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9 days to go until Tomorrowland

info@djairwave.com — 2008-07-17T11:08:45+02:00

It’s all in the title my friends,

This gig will probably become my most ambitious set ever, combining the Airwave exclusive live act and another exclusive Cape Town PA right before it.

It’s definitely the place to be, and I expect you all in Benelux, France, and Germany to come over there and pay us a visit!!

Update before Tomorrowland + a few other things

info@djairwave.com — 2008-07-11T11:04:44+02:00

Hello my friends,

Hope you’re doing well and that you don’t pay too much attention to this horrible weather outside (at least if you’re in Western Europe)

I’m permanently working on my next live set for Tomorrowland 2008. It’s a hard job as I’m reworking a few extra tracks, while contacting all vocalists... oops I said too much already.

Well, basically, I consider this gig as the most important set I’ll ever do in my entire career, and I’m trying by all means to put the best show ever together, just for you. I’m not gonna get much money out of it, and you know what?? I DON’T CARE!

Just got some message from contacts of mine who said the scene was going bad. Yes it is, and History has seen the same happen before. When some people of a neighbouring country of mine invaded such heavenly island as Mauritius, killed and ate all Dodos (the birds that became their emblem), and then just left when there was nothing else to eat. Still ironically surprising that this same kind of people who just devastate the dance scene play all kinds of huge gigs over there. People forgive, but I don’t forget...

I’ve seen this happen over and over again. After which we hopefully will see some brighter skies, where money doesn’t matter, just the sound, the right behaviour, and wide open minds.

Bye bye Black Lemon-UPDATE pics inside

info@djairwave.com — 2008-07-17T10:47:17+02:00

Yesterday, an extremely lunatic driver ran into my beloved car in the middle of Brussels and totally destroyed it. :-( Will show you pics ASAP, I think we can consider ourselves lucky to be safe

UPADTE: luckily enough, the garage will be able to fix the car at no cost for me, even though we all thought at first that the chassis or mechanics had been damaged, too.

Alternative Download link for Fire&Ice remixers- UPDATED ON JULY 11TH

info@djairwave.com — 2008-07-09T12:42:32+02:00

Hey my friends,

Jurgen aka DJ Fire told me that some of you are having issues reading the wav files of Close to Me for the Bonzaimusic remix thing... Too Bad.

I made another upload but I can’t put it on the contest page. So, if you joined the comp and can prove it, please drop me an e-mail to info@djairwave.com and I will send you the link. ONLY those who applied and who can be verified will get the link.

[UPDATE] It looks like people who are having problems didn’t install Quicktime 7 on their Computer. Please do so, and everything should be fine.

Wish you a very nice summer

info@djairwave.com — 2008-06-27T17:03:42+02:00

Heyaaa,

Probably one of the last times you will check my site before going on holiday, so wish you the best, and please drive safely.

End of next month, on July 26th, lucky people will see me perform live again at the Tomorrowland festival. I am now ready to organize the rehearsals and let’s hope everything goes fine, as I want the performance to please you as much as possible.

I have more Tour news coming up, but can’t talk about that for now, you know that I hate talking about unconfirmed stuff.

Take care.

Laurent

Summer Euphoria doing very well

info@djairwave.com — 2008-06-27T16:59:12+02:00

Hello again,

Summer Euphoria, my latest mix album that just got released is doing very well in the uk Download Charts.

Dj Download and iTunes count Summer Euphoria in their TOP 20’s!!

Thanks again, my friends, as the music that you support here was made with a lot of passion, talent, and hard work!!

Here’s a reminder of the Tracklist, just in case:

01 Miika Kuisma - One Morning By The Riverside (Life In Streams Remix) (Subtraxx Recordings)
02 Hado - Midnight Sun (Dark Bird Recordings)
03 Chris M - Sadness (Progressive Mix - Part 1) (Bonzai Fiesta)
04 Andy Tau - North (Original Mix) (Bonzai Trance Progressive) *
05 Stuart C - Project 009 (Neuroscience)
06 Embliss - Beluga (Nemesis)
07 Eddie Sender - Maya (Electroriginal Mix) (Bonzai Trance Progressive)
08 Santiago Nino - The Secret (R.E.N.O.I.S.E. Remix) (Neuroscience)
09 Parallel Sound & Evren D featuring Taclan - Flux (Original Mix)
10 Joost Glazenburg - You Mona (Rein De Vries Remix) (Bonzai Trance Progressive)
11 Nomen Nescio - Aureole (Tranceportation) *
12 Santerna & Yamin - 977 Miles (Probspot Remix) (RealDeep)
13 Airwave featuring Angelique Arys - Urban Touareg (Vocal Mix) (Bonzai Trance Progressive)

Progrez June 08 Tracklist

info@djairwave.com — 2008-06-27T16:57:40+02:00

Hello my friends,

Here’s the latest Progrez Episode’s Tracklisting. You can now listen to it on DI.FM, Danceradio.gr, ETN, NRJ...

Michele Cecchi- Waves of the Evening (Original-Club mash)
Chris M - Sadness (Progressive mix part 1)
Hado- Midnight Sun
Rogerio Martins - Demente (David Eckenback Remix)
Elektrokid- Let's do it Again (Timofey Remix)
Kelly O'Brian- El Padre
Ashley Wallbridge- The Epic
Deal'in Progress - Unbreaking Silence
Uriel - Horizon (Hydroid remix)
Eddie Sender- Maya (Electroriginal mix)
Johnny Deep- REC (Photonz house Brainfreeze Remix)

Miika Kuisma- One Morning By the Riverside (Life in Streams Remix)
Marko & Elektrokid - Cult of Sunday
Evgeny Bardyhuza- Braindamaged (Santiago Nino Remix)
Angel Makris - Phase One
Craze C - Space (Andy Tau's Mix)
Ishido- Twenty Two
Santiago Nino- The Secret (R.E.N.O.I.S.E Remix)
Subtara - Maranjana (Shon Valen Dub mix)
Dj Vincenzo- No Looking Back
Poison Pro- 21 Years Later

Tomorrowland News

info@djairwave.com — 2008-06-09T09:10:15+02:00

Hey my friends,

Just wanted to let you know that for those attending to Tomorrowland festival next month, I'll be more than happy to deliver an exclusive and previously undone Live PA.

Here's the flyer (click the flyer for a zoom, by the way, here's the new extra on my site, all images without links can be zoomed from now on, cool eh?).

Progrez is now also on ETN

info@djairwave.com — 2008-05-29T09:12:29+02:00

From now on, you can listen to progrez on ETN prog, every last friday at 6PM EST. I'll put the link later on in the sidebar.

Summer Euphoria mixed by Airwave

info@djairwave.com — 2008-05-24T19:57:50+02:00

It's all in the title peeps, release Late June, so very soon on DJ Download (exclusive release for their Euphoria series)

Airwave talks to Judge Jules this Saturday on Radio ONE!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-05-22T09:27:01+02:00

Hey my friends,

Have a listen to this Saturday's show on Radio One hosted by Judge Jules. I'll have an interview with him and talk about everything going on lately.

Take care
Laurent

Danceradio dot GR Interview plus guest mix

info@djairwave.com — 2008-05-21T09:21:53+02:00

Heya,

A few days ago I had an interview with danceradio.gr, now it's online, it might be good for you to go have a look (click logo for the link)

Also they will air a guest set of mine this Thursday (May 22nd). Don't miss it

Didiom supports Touareg- offer inside

info@djairwave.com — 2008-05-16T08:38:14+02:00

Click on this banner and get more info!!

J.A.M. welcomes Airwave in its roster

info@djairwave.com — 2008-05-16T07:54:44+02:00

Good news peepz,

I've just joined JAM, my friend John 00's agency's roster for all bookings. I'm joining a roster that also manages longtime heroes of mine, with the likes of John, Vibrasphere, and... Astral Projection, I think I'm in good hands now.

you can have a look at john's website for more info, and you can thank him for giving me a chance:

http://www.joof.co.uk

a mix album in the making

info@djairwave.com — 2008-05-16T07:52:54+02:00

hey my friends,

I can't tell you much more about it right now, but I've just finished mixing the first volume of a brand new series of compilations. I got the chance to use a lot of exclusive and previously unreleased material.

The mix is just bombastic, and I hope you will like it as much as I do.

Take care
Laurent

A little bit delay, my apologies

info@djairwave.com — 2008-05-16T07:50:20+02:00

hey my friends,

I know many of you ordered your copies of Touareg through our shop and still haven't received them.

In fact, we finished packing the dvd boxes this week, but still there are no discs. We're still waiting for the delivery of all cd's, although we ordered everything on schedule.

Although I can't be held responsible for that delay, my sincere apologies. We're doing everything we can to solve this situation, and the cd's ship today.

:)

Touareg Available Worldwide- Links inside

info@djairwave.com — 2008-05-07T12:51:20+02:00

Heya,

I added the direct shop links so you can find Touareg straight away from here by clicking on one of those links. All major Dance Download portals are listed here and I verified all links, so it should be easy.

Take care and Enjoy the music. :-)

T-shirts are in and they're wonderful!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-05-06T14:38:40+02:00

Good memories, God bless the web for that

info@djairwave.com — 2008-05-04T13:03:06+02:00

Hey my friends,

Today I just found this while browsing videos

One of my best gigs ever. Something I will remember for the rest of my life.

Enjoy

3 days to go... if everything goes well

info@djairwave.com — 2008-05-03T12:40:34+02:00

My friends,

I hope you're having a nice day, I'm enjoying the shining sun in Belgium, for once :-)

3 days to go only, and you see me extremely worried now, as I expect a lot of sabotage inside the distribution networks rght before the Touareg release.

To keep it short, our entire industry depends on people who have no ears at all, who don't want to do their job the right way and/or who cannot take risks. Welcome to the Real World, they say. Let's hope everything goes well, though, and that everyone finds the cds at stores.

Belgian people can order the cd version through our site, as I'm afraid it won't be available in my country, AGAIN.

Despite that bad news, let's not be too negative about it and let's not forget that only music matters.

Enjoy the sunny weekend peepz.

Take care

New video

info@djairwave.com — 2008-05-01T11:21:01+02:00

it's all in the title! enjoy

Join me on Facebook

info@djairwave.com — 2008-04-25T07:45:01+02:00

heya peepz,

I've just added a facebook link on the right, so you can join me there, too.

For your convenience, here's the link.

Airwave's Facebook

only 11 Days to go, my friends.

Take care
Laurent

airwave-touareg dot com Minisite online!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-04-24T21:57:06+02:00

hey guys, the mini-site is online, courtesy of my friend Marnik.

Go check it out and enjoy some more extra content!!

http://www.airwave-touareg.com

RSS problem solved thanks to realmac ninjas!!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-04-20T18:47:58+02:00

hey, good news: the RSS feed linking bug won't happen anymore. We got a reply from the Developer's support and it was fixed in no time. Thanks to them

Trance.nu review gives Touareg FIVE OUT OF FIVE!!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-04-20T23:33:07+02:00

http://trance.nu/perm/reviews/23559

it's all in the title. Read on!!!

Touareg review soon on Trance.nu- Weekend Greetings

info@djairwave.com — 2008-04-19T10:09:19+02:00

Heya,

Soon on trance.nu, afterhourpower will post his review of Touareg, including a few samples. He said that he was really happy with it, so... wait and see!!

As the weekend starts, I wish you a Turbo weekend !!!

Airwave Official Release Trailer!!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-04-11T14:25:46+02:00

Other featured artists on Touareg!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-04-11T13:59:16+02:00

This is Mangué Camara, better known in Belgium as Coka. Coka made his own percussive instrument called the Bolon. Very interesting part of it is the huge resonance that you get out of it, and the strings and bells attached to it. It's simply amazing, as if you had 5 percs playing at the same time!!

I met him while I was out for a walk in Brussels, and got immediately touched by his skills, as he was playing the Bolon and singing in his native language at the same time, perfectly in sync.

Coka collaborates on two tracks off Touareg.

Angélique is my mate Karl's girlfriend. Angélique is studying lyrical and classical vocal techniques at the Brussels Royal Music School. She is extremely talented and also a big fan of electronic music. You should hear more of her great vocals in the months to come. She appears on Urban Touareg.

Ludovic Meyer is a long time friend of mine, and you know him for sure if you know Cape Town. We have made every single production together since 2006 for Cape Town. But for this one I asked him to push his own boundaries, by playing the alto sax... which he hadn't done for years! Batignolles Blues is the result of it, and we're both extremely proud of this new Baby!!

And last but not least....

More info about it soon!! Haha

full 10 minute Trailer of Touareg on its way!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-04-11T13:49:55+02:00

Welcome back.

I made a 10 minute- Trailer especially for you so you can check a few beats of every single track on Touareg.

It should be on within the next 48 hours.

By the way: I discretely uploaded the tracks on many dj's ftp (or by Yousendit through their e-mail) without any artist name. Apparently they didn't pay attention at all. That proves how much they are sheep LOL.

I remember those times when a track was being played because it was simply tasteful, but I'd better forget that and focus on the future.

End of this month in Progrez a full showcase of the whole album, hope that you will be there.

The CD version is coming out alongside with the Download version, perfectly in sync, thanks to our partner zyx music. Whether the cd will be distributed in my own country is another story. Trilogique got dumped by all major shops, so I doubt things change this time, but you never know. Anyway, there will be internet orders through Bonzai, no worries.

Later on more news, peepz

Take care
Laurent

Teaser Three

info@djairwave.com — 2008-04-05T10:31:41+02:00

God Bless Backups!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-04-05T08:00:21+02:00

Heya,

This week saw me having a huge system crash which involved a full and clean reinstall of everything. By chance a few weeks ago I started testing live backups on the fly on an external hard drive.
All files inclusive those of Touareg's would have been completely lost if I hadn't done that.

So, peepz, by any means, always make sure you have a backup, as those things always happen when you don't expect them at all!!!

Take care
Laurent

PS In a few days, I hope I can deliver more Touareg Trailers, but due to a lack of decent video software (and it's too expensive for my needs), it takes time to juggle between all apps...

First Guest Artist feature on Touareg

info@djairwave.com — 2008-03-28T13:53:42+01:00

Hi my friends, as I said, Touareg features a few guest artists. Most of you have probably never heard of them, still, they have natural talent that forces respect and requires support.

Let me introduce you to the first guest artist, who surprised me a lot by going for it almost imediately.

His name is Didier Likeng, and he's originally from Cameroon, a city called Yaoundé. Back at the age of 10, he was already singing gospel in various local churches, and his talent has just kept surfacing since then.

Petis Didier Likeng came to Belgium in 1989 in order to study at our famous univeristy, and got his grade in 1995. Meanwhile... he was already singing with the "Black and White gospel singers" band, was playing several instruments, with bass being his #1 choice.

Nowadays, he's part of "The Marvellous Gospel Singers" Band, that acts several times a year worldwide. Besides that, Didier organizes Gospel Camps across Europe and shares his knowledge so generously that you know only gifted people like him would do this.

Didier is for my part the most incredible vocalist in the genre that I have ever heard so far. And he's also an amazingly humble person, which makes his personality, his vocals, and naturally our collaboration totally unique.

Here's a couple pictures of his:

Later on, I'll talk about more collaborations.

Take care

Easter Greetings

info@djairwave.com — 2008-03-23T07:18:57+01:00

Happy Easter my friends

Well, I have excellent news again...

I've got the master copy of Touareg in my hands as it's now ready for shipping to production, finally!

First it contains a lot more tracks than expected, as we added some and ended up with more than 15 but less than Trilogique's 30.

Secondly, I have a plan on how to promote the album the right way, so it might be unavailable on our promo pool for the "pro-djs". After all, it's just unfair how some arrogant kids on our promo pool get everything for free while you, the real fans, have to buy the tracks. I've always been against this, and this is why I kindly ask all label people not to send me any music for free anymore. I already did, but some do not read my replies or posts on this site, so it's a good way to remind them of that.

Thridly, and this is good news for everyone probably, no edits at all, not even on the cd version, which becomes a DOUBLE cd of course. So, basically all tracks come in full length, and no exception was made.

And Finally, the sounds, the music and everything else... If you expect fanfare leads as in I want to believe, you're not too far from reality, if you expect the prog groove beats as in Trilogique, you're close, but all tracks are faster and stronger. So to sum it up, we came back to the roots, but kept everything else in mind, and added a brand new touch in terms of structure that makes it a unique journey.

I really thought that I wouldn't be able to finish it on schedule, specially because everything that I wanted to do with it. Special collaborations with out of this world musicians you have never heard of and who deserve a lot of credit, recording sessions with them, mixing, finding those structure ideas... This album has been my worst nightmare, as I thought until friday that I wouldn't be able to make it sound exactly like I wanted and deliver it on time.

Thanks to your support, we made this happen, thanks to your help, we are on schedule. And thanks to you, I didn't loose my integrity by making a mindless pop-trance album featuring female singers without character, like some will do in the next few weeks.

So, lemme tell you in 2 words: THANK YOU.

Belgian fans, see you tonight at Illusion, Lier, and let's celebrate this together.

Take care
Laurent

Triloops get MAXIMUM note in Computer Music's latest issue!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-03-19T12:45:29+01:00

Hey!! Isn't that good news?? Unexpected but more than welcome :-)

As soon as I get the right to publish the final notes, I'll post them here

Meanwhile you can check their website!!! Click on the mag below...

More Teasing for you only!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-03-19T12:45:17+01:00

Pssssssst!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-03-14T15:42:20+01:00

Trancesound Interview online!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-03-12T06:53:44+01:00

I took some time between two productions to do an interview with this site. Click the banner to read it on

Fire & Ice "Tour de Trance" on Beatport!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-03-11T17:00:40+01:00

There you go. Beatport Exclusive!!

Enjoy!

Thoughts of the week, Introducing Share your views

info@djairwave.com — 2008-03-10T10:20:16+01:00

Hello again! Welcome back

I have been thinking a lot about interesting subjects last weekend and of course I'm more than happy to share my thoughts with you, you know that... But I want to insist on the fact that your thoughts are also a source of inspiration for this site, too, and they're more than welcome.

This is why I renamed the "Releases" menu, that from now on will be named "Share your views". Visit that page, and comments what's being posted here, share your comments with others...

And here were my thoughts of the last few days.

I would like to talk about piracy again. This time not about music piracy, but about Software piracy.

First of all if I ever told you that I've never used any piece of cracked software, it would be a huge lie. Everyone has used them. Nowadays, you can just download anything and use serials, cracking apps... Everyone has used illegal copies of pc games on his/her computer for example, it is a fact.

Thing is, you don't make any money out of using cracked game software. Most of the time, if you're a fan, you end up buying the game, because of your karma, and because you like something so much that you need to own a piece of it.

I've seen many upcoming talents using illegal copies of Reason, Live, Logic, Cubase, and lately also FL Studio for years and years without thinking about buying a real license. Same goes for plugins. I won't get my gun and shoot those down. It' s not the point of this post. It's more a Karma thing, and those musicians doing this have to put all of their priorities in the balance and make a self-exam of their own souls.

Supporting Ableton, Propellerhead, Steinberg, Image-Line Software, and also Native Instruments, Sugar Bytes, Linplug, and so many others is CRUCIAL in my opinion. Many people don't understand why people like me keep on making music as a full-time occupation. Well, I just do the same "job" as they do. Whether you work for a 100+ people company or on your own, as a creative person, it's not for the money, it's your vocation first of all, and it always should be that way. But my position is quite strong on that point, if you go for something in life, you shouldn't be running out of money because a bunch of pricks lack respect for your work!

There are companies, though, that I don't understand, sending SPIES to medium or even small studios, and then stalking people who didn't pay for a 2300$ plugin license that's not even worth a tenth of it.

So, I came to the conclusions that:

1) spying people using cracked software isn't a solution, it makes music developers ridiculous
2) music making software is quite pricey as you have to pay for it in one pass
3) it's also a huge investment if you can't make sure that you will end up releasing records and getting money out of it
4) the web is getting extremely mature and this fight against piracy will never end if people camp on their positions. There's no fight necessary

I imagined some pieces of an entire puzzle that might solve this. I based myself on what some creative people have been doing lately, so I won't take the glory at all.

1) Devine machine is doing it pretty well: a montly fee for the use of a plug-in of a piece of software. Why not?? You start working immediately, and you just pay a ridiculously small fee every month.

2) Advertising inside apps! Every single website has those banners, why not pro-apps? I know it looks ridiculous... But after all, Google apps are free thanks to the huge ad-income! And ok, you have the pro-versions which are not that pricey, though! Thanks to Adobe Air technology, this adware might even get updated every now and then when you're online, but remain in your app once you're not on. The introduction of ad inside applications is a huge step forward, I know, but I think it could make smaller companies survive, so creative people could keep on doing what they've been made for! And you could restrict this advertising to the context of your app. (No diet-coke inside Live, please!)

3) The creation of a Worldwide Syndicate for Electronic musicians with the obligation to be affiliated in order to release records, so the scene would have a better control on its members. Just as many movie-people do in Hollywood, ahem. Of course a syndicate also defends its affiliates. Our scene is being ruled by chaos that irresponsible muppets leave after them, courtesy of dj mag! It's time for a huge change as I said. So what about an affilation program that shows how much people respect others, after all?

These were my thoughts.

Now it's up to you.

Get in that menu, and please, let everyone know!

Thanks to Humble people like Peter Kirn from Create Digital Music, who constantly works on this matter

Touareg is not far away, Meanwhile

info@djairwave.com — 2008-03-01T08:37:50+01:00

hi everyone,

This week saw me rework some of the airwave classics. They're no remixes, though, as I just updated the overall sound and adapted the structure. I think those don't need additions as this way they remain true to themselves.

Touareg is extremely close to entire completion. My partner Ludovic came here in order to record some live parts, resulting in a wonderful track. Hope you will like what we've done. Only two tracks left , by Easter I think I will finish everything including details and Artwork, as I'm planning to do it on my own this time.

New Cafepress shop Added

info@djairwave.com — 2008-03-01T08:27:49+01:00

As some people encountered problems ordering shirts off Spreadshirt, I created an extra merchandise shop that also contains some extras such as Stickers and Bags.

Have a nice weekend... and see you tonight in Dance Fusion??

Cape Town- Albatros gets airplay thanks to... Tiesto

info@djairwave.com — 2008-02-26T19:43:23+01:00

After all, it looks like the "flying dutchman" still has some good taste :-D

You can subscribe to his podcast and listen to albatros "in the mix"

Enjoy.

New production Tutorials!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-02-25T19:18:08+01:00

check them out in the tips menu... enjoy too!! :)

New production Tutorial video!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-02-22T13:12:21+01:00

heya,

I just took the time to make a second part of those fm tutorials. After the kick, the clap!!!

Enjoy Laurent

New post in production tips menu!!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-02-22T12:08:54+01:00

Hello, welcome back!

I just posted an updated video of my first tutorial over there for those interested.

Check the Production Tips page, it's really worth it!!

Take care
Laurent

Progrez Jan 30th, 2008 4 hour mix Tracklist

info@djairwave.com — 2008-02-18T08:17:46+01:00

Mossy- deep box
Ljunqvist & lansberg: Feather Fals - Off World Version
Dj O'Sean: Walking through mirage
Tonks- Spice of Life
Spex- Star Chaser - Deep space Original
Rogerio Martins- Strangled
Rogerio Martins- You are my Sweetest Pearl
Michel Van Tune- Yawning me
Black Dragon: Alone Again
Topher Jones- Refinery

Cape Town: Pitstop (FT Ambilifter mix)
Cape Town: Albatros
Fire&Ice: Tour de Trance
Cape Town: Aviateur
Milan Lieskovsky: Elenya
Lodos: cold
Chris Drifter: Panned Emotions (Downkill remix)
Agent Sam Fisher: My conviction
Lambert B: Becomes addict
Dj Elof: Salvator

Airwave vs Markus Schulz: Angelica Sagittiare remix)
Airwave: Close Encounter
Airwave: Trilogique (Electrified mix)
Mystique: Just as I thought (Sonic Division remix)
Rozza Never Never Land
ARto Kumanto: Additional Dimensions
Carve: Energized
Montana: KV255
Emphased Reality & Tim Knox: Perception
Miika Kuisma: Till The Dawn

Tonks: Body Blows
Rogerio Martins: Disscociacao
Def Disko: Runnie Hunnie
Pedro Goya: Polyana
Sagittaire: Sixty part 2
Energy 52: Café del Mar (Sagittaire remix)
Kevin Bone: Radical Reform
Melly: Into Deep (Andy Tau rework)
John Wirght: Helix (The Digital Over mix)
Subtara: Maranjana

Lovely weekend!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-02-15T18:35:49+01:00

stay tuned, the Progrez Tracklist of last month is coming and from now on, I'll post it EVERY month here on my site.

Take care and have a nice weekend (out or not!!)

Laurent

Coka's in the house!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-02-07T18:05:55+01:00

Illusion- Bonzai Worx Night March 23rd, Lier, Belgium!!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-02-03T17:34:19+01:00

hey my friends, as promised earlier, here's the e-flyer

Take care
Laurent

Brand New section to this site!!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-02-02T12:07:56+01:00

Hey my friends,

Just added the Production Tips Menu with links to tutorials before the weekend starts, with a very first post on there.

Enjoy it...

Dance Fusion, March 1st 2008, Ypres/Ieper, Belgium

info@djairwave.com — 2008-02-02T11:33:05+01:00

Yo,

Next march will see me play one of my very last Live sets before a long time...

Belgian people, this is your chance.

you can find more info at:

http://www.dance-fusion.be

March 23rd will see me spin at a Belgian famous club, too, for a DJ set, this time... More info about that one very soon.

4 hours for the price of 2!!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-01-30T15:45:21+01:00

hey my friends!!

Don't miss a very special Progrez show tonight, featuring not two but FOUR hours of music.

http://www.di.fm/mp3/progressive.pls

I added a special page, too, with this link, so you just need to click on DI FM on the right to get on the right channel instantly!! Thanks who?

Later I'll post the entire tracklist here, so... stay tuned!!

Important Note regarding RSS feeds

info@djairwave.com — 2008-01-26T09:12:28+01:00

Heya, one last thing before the weekend,

Some of you using RSS feed readers might have experienced that dead link issue when clicking on "Read more". I'm working on a fix for this issue and it should work normally in a few days.

So, you can read the RSS feeds but it won't link you to my site for now. Sorry about the inconvenience.

Take care
Laurent

I like this pic... announcing online photo page

info@djairwave.com — 2008-01-26T08:54:00+01:00

hey peeps,

The brand new site keeps me busy. One thing that's missing for sure is an online photo page that I am about to create. I would like you to send all of your party pictures that you took while I was playing, and this way create a lot more interactivity.

Meanwhile, enjoy a very first example, taken by a french fan at the Intuition Summer Event last july.

I'll tell you when it's finished, it shouldn't take too long. Then, I'll add a menu on the right for the pictures.

Weekend Greetings!

info@djairwave.com — 2008-01-25T16:43:50+01:00

Hello my friends welcome back!!

Just this short message before the weekend.

This week saw me work on some STUNNING material for Touareg and DJ Fire. More info soon.

As you have noticed, you can now get the news items directly into your RSS feeds. If you're using a pc, I strongly recommend you to download an RSS feed reader such as NetNewsWire that's now free. For Mac users, well... you can have them immediately in Safari or even Mail!! ISN'T THAT GREAT?

Sooo, any comments about the Merchandise guys?? Please check out the DUTCH t-shirt it's insanely funny!! Go to the merchandise menu on the right and enjoy.

One last thing: from now, you'll be able to get a newsletter if you want to, just go to newsletter and fill in the form.

Take care all.

LoLo

TESTING ONE TWO... can you read it??

info@djairwave.com — 2008-01-20T14:33:33+01:00

Okey peeps, just been checking now, and it works for real, so I can communicate with you in real time on my own.

It's good to see this work, as everything that's web-related generally scares me off. LOL

Have a nice and hopefully not too rainy sunday, weather is horrible at my window. :-p

Take care.
L.

Welcome to 2008... & my new website...

info@djairwave.com — 2008-01-04T20:13:15+01:00

Hello all,

Welcome back to this channel, and most importantly, to the brand new version of my website.

It was time for a change, because the old website, although being a good one, didn't suit my needs to communicate and interact with you.

From now on, I can blog here and sync everything at the same time, share some pictures, and videos without having to ask a 3rd party to do it for me, like the so-called "superstars" do.

You know how much I like feeling close to you all. So, I'm incredibly happy I can do it on my own... :-)

This year will see me release a lot of music.

First of all, expect Cape Town "Aviateur" in the upcoming weeks. You don't realize how much I like this album, and I'm sure you're going to love it if you're into uplifting trance.

Secondly, FIRE & ICE IS BACK!!! Tour de Trance is on its way, and you can listen to a snippet on this website. Hope you will like it.

And of course, most importantly, Touareg is on its way. My next Airwave album is something I consider as my biggest masterpiece, although it's far from finished. It will be again a Love it/ Hate it thing... but this record has the biggest part of my personality inside. Imagine me naked in front of thousands. This is it...

Don't forget Progrez, too, every last wednesday of the month, on DI prog, NRJ Belgium (103.7 in Brussels), and many others.

So, next post, I'll try to make pics (and videos) of the people I'm working with. Meanwhile maybe you can send me your pics with me at various gigs?? If you have some, drop me a line so I can post them on this site.

Take care my friends and see you really soon here!!

Laurent

In the line of things...

info@djairwave.com — 2007-11-05T13:34:49+01:00

and in the line of things...

don't progret Forgez... erm... Don't forget Progrez tomorrow on DI prog.

Last month's show featured music that's made the show since 2005.
Tomorrow, well is another story as I'd like to focus on the future releases.

First of all Sagittaire will introduce you to his first album, Sixty, during the first part of the show. It's incredible music, that deserves a lot of credit and respect, although you might find it quite slow. And of course you''ll have your fix of the latest Progrez tunes during the second part.

Drop us a line if you like it!

1 + 1 = 3

info@djairwave.com — 2007-10-24T13:34:34+02:00

what's in a name...

well, actually, this is the title track of the upcoming Lolo album, my friends, finally, after several releases...

1+1=3 is a wonderful track in the same vein as "Trance will never die" with a true sense of emotion. You can thank my friend Marnik, for the wonderful artwork too.

I'll post a snippet as soon as I can. Actually, can you tell me what you'd like to hear??

I'm crazy working 24/7 on new material here.

Good news!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2007-10-17T13:34:18+02:00

hey peepz,

This part of my agency's previous mailing got sent to everyone in the business, so I thought I'd share that with you, as it's good news:

Busy Studio times for Airwave who's currently producing several albums at the same time. First of all, Sagittaire "Sixty" is close to entire completion. This album will feature a bunch of tracks and a full mix of them that will take the audience to a sixty-minute journey into chill club music. This alongside with the recording of the brand new Airwave Album called "Touareg". There's a huge Story behind this new recording... expect the unexpected soon.

And last but not least, good news from Beatport as Airwave's "Summer turnaround" is officially the most downloaded trance track on the planet's best dance download portal. Laurent would like to thank all of his fans, his family, the y-catch posse, and of course his label Banshee Worx for the very good results obtained with Trilogique in general.

Dance Idol 2007

info@djairwave.com — 2007-10-10T13:33:47+02:00

Welcome back!!

Sooooo, I told you that there was another reason for being that quiet. The reason is... THAT F**KING ANNUAL INTERNET WHORING in the last month that drove me crazy with zillions of spam coming from all the dj's you can (or not) expect to do so.

Again, I just want to let you know that I do not approve this kind of Dance Idol and all of the prostitution that comes around it. It IS NOT the world we live in.

So, instead of puking on it again during the vote, I'm doing it now AFTER the closing so no one can again bash me for expecting attention off that.

As long as no single person asking for votes comes with a PROGRAM, a VISION and a strong sense of humanity, the top 10 whores will keep on treating you like sheep, just like dance magazines and event promoters do, with some help of Soda-pizza sponsors, and you won't see me take this positively.

And now, what?? Cheaters being so-called unmasked by dj mag editors?? Hey guys, wake up, it's just like Tour de France, EVERYONE CHEATS in this business, in a way. And among the biggest ones are the biggest cheaters, too. Only, they must be smart enough and don't get caught, or better, rich enough to buy an editor's silence. See what I mean. Because that's the way it is. This whole thing is a mafia.

I hate this community being driven exclusively by hunger for more money all the time, taking the best youngsters and prostituting them so anyone can utilize them, showing them the only way forward is utilize other people themselves.

This is the way we live in, you say. Well, let me tell you something... If you keep on thinking this way, your children will have the feeling that milk was born in cartonboxes.

In a few days I'll post a bit more about this idea. Because I had a serious feeling in the last few months, alongside with my banshee friends.

So, stay tuned, coz I'll BRB.

Silence

info@djairwave.com — 2007-10-06T13:33:25+02:00

Dear Friends,

You must have noticed that I'm extremely silent nowadays...

Just this short message to tell you that I don't forget about you at all. I'm currently working extremely hard in the studio on several new releases under many aliases. This leaves me little time to tell you about it. So I gotta keep it short, but I wanted to share some secrets with you.

Touareg, the next Airwave album, will feature a lot of collaborations and influences. The good point about this is that few or either none of those artists are famous in the dance scene.

The concept behind Touareg is strong, and I just want to finish it, whether it takes months or days. This very single time, I want to be selfish with a production for Airwave, and extremely generous when it comes to sharing experience.

I'll post regularly as soon as I have something to say. Just like in a day or two max, because my silence has some others reasons, too.

Take care

Ready for take off... crashhhhhh!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2007-08-15T13:31:37+02:00

Hello my friends, and welcome back to channel L (or is it LOL?).

Last weekend saw me experience one of the saddest and also the funniest days of my entire music life.

As many of you know, the Take Off Festival in Estonia, featuring a lot of famous artists, and where I was supposed to play at, was cancelled at the very last minute, which means it got cancelled the same day I arrived!!

On the festival's website, you can read the organisation's public message.

I would like to tell you what happened exactly from my end.

I landed in Tallinn at 3PM local time approximately, and got picked up by a driver as expected, and got driven to my hotel, a very nice one by the way. All of us artists were staying at the same place in the city, a beautiful one.

I had to play at 11pm according to the timetable I was given by my agent, but we had to leave for the festival at 6pm, as requested by the main promoter... and executed by the driver.

So, we got there on time, I saw many other cars arrive at the same time, all drivers with other artists... on an almost empty field. Only THREE stages with no soundsystem and no lights at all!! Although some people were attending, although all shuttle services were up and running... no party at all.

We had to wait at least 3 hours for any news from local people. I can't thank enough my wife who saw on the festival's website that it was about to be cancelled. She called me and gave me that information.

I gotta keep it short, so I cut insignificant details, forgive me....

So we were like up to 20 artists (I won't name them all here, but we were just a LOT, believe me) sitting at the hotel's lobby waiting for the organization's explanation.

And we got the latter, as exposed on their website. Hando, the local promoter dispatching everything regarding us artists, drivers and many other local workers, litterally took everything in hands and faced our anger in order to save at least something.

And omg, the boy did well. Many of us artists were there basically for music and also for a lot of fans. Hando fixed a party at a good local club so our fans had at least something. My colleagues dj's fixed the timetable and we all got to play for those people.

Actually, this was probably a sad moment for us all, artists, but also clubbers, involved in what was supposed to be the biggest event of the year in the area. But playing at this club for the die hard fans, the people that keep the spirit alive, well it's all that mattered to some of us, despite the fact we got in there for probably nothing and despite all the reasons I'd have to show nothing but anger.

Well, sad I am for many of them, but also happy for some of them and also extremely happy that colleagues of mine went for that with a TRUE sense of being part of a community.

Music brings people together and I got the proof it's like that. This last weekend I also got the chance to meet some extremely interesting people, who remain true to themselves too. What I'm doing guys, this is for you and for you only... just spread the good vibe around you, and all the sh... that might happen to you will become a lot more enjoyable, believe me!!

Estonian fans will see me again for sure, with the same spirit and the same wellness, whatever happens next time!

Take care

Laurent
Oh and by the way
Thanks for listening to Progrez. I got lots of kind messages. Therefore, I think it's about time to give a tracklist away.

So here it is:

Tracklist Progrez May-June 2007
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hour 1:

Lolo-Trance Will never Die
Anton Sonin &DNA: Immersion
Emphasized reality & Tim Nokx: Percepted
Maxrage: Disco Volante
Red Avnue: In the wills of god (Nova mix)
Airwave: Trilogique (AW Electrified mix)
Planisphere: So many other ways
Bjorn Small: Leaving some Doubts
Nova: Alive

Hour 2:

Lolo: Océan d'étoiles
Lolo: Il t'aime (Dub)
Electro Kiss: The teacher (Elektrokid remix)
Kompulse: Motion Pill
Ari Rhodes: The L Machine
3 up North: Lost Luggage
Antidote: Remote control Auto Pilot (Antiphus remix)
Agent Sam Fisher: Double Agent (Electro mix)
Antidote: Freeze me
Airwave vs Antidote vs Airwave: Terra Firma vs Sunday Break

Take care my friends,

Cya in a few ;-)

L.

Il t'aiiiiiiime!!! and WE care about US ALL peeps

info@djairwave.com — 2007-06-17T13:30:59+02:00

You heard the new teasers on myspace?? Lolo? You might be wondering how and what after I promised "Océan d'étoiles" to be on the next Lolo EP...

Well, that is why, there's not one but TWO Lolo releases to come close to each other. The very first one is just some cool vocal effort, in fact based on another pop track I have made lately, with as the b-side, what you all requested. "Il t'aime" is an ode to the Greater God who made us all, whether you believe it or not. I should post you the link to the poppy mix too, some day, it's great.

The second one is an ode, a claim, a testimony, a concentrate of love for a style of music I've been defending since the very beginning. I didn't make trance, it made me. Trance will never die, although it being extremely unpopular, it's good to claim the right to difference. Trance has had its hype moment, but it wasn't a hype on its own. It's much more than that. I remember seeing John Lennon claiming on TV that Rock'n Roll was dead, ROFL.

Enjoy my friends, lot more to come.

Welcome to the real world

info@djairwave.com — 2007-06-10T13:30:35+02:00

Hello my friends,

The need of a new update was urging, and I am finally doing so.

Instead of lying to you (I DO SUCK at lying either), lemme tell you that it was out of lazyness. I was getting tired of this all.

I needed a few weeks to think about it all. This "career" (being a musician is not a career, and it will never be), this business (who said kindergarten??). It was going round in my head. Finally I came back on the ground. What the hell are we doing here?? Is this all that important? Did The Lord send me here to fight someone, something? After all, I just figured I was considering myself as a victim by default. So, time for a spring cleaning, right before the following events:

June 11th Laser Keratectomy (not too important for you though LOL)
June 16th Club Exit, Lithuania => be there guys, this will be the VERY FIRST new live set

June 21st Tranceload/Fête de la musique, Nice, France
July 7th Intuition Summer Event, Bloemendaal aan Zee, NL
July 28th TOMORROWLAND@ BOOM, BELGIUM

More Gigs to confirm in August.

It was extremely important making this huge mind-cleaning thing before starting out a brand new Airwave album... as indeed, I'm about to start recording it. I can't tell you more about this right now, it's too early to talk about the concept, but keep this name in mind:

====> Touareg

Also, I want to clean the mess before the gigs, I want you guys to see me push boundaries, give only the best of myself away, NOT 90% of it, I want to go at maximum risk for the love of music, of people, because after all we are nothing but animals with a brain, well for some of us LOL.

This negativity period I have been through lately is just ridiculous, and probably the consequence of my semi-bad health. My apologies, it's childish, but soooo human. I'm not pretending to be a hero, a saver, or a superstar, whatever. I just want to enjoy living and let you enjoy it with me.

I took all conclusions, I know what to change, and now this is with a fresh head that I can go on.

Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?

info@djairwave.com — 2007-04-24T13:29:14+02:00

hey my friends,

Sorry for not being as talkative as I tend to be...

I have terrible news and terrific one as well...

Lemme begin with the terrific news then.

LOLO is on the way, it was about time. I figured most of you wanted to have "Ocean d'etoiles" see the light of day, so... here it comes as the b-side of another vocal track... I won't tell you more now, you will have to wait first, hehehe

Secondly, I'm so glad many of you guys like the newest planisphere stuff so much!! For such selfish and difficult music, it's always welcome!!! Thanks to you all.

Trilogique Time my friends!! Will be out next week featuring a BUNCH of great remixes. You will have to choose which ones you like the most, for my part I love ALL OF THEM.

Now the sad news, and I feel really bad telling you that, I might be not responding at all for a few weeks from now on, which doesn't mean I don't read your messages and e-mails. Again, it's an eye infection, again it hurts, again I'm one-eyed, and this time it's so bad that I'm almost considered as a viewing impaired. I can't watch things normally, and the pain is unbearable. Worse, the doctors discovered I've been given the wrong treatment for months... which led to a severe Recurrent Corneal Erosion a k a RCE. So, I should get a laser treatment next month, but I'm unsure about the results, which might lead me to the operating table for a corneal transplant.

This hopefully won't affect my gigs schedule, and I promise my Turkish friends I'll be there up and running whatever happens, as I've been waiting so long for coming back to your country! Besides that, everything has slown down here, including my workflow.

I hope you won't mind, though, it really really hurts, and I need to give my vision some rest. But I just wanted to let you know...

Take care my friends

See you in a (hopefully very) short while

Laurent

Flash update

info@djairwave.com — 2007-04-03T13:28:55+02:00

Hey guys!!

Welcome back!!

Just this short message to give you some updates.

First of all, TRILOGIQUE REMIXES EP will be out on April 24th, featuring 9 different mixes from in-house artists. I can't thank those guys enough for this incredible job, and this before the deadline. You won't regret it, my friends. So I just uploaded 4 mixes I like much on myspace, and you can check them all here on my website!!!

Secondly, time for an update about my gigs. Last week saw me play for a Belgian team based on the BeTA's (Belgian Tranceaddict community), and most of you don't know what they've been missing!!

This month will see me perform in Ankara, Turkey for the second time, alongside with my colleague and strong partner Joop, for an exclusive event. Orcan, m8, you ROCK!!!

And finally, you must have read something about it yet, Tomorrowland is on the way!!! I'll be performing a TWO HOUR LIVESET for your eyes and ears only, alongside with other Banshee Artists. Expect a HUGE SET OF MINE OR NOTHING!!!!

More gig news to come, but I'll wait until I get confirmation of them all.

This year's just begun, and it feels like it's going to be EXTREMELY busy.

Stay tuned!!

Take care guys

Laurent

Two weeks off

info@djairwave.com — 2007-03-09T13:28:36+01:00

Hello everyone,

I couldn't go on a well deserved holiday without leaving a message to all of you.

You're far more important to me than you might think. Reading your messages, posts, critics also, is fundamental!

Planisphere's Solarism is out in 3 versions, and I hope you like it as much as I do. And if not, well I'm cool with it too!!

So, this is gonna be a long post (again!) as I need your advice about some things I've been thinking about lately:

There was a very interesting thread on the TA-Fr forum this week: where will trance be next year?? Where is it going to?? It's definitely not the question I want you to think about. I posted in that thread, and I'm very proud saying that no matter what you do, as long as you do it with heart and passion. I think YOU all guys and girls make the sound as it should be, and you shouldn't let others set the trend for you.

Dj's whoring all the time with newsletters, spam, and all that voting-robot-stuff for the dj mag and other polls while they do NOTHING for the music but just for themselves (and their al capone-like agents fucking the business with that exclusive behaviour; e.g by threatening promoters to cancel their popstar dj if another artist comes the same night) , not only proves that the apple is full of worms, but also proves how lazy we have become. We just get fed like animals in an industrial farm, and we don't care, until the situation gets bad, of course!!

So, my point was that everyone should make music and show what he/she wants to hear. You might think it would lead to generic music, but I honestly think the opposite. You know why? Because it would be a lot more natural. You just do what you want because you like it, and no matter what people think about you, it's just your thing, if people stick to it, cool, if not, cool as well. And I'm sure that so-called generic sound will fade out through time.

This majority, and so-called democracy thing makes me sick because at the very end it's nothing but manipulation after all. I'd never let anyone or anything like advertise-whores choose for me how I should sound like, what I should do as a job, how I'd call my kids, what fruits to get. That trademark thing "as seen on TV" is just so much full of shit nowadays. WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT!

So this is my question: would you like more shameless people trying to make music, make some money as well, and work hard out of passion for an art?? I do, now it's your turn to tell me :-)

I want ashamed people to show who they are, and I want arrogant ones to get a lot more humble because at the end of the day, we just live and die here. Nothing's important but the fact we never should regret anything in our lives,and after all, this is a very important duty too, let's give our children this wonderful legacy: Let the Different One inside any human being Grow, as it will make ALL of us Better!!

Take care my friends

See you in two weeks

Flight mode is on

info@djairwave.com — 2007-02-14T13:28:14+01:00

Hello my friends!! Hope all is well in your life!!

First of all I have good news, as I have started recovering of my herpectic disease. Thanks to Zo***ax!! That said, the recovery might be partial, and I might suffer this state once in a while for the rest of my life. Time will tell, but I am confident, and honestly if it's a lot more bearable as it is today, it's a quite "small deal".

So you may wonder, what have we been doing lately?

First of all, we fixed EVERY single detail regarding the Solarism release, the album has been out since yesterday, please, check it out, and feel free to send your comments and reviews!!

Secondly, I told you about the hybrid version in my last post, well, it's about time to tell you more about these two versions.

Solarism contains 11 chilly tracks, for some of them extremely playable at clubs, nonetheless!! I think here about Trigger Escape, Tokyo Skyscraper, or No sugar added, and of course the mighty 6/4 beat-driven Solarism track. The latter comes in a 12 mnute version, and this is the kind of tracks, alongside with Nothing's slave (a 7/4 time signature), that I'm extremely proud of.

Breaking the barrier of 4/4 wasn't easy, and a 6/4 you can still play at a club might be hard to imagine, but bizarrely, Solarism just came to me more than I had to reach it, see what I mean. Same goes for every single track on Solarism in fact.

SO, What about the Hybrid edition, what is it??

Well, let me tell you the story behind this one, it's incredible how life can be grateful at times for some of us (and I DO feel lucky!!).

First I wanted to make a mixed version alongside with the full length release, so people in search of mixes could also find something in there.

Then, the idea came of doing something longer than a 74 minute cd, as you all know, Solarism full is almost 100 minutes long... So Marnik (my partner for Antidote), had that good idea of doing a 120 minute mix.

I was scared and felt really DUMB, how could I put 100 minutes of music in a mix of 120 minutes???. That's how the best part of this story begins...

I thought I could make some extra tracks, Simplified is a good example!! simple and effective

I thought I could adapt some parts of the Solarism tracks to fit this version and be a little different... Well out of the 17 tracks used, only 2 of them are in their original mix, all others are reworks. What Nothing's slave and Solarism in a 4/4?? Yes, but again, so far from the huge reality...

I mashed up to three tracks to get simply one, tokyo skyscraper meets trigger escape, or some others, and this mix is FULL of surprises, as some of them are unpredictable, unexpected, and go well beyond what I wanted.

I also figured it could be a good idea to "rework" some of my previous tracks, and that's how you get So Many Other Ways, or Lick-tro-Phonic, and again, some others, you gotta check this one as soon as it's out dudes!!

And There's One more Thing:

It took me 6 days to finish this mix, and you know why?

Taht because ALL MIXES, TRACKS, REWORKS, MASHUPS, WERE DONE ON THE FLY. Nothing was programmed in advance, I just opened my sequencer and went on with new and older parts every single day, my Ableton contained almost 200 Stereo Tracks of Processed and Frozen/flattened parts. I was totally improvizing and producing this mix as if it was one single track.

I'm extremely proud of this achievement and this gives me a TON of ideas of concepts for the next years to come.

That's one hell of a story, isn't it?

Well that's how life rewards me for hard working. That what makes it beautiful to me. Thank god I was born 29 years ago, and again Thank God because, I had the chance to lead an incredible life.

So Flight mode is ON, flying where? I don't know... but it's one hell of a flight!!

Take care

Laurent

Covert operations

info@djairwave.com — 2007-02-07T13:27:50+01:00

Helloooooooooo!!

How's everyone feeling??

You must be getting ready to hear Solarism... Well, I can't wait to collect your comments!!!

There's a lot more than you might think, in fact...

I just spent the last 7 days putting something together, for your ears only, based on Solarism and Planisphere in general. And honestly, I think you will fall off your chair. What I've just achieved may be described as a dream come true for many musicians. One of my biggest achievements so far...

Just as Sam Fisher in a well-known game, I've been operating extremely silently, leaving almost no trace behind my back LOL.

More info about this really soon, alongside with some info regarding gigs, and I can already tell the summer looks extremely hot for me, for us, and for YOU!!

Some big events coming up, so, GET READY FOR TAKE OFF!!!!!

Take care

Laurent

I'm terribly sorry guys

info@djairwave.com — 2007-01-27T13:27:31+01:00

Yo everyone. I need to send you all my apologies for rarely responding (or even not at all) to e-mails, messages, comments, and finally writing here.

You need to know that my eye-disease ain't getting better, it's getting even worse, which keeps me away from any kind of computer screen. Yesterday's been like screaming all day and all nite too. If you want to know what it is, google for "herpetic keratitis". I'm just going from doctor to hospital nowadays...

So I needed to keep the time I had behind to screen to prepare my shows, including the one I am going to give away tonight in Leeds, for Gatecrasher Classics. Of course Progrez will be on air next wednesday on di prog!!

I hope to see you all uk fans!! If all is going well, it's gonna be MINT!

I promise you all I will get back to you more often as soon as I can. But this situation is getting unbearable, and except for the urgent matters, don't be surprised you don't get any kind of answer from my part. And this is everyone's concern, not only my dearest fans, but also all people doing business with me/us.

I'm sure you understand the situation, though.

I will come back with excellent news soon, regarding the new lolo track, and some others!!!

Take care my friends

Laurent

Here we go again!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2007-01-10T13:27:06+01:00

Welcome my friends, long time no see, but you know why I think. Been incredibly busy between -mas and NYE and needed a break for a few days. Plus, the one-eyed situation is far from over unfortunately. But it's still bearable for now, so let's talk about something POSITIVE!

First of all, thanks for checking the new teasers on myspace and on this site of SOLARISM, the brand new Planisphere album, due out next month.

I hope many of you will enjoy this album. It features lots of my own roots in electronica. You know, there was something before Detroit and Chicago, A... and T...o, before Depeche Mode got big, back in the 70's...

As many of you got literally gutted of the fact that Trilogique was mixed and slightly shortened, in order to fit the 74 minute cd limit (and NOT 80 MINS DUDES, IT'S NO CDR WE ARE TALKING ABOUT), I decided that ALL SOLARISM TRACKS WILL BE UNCUT AND UNFADED, AND THEREFORE WON'T BE AVAILABLE ON CD AT PRESENT TIME, ONLY AS A DOWNLOAD.

And I'm really cool with it... That 74 minute limit on pressed cd's always made me sick. Although I like mixed albums for their lack of blanks, I admit...

So what is next?? There so much yet to come, such as the latest Dj Fire production, "Let the joy rise", the brand new Cape Town "Percivalesque", the next Lolo release featuring "Ocean d'etoiles" as many of you requested it, plus this Solarism album, plus some re-releases of my backcatalog on download platforms, plus the progrez show that partly gets on sale...

Ah there's this remix of DPP's "Conundrum" that I made in 55 minutes the other day, it's a very good one!! For your ears only, and out really soon.

Ah, and I'm working on some Antidote with Marnik, the first tracks is already done, and it's WOWZERZ, the second track just needs a few adjustments.

Oh, and by the way, I'm currently remixing an Airwave Trilotrack for the next single... WHAT AGAIN A REMIX?? BOAH... Well think again, as you don't expect that one to get a remix, really...

Well, you deserved one hell of an update, and I'll never say it enough, peepz, thanks for your messages, your support, your signs of sympathy, of joy, of LOVE for what we all are in.... Keep them comin as well!!!

Cya here or on myspace soon!!

Take care

Laurent

Season's Lolo greetings

info@djairwave.com — 2006-12-25T13:26:43+01:00

Hello peepz, as promised I'm here up and running. This small message to tell I wish all of you the best Christmas ever and a rocking 2007.

Christmas is full of gifts, and here are my 2.

Right now as I speak, the Planisphere album "Solarism" is 100% complete and waiting for approval. I will post some new snippets soon, and believe me, it goes way beyond my personal expectations when it comes to creativity and sound.

Secondly, I will play in the Netherlands for Christmas, at club Poema, Utrecht NL, together with some fellow artists such as Joni Ljungvist, and Galen Behr. I am really looking forward to performing on that day and hope I can count on your presence, dutch fans!!!

Sorry again, I had to delay the post I promised you all, but you should get it in the next few days before I go to Montreal.

Hope you understand I really need to give my eyes some rest with what happened recently.

Take care, all of you, and on a day like this, LET THE JOY RISE IN YOUR LIFE!!

Laurent

6 in the morning

info@djairwave.com — 2006-12-24T13:26:24+01:00

Hey my friends, thanks for coming back. It's 6AM here and I can't sleep anymore. Let me explain why, as you all might have wondered why I haven't updated my news for so long.

You need to know that I'm suffering a lot right now. I have had an eye infection for more than 2 months, which slows down my workflow, but also makes normal living close to impossible. I don't have enough fingers to count the nights I had to stay awake because my eyes hurt so much I couldn't sleep. It took the doctors some time to discover what I was suffering from, and also it took me some time to get to the doctor anyway.

Right now, it still hurts but I'm about to begin the new treatment in order to put an end to a very hard pain.

As I write this, I'm almost blind.

I should get a lot better within the next few days and will then get back to you for the new updates, as I didn't stop working, I think I have even made a huge creative step now.

Take care my friends, cya in a few days.

Laurent

How you feeling today!???

info@djairwave.com — 2006-12-18T13:26:03+01:00

Hello, how's everyone.today? I'd rather ask it twice, even. How's EVERYONE today?? How are you, fine? cool, so what's the deal with your parents, your loves, your families, your friends, your neighbours, people you just care about??

Guess why this title for this post and this question... Don't know? Well, I'll remind you of an important day this Sunday: THE DAY OF HUMAN RIGHTS peepz. I won't stress you enough about it, really.

You know, I'm quite happy about the way things turn for many of you. You go to school, have a family or raise one, have decent jobs, cool friends, you get money out of work, just like we do all.

Remember this day every single year, and think about people being kept in jail for no reason in so many countries. Some of you live in a country that tolerates this kind of behaviour with foreign people as well as residents, for all kinds of "good reasons" that justify the most cruel way to punish someone.

Remember that it can happen to people you see in streets, to the waiter in that restaurant you like so much, to that shop-guy, to one of your local dj's, to your friends, to your family or even to yourself.

AND FIGHT FOR A WORLD IN WHICH THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN!!

That's it for now, but I think that is enough!!

Take care my friends

Laurent

Why oh why???

info@djairwave.com — 2006-12-17T13:25:39+01:00

Welcome back...

So, my icon-bashing mode is on today. There's another fight in the pipeline for me, for all of us.

You'll find this extremely harsh, but, this has been eating me too long. I can't stand it anymore and must share this thought with you, although you might disagree, I take the risk to get bashed.

So many of you go to big events, watching the top 20 "deejays" spin the latest bootleg or tune no one has yet.

I see so many dj's around me, and they will be mad at me for saying that, hopefully they will understand, getting ALL of the fame for playing a record they haven't even composed and/or produced on their own, simply because they were the first ones playing it.

I see so many other dj's playing literally "safe" ALL THE TIME, braking the evolution and freedom in music making, this for bad reasons: fear of loosing a sponsorship, a deal with a promoter, some fans who didn't get it, this showing a huge lack of ambition, passion, and even of taste in some cases.

I see many of their faces posing on EVERY party flyer, EVERY poster, EVERY dj-oriented magazine. All the same, clones, with the younger and unexperienced ones adopting EXACTLY the same behaviour, monkeys imitating muppets, because here's how you should do it, they say.

Worse, I've seen many dj's WHORING in order to play exclusive tracks from artists, IN ORDER TO GET ALL THE FAME OUT OF IT!! While the artists themselves just want to make some business out of it.

and now, the worst of it all: I saw many producers taking the DJ direction for bad reasons: "Because it pays the bills", "Because it's the only way for producers to get some fame" are the most redundant answers to this simple question...

W H Y ?

Why do artists need to make so much compromise in order to put some sound out, Why do the dj's need to get famous, why do they need to get rich, leaving 80% of the artists for a bunch of junk? Why do you need to see them rather than many other artists? Why do people respect Dutch Trance dj's much more than turntablist bands really demonstrating an art on its own such as Birdy Nam Nam, or Cut killer? Why have I never seen any tech or trance dj scratch in beat as much as my Swiss Friend Koris, or even Yves Deruyter? Why do we all need to get famous in fact, us artists, why are dj's the rockstars while they haven't touched a piano keyboard, why am I feeling like the only one reconsidering every single thing I do, trying to change something for myself??

WHY THE F**K DO YOU NEED TO PLAY ON TURNTABLES TO GET FAMOUS WHEN YOU'VE SPENT 15 YEARS PLAYING INSTRUMENTS? WHY CAN'T WE SHOW OURSELVES JUST LIKE WE ARE (good and bad sides)???

Why do people need icons?? Really I would like to know your advice on this. I've almost done the same mistake in the past, and believe me, I won't let this happen again.

It's an open question, to be honest. I think you know my answer, and I can tell you I'm definitely looking for a solution for that DJ before Airwave in my url. Be sure I will read your comments, e-mails regarding this, as it's extremely important.

But please, before any kind of comment, quote, whatever, consider this question in detail and ask yourself why?

Open yourself and feel free, guys. I won't regret saying that either. I'm not doing this in order to get noticed, but much more because I DO care about you all, and abotu us in general.

You'll see how much in my next post.

Now it's time for a cool evening with my friends at our house, take care everyone, and see you tomorrow, as tomorrow's so much more important as today...

Love you all.

Laurent

The end!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2006-12-16T13:25:14+01:00

The end

Welcome back my friends. Thanks for coming here.

Nowadays I feel like it's the end of an era, although many of you haven't realised yet.

Last week saw me play in Amsterdam and Birmingham. I told you about this before. Well, it went well for both of them, but honestly, I can see something happening slowly inside the clubscene.

It's finally imploding for your own good. In Amsterdam I had to play with many different artists. Some of them were extremely friendly, many others, and for no reason, were arrogant babyfaced pricks. And you know what? This time the arrogant idiots haven't won with their behaviour.

And good news, I don't feel like I'm the only one realizing there was something wrong... Many people I'm talking to, upcoming artists, but also fans, adopted a totally different behaviour, while many ego-trippers of yesterday are now respectful. No icons, no rules, no label on our heads, we just like go with the flow, acting out of personal taste much more than ever before.

This mafia-ego-money-behaviour that was polluting and BRAKING the EDM scene has come to an end, probably, HOPEFULLY, and you can't see me more happy than I am now because of that!!

We're about to live a HUGE decade for electronic music, although many of you cannot see it happen yet. With less money in the game, we will dare making something else, and putting it out just like it is without compromise has never been that easy thanks to digital releases!!

Artists play a key role in everyone's life, but we do NOT need icons, we need hardworkers sweating their A$$es in order to earn enough money for a decent living. Or better, if you want to be an icon, well, DESERVE this status.

Icons will be my next topic dudes, as I'm EXTREMELY angry at the same time, but I'll keep it for tomorrow!!

byeeee

Laurent

See you tonite!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2006-12-02T13:24:53+01:00

Here we go for another update!!! Right B4 THE GATECRASHER GIG IN BIRMINGHAM, LOL

Again one for the studio geeks, actually.

You know I've been making so much stuff in the last 10 years, out of love, passion for electronic music.

An idea came to my mind a few months ago: what about sharing some stuff with you all regarding studio, techniques, and why not some samples to illustrate this??

This is why I already may announce there's something in the making, I wouldn't say it's huge, it's simply something I've been making for 4 years while I had some spare time with no track in the making on my screen. Let's say it's composed of loops, hehe... MORE INFO soon.

And on another note, I told you how much I love Ableton Live and its linked software... well I've been strongly studying the application alongside with its Operator and Sampler Instruments...

Ableton Live 6 has become my main tool in the studio, and there's no day without "GOSH!! WOAH" at this time. Why? Because I simply learn new stuff about this program EVERY SINGLE DAY. Some things are commonly used by everyone, Some others are not that obvious.

I just feel like a student preparing his Doctor Degree. Just like my wife.

That is also why I decided I'd try to use some spare time and write a complete book about Ableton Live, Operator, Sampler, Simpler, Impulse, whatever I've seen, learned about those little toys that make my life so enjoyable every day.

Of course, any help is welcome, and I strongly encourage those who want to get involved to send me an e-mail and explain how you feel you might help. I'll consider all entries, really!!

More to come guyzzzzz

Take care

Laurent

BOOOOOH!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2006-12-01T13:24:24+01:00

It's me again!! LOL

You want to know what's been up lately in the studio?? NO? Ah ok then,...

LMAO!!

I know you do!!

Well, last week saw meput the final touch to a brand new DJ Fire track, and Jurgen and I are pretty sure many of you will like it as much as "Let the Joy rise". Title, release date, and all info soon on the Banshee website and then here!!

I spent the rest of my time testing a huge load of software, including the latest Native Instruments stuff, except for Reaktor, that I don't need and/or like.

Well, while Absynth is not as good as I expected, FM8 is THE BOMB, and Massive is... well MASSIVE!! I love those 2 and I recommend these!!

But you know, peepz, I'm first of all a huge fan of Ableton, and of course ALL OF IT. This includes Operator, Sampler as well as Live's brand new features. I will tell you more about it in the next few days, as I 'm preparing something big about my passion for this software.

Oh, and don't forget: the best softsynths and plugins are not always the pricey ones. Take a look at the FREEWARE stuff, it's just amazing. I admit I like Alphakanal's Automat, Green Oak's Crystal, Urs Heckmann's Triple Cheese a lot, while I LOVE many of those glitchy plugins as Supatrigga, Livecut, and many, many others from Smartelectronix.

IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT SOFTSYNTHS AND PLUGINS GUYS!! Feel lucky, because it's where I come from!! Back in those days, the computer was just powerful enough to run midi software and some extra's!!

Well, see you in a day or two, as it's not over...
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 Heeeeeyyyyyaaaaaaa!!!
How's everyone doing today??
I've got some really interesting info for you all guys!!

First of all, don't forget my PROGREZ show on DI.FM this wedneseday.
As some of you may know, the concept is slightly changed and those changed will take full effect by the end of this year, if not earlier.

First hour will remain a regular dj set with the latest tunes I like and some reworks of pure electronic music, and some other exclusive mashups.

Second hour is the big change: the whole mix will be stuff from my label only, original mixes and remixes, exclusive mash up's ONLY for that set, rare stuff, unreleased or yet to be released stuff, and also some classics, will be what you will hear from now on during that second hour. This is what makes the PROGREZ concept totally unique in my opinion.

So, please make sure you have some time every wednesday, and check out the DI site and forums, for full information.

More info to follow this week still, as I said, I've got a BUNCH of stuff cooking in the kitchen, while my wife just been cooking some cookies, yummy... LOL

cya in a bit

Laurent

Hello, welcome back to this place

info@djairwave.com — 2006-11-29T13:23:59+01:00

I've finally found some time to post some BIG news and other info regarding my activities right now.

I know, it's been way too quiet the last few days on my site.

First of all, you can see on myspace that I updated the "upcoming gigs" section...

Next Thursday, November 30th, will see me perform an exclusive set for STUDIO 80 in Amsterdam, alongside with other talented dj's and producers. Dear dutch nieghbours, this is probably your sole chance to check out my skills as a performer, and I cannot insist enough about it, this is definitely worth a try. I will explain why on a next blog item...

And 2 days later, I will give my UK fans exactly the same treatment during a gig for... yeah peepz, GATECRASHER!! I'm soooo happy I can perform again thanks to what I consider as a real institution in UK clubbing. There's another one coming soon in another UK venue. So, UK fans, AFTER 2 YEARS absence in your country, mostly thanks to ridiculous behaviour from some promoters, this is time to come and see me there!!

That's enough for this week, but I expect many of you to attend one of these gigs, I will make myself available for everyone, well I hope I will be able to, anyway.

Stay tuned, because a lot more info is coming!!

Take care

Laurent

The Océean D'étoiles case

info@djairwave.com — 2006-11-10T13:23:23+01:00

Hey guys,

Yep, it's about time to talk about this.

The other day, I was browsing files on my backup drives and found the master of "Océan d'étoiles", you know, that track that my friend Jon kinda leaked when playing on the radio and that EVERYONE has kept requesting??

This track is 4 years old and still sounds like it was made yesterday. I'm sure that many of you will be happy to see it released online.

Well, I'm reconsidering it, this time seriously, but no vinyl, and only as a side track of a new single.

You're the ones to decide about this anyway. That is why I need your advice and your shout. Next week I'll post a short snippet on my site and on myspace for 14 days, just for those who don't know the track, if I judge the number of plays/ positive comments on myspace sufficient, or better, if you come with an online petition signed by dozens of people, then I'll seriously release it.

Lesson Two of that "DO NOT TRASH FINISHED WORK EITHER, IDIOT" book... ROFL

Take care

Laurent

When a fan makes your day

info@djairwave.com — 2006-11-09T13:22:56+01:00

Hey guys,

Here's what I got from a fan through a simple pm. Thought it was a good thing to share it with you, as it really made my day...

Hi Laurent

I was listening to some of your tracks a while ago, and I just thought maybe I should drop a line. It's something I wanted to tell you a long time ago, but I guess I've always postponed it..
I remember the day I first listened to Trilogique, some months ago. It was a very bad day for me emotionally because of some personal problems I was having that period. The only good thing that had happened that day was receiving Trilogique on the mail. I hadn't heard any of the tracks before (except for People Just Don't Care). I wasn't planning to hear the whole album (I wasn't in the mood for music) , maybe just a couple of minutes. I put it on the CD player, and Sky Blues came on... I was so amazed by the intro, I heard the whole track. And I have to tell you.. It reflected exactly what I was experiencing that time. That melancholy, a feeling of dissapointment... What a track... I don't know what you had in mind when you wrote it, that's just what it made me feel. So I listened to the whole album, and it soon helped me forget my problems. And after some tracks, Summer Out came on... It has a happy feeling, it reminds you of the good things in life...
I suppose it's needless to tell you how much I love and admire your music... But I just felt like telling you that. Trilogique is fantastic, all of it (CD3 ), as well as your older Airwave tracks (Alone in the Dark ) , and they always have an impact on me, emotionally.
I hope, and wish, you always remain so clever and level-headed. I'll always look forward to your new stuff (like Solarism, Planisphere project is top-class). Sorry for the long post and I hope I didn't sound very dramatic lol

Best wishes

G.

Here it comes. Making people feel better gives a totally new sense to this music, and proves once again that an artist is in a way always being rewarded for his hard work. I price this kind of message ten thousand times more worth than all the Euros I might get from this album!

And of course criticism is also positive, so don't hesitate to post your messages, comments, e-mails and co. I tend to reply to everyone as often as I can, and I promise I won't bite LOL.

Take care

Laurent

New music on the way

info@djairwave.com — 2006-11-07T13:22:25+01:00

Hello my friends,

Well well well, I figured that many of you like the new Lolo single?? That's an extremely good thing!! LOL. Seriously, this is the kind of track you never seem to finish, it took me 3 years to complete Take my hand, while Teddybear's escape took me 4 hours.

There's a good thing I learned about this: NEVER TRASH YOUR UNFINISHED WORK!! Hehe.

So, as you all can check on my website now, there is an extremely huge amount of tracks cooking right now. I put a few teasers on the audio player, so please check it out!!

There is a lot more coming in the next few months, and I am extremely proud of what I've been able to complete this year. This all thanks to you guys, really. You constantly feed my soul with your messages, questions, requests, and props by e-mail.

Please also visit myspace account, http://www.myspace.com/djairwave and don't be shy, send your messages, comments, friend requests, and blog comments too!!

Next week I'll give you more info regarding the next few gigs as there is a lot happening right now ;-)

That's it for now, but don't hesitate to come back later this week!!

Oh and one more thing: NEXT AIRWAVE SINGLE: PEOPLE JUST DON'T CARE. More info soon

Take care

Laurent

We breathe again!

info@djairwave.com — 2006-11-04T13:21:59+01:00

Hello, welcome back to this place!!

This week saw me playing at the BeTA party V4 in Gent, Belgium. As many of you know, BeTA's are extremely active Tranceaddict members living in Belgium, they are obsessively mowing lawns in order to proivde quality parties everwhere in Belgium.

The only thing I can do from my end is to provide them full support, and that's why I want to thank you again guys. You bring the good club spirit back in our country, and I wish you will see how important it is one of these days!!

In those times of full prostitution and mafia behaviour among the EDM industry people, such kind of parties brings a huge breath of fresh air that we all have been waiting for long.

Enough for today but stay tuned, as the next update is for really soon ;-)

Take care

Laurent

The idiots have won again!!!

info@djairwave.com — 2006-10-30T13:21:34+01:00

A sad, sad period for the EDM industry, unfortunately. Also for nowadays' life in general in my humble opinion.

Today's life sounds like we are ruled by people who are unable to think about something else than glory, money, domination, and we just act as if those people are right to do so. We just follow the huge trend as pure sheep and never react.

I have always done this and everything else in my life with passion and love as my leading light.

Most of the EDM industry people have shown nothing than dumbness and a good sense for prostitution in the last few months, that I for one cannot tolerate in any single way. Those people just act as if this whole scene is about competition between artists and focus on one single thing, 10 months a year (and you know what I'm talking about here). Like politics, my friends... Ironic it is, to break the chains of some "reality" in order to become slaves of another "reality", and that PISSES me OFF!! Artists don't need to be "elected by people" in order to make good music, though?!?

Wake up you all, you deserve a WAY better situation. Not convinced by my appreciation of the facts?? Some artists release records for so-called "charity", right before a famous poll, or an album release, or anything else, in order to get fame back out of it more than in order to help people with real basic needs.

SOLIDARITY has to come from ANONYMOUS SOURCES AND WITH NOTHING IN RETURN, goddamnit! (oops, Dear lord, excuse my language here!!).

Don't be blind anymore my friends, dare putting things under a different light, and most importantly, criticize anything or anyone by starting with yourself.

I used to be a slave of that "go for gold" behaviour, used to be a fashion victim, used to be arrogant with some people in the past... My apologies for this.

Many people send me e-mails. I wish I could reply to anyone, really, unfortunately, I'm just some humand being, and I wish some of you will forgive my late replies at times. Most others will tell you what's cookin here...

Well enough with this, take care my friends, and remember, there's nothing more important than LOVE and PASSION in life.

:-)
Laurent