Centraal Trance Topic (24): Özgür Can

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Op donderdag 28 oktober 2004 21:19 schreef MarkzMan_X het volgende:
Ook helemaal correct met die umlauts op de o's. Prachtig.

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Op donderdag 28 oktober 2004 21:49 schreef rubbereend het volgende:
Waar heb je die "gelekte" top 100 gelezen dan?

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Op vrijdag 29 oktober 2004 01:07 schreef mart81 het volgende:
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Op vrijdag 29 oktober 2004 01:16 schreef Tomaz het volgende:
Ter ere van de Topictitel moeten we even gokken op welke plaats Ozze gaat eindigen. 12 november maken ze de overige 150 dj's bekend.

Ik zeg nr. 187

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Op vrijdag 29 oktober 2004 01:18 schreef Tomaz het volgende:

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Eh, die bovenste was mijn gok, maar die klopt dus niet.

Beterrrr, vanavond naar Tiesto in Concert II

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Op vrijdag 29 oktober 2004 01:50 schreef MarkzMan_X het volgende:
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Best knap dat je text-balloons hebt weggewerkt!

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TRANCE.NU -- The left furry nipple sat down with the right furry nipple to talk about daily life and whatever. Wanna know more, hit this link ...

Written by: Stian K, aka LikWit

Özgür Can was born in Stockholm Sweden 1982 and grew up in a family where music was present at all times. Ever since then a large part of his life has evolved around beats, tones and grooves of all shapes. Right now, Özgür Can is getting a lot of attention worldwide with his music. His storming productions and explosive DJ sets have already made him one of the most respected figures on the scene.

From being one of the many bedroom producers, Özgür has now turned into being one of the biggest talents hailing from the Swedish progressive scene, both as a DJ and a producer! He's been spinning records at major events and venues as well he has produced tracks that are being hyped by top labels and DJs around the globe! His true and deep love for music has made him a versatile DJ and producer with a focus on progressive music with an energetic flow, but still with an open mind for other styles such as trance, breaks and house.

His interest for sounds, tones and beats developed during the years as he spent his time listening to everything from trance, house and techno to pop, hip hop and alternative music.

His wide musical background is also clearly reflected in his current sound; he has an open mind and is not afraid to cross boundaries and take new paths. His unique and diverse style has resulted in releases on labels like Precinct, Electronic Elements, Lost Language, Plastica Red and CPR. As well it has given him fans such as Paul Oakenfold, Hernan Cattaneo, James Holden, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Markus Schulz, Max Graham and many more. Alongside his stunning career as a producer, Özgür is also making it big behind the wheels of steel and with a large number of storming DJ gigs around Europe, things are set for success.

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Hi Özgür! How's life in Stockholm treating you, had a nice summer and looking forward to the winter?

Life is good! Yeah, this summer has been really nice! Well, the weather in Sweden has been pretty shitty but I'm used to it. I'm actually looking forward to the winter this year, some interesting gigs coming up, and more tracks to be released, so its gonna be a nice winter for a change!

Obviously your name isn't typical Swedish, tell us a little bit about your background..who's Özgür, and how did he end up where he is today?

No, it's not typical Swedish, i get that question quite often! My parents are originally from Turkey, but I'm born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden! well it started around 96 when i was hanging out in the youth center here in my neighborhood a few older guys where into psytrance and techno and they where always playing records in the little dj room, of course i was very interested in what they were doing so i was always in there listening to them playing records and then eventually they started to teach me how to mix 2 records together and then i started buying my own records. and these guys also installed Fasttracker 2 on the computer at the youth center so i was always sitting there and learning stuff from them and eventually i got my own first computer, then around 98 i discovered Fruityloops and i fell inlove with it and im still using it!

You're tracks and remixes have been hammered by every top jock out there, how did you go about sending out tracks, and what's the coolest feedback you've received so far?

yeah its been amazing! never expected this kind of support really when i started getting my tracks out there, it started off last summer when my dear friend Rouzbeh had a gig in UK and i gave him a few CDs to give out to people that could maybe help me out with getting the tracks out, luckily Rouzbeh ended up in the plastic fantastic record shop and dropped a cd of to them and a few days later they mailed back and wanted to sign my track "Weightless" nowadays i dont really think people send out so much cds anymore, i think its much easier for everyone through the internet but then ofcourse the tracks can get in the wrong hands sometimes and then your tracks will be all over the net and that sucks! but the coolest thing is when your favourite dj/producer says nice things about your music!

You have an unique sound, what's your studio setup, and for how long have you been producing? Besides releasing under your original name, which aliases do you use?

ive been producing since late 96 but that doesnt really count cuz i was only playing around in fasttracker 2 for a few years trying to make music. around 98 i got introduced to Fruityloops, and my Dad had got me a sample cd with loads of WAV samples i have no idea where he got it from he just though it could be usefull to me so i checked it out and voila! WAV samples to use in fruityloops! but it got a bit more serious around 2001 when i started finding my sound. my "studio" setup is pretty simple : i still use fruityloops + loads of vsts and plugins, soundforge for editing stuff and i use cubase sometimes for small things like timestretching vocals and stuff like that.
well besides my real name that ive been using on all my releases so far but i have track coming out called "Tangerine" on Remark Records under the name Calmec that i got from a character from a old cartoon series i used to watch when i was young called "the mysterious cities of gold" i thought it sounded cool so i went with that! and ofcourse Furry Nipples with my friend Stian Klo!

Speaking of Furry Nipples, do you have a pair? Rumours has it that you just purchased a webcamera, with the only purpose being showing off your chest ..flash us baby!?

haha! lets just say it would be boring to have a project called Furry Nipples is none of us had furry nipples and those rumours are false! i dont have a webcam, yet!

Besides being one of the most hyped producers at the moment, you're also DJing more and more. What can people expect to hear when attending a Özze-party, and do you have any big gigs lined up for the fall?

yeah its been more and more lately and i am enjoying every second of it! ive been to Poland twice already, i really love Poland its great over there! also been in Turkey 2 times for gigs, first time i played i got to play with Yunus & Subsky it was really amazing! yeah some really exciting stuff lined up for the fall, i just got back from Holland was there for over a week and was planned to play 1 gig but ended up playing 4 so it was really really crazy! going back to holland in december, already looking forward to that, and slovakia in december also which im also really looking forward to because ive never been to slovakia before!

How would you define the Özgür sound?

"blippyprogtrancetechnoravehouse?" well something like that, i try to mix a little bit of everything from trance to techno to house, i don´t really like to be pigeonholed even if that always happens anyway but i always try to keep my stuff groovy and pumping but still with melodies and melancholy. basicly music for the dancefloors. but i don´t think i will be doing these things forever i mean you always want to take on new challenges and move in other directions. i listen to so much different kinds of music and get inspired from it so you never know what kinds of stuff i will be making in the future! when i play out i try to mix abit of everything i like, some progtrance, tech-house, techno basicly whatever i find interesting!

You're friends with the elite of Swedish producers, Rouzbeh Delavari, Petter, Eric Prydz, David West etc. What's it like working with such talented musicians? Do you have any funny stories to share, studio episodes, wet nights out on the town. Come on son, tell us!

well ive only been working with Rouzbeh and David music wise, me and Petter used to make music together years back we got into producing at around the same time, but we are too lazy nowadays. working with David is like a dream come true for me since i used to be a big Antiloop fan (still am). he really is a true musical genius, they are working on a new Antiloop album and all i can say is that its going to be MAD! stockholm is pretty small we always bump into eachother in clubs but i dont have any funny stories or gossip to tell, i keep that to myself!

Are you, as pretty much every man living in Sweden, fascinated by busty Norwegian birds? What's your favorite XXX movie actress of all time, and why?

yes thats a thing with us here in sweden we like norwegian girls and norwegian guys like swedish girls! haha to be honest i really don´t know the names of any XXX movies stars so ill be boring and say Jenna Jameson!

There's been talk about a label being launched this fall/winter. Can you shed some light on this perhaps? What's the status on this, paperwork done, tracks being signed ..we want to know!

yeah me and Stian are working very hard on it! we got some really exciting tracks that we are going to sign! thats all i can say for now but you will notice and see in time whats going on. hopefully first release will be out within a few months!

You just released an EP on Precinct in the UK, what's in the pipeline, any new tracks we should be on the lookout for?

yeah i am very happy with the EP! i am always working on new tracks as people may have noticed! ive been doing alot of remixes lately, just finishing up a remix for Gabriel & Dresden on their new single called "Arcadia" we just did two Furry Nipples remixes on the new Space Manouevres track that will be out on Lost Language later this year! and Furry Nipples debut single Surroundings has been signed to Precinct and comes with a AWESOME remix from swedish techno producer Hertz! just finished up a remix for Deep Records watch out for that, and my remixes of Tilt - the world doesnt know just came out and has been getting good responce so far im very happy about that. latest track i finished is called "changed" that has been snapped up by Gabriel & Dresden for their new label and they are gonna remix it aswell so i cant wait for that! my first proper vocal track with Nick Beman "not even winds" will be on my 3 track EP on Electronic Elements together with "illusions" and "questions" under the name "O.C." also watch out for a remix i did with my friend Yilmaz Altanhan on Perry O ´Neil - Wave Force, think that will be out sometime early next year. i am also doing a EP for Deep Records with 3 or 4 tracks really excited about that but it will take some time as i only got 1 track finished for that EP so far!

Out of all your productions, which are you the most proud of and why?

oooohhhh i cant pick just one they are all like my babies!

What's your most succesful pick-up line, if any? hehe

hey baby wanna go back to my place for some milk and cokies? haha

The music scene is exploding with new talents every day, who do you reckon will be the next big star?

hard one, but after seeing Nathan Fake play live on his laptop i can honestly say it was one of the best things ive ever heard so i think he will be really really big!

What do you like to do when you're not producing, any hobbies?

when im not producing or playing records i spend lots of time with my friends doing all sorts of normal and un-normal things!

Name your top 5 tracks and/or albums of all time?

fugees - the score
metallica - black album
etnica - alien protein
cari lekebusch - det jag vet
mustafa sandal - göldede ayni

i just have to mention the new Blue Foundation album called Sweep of Days! it came out this year and its the best album i have heard in years! im gonna skip the 5 tracks thats impossible to list just 5 tracks!

How can promoters book you for future events?

i just signed with a agency from Holland called Exposure so they will be taking care of my bookings from now on!

Alright, that wraps up this interview. Big thanks to Özgür for taking the time ...ciao!

Written by: Stian K, aka LikWit

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Op vrijdag 29 oktober 2004 02:56 schreef Tomaz het volgende:
Tof interview!! Een remix van Arcadia, beter!

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Op vrijdag 29 oktober 2004 15:38 schreef jackson het volgende:
Als je die reacties bekijkt van die fok!kers op het nieuws van tiesto
DJ Tiësto wederom beste dj van de wereld

Heeeeeeel erg triest

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Op vrijdag 29 oktober 2004 15:43 schreef da_rippah het volgende:

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Zeg dan ook dat hij de drummers eigenlijk maar kut vond! Had ik ook ergens gelezen

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Op vrijdag 29 oktober 2004 16:21 schreef jackson het volgende:

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Ach.... als ik daar al stress van zou krijgen dan lag ik al jaren met een burnout op mijn nest denk ik

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Op vrijdag 29 oktober 2004 17:55 schreef Tomaz het volgende:
Heb een beetje kriebels in m'n buik! En dat voor een concert van Tiesto waar ik al eerder geweest ben...

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Garderobe Tiesto In Concert

In verband met de beperkte capaciteit van de garderobe worden bezoekers die met de auto komen verzocht om hun jassen in de auto te laten.

Bedankt voor de medewerking.

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Op zondag 31 oktober 2004 17:54 schreef marciemarcs het volgende:
Hans! jammer dat ik je niet kon vinden gister... Wat was het gister gaaf!

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Op zondag 31 oktober 2004 18:52 schreef rubbereend het volgende:


en hoe haalt hij het in zn hoofd om Flight 643 niet te draaien

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Op zondag 31 oktober 2004 23:44 schreef WebForce het volgende:

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Nou lijkt net dat we altijd op de tribune hebben gestaan, wat uiteraard niet zo was.

Was zeer tov . Ondanks wat opstartproblemen van mij

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Op maandag 1 november 2004 00:32 schreef MarkzMan_X het volgende:
Iemand steelt een TIC kaartje van je . Wanneer? Toen je in de bus stapte op weg naar huis?

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Op maandag 1 november 2004 12:12 schreef Xantra het volgende:
ik ben hem ook aan het luisteren, te vet gewoon was een geweldige nacht

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Op maandag 1 november 2004 12:15 schreef hp22 het volgende:

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43. ID

Ik zou wel willen weten welke dat is!

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Op maandag 1 november 2004 23:21 schreef jackson het volgende:

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Afgelopen sensation bij mij ook

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Armin donderdagavond 7 uur lang op ID&T Radio

De nummer drie van zowel de Dutch DJ Awards als de DJ Mag-100, Armin van Buuren, is aanstaande donderdag 4 november zeven uur lang te horen op ID&T Radio.

Om 20.00 uur zal Armin zijn wekelijkse radioprogramma A State Of Trance live vanuit Panama, Amsterdam presenteren. Zoals gebruikelijk zal hij je twee uur lang voorstellen aan de nieuwste en beste trance- en progressive-platen.

Daarna zal vanaf 22.00 uur zijn 5 uur durende solo-set in Panama live worden uitgezonden.

Dit mag je niet missen! Armin van Buuren: van 20.00 tot 03.00 uur op ID&T Radio.

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Tijdens Mystery Land bleek het ‘nep huwelijk’ een groot succes en daarom gaan we tijdens Innercity op 18 december nog een stapje verder. Had je altijd al trouwplannen en lijkt het je geweldig om elkaar het ja woord te geven tijdens een dance evenement, dan krijg je daar nu de kans voor.

Dit jaar is het thema van Innercity 'Las Vegas'. Behalve dat je in Las Vegas op iedere hoek van de straat kan gokken, staan er in deze stad ook overal trouwkappellen. Zo ook op Innercity!

Uiteraard zijn hier wel de nodige voorwaarden aan verbonden. Hou hiervoor ID-T.com de komende tijd in de gaten. Voor meer informatie kun je contact opnemen met Lisca. Telefoon: 020 - 8510600

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TIC Weekend
2004-11-04

Hi everybody,

Wow!

What a weekend I just had.. It all started on thursdaynight when I was announced, for the third time in a row, as the most popular dj in the world.I was actually supposed to go to that party but I got caught up in rehearsals for the show which took more time then I expected.
I felt bad that I couldn’t go because even the third time it’s such a big honour to win this award.
It’s such a great feeling to know that so many people around the world support me.
It would have been great if I could have celebrated that night in London but instead I decided to do it in Arnhem 2 nights in a row!

On Friday 29th of October it was finally time to perform.
I just had a month off without travelling and dj-ing so I felt refuelled and ready to play again.
I was pretty nervous fridaynight because it was a long time since the first Tiësto In Concert on May 10th 2003, and that first show was a hard one to top.

During my 3-D show in the first hour I was still nervous but after a few mixes I settled down.
I heard the crowd cheering and I felt much more comfortable.
The grand opening was great and I went right into my set. The whole night was great and everybody had a good time. There was only one thing that didn’t work very wel, there were too many pauses between the various acts and parts of the show. This was the main reason why I said on Saturday during my little speech at the end, that Friday was a kind of a general rehearsal. The Friday night was awesome and at the end it was still very busy. I thanked the crowd for coming and I received the DJ-mag award of the art director of the U.K.-based magazine.

Straight after the show I had a meeting with everybody of production and talked for over 2 hours how we could improve the show so everything could go even smoother and faster the next night.
After that meeting I went home satisfied, thinking back of the great first performance I just did.
Doing a gig like this is different then a normal dj-set. When I normally do a dj-set I am fully in control of everything, but on a Tiësto In Concert event I am not. There are over 200 people
working on each show to make sure everything falls into place. As you can’t rehearse the whole show, you have to hope that everything goes exactly as planned.

On Saturday I woke up after a three hours of sleep and couldn’t sleep anymore. I was so excited and memories of last nights show went through my mind. When I arrived at 8 in the evening at Gelredome I noticed that I was not the only one who was excited about the coming night. Everybody I talked to said the same thing to me; “last night was great, but tonight is going to be even better!”.

I started playing at 23.15 with my 3-D show. I couldn’t see the crowd, I only heard them and I got very excited. After that at midnight the Grand Opening, amazing!

As soon as I mixed “Olympic Flame” into “Forever Today” I felt it. This night was gonna be MAGIK! The crowd’s reaction was overwhelming and the first hour passed by as it was only 5 minutes. I did my little trick at 1 AM, which was a great opportunity to get rid of some healthy tension.
I kicked in with Breda 8 pm and off we went. The journey went on in the next two hours with highlights including a great violin player/dj, DJ Mason, and my favourite singer of all times Matt Hales. My favourite track of his album is “Easier To Lie”. So I asked him to do this one as well before performing the track UR we made together. To me he is the best live singer I have ever heard.

Then at 4 AM I moved on with another highlight of the show, the girls from the Bulgarian choir “The Children Of Orpheus Choir”. My man Geert Huinink came with this idea to me 3 months ago. He played me a demo of them and I was immediately blown away.
These are all highly trained top-class singers which will all be individual stars in the future in musicals or other theatre pieces. I met the girls before I went on. They brought me two presents;
a handmade Bulgarian violin, and a perfect copy of the painting called “Sunflower” by Vincent van Gogh. One of the girls is also a very good painter and that’s what she does in her free time.
After that they sang a special song for me in the skybox of the Gelredome.
The choir song beautifully live a special intro called “Open Your Heart For The Music” and had special vocals on top of my track “Suburban Train”. I kicked in some big tunes and felt really emotional when I played my mix of “Adagio for strings”. When I played that mix, all memories of the last years went through my mind and I thought about how blessed I am to have the opportunity to live this life I have.

Minutes later Mason was back to join me on a freestyle mix of the 2004 edit of “Lethal Industry”, followed by two amazing drummers from Holland, André Hoekstra and Marnix Stassen.
I made a cover version of John Aquaviva’s “Spastik” to give them a basic rhythm to drum to.
I really enjoyed working with these guys because they are just as dedicated to drumming as I am to DJ-ing! At 5 AM we went on the last part of the show, entitled “Magikal Circus”.
I wrote the intro track together with Geert and it fitted perfectly for that part of the night.
The track was accompanied with a beautiful Cirque du Soleil stylish act to set the pace for the
next hour.

At 6 AM I felt so happy, and I noticed the atmosphere had changed. The dome was packed but it was very quite. I could only hear the sound clicking through the stadium and everybody was dancing, smiling and listening. No one talked, screamed or clapped but I felt everybody was having their moment of happiness just listening to the music…

I pushed through till 7 AM and then the special after party began. For the extra hour everybody who is a forum member of my website (my dedicated and deeply devoted fans) could put in a request for what I should play in that last hour. I played the tracks people voted for the most.
It was great again to hear the old tunes like Yahel and Push and and BT’s “Mercury and Solace”... The crowd went nuts and I wanted that this night would never end. I could only finish this night off with one track of course, “Silence” by Delirium. This is a track I always will and want to be remembered by.
I threw my headphones in the crowd and went for a walk to the audience handing out signed records. Words cannot describe what I felt on this night. I said it through the mike as well, this was the best night of my live. It was complete, had everything in it where I as a dj and musician stand for. And I am very proud that I can say that, after winning all those awards and
great things that had happened to me in the last 8 years, my best DJ gig ever was that night,
Saturday the 30th of October 2004

Thanks to everybody who has supported me all over the years, it was a legendary night,
and it would make me proud, if I will be remembered for this for years to come.

And a special thanks to the forum members who presented me the Tiësto.com messageboard with many nice and personal notes from a lot of fans. It’s going to get a special place in my livingroom!

Love,
Tiësto

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Op zondag 7 november 2004 16:46 schreef m-kay het volgende:

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Tof forum, maar het ziet er niet okay uit. .