Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Co. Stop Off by The Egg / Exclusive Interview – | Trance Sanctuary London – May 10
Celebrating the release of their new compilation album, Heavensgate Volume 3: Aluminium Edition, trance legend, Alex M.O.R.P.H., was joined by Woody Van Eyden, Martin De Jong, Standerwick, and many others, as the Aluminium Tour brought a special day party to London.
As the stereotypical, British, dreary weather painted the sky grey, Egg London’s Trance Sanctuary was host to trance lovers from all over Europe. Upon entering the club’s courtyard, it was a relaxed garden party, with a low level trance beat laying the background to two-stepping and mingling fans. Once passed through the courtyard, the first room was filled with almost the opposite crowd – hands raised, jumping, screaming, smoke machines, and headliner Alex M.O.R.P.H. playing a 15:30-17:30 set; it was a surreal difference.
Followed by Woody Van Eyden and then Standerwick, the first room was a non-stop party. Upstairs, the second room was equally bustling, with the rising stars of trance playing all day. Following their sets, M.O.R.P.H. and Van Eyden took photographs and drunk with the rest of the crowd, spending the remainder of the night in the courtyard meeting fans and showing how close they were off-stage. It was an incredible sight to see such respected DJs enjoying the rest of the night as fans.
Check out an Exclusive interview with Alex M.O.R.P.H. and Pictures of the Show Below:
So how long are you in England for?
“Just the one night, not even 24 hours! I Flew in at three-thirty and we leave at twelve tomorrow.
The British crowd are super. Trance sanctuary is amazing – these guys made something really unique.
If you would tell me that on a Saturday afternoon there would be a crowd going completely nuts to the music that we love, in the middle of London, I would have said you took some wrong drugs, but it’s really happening here! You play at five-thirty and the place is rammed and everybody is going crazy, in a good way, and I love it!
It’s like a mini-festival, it’s a special experience.”
Speaking of festivals, tell us about the transmission festival anthem.
“I’m happy that I could collaborate with DJ Feel because Russia is a very nice territory and I play there very often. I love the fans there and so I am very honoured that they asked me to collaborate for trancemission.
I couldn’t tell you what is big in germany at the moment. Maybe techno, but it’s struggling, especially trance. Everywhere the media is saying ‘ooh trance is dead’ and that’s not really helping worldwide with this negative campaign against trance music.”
What makes trance special for you, why do you think it hasn’t taken off like ‘edm’?
“I don’t like to shoot against other genres because everybody is shooting at us, and it makes it better when we stand together. I think there is quality in every genre. There is quality dubstep and quality house and there is space for quality trance music.
I think some people worry too much about crossing genres. I think the most important thing when you go out for a club night is that you have fun and that you experience some new music, or some different music, and I really hope that a few people open up a bit more in the future and try different genres.
‘Edm’ is now a very trendy word for commercial electro. It started as the word techno and now we’ve all moved on, but the mother is techno.”
And tell us about the reason we’re here – the Heavensgate album.
“Heavensgate is a thing we do to give some known artists and some unknown artists the platform to be heard and I think it is a nice way to say thank you to all the fans.”
And what does the rest of 2014 hold for you?
“A lot of festivals and a lot of shows! I will be busy in the studio for sure because there might be a new album coming – there will definitely be new singles, a lot of new singles, including an interesting collaboration with Max Freegrant. I am very happy to have that done.”
