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Has  Paul van Dyk  used Artificial Intelligence on an album that questions Artificial Intelligence’s role in our future? Well, we’ll get to that. Having album-gifted a locked-down world both  ‘Guiding Light’  and  ‘Escape Reality’  in 2020,  ‘This World Is Ours’  is the German pioneer’s first longform foray in five years. Paul’s  been in the  ‘think-phase’  of his eleventh LP ever since, and few would deny that the last five rotations have given us plenty to think about. “ Very pro technology ” is how  Paul van Dyk  describes himself, something populated by his early adoption of new music tech at pretty much every career juncture. In the respect of AI though, he sees both a clear distinction … and a natural fork in the road. “ Artificial Intelligence isn’t music technology, or film, or entertainment, social media, military, finance or any other sector. To my mind, it is simply a new definition  of  ‘technolog...

  //  Interview recorded on May 9, 2024 in Minneapolis, MN Watch Listen Read Trance Jesus Happy Friday, Trance family. Chris Blackburn, aka Trance Jesus. Here we are in my hometown in Minneapolis. Yes, the Timberwolves are playing their first, or now's 1st, 2nd round game. It's the second time ever that they made the second round of playoffs. And so it just happened to be great timing that we had a special guest in town, actually, too. We'll talk to the other one at our next interview, but one is a fellow HQ Bookings artist. He has released a number of tracks on multiple labels from Future Sound in Egypt, our favorite regenerate, and much more. And we'll ask you about some of the other tracks that he has in the works. And coming from Sunny Phoenix, let's say hello to Niko Zografos. Niko Zografos How's it going, bro? Trance Jesus It took me a while to get that right, the Zografos part, Niko Zografos But you nailed it! Trance Jesus I nailed it. Finally nailed ...