choose and why?
I would definitely go with the bass guitarist from The Red Hot Chilli Peppers
for the bass, me on the drums and keys and Tom Yorke (Radiohead) as lead singer.
Nice!
Finally, you’ve just won the lottery and have been given an infinite
budget to put on your own club event. Which venue do you choose, and which DJs
would you like to see perform?
I think I would use the Guvernment (Toronto)
as the venue and with dj’s
like Jeff Mills, Josh Wink, Marco V, Benny Rodriguez, Eric Prydz, Carl Cox, James
Zabiela, Eddie Halliwell and myself of course.
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Artist: Sander van Doorn Label: Nebula Genre: Trance (Tech Trance) Release Date: 2008-03-03 
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