URT:  What are your thoughts on the whole DJ Mag poll?? 



SvR:  They have been here for years and i hope they will continue to stay here with that list.The rigging however... I think it’s good dj mag  published it... it shows they are watching and it probably keeps others from doing it. The one who gets caught doing it next year would be the stupidest a-hole i would have ever seen J  Armin made it to nr 1 well deserved.. and i wouldn’t know how this years voting would end up. My glass ball aint what it used to be anymore. But it would be cool to see Ferry taking pole position....

URT:  Who (and why) are the biggest influences on your style of music?

SvR:    My main influence is MY life. I try to express myself in my music. Which can be totaly different each time but always has a certain deep/warm driving feel. I use other peoples music to motivate me to go into the studio at any given time.. but i try not to be influenced to much by it as im trying to create my own little thing.

I do tend to listen to 80s / 90s music when i am in the studio and before i start to bash my synths..... to get into a certain mood... it variates from Bell Biv Devoe to Pet Shop Boys or Nirvana ..totaly depends on my mood and the stuff i want to do..

URT: You are playing at this years Trance Energy, firstly can I say congratulations on a well deserved place on the line up!!  How did invitation arrive?





SvR:    Thank you very much. Let me tell you how it went down. I was in my studio working on a remix. When i got THE call... it was my management telling i’d just been confirmed for Trance Energy.Casa del van Riel was on fire i’ll tell you that. I didn't even knew they had placed an option.





URT: So what are your plans looking like for the big weekend at TE 2008?





SvR:    I’ll probably attend a party the day before TE in Utrecht. Alot of guys are playing there including Cliff Coenraad, Galen Behr and Carl B... after that i’ll end up in my hotelroom... Next day i’ll be meeting up with people who fly in from Finland,Lithuania,Turkey, America etc . people i know through i-net.. after that it’s time for some interviews i think or something like that.. and dinner then i’ll shower for 1 hour atleast. Spray on my eau du toillette do my DO and head of to PARTEE ..o/ o/....when i think of it.. man i can’t waith !! o/ o/ 



URT:  What is your all time favorite trance anthem, and why??





SvR:  I have a few i realy love.... Tiesto’s remix of Silence.. because it’s one hell of a remix !!...Sasha’s Expander ...and Armin’s remix and the Deep Dish Remix of Rapture....  nuff said right ? Ferry’s Beautifull was just added and there is more... but you asked for 1 and i already gave you a list =)





FULL INTERVIEW AND MIX DOWNLOAD HERE





FULL INTERVIEW AND MIX DOWNLOAD HERE



Tracklist of Sied's Pre-Trance Energy Warm Up Mix:



1  Progression - Different day, Different Light ( Re-ward remix ) Blackhole

2  Phynn - Starfire at night ( andy duguid remix ) Blackhole

3  ID - ID

4  Kasper Koman &

Ruslan B - Dangarous ( sied van riel remix ) Lyon Echo

5  First State - your own way (First states pounding club  mix ) Blackhole

6  Carlo Resoort - visa versa (original mix) Spinnin'

7  Lange - Songless ( club mix ) Maelstrom

8  Jonathans Landossa - Tronik Dancer (original mix ) Cd-r

9  Bolier & Van Riel - Malibeer ( original mix ) liquid / Spinnin'

10 Saint Rush - Burning Red Skies ( original mix ) Bonzai