JUICE Diabolically Big Guide to FMFA ’13

By Alif Omar Mahfix  •  08 Mar 2013 in Features

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FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL ASIA ’13 PRES, ‘A STATE OF TRANCE 600: THE EXPEDITION WORLD TOUR’
Friday 15 March ‘13
4pm-2am

Presented by XPAX, Armin van Buuren’s celebration of his 600th radio show is the only one to be held in Southeast Asia. Malaysian fans have campaigned for ASOT to reach Malaysia , and FMFA is making that happen on the 1st day of the festival!

FONO [MY]
Highly sought after and consistent, FONO is the go-to guy for progressive trance in Malaysia. Having supported the likes of Sasha, Dave Angel and Pete Tong, and also named Best Local Club DJ twice by us, you know this guy has an enviable EDM oeuvre. soundcloud.com/dj-254

Ben Gold [UK]
Rising young gun of trance, Ben Gold is most known for his Ben collaboration remix with Trinotal, ‘Slave’. His productions have been played by DJs as far reaching as established names Armin van Buuren to Sander Van Doorn to Paul van Dyk to Marco V. www.bengoldonline.com

MisterAriffin [MY]
MisterAriffin rose quickly from being just a stand-in DJ at Maison years ago  to playing a whopping 110 gigs in the last year alone. A staple in the local trance scene, MisterAriffin will make converts out of you come FMFA13.

Aly & Fila [EG]
Breaking misconceptions about the very strict Arab Republic of Egypt, this Egyptian duo made up of Aly Amr Fathalah and Fadi Wassef Naguib is showing the world that EDM is goddamn everywhere. Like Armin and W&W, they have a radio show called Future Sound of Egypt. Must be a trance thing. www.alyandfila.com

W&W [NL]
Fellow Dutch Willem van Hanegem and Wardt van der Harst, together W&W (much easier to say out loud, eh?), has been cosigned by great trance names such as Armin himself, Tiësto and Sander van Doorn. In fact, like Armin, the duo’s got their own radio show, Mainstage. www.wandwmusic.com

Super8 & Tab [FI]
Formerly individual trance DJ-producers, Finnish lads Miika Eloranta (Super8) and Tab (Janne Mansnerus) didn’t team up until 2005. www.super8andtab.com

Cosmic Gate [DE]
Returning to FMFA for the second time are German legends Cosmic Gate, whom arguably gave the best EDM set at the first FMFA. Over the recent years, the duo has moved away from the harder edge trance to a more subtle yet still energetic sound. www.cosmic-gate.de

Armin van Buuren [NL]
Does he really need any introduction? The 5-time fan voted #1 DJ in the world himself is spinning and curating the whole thing. www.arminvanbuuren.com