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Alan Walker Talks About His Latest EP, Returning To The Stage, Evolving His Sound & More!
British/Norwegian artist Alan Walker has taken the world by storm ever since his debut single ‘Faded’ in 2015. The now 24 years old producer has a major following all across the world with his YouTube channel being the world’s 10th biggest music channel and his Spotify account being one of the most followed accounts. Having just come from releasing his EP ‘Walker Racing League’ and being back on tour, we had the pleasure of speaking with him before he closed the mainstage of SAGA Festival.
Hey Alan, how are you doing?
I’m good, I’m good. It’s good to be back here in Romania.
Of course, it’s not your first time in Romania. How does it feel to be back?
It’s been two years, almost, with not much happening so it’s great to be back. This is also one of my few shows that’s going on in Europe so it’s pretty exciting to be around, actually performing at a festival again.
What did you miss most about being on tour and performing?
Pretty much what I missed was being out there performing and meeting 1000s of people and just traveling around the world, so it’s great to be back on the road, almost the same old.
You just dropped your brand new EP. It featured tracks that had both your old and new styles. How important is it for you to keep evolving as you release new music?
Well definitely, like evolving within the music and style, I think that’s very important to you so you don’t withhold yourself within like one genre or style, because then it can also end up being very repetitive and that can also be, in long term, exhausting for the fans, listeners. and also myself. So I feel like it’s very good for me to also develop my sound further and to explore, see what works, see what doesn’t work, and sometimes go back to my old shoes and get experimental, a little bit here and there. But what I’ve been doing lately I’ve been really excited about.
Throughout the pandemic, you sort of slowed down in terms of releases and you’ve increased that amount in 2021. Did the pandemic affect your plans?
In 2020, I pretty much didn’t do anything musically, I think I had three releases, but by 2021 we just went on a rampage, really a song after song after song. So, the majority of the time during the lockdowns I was trying to mainly just focus on like getting as much music done and now I do those in 2021 we’ve just been launching and launching new music.
Did you save anything special for the return of live crowds?
Oh well of course I’m going to play like a variety of mixes, some old and some are new. Also, I will be playing my brand new single ‘Running Out Of Roses’ with Jamie Miller and, so yeah, I got a bunch of things for the startup and it’s going to be diverse and various, like up-tempo, downtempo, and then harder to kind of soft.
As you said this is not your first time in Romania, but it is your first time at SAGA. This is the also the first edition of SAGA and you are closing the last day of the mainstage. How does that feel?
It feels amazing. And again, I like being out on the road starting off with SAGA, pretty much feels amazing. I’m really, really excited to meet the Romanian crowd again.
Thank you very much for your time. Do you have anything you’d like to announce with our readers?
Well, I’ve got the ‘Walker Racing League’ EP that just came out, and other than that we’ve got much more things coming up in the near future so keep an eye out and listen to music. Thank you!
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DJ Isaac Revives ‘Nobody Listens To Techno’ With 2026 Version
Over 20 years after its original release, DJ Isaac brings back one of hard dance’s most iconic tracks with a fresh Hardstyle edge.
Back in 2003, DJ Isaac dropped an edit and created a white label 12″ record with no name and no real plan for it. On the edit, he sampled a now-iconic Eminem vocal along with a Moby breakdown, and in turn, created one of the biggest hard dance tunes of the 2000.
Now, over 20 years after its original release, DJ Isaac brings it back to life with the release of ‘Nobody Listens To Techno ’26’. The track takes the beloved 2003 original and retools it for today’s festival and club floors with a fresh Hardstyle edge, keeping the rebellious spirit of the original firmly intact while giving it the force and polish of the current sound.
The 2026 rework actually started out in 2024. DJ Isaac brought the record back with a quick new edit, sending it out to a number of artists who had been playing out his recent releases and they all loved it. It received love from the likes of Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Timmy Trumpet, Wildstylez, Coone, and Brennan Heart while DJ Isaac himself road tested it on mainstages around the world, including Defqon.1, EPIK in Sydney, Aqua Color Fest in Mexico, EDC Mexico, Beyond Wonderland in the US and Basscon: Wasteland. All of these signs almost forced him to turn it from a quick edit into a full scale release.
The original ‘Nobody Listens To Techno’ earned support from some of the most respected names in electronic music such as Carl Cox, Yves Deruyter, and Kutski, a rare crossover achievement that spoke to the quality of the track. The 2026 version aims to bring that same crossover appeal back into focus for a generation that may be hearing it the first time, while giving OG fans a modern version.
It also fits naturally into where DJ Isaac is as an artist right now. A true pioneer of hard dance music with more than 30 years behind the decks, DJ Isaac has spent his career connecting different eras of the genre without losing the character that made him one of its founding figures. From headlining Electric Daisy Carnival, Qlimax, and Defqon.1 to closing the Defqon.1 2024 mainstage alongside TNT with five minutes’ notice and a completely changed set, he has consistently proven that instinct and authenticity matter more than anything else.
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Keanu Silva, Kickbait & Carpoolboy Reimagine Classic with ‘Rhythm of Life’
Keanu Silva, Kickbait, and Carpoolboy reimagine Corona’s 1993 classic The Rhythm of the Night as a blazing UK Speed House anthem.
Keanu Silva, Kickbait, and Carpoolboy have joined forces for ‘Rhythm of Life’, a high-energy reimagining of Corona‘s legendary 1993 Eurodance classic ‘The Rhythm of the Night’. The track uses the original master vocal stems of the iconic 90s hook and builds around them with fresh original verses and a blazing UK Speed House production running at over 140 BPM, pairing pitch-bent vocal chops and euphoric old-school rave stabs with a driving modern bassline.
The result sits at an interesting crossover point between nostalgia and club currency, keeping the recognisable vocal that made ‘The Rhythm of the Night’ a global hit while wrapping it in a sound that is firmly rooted in what is dominating dancefloors right now. UK Speed House has been one of the more exciting movements in club music over the past couple of years, and ‘Rhythm of Life’ leans into its energy without losing the warmth of the source material.
Keanu Silva brings a track record of millions of streams and strong editorial support to the release, while Kickbait and Carpoolboy contribute the production weight and club-ready instincts that give the track its modern edge.
‘Rhythm of Life’ is out now and primed for peak-time floors.
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