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editor Paul Christian caught up with trance trailblazer Paul van Dyk at last
week’s fantastic EDC UK
festival, in Milton Keynes.
Before delivering an incredible set in the Cosmic Meadow tent German DJ talked about EDM, a trance revival, how music
can bring people together and his album being banned in the Middle
East.
On EDM he said: “It’s a long time that I listened to
something that people call EDM that I found able to enjoy it.
But PvD was more positive about the wider scene.
He said electronic music on the whole was “the biggest music
in the world” and “there’s so much great music coming out every day.”
And, turning to his own forte, he said: “With trance there
seems to be a huge comeback right now, some of the biggest future producers do
pure trance.”
The trancemeister’s latest release, Politics of Dancing 3, reinforces his belief that music can unite
people – and scare those with a vested in interest in keeping them apart.
“I think electronic music can bring people together from
different cultural backgrounds,” he said.
But the world’s tyrants do not like the unifying power of
Paul van Dyk’s electronic message.
POD3 was banned in parts of the Middle
East, as van Dyk had featured both Arabs and Israelis in his
various collaborations on the banging and euphoric album.
“I think it scares them,” he said about those responsible
for censoring his work.
He added: “In a way it proves this music has an ability to
break those boundaries.”
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