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For some reason, the fall has become the favored time of year for jazz festivals both in this region and nationwide. As one colleague at WBGO said, September has replaced June, which used to be the most crowded month for jazz festivals. In some cases, events were shifted from earlier in the year because of the onset of the pandemic, with many of them deciding to stick with the fall season in the ensuing years. Regardless, heres a rundown of the jazz festivals happening during the fall across the country. (Listed in chronological order.)

Back in the Swing Jazz Festival (Old Lyme, CT)September 9-10Lineup: Joey Alexander Trio; Kenny Garrett & Sounds From the Ancestors; Katie Thiroux Trio featuring Melissa Aldana; Jonathan Barbers Vision Ahead Quintet; Sean Nelsons New London Big Band; others

Central Jersey Jazz Festival (Flemington, New Brunswick, Somerville and Metuchen, NJ)September 9-11 Lineup: Marion Cowings featuring AC Lincoln; Cyrus Chestnut; Bobby Sanabria & Ascension; Lezlie Harrison; Lucy Yeghiazaryan; others

Montclair Jazz Festival (Montclair, NJ)September 10Lineup: Christian McBride; Artemis; Monty Alexander; Matthew Whitaker; Danielle Ponder; Immanuel Wilkins; The Cookers; Ozmosys; others

JazzFest White Plains (White Plains, NY)September 14-18Lineup: Joey Alexander Trio; Buster Williams Quartet; Grace Kelly; Ragan Whiteside; Miki Hayama & Richie Goods; Albert Rivera Quintet; others

Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival (Pittsburgh, PA)September 16-18Lineup: Ron Carter Foursight; Stanley Clarke N 4ever; Incognito featuring Maysa Leak; Average White Band; Buster Williams & Something More; Vanisha Gould; Samara Joy; others

Atlantic City Jazz Festival (Atlantic City, NJ)September 17Lineup: Brian Culbertson; Jazmin Ghent; Althea Rene; Jeff Bradshaw; Najee

Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival (Morristown, NJ)September 17Lineup: Bria Skonberg; Frank Vignola; Veronica Lewis; Walter Trout Band; James Langtons New York All-Star Big Band

Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey, CA)September 23-25Lineup: Ranky Tanky; Ravi Coltrane; Artemis; Gregory Porter; Christian Sands; Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour; Julian Lage; Brandee Younger; others

Exit Zero Jazz Festival (Cape May, NJ)September 29 October 2Lineup: Gregory Porter; Angelique Kidjo; Jose James; The Baylor Project; Christian Sands; Orrin Evans; Stacy Kent; Joshua Redman; others

BRIC Jazz Festival (Brooklyn, NY)October 20-22Lineup: Lizz Wright; Joel Ross; Freelance; Jose James; DOMI & JD Beck; Theon Cross; Matthew Whitaker; others

Angel City Jazz Festival (Los Angeles, CA)October 21-23Lineup: Luciana Souza & Vince Mendoza; Marquis Hill; John Escreets Seismic Shift; David Murray Trio; Jonathan Pinsons Boom Clap; Battle Trance; others

James Moody Jazz Festival (Newark, NJ)November 8-20Lineup: Maria Schneider; Christian McBride, Fantasia; Jazzmeia Horn; Dee Dee Bridgewater & Savion Glover; Yellowjackets; others

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This article will give you a preview of the Healer Combat Styles proposed changes coming with SWTOR Update 7.1.1. Ive also got a detailed analysis of the changes how they will affect the combat styles, the healing in general; and I also shared some personal thoughts and suggestions for further changes that BioWare should implement.

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Operatives / Scoundrels reign supreme. They are capable of doing gargantuan amounts of AoE healing by spamming Kolto Injection / Underworld Medicine on themselves to turn it into an AoE heal with the Kolto Burst / Medical Burst ability tree buff.

Mercenaries / Commandos and Sorcerers / Sages can still bring acceptable numbers, but youre not doing your group any favors by taking both of those instead of at least 1 Operative / Scoundrel right now.

Operatives / Scoundrels arent without their limitations. Theyre less flexible than Mercenaries / Commandos and especially Sorcerers / Sages because approximately half their GCDs have to be spent maintaining Kolto Probes / Slow-release Medpacs. If they unexpectedly have to burst heal someone up, they risk letting probes fall off of others, forcing them to spend extra GCDs reapplying them later.

They also dont have much survivability at all, especially in PvE content, even compared to other healers. That said, PvE survivability has been an issue for Operatives / Scoundrels in general for quite a while though and will only finally be fixed for DPS with 7.1.1.

Mercenaries / Commandos are well-rounded and theyre particularly good at offering frequent, reliable, potent burst healing thanks to Supercharged Gas / Supercharged Cell. However, Heat / Energy Cell management became harder and less forgiving with the launch of 7.0 because Vent Heat / Recharge Cells and Thermal Sensor Override / Reserve Powercell were combined into a single ability.

Their mobility is also very poorly suited to the new R-4 Anomaly operation where fast, extremely precise movement is preferred. On the other hand, Sorcerer / Sage mobility is incredible. They can travel as far as Mercenaries / Commandos with Force Speed, but while having complete control over where they end up and without having to spend multiple GCDs and while they cant make themselves immune to knockbacks, Phase Walk is almost always able to get the job done.

Sorcerer / Sage healers are truly the jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none. Their flexibility is unparalleled among the healer disciplines. They have multiple options for a given scenario and are rarely locked into doing a specific ability at a specific time like Operatives / Scoundrels are with refreshing probes and Mercenaries / Commandos are with Supercharged Gas / Supercharged Cell and somewhat with Kolto Shell / Trauma Probe.

Thanks to their Volt Rush / Telekinetic Blitz build, Sorcerers / Sages also have the easiest time off-DPSing by far and can consistently deal a comparatively high amount of damage while keeping HPS numbers up.

Their biggest, and in my opinion, appropriate drawback is that they arent as strong as other healers in any given category. They have less frequent access to consistent, reliable, potent burst next to Mercenaries / Commandos and considerably weaker AoE healing next to Operatives / Scoundrels.

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Operative / Scoundrel and Mercenary / Commando are getting the biggest changes with Operative / Scoundrel getting a nerf and Mercenary / Commando getting a considerable buff. Sorcerer / Sage is also getting buffed, but the effect is smaller.

Mercenary / Commando healers will be getting nearly a 2% HPS increase. The only heal that isnt buffed by the first change is Kolto Shot / Med Shot. At 22k HPS, this is a 440 HPS increase. Integrated Scanning / Integrated Probes will do the same, so were looking at nearly a 1k HPS increase just from that, and then the 5% increase to critical healing gets us another ~2.3% increase, so were gonna be sitting at about 23.5k HPS for 22k HPS of healing.

The 5% boost to Critical Scanning / Critical Probe will boost the average healing dealt by Healing Scan / Advanced Medical Probe by an additional 4.4%, or 8.8% total, including the buff to Warden / Potent Medicine. Its still gonna be tough to justify taking that over Integrated Scanning / Integrated Probes because its really only 3.8% more on a single one of your heals, even if it is your strongest.

The nerf to Kolto Burst / Medical Burst will bring the healing power of AoE Kolto Injection / Underworld Medicine back down to earth, such that its HPS will be comparable to Kolto Waves, and which one heals for more will depend on which tactical item is equipped and whether Kolto Injection / Underworld Medicine is instant or not.

BioWare clarified on the forums that each stack of the new Reactive Substance buff will heal for about as much as a tick from Kolto Waves. However, its still unclear if the 10% healing boost to Kolto Stim / Underworld Tactics only applies when Kolto Injection / Underworld Medicine is used on yourself like the additional TA / UH it currently generates or if it will be a flat bonus.

I think players are still going to have a hard time justifying taking either option over Kolto Burst / Medical Burst even after the nerf unless its just really not possible for players to stack up or AoE healing isnt needed. I think Kolto Burst / Medical Burst might need to come along with an Energy cost increase for Kolto Injection / Underworld Medicine as well

The change to Nano Mark / Kolto Mark should help to make the other options more viable outside of single-target healing situations.

A 6% boost to Corrupted Bastion / Resurging Power is insufficient. So long as Resurgence / Rejuvenate spreads to at least 1 person, its gonna come out ahead in terms of HPS, but Resurgence / Rejuvenate can spread to up to 4 people, so its basically never gonna get better.

If BioWare is serious about Corrupted Bastion / Resurging Power, they need to think way bigger, like having each stack increase the critical chance of that ability by 25% and making it stack up to 4 times instead of 3.

The other changes are similarly small as well. The 5% buff to Resurgence / Rejuvenate healing will mostly cancel out the buff to Corrupted Bastion / Resurging Power since it makes Resurgence / Rejuvenate spread stronger. Its better than nothing, but it kinda feels like a token buff next to the Mercenary / Commando buffs and power that Operatives / Scoundrels will still have.

Rocket Out / Propulsion Round is fine in PvP because its mostly just a getaway tool and going backward is typically not dangerous, but there are a ton of instances where going backward in PvE is lethal.

Yes, you can spin your toon around really fast to go in the direction you want, but it feels extremely clunky and is way more difficult to do than it should be. No other ability in the game requires such technical skill to use.

The best way to fix it would be to make it so Rocket Out / Propulsion Round sends you in the direction youre moving rather than always backward, and perhaps it could still move backward if youre not moving at all or are backing up when you activate it.

Powertechs / Vanguards have an extra 45% movement speed granted by Hydraulic Overrides / Hold the Line (75% total). It used to be part of a special utility, but now its baked into the base ability. Powertechs / Vanguards dont have to give up nearly as much to take Hydraulic Overrides / Hold the Line either, only also Electro Dart / Cryo Grenade and Shield Cannon (4% heal per Shoulder Cannon), which I think we can all agree is objectively worse than Responsive Safeguards / Echoing Deterrence.

Its time for Hydraulic Overrides / Hold the Line to be equally strong for all Mercenaries / Commandos and Powertechs / Vanguards by giving Mercenaries / Commandos the 75% Hydraulic Overrides / Hold the Line.

This would definitely take a lot less work to implement compared to adding directionality to Rocket Out / Propulsion Round and would probably be enough on its own to put the combat style on more even footing with regard to mobility.

Kolto Surge / Adrenal Surge (65% Kolto Overload / Andrenaline Rush) is so much more consistently useful in PvE because it actually lets the ability work reliably as a DCD because attacks that chew through 35% of your HP in a single hit are a whole lot more common than ones that can get through 65%.

It wouldnt make much of a difference in PvP because both buffs pretty similar in terms of overall power and Mercenaries / Commandos could use 1 more thing to help reliably mitigate big hits since Chaff Flare / Diversion is so inconsistent.

Electro Net is primarily a PvP ability. Yes, it provides a small DPS increase akin to an offensive cooldown, but its pretty pointless for healers to have access to a beefy DoT with a 2 min cooldown (especially if it messes). Responsive Safeguards / Echoing Deterrence is situational as well, but at least its useful to everyone.

It would be better for everyone to have access to Responsive Safeguards / Echoing Deterrence and have Electro Net be part of the level 68 choice instead. It would also make more sense since Mercenaries / Commandos really seem to have a toolbelt feel with their ability tree buffs and would be a more appropriate choice where they have to choose between CC and mobility.

This change would be less necessary if Kolto Surge / Adrenal Surge and Trauma Regulators / Trauma Stabilizers were swapped.

Supercharged Gas / Supercharged Cell is far too essential to Mercenaries / Commandos to give up in exchange for Supercharged Celerity, especially considering they dont have an ability like Frenzy / Valorous Call to auto grant 10 stacks of Supercharged Gas for free. Here are several ways to fix this issue:

Supercharged Celerity also doesnt sufficiently accelerate the speed at which abilities can be activated when going from the 1.4s GCD to the 1.3s GCD. In 10s at the 1.4s GCD, In 10s with the 1.4s GCD, you can activate 7.14 abilities; with the 1.3s GCD, you can activate 7.69 abilities. This is the only GCD threshold where 10% alacrity doesnt result in an additional ability activation over those 10s.

If it were to grant 20% alacrity instead, that would be enough to bring players down to the 1.2s GCD, where players could get that single extra ability in because they could do 8.33 abilities in those 10s.

Hydraulic Overrides doesnt make a whole lot of sense conceptually as an animation and the VFX have always looked pretty outdated. It would be so much cooler if the ability got rebranded to make use of the jetpack / rocket boots where activating Jet Speed / Gyroscopic Alignment Jets would grant you the movement speed and CC immunity by having the jets keep you stable and speed you up.

To be clear, the effects of Hydraulic Overrides would remain the same, just the animation / VFX and name would be different. Jet Speed would fit better if Mercenaries / Commandos got access to the 75% movement speed boost while Gyroscopic Alignment Jets fits better with the CC immunity aspect. Hydraulic Overrides could take over as the name of the ability tree buff and I think thats a more fitting name for the effect anyway.

Operative / Scoundrel DPS will be in a fine spot with 7.1.1 in terms of survivability thanks to the AoE DR being added to the Countermeasures / Surrender ability tree buffs. Its understandable that healers are not receiving that buff since BioWare does not seem to want to give AoE DR to healers, but Operatives / Scoundrels are still way too far behind the other healers in terms of (PvE) survivability.

To put this in perspective, I was talking to one of the Operative healer mains on my team about the Operative / Scoundrel healer balance, he brought up that he feels he has to take Tactical Overdrive / Hotstreak because it can reset the cooldown on Shield Probe / Defensive Screen and has used it exclusively to reset the cooldown on that ability.

Its so depressing to watch someone waste such an insanely powerful ability just to get one more use out of what is arguably the weakest DCD in the game. It gives off the same energy as Finn becoming drinking buddies with a Happabore on Jakku.

There are several unique ways to improve healer survivability without adding another ability or affected the balance of the DPS disciplines:

Healers could really use some DR on a DCD, but I couldnt come up with anything that felt unique without adding a new ability or affecting DPS balance. The only way I can see to get around this would be to split the Revitalizers / Surprise Comeback DCD given to Stim Boost / Pugnacity for Lethality / Ruffian where Medicine / Sawbones gets the DR component and Lethality / Ruffian gets the HoT. Lethality / Ruffian could theoretically tolerate that nerf with the upcoming addition of AoE DR.

Operative / Scoundrel healer will continue to be difficult to balance without making it overpowered until the functionality of Kolto Probe / Slow-release Medpac is changed.

I envision Kolto Probe / Slow-release Medpac acting as an IV drip and by applying Surgical Probe / Emergency Medpac or Kolto Infusion / Kolto Pack, youre squeezing the IV bag. Individual probes would be substantially weaker, but you could give them a stronger, immediate burst whenever its needed by spending a TA / UH.

By making Kolto Probe / Slow-release Medpac no longer stack, Operatives / Scoundrels become less dependent on maintaining probes on so many targets for healing because the overall output of Kolto Probe / Slow-release Medpac is reduced.

Operatives / Scoundrel healers would have a clearer option when burst is required by spamming Surgical Probe / Emergency Medpac to effectively direct the healing previously provided by the second stack of Kolto Probe / Slow-release Medpac Medpac to whichever player actually needed the healing.

Tactical Advantage / Upper Hand would become far more of a limiting factor to healing output compared to how many people have Kolto Probes / Slow-release Medpac. Operative / Scoundrel HPS would be lower than it is now when you have Kolto Probes / Slow-release Medpacs on more than 4-5 targets, so that amount needs to be viable which is why Medical Engineering / Medpac Mastery is returning to having a 15% chance.

Surgical Probe / Emergency Medpac would also likely need to heal for 50% more to compensate for the lower HPS from not needing Kolto Probes / Slow-release Medpacs on so many players. A 50% boost to Surgical Probe / Emergency Medpac would be equivalent to 50% of the healing dealt by one of these new 24s Kolto Probes / Slow-release Medpacs over its full duration.

The core rotation would involve maintaining Kolto Probe / Slow-release Medpac on the ~4 players you think will be taking the most damage, using Surgical Probe / Emergency Medpac spam and Kolto Infusion / Kolto Pack to burst people up, and then using your other heals on cooldown in between.

The ideal skill play would be to apply Kolto Probe / Slow-Release Medpac the GCD before the player takes a bit hit and begin casting Kolto Infusion / Kolto Pack that would land just after the damage followed by additional Surgical Probes / Emergency Medpacs as needed. Fundamentally, healing output would be more limited by TA / UH generation rather than GCDs in between refreshes as it is now.

Such significant changes would absolutely need to happen on the PTS. Im curious to hear from healers about if they would like this redesign or not. I know I would personally be way more inclined to play Operative / Scoundrel healer if it wasnt so rotational.

The additional rebalancing with the release of 7.0 put Sorcerer / Sage healers in a pretty good spot. They dont need nearly as many tweaks as the other 2 disciplines.

Polarized / Potent Resolve is laughably bad. I propose it be replaced with the following effect that I call Sustaining Innervation / Soothing Trance:

Healing an ally with Innervate / Healing Trance while they are affected by Static Barrier / Force Armor causes them to gain 1 stack of Sustaining Darkness / Soothing Protection rather than lose 1 stack. In addition, activating Polarity Shift / Mental Alacrity finishes the cooldown on Innervate / Healing Trance and while Polarity Shift / Mental Alacrity is active, Innervate / Healing Trance applies Static Barrier / Force Armor to the target if they can benefit from it and grants an additional stack of Sustaining Darkness / Soothing Protection per tick.

In order to make this work, the Sustaining Darkness / Soothing Protection discipline passive would also need to stack up to 20 times (technically only 18) and be granted at level 35 instead of 78.

Basically, each full channel of Innervate / Healing Trance would give 4 stacks of Sustaining Darkness / Soothing Protection while Polarity Shift / Mental Alacrity would allow for more significant burst healing that fits with the overall theme and builds upon the current terrible effect.

Sustained healing output would remain a fair bit lower than what is offered by the Resurgence / Rejuvenate spread option in exchange for superior burst. The Unmatched Haste legendary implant would also synergize with this option, making it a better choice to use with the Volt Rush / Telekinetic Blitz build.

The only real thing Id like to adjust for Sorcerer / Sage healers would be for Unnatural Preservation / Force Mend to heal for more. It didnt get an appropriate increase compared to how much our health pools were raised with 7.0, just like Shield Probe / Defense Screen, and its a bigger issue for healers compared to the DPS disciplines which have more options to boost survivability.

Perhaps the Dark Resilience / Valiance utility that increased its healing by 30% and made Extrication / Rescue grant DR could be made into a passive or swapped out for the Conspiring Force / Confound ability tree buff. I always liked Dark Resilience / Valiance as a utility and was sad that I couldnt take it more in 6.0 because of Surging Speed / Metaphysical Alacrity being a DPS boost thanks to the set bonus.

Special thanks to Zab and Malka for their help and presence in the Featured image. I also want to thank Tom for spending multiple hours talking to me about the Operative Scoundrel healer changes.

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Goth music fans descended on the majestic YouTube Theater for a rare performance by electronic music pioneers Soft Cell. Along with a handful of other experimental pioneers in the genre, like Gary Numan and Depeche Mode, Soft Cell helped create the music that would become the soundtrack of the 1980s new wave dance music genre.

Charismatic lead singer Marc Almond brought the infectious rhythms of Soft Cell to an enraptured audience at the Inglewood, California venue on August 24th. The short tour, which included only five select cities in the United States, was billed as the final Soft Cell tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the mega-hit dance tune Tainted Love. However, the anniversary was actually last year, and as Almond would disclose in one of his many interactions with the adoring crowd, delays and disappointments had plagued the planned celebration. First, the pandemic and then travel issues delayed the plans. Then one half of the duo, that is, Soft Cell, electronic music magician David Ball apparently injured his back and couldnt make the tour. But Almond soldiered on with a new keyboardist, a saxophonist, and three backup singers to complete the tour so He wouldnt disappoint his fans again.

Philip Larsen, the Grammy-winning producer, stood in for Dave on synthesizers for the five dates. As well as co-producing the current album Happiness Not Included, the fill-in keyboardist did a magnificent job creating the rich layers of Soft Cell music during the show. Meanwhile, Almond delighted the crowd with an inspired performance full of 80s dance moves. The show featured two distinctive sets, the second including the entire breakthrough 1981 platinum album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.

The first set featured songs from Soft Cells new electronic music masterpiece, Happiness Not Included, interspersed with deep cuts from the duos other albums stretching back to 1982. The show began demurely with a stoic Almond opening with an early 80s tune, Torch. The group took full advantage of the state-of-the-art sound system with a phenomenally rich layering of sounds coming from the single synth performer. Very subtle multimedia began behind the group, which slowly grew to a multiscreen presentation midway through the set. Random images slowly began to include much more compelling storytelling. The opening song was followed by two tunes, Bruises on All My Illusions and Happy Happy Happy, from the new album that showcased Almonds incredible vocal range. Almond slowly became more animated with ever-increasing dance moves, flashing grins, and offering insightful banter before each song. The song Monoculture came next from the duos previous album, Cruelty Without Beauty, recorded in 2002. Next came another blast from the past with the tune Where The Heart Is from the 1983 album, The Art of Falling Apart.

It was time to dance to the next tune, Nostalgia Machine, from the new album. Again, the infectious rhythms had almost everyone in the audience up on their feet, trying to emulate Almond, who had launched into a full dance groove by this time. Several more tunes from The Art of Falling Apart showcased the talents of the three backup singers, any of which could take the lead on their own, and the infectious wails of the talented saxophonist. Finally, the multimedia presentation came alive with multidimensional screens for the last tune of the first set, Martin," also from The Art of Falling Apart.

Following an intermission, the lights went out, and the group emerged to perform the much anticipated Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret in its entirety. The audience let out a huge cheer, and most leaped to their feet with the first notes of the opening song, Frustration. That was followed quickly by the second tune on the album, Soft Cells' mega dance hit Tainted Love. While Soft Cell made the song a mega-hit, the backstory of the song is no less compelling. Gloria Richetta Jones first recorded the music, and the R&B-infused tune was a big hit in 1965. The incredibly talented singer was known as The Queen of Northern Soul. Jones became enamored with the legendary rock guitarist Marc Bolan and became the keyboardist for Bolans massively popular band, T. Rex. Unfortunately, the story took a tragic turn in 1977. Jones was the driver of the car, a Mini 1275 GT, that crashed near Barnes Common in England, striking a tree and killing Bolan. Later, Almond and Ball made the song their own with their inventive electronic soundtrack, making the tune a dance club staple for decades.

The elated crowd began to settle down after the dance fever induced by the famous track, and many fell into a more profound trance listening to the mastery of the other tunes from the monumental album. Led by Almond's exquisite vocal range, the music moved from gothic gloom to seedy synth and back to dance-infused rhythms. One fascinating video featured a slow-motion pre-dawn stroll through the streets of London in a pouring rain utterly devoid of life. The dance trance tunes Seedy Films and Sex Dwarf saw most everyone back on their feet in the audience while vintage footage of New York's red-light district flashed across multiple screens. An emotional Almond thanked the crowd repeatedly between songs, once quipping that Los Angeles has always been a special place close to my heart.

The tune Chips on My Shoulder elicited a sing-along that echoed through the perfect acoustically designed venue. The second set ended with the appropriately titled Say Hello, Wave Goodbye.

Almond and the entourage returned for a two-song encore, beginning with another tune from the new album, Purple Zone. The audience may have felt that the song was reminiscent of another English 80s dance phenomenon Pet Shop Boys. In that case, it could be because that mega-hit duo were guest performers on the new recording. After the upbeat dance tune, Almond thanked the passionate audience and offered an extended second version of Tainted Love, the version most often played in dance clubs. The song was a perfect ending to the nearly three-hour performance, slowly trailing off as the group members left the stage one by one.

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Lee Yo Mi She won a 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Guest in a Drama Series for her role on Netflix squid gameBecome The first Korean actress to win the award in this category. Coleman Domingo won Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role in it trance. It is the first Emmy Award for both actors.

Thank you very much for this great honor, he told me via an interpreter, upon accepting the award. I would like to say a big thank you to the Television Academy, and especially a big thank you to my Netflix team as well.

Then the actress added in English: I am very happy, thank you!

squid game It made history this year as the first non-English language series to win a Best Drama Series nomination. It also received nominations for Best Actor (Lee Jung-jae), Best Supporting Actor (Park Hae-soo, Oh Young-soo), and Best Supporting Actress (Jung Ho-yeon).

So much kindness has brought me to this point, the people who love me, the people who lift me up. Thank you to these people, Domingo said in his acceptance speech. trance Content creator Sam Levinson and his Most Creative Artists team. The actor also thanked his wife, Raul Domingo, saying, Thank you, dear Raul, this is for you.

Among the other nominees in the category of Guest Actress in Drama tranceMartha Kelly, morning showMarcia Gay Harden and SuccessionAmal Davis, Sana Lathan and Harriet Walter (who was also nominated for a guest role in Ted Lasso).

Other nominees in the category of Guest Actor in Drama include OzarkTom Belfry and SuccessionAdrien Brody, James Cromwell, Ariane Moayad and Alexander Skarsgrd.

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Driving through the congested bazaars of Kasur encroached upon by an army of motorcycle-rickshaws, you reach a busy intersection where you park and start walking along a narrow road. Noticing many other people walking in the same direction and hearing the sound of drumbeat from afar, you know youre on the right track.

The entire 5-7 min Railway Road track meandering up to the shrine of revered Sufi saint Baba Bulleh Shah is dotted with multiple security checkpoints and walk-through gates, though the officials manning them appear least concerned. Its a vibrant market with several shops selling the very popular Kasuri falooda, Kasuri methi, andrassay, qatlamma, aloo chaat and kababs to jewellery, clothes and shoes.

After entering from the rear gate of the high-walled barbed-wire shrine complex, the path to the main tomb is lined with devotees fanning visitors, and then youre confronted with a massive swarm of people in the large courtyard. Theres a reason for this crowd: the 265th Urs of Baba Bulleh Shah is under way and these devotees have come to pay their respects.Devotional songs are playing aloud and hundreds of men of all ages, and a couple of women and malang, perform the dhamal in unison. There are children running around, while families sit in groups chatting or get some rest inside a large hall opposite the tomb.

Vendors roam around carrying nimko and other snacks, some devotees offer water to the visitors, theres a stall in a corner selling Bulleh Shahs kafis, jewellery and wristbands.

Saeen Mushtaq Ahmed, a malang is conspicuous by his appearance as are most malangs, but this one is unique - clad in a loose white outfit, adorned with several beaded necklaces, dark sunglasses, and ghungroo. The 70-year-old devotee tells Dawn hes been coming to the Urs all by himself for 35 years. Belonging to what he claims is the Kot Musa area, I come here for my friend, my love. I love him and he loves God. These ghungroos are also his blessing; everything Im wearing is his. I stay for the first day of the Urs and will return the next morning after Fajr prayers. This has been a ritual for over 30 years. I left home thinking Ill offer Juma prayers in Bulleh Shahs Kasur, and I did, he says while swinging in a trance.Nimko vendor Ghulam Nabi from Sahiwal has two reasons for coming to the Urs: paying respects to Bulleh Shah and earning a living. Ive been coming here for seven years with my entire family. We stay here for all three days of the Urs. Ive noticed an increase in visitors from the past few years.

Dressed in a bright red flowing outfit is malangni Mai Mastani from Lahore. The bejeweled woman has been attending the three-day Urs celebrations for as long as she can remember. I enjoy the langar; theres no worry for food or anything. I come here at the doorstep of Gods own wali to walk on Gods path. This is haq ka rasta and we should walk on it, far from worldly matters. Besides, I also pray for whoever asks.

Another devotee sitting on the white marbled floor outside the tomb is Rukhsana, whos been attending the Urs since she was a child. She comes to Kasur alone from the Khuddian area. I come here for our pir, our ancestors used to come here too and now its our turn. We pray here on all three days, donate and just play our part.

Then there are some families who have just come for the festivity and entertainment. As the sun sets, a live qawwali begins after the Maghrib prayers and a horde of entranced visitors sit silently in front of the qawwals as they sing Bulleh Shahs poetry, and malangs do the dhamal as the celebrations draw to a close for the day.

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Emma Hewitt. Photo Credit: Aaron Walls

Trance music queen Emma Hewitt chatted about her new solo single Into Your Arms and the Markus Schulz remix.

How did Into Your Arms come about?

Into My Arms kind of came through in sections at different times, before it became a completed song.

At first, it was a melody that kept haunting me as I walked down the streets where I used to live in Hollywood, it was crudely sung with nonsense words into my phone, where it stayed for some time.

Then during the lockdowns, I found myself separated from loved ones, wondering when and if I would ever be reunited with many of them in this lifetime. The song was completed, with this sense of longing for those familiar faces but holding onto the hope that in some form we would meet again.

The initial bones of the instrumental were based around a demo I was given by Robert Koch, we found the idea just perfectly fit this music.

Then we (my brother, myself, and out friend and colleague Tim Henwood) worked on many live parts with organic instruments to build the soundscape we were hearing inside our heads, we also had amazing drums played by Pete Marin, who really bought the feel to life.

I love the Markus Schulz remix what was that like?

Thanks! Oh So do I! Markus is unreal and is a great friend, I played him the original song and he really felt it. I knew he would have the perfect musical vision and style to create something that would stay true to the slightly melancholic yet hopeful feel of the lyrics.

This was definitely a song that suited Markuss slightly darker edge, it couldnt be too happy. When I first heard Markus mix I loved it so much I had tears! He nailed it!

What is your personal favorite song of yours in your catalog?

Im not sure of my favorites, to be honest. Really my time with the songs is when Im writing and recording them, then Im in the moment, fully with each one.

The songs each become my favorite during this creation process, while Im living inside them. Once they are finished and released, its like my time with the song is done and I move on to the next. I only rarely revisit them.

What do your plans for the future include? (Any new music in the works)

Definitely new music in the works! I have another couple of singles coming out before the full album, all with some killer remixes on them! Then we are finishing up the next EP with Elysian.

After that, I will perhaps look at some more collabs as well as some more acoustic-based music. I really want to add some acoustic-based shows around the club shows as well.

If you were to have any superpower, what would it be and why?

Teleportation! So I can pop in and out to have some margaritas and chats with my besties and family, any time, anywhere in the world!

What does the word success mean to you? (My favorite question)

Success to me means lo living your purpose. Doing the thing you feel like you came here to do and giving it your best efforts. Making some kind of positive impact on the people you meet along the way and enjoying the process of life throughout the journey.

What would you like to tell our readers about Into Your Arms? (Whats the one thing you want them to get out of it)

I feel like every song can morph and change its meaning, depending on whos listening and what they are going through in that moment. So my hope is that if anyone identifies with something within the song, they will connect with that in their own way and find the meaning that speaks to their own situation.

Id also love perhaps for people to take the message of appreciating every small moment we have with the people we care about.

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How diverse can electronic dance music (EDM) really be? Four genre-bending asian DJs are shaking up the world of EDM and carving a niche for themselves.

The rhythm of the music was precisely 120 beats per minute, the frequency of the foetal heart rate, and the same beat believed to be used by South American shamans to bring their tribes into a trance state, once said the American writer and worlds sixth-most influential thinker Douglas Rushkoff, in his lecture titled Consciousness.

With EDM and dance music in general embedding itself as a crucial part of popular culture, DJs and music producers assume the roles of artists who define our collective leisure and, with it, dictate the ways in which the new coil of art and culture will turn.

Whod have thought that reggae and dubstep made EDM bedfellows? The co-existence of the two genres inside a single track may sound like the hypothetical union between Aries and Pisces (which,according to astrologists and fortune tellers, is doomed to fail), yet if theres one artist capable of pulling it off its Florida-born HenryFong, who rose to prominence after remixing Dillon Franciss Without You in 2014.

Fongs DJ career began in college after he saved enough money to buy a mixer and two turntables, and then endured countless sleepless nights digging through tutorials and enlisting the help of friends to learn the popular music-productionsoftware Ableton. Unlike many of his peers, Fong wasnt groomed to be a music producer by Hollywood mentors. Instead, he began in Orlando performing weekly, four-day-long residences around local clubs. I started DJing first and then stepped into production, he says.

His ultimate, dare one say, pice de rsistance as a solo artist is Pica a short yet pungent mix of Caribbean and Latin sounds,layered over a colourful electronic confection with characteristicprominent sub-bass features. Think classic music-festival hit summery, fresh, and infectious. A month ago, Fong released, Morena, a new track that plays with Latino music tropes even more than Pica and essentially Fongs love letter to South Florida.

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In 2019, Starry Night soundtracked the undergroundnightclubs, the lofty ballrooms of techno capital Berghainand all the hottest beach raves in Europe. The visual and musical masterpiece 90s house mashed up with 70sdisco combo in a lush, saturated cinematic video marked the transformation of its author, Korean Peggy Gou, from EDM debutante to international club-scene phenom.

Before becoming Berghains DJ-in-residence and a Coachella regular, Gou was a London College of Fashion graduate, whose passions encompassed design,photography and styling. The thing that stayed with me through all of this was music, she later said. TheBerlin-based Gou learned music production and cultivated her signature style which, despite the universalacclaim now surrounding it, took time to resonate within DJ circles, given the proclivity of the predominant playerswithin the space white men to slap on an old T-shirtbefore the set and call it a day.

Gou inhabits club musics feelgood corner. It Makes You Forget, for example, is atropical heatwave that feels as seamless and luscious in itsproduction as its invigorating to the mind. The record issoft yet not mellow, with Gous vocals vibing and grooving with the beat, as if calypso stepped out of Homers poemsand started making music.

Two years prior to Starry Night, Gou met the late Virgil Abloh at the closing party for Stockholm Fashion Week, where both were performing. He introduced her to New Guards Group the Italian luxury conglomerate that owns Off-White, AMBUSH and Opening Ceremony. We see some of Virgil in you, the executives told Gou at their first meeting. Bingo! By 2019, Gous streetwear brand Kirin, backed by New Guards Group, was retailing at Farfetch, HBX, YOOX and Lane Crawford. Beyond starry days and nights, Gous living and sampling the galaxy.

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The concept of darkness pervades electronica, from the works of Skrillex to Swedish House Mafia. However, no DJs meticulously curated gloom could rival that of ZHU in its sex appeal.

Chinese-American DJ Steven Zhu rose to prominence in 2014 with the release of Faded, a dance track with an acidic synth bassline, seductive distorted vocals and a simple keyboard composition that lends an elevated feel; it could be described as what it would feel like if a thick smoke somewhere in Parisian Castel became a record. In 2014, Faded was Grammy Award- nominated for Best Dance Recording.

What many perceived as an overnight success was, in fact, the culmination of years of hard work. Zhu started as an audio engineer at Dim Mak Records (the Steve Aoki-founded label that represents Borgore, Zedd and The Chainsmokers), where hes believed to have ghost written tracks for multiple artists while working occasional gigs at after-hours locations around Hollywood. Unfortunately, his efforts werent recognised, and Dim Mak never allowed him into the ranks of featured artists.

ZHU persevered. In the summer of 2011, he released the 52 to ZHU project, whereby he created a new track from scratch every week for a year. Soon after, he caught the attention of music producer David Dann, who helped him release Faded. Ironically, ZHU chose anonymity as his brand, inspired by a desire to be judged by the music alone. His most recent tracks, while preserving the macabre undertones of earlier compositions, like Moves Like Ms Jackson, developed a luxe polish,which propelled them directly into glamorous nightclubs and the earphones of selected glitteratiaspirants. Think gilt-edged dark avant-guardians.

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As a base for their tracks, jazz is far from the first choice of DJs thats especially true now, with genres such as techno foregroundingthe rave scene. Korean-American DJ, model and photographer Yuka Mizuhara, however, is anything but conventional. For a start, theres that small matter of her older sister, the Japan-based model Kiko Mizuhara. Yuka Mizuhara, or Ashley Yuka, or just Yuka, as she moods her moniker, began mixing music in 2018; later that year and aged just 23 she was already performing at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands.

In her performances, Mizuhara often uses groovy soul hitsfrom the 60s and 70s, with occasional splashes of the 80s, ensuringeach is blithe, joyful and light. Although its hard to imagine Berghain ravers partying to Mizuharas tracks, jamming by the poolside with a margarita to the 46-minute-long mixtape she debuted at Agnes.b Japan could be quite a way to be-leisure a hot summer afternoon.

West Coast is where Mizuhara is making waves currently. In April, she did a set at The Knockout underground bar in San Francisco and, a month later, she performed at the Visions festival at Cliftons Republic, one of the oldest nightclubs in Los Angeles, alongside DJs Acyde and Rodaidh. Much like her tracks, Mizuharas philosophy challenges the conventional perception of the DJ scene. DJing should be about mood, she notes. You cant just bank on having the same tempo thats just too easy.

In 2019 Yuka appeared alongside sister Kiko and her parents in a special celebrity episode ofQueer Eye, whenthe Fab Five travelled to Japan. There, the siblings spoke about how the pandemic forced them to stay in Japan, which both used as an opportunity to reconnect with their family members and each other. Yukan be unicorn, rainbow, the best version of your inclusive self, when youre in the mood for Yuka.

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ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Shaukat Tarin has allegedly asked Punjab Finance Minister Mohsin Leghari to withdraw from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) deal, just two days after the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government backtracked from it.

KP and Punjab provinces are under PTI's control and there have been repeated instances where the federation and provinces have had differences and it all started in April when Imran Khan was ousted.

The leaked audio came to the fore on the day that the international lender's executive board is scheduled to meet for considering Pakistan's request of releasing the $1.2 billion tranche under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF).

Economic experts expect the IMF deal to go through despite the setbacks as all the prerequisites have been met, however, if the board decides against releasing the trance, it will deal a huge blow to the country's already faltering economy.

The KP government which is completely under PTI's control has already written the letter, but Punjab which PTI rules in coalition with PML-Q is yet to write it.

In the leaked audio, Tarin can be heard asking Leghari to tell the lender that the commitment Punjab made was pre-floods and now the province "cannot honour it".

"You have signed a Rs750 billion [surplus] commitment with the IMF. You now need to tell them that the commitment you made was before the floods, and now [Punjab] has to spend a lot of funds for [the] floods [rehabilitation]."

"You need to say now that 'we will not be able to honour our commitment'," Tarin said, telling Leghari that this is all he wants - for pressure to increase on the incumbent government.

The PTI leader told the finance minister to draft a letter and send it to him for vetting so it could be sent to the federal government and later on to the IMF representative in Pakistan.

At Tarin's request, Leghari asked whether Pakistan would suffer if Punjab the largest province of Pakistan withdraws from the deal.

"Well, frankly isn't the state already suffering because of the way they are treating your chairman [Khan] and everybody else? IMF will definitely ask them: where will you get the money from now?" Tarin responded.

Tarin said that this could not go on further and the party could not bear being "mistreated" and not respond. "We cannot be blackmailed," the PTI leader said.

In another leaked audio, Tarin can be heard asking Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra if he had written the letter.

I am on the way. I have the previous letter. I will send the letter to you after drafting it, replied the KP finance minister.

Hatching a conspiracy against the IMF deal, Tarin directed Jhagra that the key point of his letter should be the floods devastations in the province.

First point [of the letter] would be that we need huge financial aid for restoration of infrastructure and rehabilitation of flood affectees, Tarin tells the KP finance minister, adding that he has already briefed Punjabs finance minister about it.

By the way, this is a blackmailing tactic, he said, adding that nobody leaves money.

In a press conference later, PTI Secretary-General Asad Umar said Tarin being a former finance minister understands the country's economy and, therefore, he didn't suggest anything wrong.

"He told both finance ministers to tell the federal government they should go back to the IMF and inform them that we [our provinces] have been hit by a flood and it is not a normal situation," Umar said.

The PTI leader said that Tarin asked the finance ministers to tell the federal government that it should seek a concession in the budget surplus that was initially agreed upon.

"Will a sensible person believe that this wasn't a good suggestion? Didn't Imran Khan, when COVID hit the country, ask the IMF personally for fiscal space? Wasn't a debt relief programme started for developing economies?" Umar questioned.

He added that it is sensible to seek concession from the international lender given the current situation.

"Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is asking countries for funds to provide relief to the flood affectees. Can't you ask the IMF to provide fiscal space for a certain period of time, so we can rehabilitate our people through our own money and not ask others for donations?" he stressed.

Umar claimed that the letter was sent to the federal government and not the IMF.

Seperately, PTI Senior Vice President Shireen Mazari said that there is "nothing illegal or wrong in the conversation".

The PTI leader said that the party has publicly opposed the terms on which "imported government" is taking loans from the international money lender.

"But what is illegal is the wire-tapping done on the conversation without court order. A criminal offence."

In conversation with Geo News, Federal Maritime Affairs Minister and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Senator Faisal Subzwari said the audio leak was not "unfortunate", but "embarrassing".

The MQM-P leader reminded the PTI that the state is at stake, not the government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and that it was ex-finance ministers Tarin and Abdul Hafeez Shaikh who made the deal with the IMF.

"The Shehbaz government followed through the PTI-IMF deal. Where are they [the PTI] taking this country?" the senator lamented.

Subzwari said what the PTI did was "shameful", adding that whoever is behind this act is not a well-wisher of the Pakistani nation.

For her part, Climate Change Minister Senator Sherry Rehman said that the PTI was ready to push the state towards economic turmoil to satisfy its ego.

Rehman said her party was trained to ensure that the country's interest was kept first, but the PTI is taught otherwise.

"Damaging the country is a serious crime."

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Chlo Bailey is packing a punch in silver at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.

The singer arrived at tonight's festivities channeling goddess energy in an entirely metallic gown. The silver-beaded piece included a black mesh bustier, draping around the waist, and a thigh-high leg slit. Her accessories were just as dazzling, including her diamond leaf bracelet, diamond rings, and bedazzled blush manicure.

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Chlo's debut solo single, "Have Mercy," is up for an award tonight in the category of Best R&B. She is also among tonight's presenters, alongside Ashley Graham, Avril Lavigne, Dove Cameron, Lili Reinhart, and more.

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The singer released "Have Mercy" back in September 2021 and performed the single for the first time at last year's VMAs.

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She previously talked to MTV about the making of the song's explosive music video. "Men can glorify ass in their videos. I want to do it with this in an artful, really fun, beautiful way," she told the outlet. "I think it's so great how women can claim ownership of their bodies and not let the world do it. We get to do it in the way that we want to."

The video's visuals leaned into a "modern-day Medusa" myth, Chlo explained. "I wanted to make it all about ass, but in an artistic way," she continued. "I think it's so cool how women have this incredible power. They can leave men in a trance with their bodies and their spirits and the way they carry themselves."

Chelsey Sanchez is an Associate Editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com, where she covers pop culture, politics, and social movements.

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Legendary trance producer/DJ Ferry Corsten recently brought his What the F show to Exchange in Los Angeles for a special open-to-close set. Fans were treated to a wonderful journey through more than two decades of trance as Ferry dropped his kitchen sink of productions that hes been behind over the years.

Ferry started out with some System F and then weaved in and out of other iconic productions including his newer tracks on his own label Flashover and some classic Armada tracks too. Not only was the evening an epic journey through Ferrys career, it was also a fascinating look at how dance music (specifically trance) has changed over the years.

We got the chance to have a brief chat with Ferry prior to the show. We talked about what Ferry has been up to over the past couple of years, his thoughts on music and the industry and a preview of whats to come

I guess the first thing that came out right after the pandemic hit was my ambient album, FERR. So, I got a lot of questions like are you a time reader, was that on purpose? Since theres a pandemic, people would listen to more chill stuff? But, that was just a coincidence, I was already working on that stuff. On the road, basically, getting away from the four x four stuff. When I was on the plane, just putting some mellow stuff together. And before I knew it, I had an album worth of tracks. So, that came out, after that Ive been working onwell, basically for 2020, the What the F tour Im doing now. That was already planned for 2020, so I was already working on that a little as well. And, of course, that fell through, so I put it aside for a while. Hoping for 2021, but that didnt happen either.

So, in the meantime, yeah, what did I do? Ive just been releasing tracks, but its weird to be in the studio. Everyone works differently, right? But, for me, it was different to be working on dance music or trying to work on banging tracks when theres no purpose. Theres no dance floor, no festivals. So, I really enjoyed doing some of the more mellow stuff, because, I really felt for me personally, that was what my vibe was throughout the two years, I guess. So, I released a bunch of more mellow tracks, Id say, and then, all of a sudden, the flood gates are open again and its full steam ahead. So, before I knew it, I had like, oh yeah, but Ferry, you also have your promised What the F dates coming up again, and you still have to put the show together. So, its like, ah, okay.

So, I went into the studio, just worked on that, because to go through 20 years of tracks, you know, that was quite a mission. There was so much music to go through; which is playable, which is something I want to play, what is a track that I want to play but doesnt sound good anymore, it needs an update. Did a lot of that, as well. Some of the older tracks that are cool when you listen to them solo, but, if you listen to them in a set next to very up to date tracks, very new tracks; they just sound, sonically, they sound old. So, Ive been updating them, reproducing them, to make it match with todays punch if you will.

So, yeah, that was a good two-and-a-half months of production and putting it together. Also, you have to tell a story, you have to stay interesting for about six hours. And, I didnt want to do a chronological thing. Its not like, oh yeah, the old tracks come at the end. But, yeah, it was quite a mission to get it started. But, yeah, in a nutshell, thats my two years.

Theres four more dates coming up, Ive got San Francisco and LA, and Ive got Washington DC and Chicago. But, then theres Norway, theres Ibiza, theres some Asian stuff were working on.

Its almost like slipping back into autopilot in a way, in terms of doing the festivals. But, playing the music, for me, to be honest is quite a bit of a new thing, a different thing. Because so much has happened, music has changed a lot. A lot of stuff has become, and what I feel connected to has become a lot deeper. But, yeah, its interesting to see the new sounds that are big right now versus three years ago. Obviously, main stage is still EDM, its still the same thing, but the rest, theres a lot of changes going on. Techno is huge right now, of course, but, also, I dont even know what to call it. In my book, its noted as trance, but very progressive, and slow, but the stuff like Artbat, that sound is just something that I feel attracted to, and inspired and interested by. So, yeah, its interesting to see where this year is taking me personally with my sound.

Yeah, theres definitely a little nostalgia thing going on. I really think that is something that developed through the pandemic, through lock down. You know, theres nothing to look forward to, so you look back, right? I think for example, Dave Dresden, with his whole, every night or every week he had his stream where he was playing old stuff. So, thats a good example of what was going on, and you really hear that now as well. A lot of the stuff thats coming out right now, it has this sort of like early-2000s, maybe even late 90s type of vibe to it, which is very interesting as well. Thats another sort of new thing that Ive been hearing a lot lately. Where, before the pandemic you would say, Oh, man, that sounds dated and old school. You know, too old. Now, its the cool thing!

I dont know, thats a tough one, I dont really think I can just put my finger on it. And, in fairness, that would be really easy as well. I mean, where would I want to go? I did my last album Blueprint back in 2016-2017. It was the one with the narration and the whole story. I kind of want to revisit that concept again. Not that Im going to Blueprint Vol. 2, I dont really think that you canIf you do something, the follow-up is alwaysit has to be really good for it to be better than the first. So, instead of doing a follow-up, its something completely different. But, the actual concept of doing a story again, I really, really enjoyed doing that album because of all of its facets. That was the album, you know? The artwork, the story, just the whole thing, I felt like I was making a movie without picture. So, yeah, going back there again would be awesome. Thats definitely something I would want to do again.

Ive done a score for a movie called Dont Go. Id love to do that again. Making music is one thing, but making music or composing to an actual picture, its a whole different ball game. And just the process itself was really cool too. Obviously, the pictures that youre watching and knowing what the storyline is, that already brings an emotion in its own right. Then, you add the music to it, and its like, wow, its amazing.

Yeah, I really feel like doing collabs is a good way to get yourself, sort of switched on again. All the guys you work with, they bring ideas to the table, and so do you, for them, so you feed off of each other really well. Ive just been in the studio with Markus Schulz, theres something cool coming up with him. Ive been talking to Ilan again and a few other guys, but Ill keep that under wraps for now.

Yeah, well, I hope to see you all at the What the F shows, especially for the people who have been following me for a while, you will be served your favorite meal.

Check out the latest from Ferry Corsten, You Cant Stop Me out now on Flashover/Armada. If you missed out on What the F, check out his 3-hour What the F! Special Ferry did a couple months back.

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