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What's got you motivated right now? I'm always motivated, I'm a workaholic and thank God I am like this because I would hate to ever do this for the money. How would you describe your current state of mind? Well I can describe it in three ways: My Music - Super excited about all my upcoming shows and releases & happy about all the feedback I get from fans for my new releases lately and sets I have been playing. The World - Frustration when I watch the news and see bigots like Trump actively seeking to divide people and create fear and division. Personal Life - Feeling lucky that I'm with a wonderful girl who not only supports what I do but loves the music as much as me which makes doing what I do even more fun and when it comes to our party DO NOT SLEEP, I'm again lucky that I'm working with a team who are also like me, doing the party because it is a passion and not for the money. When did your first really get into electronic music? I must have answered this a thousand times, basically I came to the UK in the late 80s, didn't really fit in, but went to an illegal acid house rave at 16 with my older brothers friends, fell in love with the music and knew instantly this is what I want to do! By 20 I had blagged a job in a local record shop selling vinyls to DJs and soon became the manager of the record shop! I did that for 15 years and fast-forward on to about 10 years ago when I started producing properly which propelled me into the international circuit. You're one of the prominent figures behind the DO NOT SLEEP brand, it took Ibiza by storm - packs out clubs everywhere - what do you do that's different? Well DO NOT SLEEP I have always said is a nomadic party, we can be at any venue and we will take that vibe with us. So far we have done shows at Vista, Space, Amnesia, beach parties and have had several offers for next summer. For me, it's not where we are, it's who comes to the party. It's not about the frills, not about the production, it's about the lights out, the sound system loud, and getting hedonistic and losing yourself to the music. It's more of an attitude, give me a dark room with a low ceiling and a fucking good sound system and that makes me happy! What are your feelings about the future of Ibiza with regards to the end of Space the recent selling of Pacha? I think there are enough true underground venues to keep the real spirit of the place alive, such as DC10. Sankeys is a fantastic underground venue, honestly the sound system in that room & the low ceiling just make it perfect to lose yourself in the music. There are also venues like Amnesia, Cova Santa, and Underground, I'm sure these places will continue to fly the flag for real underground music on the island. You've got in your bio "I'm into the scene because I LOVE THE MUSIC, not like a lot of people who are into the music because they LOVE THE SCENE. It's only about the music for me, and that's all that matters!?" - would you argue that there are some in the scene who are in it for the lifestyle and not the music? It's a huge difference, because those who are into the scene over the music are only in it while they are wanting to go out and go out only, it's not a passion and when they stop going out it doesn't mean anything to them. For me, it's way more than that, it's what has brought all my friends together, it is what has enabled me to travel the world and meet new people and still be doing this after all these years. That's all because the MUSIC is a passion for me, it can only change your life if it's truly a passion to you. If you could fill a swimming pool with anything, what would that be? Easy answer! I've been doing this every week at our DO NOT SLEEP after party at my villa in Ibiza, and the answer is fill the pool with as many of my friends as possible, crank the music up and just enjoy life! Music is about bringing people together to enjoy LIFE, and at times like this when you watch the news and it seems so many people are focusing so much on hate and division, it's more important than ever to me to make sure I try to use music to bring people together and see them unite and enjoy life, even if it's in a small capacity or even one that mainly affects people around me and people who follow my music, then that's good enough for me. Who would be in your ultimate band? Darren Emmerson who used to be part of Underworld, probably Shaun Ryder and the vocalist from Little Dragon, she can sure sing and I'd love to have her on some vocals of a track I make. ISSUE 97 / 2017 27 Darius Syrossian is one of the great success stories of UK house music. His brand, DO NOT SLEEP has caused carnage across the globe and his records are repped by the biggest and best players in the scene, we recently touched based with him to see what's going down. follow @DariusSyrossian HOUSE Arren Haynes | Guestlist "THE MUSIC IS A PASSION FOR ME, IT CAN ONLY CHANGE YOUR LIFE IF IT'S TRULY A PASSION TO YOU."