Church of Trance

Following our ASOT 2024 audio interviews with Solarstone and Cold Blue, is here a written interview session from ASOT 2024 with the one an only John Askew ! Enjoy! At the ASOT 2024 event we also got a chance to have a talk with the VII 'main' architect, respected and renowed DJ/producer, 'the boos' John Askew. Here's the interview with him, enjoy! Q: Hi John, first, thanks a lot for having the possibility to sit down here and have a talk with you. You recently played at ASOT in Rotterdam, how was it? A: It was epic. I really enjoyed it. The sound in there was amazing, which considering how vast the spaces are is quite an achievement. To get it so tight sounding…very impressed. Q: How are you, what have you been up to lately? A: I’m good thanks. I’ve been working hard on label stuff, management and work on my new album which is now finally finished after so many years. Q: Can you tell us a little about the music you played at ASOT, tell us about some new or exclusiv...

  During the last weekend of February 2024, the yearly ASOT weekend festival took place, and this year it saw the return to it's former home, Ahoy in Rotterdam. This year the line-up once again spanned, in my view, many solid/strong names, as well as more unknown/new and upcoming names on the scene, and a great diversity within electronic music genres.  During the 2 days, I caught and attended a part or the entire sets of Miss Monique, Solarstone, Cold Blue, Anamé, Kyau & Albert, Cosmic Gate, John Askew and ReOrder . And they all delivered their best in my opinion and ears. The new location, Ahoy, was easy to find your way around inside, and I think, compared to Jaarbeurs, that the distances between the different areas/stages felt/was a bit shorter in Ahoy, which was a good thing, and there was also plenty of bars and food options to choose from. On Saturday of the event, I had the opportunity to sit down and interview both Solarstone and Cold Blue , you can find my int...

When the Passion for Trance calls, it takes me to ASOT Rotterdam !!! In 2001 I fell in love of Trance when I discover this sonority on a French CD compilation " Reference Techno", and since then I have not only become a Trance lover but also DJ. Fast forward to 2024 when I travel to the Netherlands from my home in France to find the Trance Family and our passion of this universe under one roof. Over a month ago, ASOT took place at Ahoy Rotterdam and what an amazing and powerful new edition in this new Destination. I t may surprise you but it's only my 2nd time at this event !!! My 1st ASOT was in 2023 to celebrating 1000 episodes and new start with Reflexion, and I had to return this year. For this edition, the city was decorated with flags, a big LED Cube a nd big flyers at Centraal Station for example and the result was  more than up to par!! When arriving at the location, you can see the biggest blue sc reen saying "Welcome into your new destination - A State of T...

Still an event on my bucket list that originally was planning to attend in 2020 (for ASOT 1000) but then the world shut down and when the 2022 was announced,  What? A State of Trance 2024 will take place in Rotterdam Ahoy.   Where?  Ahoy weg 10, 3084 BA Rotterdam When?  A State of  Trance 2024 will take place on Friday 23 February and Saturday 24 February, with hours starting at 22.00 and will run until 6.00 each day!   This is the first time that A State of Trance festival is being held at Rotterdam Ahoy but it's not a new facility - having been around since 1971 its very well known among the 'biggest on earth' and should be able to hold many 10s of thousands of #trancefamily  Its really cool that the A State of Trance festival is really now being structured like their own "music conference" with extensive "value adds" to connect with the community during the day on Saturday, with Friday night being the opening party (which is only accessible t...