Darude gets the Cahill Grill and talks Madonna, secret crushes and playing Sandstorm to 80,000

Darude returns with another trance stormer, Hide, and tells Mikey Cahill his dream dinner party is with five Aussies.

FINNISH funnyman DJ and producer (in reverse order) Darude had a hit with Sandstorm which has become an ironic banger in Peking Duk’s sets. Darude has rocked Eurovision and is committed to his cookie duster chin to lip landing strip. He has a new cut out, Hide, with an Australian singer and took the time to be with us today, keen beans.

Real name?

Ville Virtanen

Guilty pleasure?

Salmiakki

Where is home?

Finland

Career Plan B?

There is no Plan B. I’m all in.

MUSICIANS MAKING A LIVING AS IMPERSONATORS

DAVE GRANEY GETS THE CAHILL GRILL

BJORN AGAIN STARTED IN MELBOURNE

Darude rocking some very identifiable facial hair.

Biggest annoyance?

Ignorant people.

Earliest Memory?

A light in the end of the tunnel.

Your Best Quality?

Sense of humour.

And your Worst?

See above.

5 Dream dinner party guests?

Kate Miller-Heidke, Dannii Minogue, Kylie Minogue, Crocodile Dundee & Daniel Ricciardo.

5 Desert Island discs?

KLF - The White Room, Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet, Jean Michel Jarre - Magnetic Fields, Scooter - And the Beat Goes On, Chicane - Behind the Sun.

Advice to teenage self?

Relax, you’ll do just fine.

What did you have for breakfast today?

Apple, banana & a big cup of coffee.

Top of your bucket list?

Win a Grammy.

Biggest inspiration?

My kids.

Secret crush?

Ricky Gervais

Secret skill?

Ice hockey.

What do you see when you look in the mirror?

Too many sleepless nights, but happiness.

Starstruck moment?

Meeting Madonna.

Career highlight?

Playing 2016 NYE gig in Helsinki for 80,000 people — kicking off our nation‘s 100 years of independence celebrations with the Sandstorm drop synchronised to midnight. It was epic.

Favourite tipple?

Finnish Long Drink (lonkero)

Darude in 2015 having a pretty good time.

FUN SONGS BIT AND A REWARD FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS

Song that always makes you shake your rump and nearly split your pants and why?

Crazy Drummer - Party Drumz

The driving energy.

Song that is a hidden gem that not many people know about but everyone should know about and love…and how you discovered it?

Lumisade - Ride 80X0

They are good friends of mine, and I happen to love their music.

Song that you would gladly listen to 5 times in a row if you were stuck in an elevator for half an hour and you had to think calm thoughts?

Walk on By - Sybil

Song to prepare you for battle, fire you the f--k up and make you feel like you were armed to teeth and why?

Thunderstruck - AC/DC. Self explanatory.

Song to get someone you rather fancy in the mood for luuuuuuurve?

Saltwater - Chicane

How did you develop your creative vision?

Through a lot of trial and error.

HEAR: Hide feat. JVMIE - Darude.

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