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Interview || Things You Do With Siege

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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">It’s been a very quick journey rising through the ranks for Sieg Motmans AKA Siege. Born and bred in Belgium, it was from a </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">very early age that Siege’s eyes opened to the world of Dance. As every young Dance music fan does he gathered his life savings and invested in a set of turntables. The rest, as they say, is history.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823; line-height: 18px;">Having established himself in his native club scene, it wasn’t long before Siege’s musical talents lead him into the studio. After sending out demo after demo the young talent was given the opportunity to remix U&Me’s ”Touch Me” in 2009. His remix gained the full backing of Laidback Luke, Steve Angello and David Vendetta who all championed his work in their DJ sets. 2012 has been a busy year for Siege, he has received continued support for his music from the worlds elite radio & club DJ’s. Pete Tong has played and supported every release this year and has included ‘Roads’ on his Ibiza ’12 All Gone compilation. Ever since Siege’s re-edit of Djuma Soundsystem’s ‘Les Djinns’ took the blogs by storm at the beginning of the year he has been commissioned for remixes on Elton John Vs Pnau ‘Good Morning to the Night’, Adam F ‘When the Rain Is Gone’ and more recently Tommy Trash vs. The Aston Shuffle ‘Sunrise’. Kicking off the summer Siege joined forces with fellow Belgium and friend Sem Thomasson, their first collaboration ‘Balance’ was snapped up by Michael Woods for his Diffused imprint. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">Hello, Siege Thank you for taking time out to
do this interview with us. It is a huge pleasure. </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;"><b>How are you doing? And if you could be any
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rather soon. On second thought I would like to be an eagle – because being able
to fly must be awesome!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Actually the vuvuzela is the first thing
that comes to mind.. Suppose the 2010 world cup has something to do with that
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m a DJ/Producer that lives in Belgium. If
I wasn’t making music I would probably be working a job that has something to
do with biochemistry since I have a degree in that and management. Or working
in a restaurant cause I really love to cook as well. But I’m really happy with
what I’m doing right now and can’t see that changing in the near future…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of what we want to be when we older, Have you always wanted to be a DJ/
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not sure I know what a DJ/Producer was
when I was a little kid haha. But I remember always being into music. I played
the piano for a while when I was young. Then I discovered electronic music and
really liked it. At first I was just listening to it, later I bought a basic
mixer hooked it up to a tape deck and my discman and tried to mix my favorite
numbers into a set. Obviously that didn’t go to well since my tape deck and
discman didn’t have pitch control…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well after it didn’t really worked out
with my basic setup I discovered a mixing program for my computer. Thanks to
that program I’ve learned about pitch control, beats per minute etc. and I
figured out how to do a proper mix. But that wasn’t the real deal off course so
I saved some money and bought me two turntables and a decent mixer. I started
playing at some small local venues at first and after a while I was playing
clubs all over the country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="line-height: 150%;">After DJ’n the next step was
obviously production. How did you go about learning to producer and how did you
handle the feedback you </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">received</span></span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;"> from labels in the beginning?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I think I just went on with it… Nowadays
you have tons and tons of information on the internet and tutorials on YouTube
– that wasn’t the case when I first started producing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I just played around with fruityloops and
tried to make some tracks. At this time this was just for fun so I don’t think
I’ve sent my tracks to labels back then. After a while I’ve switched from
fruityloops to Ableton Live, discovered the Laidback Luke forum where you could
read a lot about producing and interact with other producers. At this point I
was taking it more serious and was investing quite some time in producing
music.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sat down to producer a record, how did the record turn out?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The first record I finished that I can
remember was my first release as well. I went to university and there I ran
into two guys I knew from when I was little. They had an act called U&Me
and they had a label as well. At the time they were working on ‘Touch Me’ and
agreed to let me remix this. This turned out quite good for me, beyond
expectations actually. Laidback Luke picked it up and hammered it. After Luke
others followed, even Steve Angello was playing it. It also reached number 11
in the Beatport House top 100 which was unbelievable. Back then I didn’t really
realize what was happening, but looking back on it the support was pretty
overwhelming. One of the two guys from U&Me is Sem Thomasson by the way, with
whom I share the same studio building now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with your remix of U&Me Touch me in 2009 . Looking back would you change
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production was sounding pretty poor, so probably would work a lot more on the
mix…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Back in 2009, around the time I put out
my first release the music was groovy and sexy, it slowly evolved into what we
now know as EDM. It just got harder and harder and I think that the music in a
way lost it’s soul. I’m trying to move in the opposite direction, bringing the
soul back and I’m happy to see a lot of producers and deejays are doing the
same. With things you do I was going back to basics. I wrote the bassline hook
first – I felt it was quite catchy and loved it straight away. With the
breakdown I’ve tried to stay away from the big synths and looked for something
that sounded a bit more oldschool. The only thing that was missing for me was a
little vocal hook. So I went to a bunch of sample cd’s till I found this one
which worked wonders with the track!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The past few years I was still studying
so I was making music just for fun, because I loved doing it. Now I’m graduated
so it’s my fulltime job. This means first and foremost I’m making a living with
something I love to do. Apart from that I want to move people with the music I
make. When playing a dj set I want them to have a good time and enjoy
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I can talk you through it but that would
take us a while haha. But in a nutshell I want to tour more, produce more to
reach out to more people. Later on I would love to produce for pop acts as
well, not making dance music for them but produce pop tracks with real drums
and instruments. At some point I’d like to help other artists as well. Think
there are a lot of people out there making amazing music – it’s just so hard to
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That’s a tough one… Maybe something from
Daft Punk, ‘Digital Love’ or ‘One More Time’. Think they’ve been an inspiration
for almost every producer that’s doing electronic music right now. Or something
from Chic like ‘Soup For One’, it’s so groovy just makes you want to move.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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also electronic music you’re supposed to dance to – right? But when referring
to the mainstream dance music I think it’s going to evolve.. At the moment it’s
all pretty much sounding the same and I think people will get bored of it and
search for something else. We can only wait and see what’s going to be the next
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you’re a gifted musician who has great
ideas but not the technical ability to develop them in a song why not seek for
help? Don’t have a problem with that. If you’re just paying somebody to produce
a track from start to finish and you’re acting like you made it – that’s
something else. Don’t really see the point of this and don’t think it’s a good
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sem Thomasson is a prime example of what can happen with hard work and dedication. His musical career has taken him globetrotting to various destinations, showcasing his unique progressive traits, making a big impact of clubbers worldwide. From the back of his smash single “Heart Attack” on John Dahlback’s Mutants, its now time to focus on the mouthwatering offering that Zerothree has to offer......</span></div>
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Its time to introduce a brand new member to the Zerothree family; Sem Thomasson.

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Skipping Beats Like A Heart Attack With Sem Thomasson

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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sem Thomasson is a young Belgian dj/producer. Inspired by his father’s musical vibes, he started experimenting with digital samplers and synths as early as his tenth birthday. The pathway to electronic dance music was already steadily set. At the age of eighteen, Sem Thomasson released his ﬁrst record, the result of years of strenuous hard work. The deejay bookings followed only a short while after and the start of his rich musical career couldn’t have been better planned. With gigs on Tomorrowland (BE) and TomorrowWorld (USA) and headlining club nights all over the world (Fabric Club, Club Cubic, Nikki Beach Miami, Versuz just to name a few...) this young deejay is now fully prepared to let the world meet his peculiar sound and natural talent for making greatly accessible dance tracks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He did productions on labels such as Protocol Recordings, Flamingo Recordings, Atlantic Records, Stealth Records, Spinnin Records, Diffused, Ultra Records, Universal Music, Diffused Music and ofﬁcial remixes for Flo Rida, Jennifer Lopez, Nelly Furtado, Cody Simpson, Steve Aoki, TV Rock and John Dahlback just to name a few…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not only are his productions of a high standard, they also seem to have an immense impact on the crowd. He gained support from all the EDM big names. His music penetrates right through your body to the very core of your dancing nerve centre and that is something not easily achieved. Sem Thomasson is a remarkable talent, someone who knows exactly which way his ship is sailing, without losing the dynamics to steer left or right at a certain point. You will be hearing more from him, no doubt!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>Hello Sem! Thank you so much for
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</span></span></span></b></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>We ask all our guest this, standard TIE questions
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</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">I like travelling and doing chill things. However I’m actually a very
chaotic person. My creative mind is set on music almost 24/7.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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by your father’s musical vibes, you started experimenting with digital samplers
and synths at the age of 10 What inspired you about music, that attracted you
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</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">When I heard my father
play the piano in his band, I found it very inspiring he created sound where
other people danced to. Music really is a mix of emotion and rhytm which makes
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</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">The original track idea was born almost 4 years ago. Elisabeth Stone and
I always felt this track had something special. It took me quite some time to
find the right vibe to the music though. The project was in the fridge for a
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</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Actually that happens to me all the time. If you look back and say ‘that
was awful’ or ‘why did I do that, it sounds bad’ it means you are making
progression. So in a way it’s a good thing. You have to develop your sound and
techniques constantly in order to grow as an artist.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">6.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;">     </span></span></b></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>Who are some producer/musicians you look up to and
why?</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><br /></b></span>
</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">I’ve always been a big fan of Calvin Harris. That guy knows how to
produce a dance track that both works in the clubs and on the radio. Amazing.
I’ve always loved bands such as Saint German, Coldplay etc… It’s a different
genre but it inspires me.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">7.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;">     </span></span></b></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>You have had the honor of remixing Nelly Furtado, Flo
Rida & JLO that’s a pretty huge achievement and many producers can only dream,
do you think these remixes helped get you noticed in the music world?</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><br /></b></span>
</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">By remixing big star artists like FloRida, your name gets around. It
certainly helped me with building my name. The remixes are just a promotion
tool for you as an artist.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">8.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;">     </span></span></b></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>If you had to use a perfume/scent to describe your
sound what perfume/scent would you use and why?</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><br /></b></span>
</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">That’s a hard question. I always try to put as much influences in my
music as possible. So I don’t really stick to a sound. The music I make is
influenced by the mood of the moment. I guess you don’t wear the same perfume
either in winter time or in summer?<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">     </span></span></span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">We believe every artist has a message they are trying
to portray to the world through their work. What message are you trying to send
out through your music?</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><br /></span>
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">It might sound cliché but the message I try to put in my music is: just
be yourself and live life to the fullest. If I write lyrics with Elisabeth
Stone we often write about certain moments in life. For example Heart Attack
goes about the euphoric moment you experience when you fall in love or when you
hear your favorite song on a music festival.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">  </span></span></span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Do you remember the first DJ you ever met, who was it
and what were your first words to them? </span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><br /></span>
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">I don’t really remember but I think the first international DJ I met was
Axwell. I gave him a cd with music of mine and probably my first words were:
You are so amazing, listen to my music. Thinking back it’s funny how wrong I
approached him. <span style="color: #f1c232; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;">  </span></span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">As a DJ do you
think its best to play for the crowd or to be yourself and play for you/what
you want to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>play? What advice would you
give to up and coming DJs.</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><br /></span>
</span></b><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%;">Always play for the crowd but put
you own vibe and sound to it. It’s very important to work towards your own
sound. But if you dj, in the end the crowd have to have a good time. If you’re
stuck in your own world and sound and it doesn’t work on the floor nobody get’s
happy. I would advise, just do your thing but always remember who you are doing
it for.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;">  </span></span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">If you weren’t a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 
</span>DJ/Producer what would you be?</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><br /></span>
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Probably a producer/dj. Haha. No idea actually, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m pretty sure I would be in the music
industry anyhow.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">13.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">  </span></span></span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">What’s one of the funniest things that has happened to
you at an event?</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><br /></span>
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">One of the funniest things is probably my gig two years ago on
Tomorrowland. I was playing on a smaller stage. The party was really on and
everybody was jumping to the music. All of a sudden the small stage collapsed
with the dj booth on it. There was just too many people partying. It’s pretty
scary at first but really funny when you look back.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">14.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">  </span></span></span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Heart attack is released on Mutants records.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>You have also released tracks on Flamingo
Records and Protocol. What’s next for Sem.?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> 
</span>Where do you see yourself in 5 years?</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><br /></span>
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">I just want to continue making a lot of music and playing a lot of gigs
all over the world. The most important thing is music. I’m not really a dreamer
anymore. I learned that if you work hard, make good music and have a little
luck the sky really can be the limit.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">15.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">  </span></span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;">Lastly do you have any messages for your fans?</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><br /></span>
</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Thank you for your ongoing support. Hope to see you soon on one of my
shows!</span></span><br />
<b style="color: #f1c232; text-indent: -17.95pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></b>
<b style="color: #f1c232; text-indent: -17.95pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Buy Sem's new track Heart Attack here: </span></span></b><br />
<span style="color: #f1c232;"><b><a href="http://www.beatport.com/track/heart-attack-original-mix/5545143" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;" target="_blank">http://www.beatport.com/track/<wbr></wbr>heart-attack-original-mix/<wbr></wbr>5545143</a></b></span><br />
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<b style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit; text-indent: -17.95pt;">Facebook</b><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/semthomasson" style="font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">facebook.com/semthomasson</a><br />
<b style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">Twitter</b><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/semthomasson" style="font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">twitter.com/semthomasson</a><br />
<b style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">SoundCloud</b><br />
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/semthomasson" style="font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">soundcloud.com/semthomasson</a><br />
<b style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">YouTube</b><br />
<a href="http://youtube.com/semthomasson" style="font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">youtube.com/semthomasson</a><br />
<b style="color: #f1c232; font-family: inherit;">Instagram</b><br />
<a href="http://instagram.com/semthomasson" style="font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">instagram.com/semthomasson</a></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you
so much for doing this interview with us. We hope to see you playing somewhere
around the globe soon.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>

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