Best of 2008

Here is a bunch of “best of” lists for 2008. Mostly they are not in any order as that seemed too difficult:)

  • Moments:
  • Birth of my daughter Nana

Events:

  • Last Unity The Island in Uunisaari
  • Gatecrasher@ Sheffield
  • Metaverse Tour
  • Laserpoint – Emocion
  • Pacifique – Evo


Tracks:

  • Ticon: 1987 (trance)
  • Eric Prydz: Pjanoo (house)
  • 3-11 Porter: Surround Me With Your Love (chill)

Remixes:

  • Orkidea: Metaverse (Gareth Emery remix) (trance)
  • Roberth Babitz: Dark Flower (Joris Voorn remix) (house)

Albums:

  • Sasha: Involver 2 (mix CD)
  • Jose Padilla: Bella Musica 3 (chill)
  • Ticon: 2AM (trance)
  • Coldplay: Viva La Vida (pop)

Clubs:

  • Danceteria (Helsinki)
  • Digital Society (Leeds)
  • Loft Club (Ludwigshafen)

DJs:

  • Gareth Emery (trance)
  • Sven Väth (techno)
  • Jose Padilla (chill)
  • Mr.A (progressive house)

Producers:

  • Jerome Isma-ae (progressive house)
  • Ali Wilson (tech trance)
  • Gareth Emery (trance)
  • Heikki L (house)
  • Ticon (psygressive)

Worst moments:

  • Finding out the first 1000 copies of Metaverse CD are without web codes.
  • Ableton Live setting tempo to 999bpm in middle of my live set. Doh!
  • Almost getting booked to Trance Energy 2008;)

Label:

  • AVA (trance)

Gear & software:

  • Logic Pro 8
  • Spectrasonics Omnisphere soft synth
  • T-Racks 3 plug-in

Radio show / podcast:

  • Gareth Emery podcast (trance)
  • Marco V podcast (tech)
  • Jody Wisternoff podcast (house)