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Top 100 DJs / 81. Skazi

2009
81
Skazi
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81. Skazi

Style: Trance-rock
Best known for: Combining electronic music with guitars.
Gig of 2009: Mexico 2009 Skazi tour
Tune of 2009: Pendulum 'In Silico'
Breakthrough DJ/Producer of 2009: David Guetta
The track that changed your life: Prodigy 'Firestarter'
What makes a good DJ great: That he keeps re-inventing himself.
Most underrated DJ: I don't know
Biggest challenge this year: To have an album that will combine different types of electronic and trance music.
Top tech toy: SSL Mynx

Israeli trance rocker Skazi has kept the fire burning this year with his abrasive mix of head-banging metal and psy-trance explosions, fused together with an angle-grinder and a heap of gritty tech sounds likely to cause the weak hearted a giddy spell.

"I've been working on a lot of projects at the same time and traveling a lot. I've been very busy and I enjoy a good moment in every part of the world I visit."

A tour of Mexico provided some spiritual enlightenment for him. "I played in the Mexican Pyramids and felt that the energy there was heavenly. It felt special,

I had the Maya energy!"

Living life to the full is very much a rule of thumb for Skazi.

"I learn and progress while working. And that not only keeps me updated and informed, but that knowledge elevates me professionally every year." He touched on the 'darkside' this year by producing an electronic album with chart singers. "For the first time in Israel, heavy electronic music 'met' with pop and rock." Next year's focus will be on a new album, set for release in February. "It will be a combination of rock and trance music. It is likely to host big vocalists, such as MC Fishy, and also some unconventional and not so mainstream instruments."

Words: Helene Stokes

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