Team Members
As hot as the Sahara and standing every bit as tall as the Pyramids, Aly & Fila are the single most successful group to have emerged from the spiritual lands of Egypt and they are now, without question, one of the world’s biggest A list electronic headliner acts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDo059Rv3a4 From the Med to the Red…
Andi Durrant is one of Europe’s most respected champions of electronic music. He’s the man Daft Punk go to when they want to talk about their new music.. the guy Example likes to premier his new tracks with... and the broadcaster who’s interviewed everyone from The Prodigy, Pendulum, Pet Shop Boys, Calvin Harris, Nicky Romero,…
Andrea & Isac Elliot - February 25th 2018. Andrea has been with us almost since the beginning...
Anjunabeats is the label owned and A&R’d by Above & Beyond - Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamäki. https://youtu.be/VvMxPL1MlFs Starting its journey back in 2000 as an outlet for Above & Beyond’s own productions, the label soon grew to encompass an ever-growing family of global talent. Over its 18 years, Anjunabeats has helped kickstart…
Those who can’t imagine boyhood dreams come true would do well to take a look at Amsterdam-based record label Armada Music. Think a shared goal turned into a tidal wave of quality releases, from chart-breakers to mainstage fixtures. Think unbridled ambition fueling a wide variety of genres, from Trance and Deep House to Progressive House,…
Becky Hayes is a TV and radio presenter, DJ and model from North England. As well as running her own TV production company she is the face of the Visit Britain website, is a regular on all of the UK’s biggest radio stations, plays 3-4 gigs a week in her hometown of Sheffield, and is…
Christopher Lawrence is an American DJ and producer, specializing in progressive trance music. Lawrence has an international audience and makes frequent appearances worldwide with a career spanning more than twenty years. His dedication to an underground style yet precise selection have earned him the respect of both industry and fans. Widely considered to be America's…
First they woke your mind… now START TO FEEL! From Cosmic Gate’s very first drumbeat through to ‘Start to Feel’ – their new convention-challenging long-player – they’ve proved to be the perfect alliance of musical minds. A by-chance meeting in a Cologne recording studio in the late-nineties set Nic Chagall and Bossi on the course…
DJ Sigvaldason was born 1984 in Copenhagen, Denmark with Icelandic roots to his name. He spent a lot of his childhood time listening to music, certain that he would continue his love for music well into his adult years. Just 15 years old, Sigvaldason started out an amateur DJ and has since then launched himself…
Dutch DJ and producer Don Diablo is one of the most hyped names in electronic music. https://youtu.be/tzrdbj1fa_Y Over the last twelve months he’s released huge anthems on labels like Axtone, Size, Spinnin' and Columbia Records, and scored multiple Top 10 hits on Beatport and around the world with "AnyTime", "Starlight", "Animale", "Back to Life" and…
Emelie is the newest member of the Rise FM Interviewer Team...
Hailing from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Ferry Corsten’s lustrous career is exemplified by a passion for music that began as a hobby and spiralled into a full-blown profession. Today, as it was in the beginning, Corsten’s skills lie in his ability to coax the maximum emotional impact from electronic dance music of all genres, not just…
Born and bred in New York, JES started singing and writing songs from a very early age. Her first professional recordings were made at the tender age of 14 after answering an ad in “The Village Voice”. JES tirelessly developed her craft through the years that followed working with New York’s elite producers. Her reputation…
Though Kris has only wandered on this planet since December 1986 - previous planets currently unknown - he already achieved to play in more countries and produce/remix for finer artists and labels than most DJs will in a lifetime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foFcdiy75_w Known and complimented by promoters worldwide for his unique style in electronic dance music, flawless…
Renowned locally and internationally in the fields of Music and Performance, Kristian Nairn is a prolific homegrown talent. As a musician, Nairn has tread the boards with such acts as Scissor Sisters, Mylo, Calvin Harris and Alphabeat; as well as being part of bands such as AJ Suzuki and Dublin’s very own Daddy’s Little Princess.…
Ascending from obscurity to become one of the most sought after, new names in the dance music scene. The last few years have been exceptionally good to Kryder. Deciding at a very young age that his only career path would be one in music, it would take another few years before he stepped out of…
Markus Schulz is a German progressive trance producer renowned for his unique style of dark, brooding yet melodic productions and DJ sets. He is head of his own label Coldharbour Recordings in co-operation with Armada and he is infamous for surprising his fans with his own edits and reconstructions of well-known songs. He is currently…
Becoming the most successful Danish electronic artist ever, Martin Jensen today celebrates a third straight year in the influential DJ Mag Top 100 as fans around the world turned out in their hundreds of thousands to vote for their favorite EDM acts. Announced Saturday night at a glittering awards ceremony during the Amsterdam Music Festival,…
Mathilde & Why Don't We - May 12th 2018. Mathilde has been with us almost since the beginning...
Matt Darey first appeared on the international music scene in the 1994 as a pioneer of new genres of electronic dance music with the debut releases "Red Skin" & "Point Zero". Through the 90’s whilst developing his sound on the underground Matt was also writing, producing and remixing tracks that were crossing over from the…
When it comes to change, you either get on board or get left behind. No one knows this more than MING. Flipping the script is second nature to this New Yorker. In a city with an ever-changing soundscape, MING remains versatile and adept: essentially a way of life for the producer, songwriter, remixer, DJ, and…
Harpaul Alberto Kohli (better known as Ori Uplift) — the owner and CEO of Abora Recordings and host of the weekly Uplifting Only radio podcast on Rise FM Denmark, iTunes, & Spotify — was born in Washington, DC, in 1980, to a father from India and a mother from Ecuador. In 2010 he started up…
Paul Bingham, a name known to many as one of the most successful South African DJ’s to date with the only one having held a residency at two of the Best & Biggest Clubs in the World; namely Amnesia & Privilege in Ibiza. Paul propelled into 2014 with a BANG! Pushing the boundaries in electronic…
When it comes to a career the magnitude of Paul Oakenfold’s it’s hard to encompass one of the true legends of electronic music into just words. For over 3 decades he has elevated and shaped an entire genre and remains one of the leading forces in the global music scene today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myScbaosv4k From the DJ…
If you summed up RioTGeaR's style in one word it would be this: Diverse. A passion for deep moving electronic music mixed with the necessity of developing a big room sound has molded their approach to building dance floor energy. With a prominent tribal-tech flavor, their sets weave both uplifting and dark elements together, creating…
Roger Shah has an over 20 years reputation within the international EDM scene with a release record of more than 500 tracks on some of the largest and most successful international record companies. Among them Sony, EMI, Universal and Warner, as well as all leading EDM labels such as Armada, Black Hole, Ministry Of Sound,…
Rolf Larsen is the Founder & CEO at Rise FM Denmark.
Music enthusiasts globally have been on quite the journey with Hungarian born, Shane 54. As a well-accomplished producer, DJ and performer, the output from this icon is polished and cultivated. https://youtu.be/dIHB-k18ynY Encompassing a signature sound with elements of trance, house and progressive waves throughout both in the studio and to the masses from the console,…
As the musical force behind Faithless, world-renowned DJ and record producer Sister Bliss needs no introduction. Together with iconic frontman Maxi Jazz and producer Rollo Armstrong (brother of Dido), she formed Faithless: one of the most successful electronic acts with a career spanning 17 years, that included 7 albums (two at number 1), and six…
For over 16 years Solarstone (aka Richard Mowatt) has been creating dance-floor traffic jams with a convoy of revered club classics, all-out anthems & critically acclaimed artist albums. As a DJ, he spins weekly at clubs around the planet. Releases from Solarstone's labels Pure Trance, Touchstone & Molecule are instrumental components of his highly individualistic…
Electronic dance music producer and award-winning DJ Steve Aoki built his brand around raucous live sets, high-profile remixes and collaborations, and his indie label, Dim Mak Records. His official debut album, Wonderland, received a Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album in 2013, while subsequent releases remained a steady presence in the U.S. Dance chart Top…
More than any other producer, Todd Terry defined New York house during the '80s, a varied sampladelic smorgasbord blending the sounds of classic disco, the more introspective Chicago sound pioneered earlier in the decade, plus plenty of hip-hop attitude and sampling piracy. And with two of the most respected crossover remixes of the house era…
