From big room producer to big room techno pioneer, Maddix sat down with Edmtrain during Miami Music Week and shed light on his incredible journey. The Dutch star whose real name is Pablo Rindt has been featured as our Artist of the Week and deservingly so. Since trailblazing the new sound with his 2021 hit 'Ecstacy', Maddix has scored numerous No. 1 genre spots on Beatport and has more than 3.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

Maddix isn't only a superstar within Revealed Recordings – he's launching his own label within the family, EXTATIC. He is also releasing his Maddix Rumble plugin for producers to replicate his signature techno tunes. Maddix frequently plays alongside Hardwell and the two just released their collaboration with Timmy Trumpet, 'Revolution'. Check out the full interview below to see what Maddix has been up to and has in store for fans. 

Maddix: So in 2019, I realized I was doing big room before, and my preferences changed a bit. I was going to more techno parties myself. So I realized the music I was making, I still enjoyed it but I wouldn't buy a ticket for it myself, so I started to go in the studio without any expectations from fans and just make whatever I enjoyed the most. That's how I made my first track in the new genre, like it's called 'Ecstasy'. And from there on I actually started just building and pushing the sound forward, like every track has a new element or just continues to evolve. And I'm super happy to see like also my old fans are still there with me and transitioned most of them to enjoy the new sound, so I'm super happy to see that.  

Maddix: Yeah, I was here in 2018 back then just as a visitor and I enjoyed it a lot. I'm super happy to be back here right now. The weather is amazing, the people are amazing. And I'm super excited for STORY tonight and then Ultra on Friday, and on Saturday we're going to go to Ultra as well, just to see it all, to enjoy it.

Maddix: I think so, yeah, one of the biggest sets. I've prepared a lot of new music as well, some unreleased stuff, I think about six or seven unreleased songs. Because I think in Miami it's kind of a showcase thing as well. All the artists drop their new music. I'm just really excited and happy that Revealed gave me this spot so I can really just play as hard as I want.

Maddix: I think my sound is a little bit darker and a little bit more catered towards techno as well. Like some of my songs, you probably know Beatport, right? The music-selling website. They don't really know where to put my music. It's funny to see because sometimes they put it at main stage, which is like the whole big room thing. Then they put it at techno and now I have a No. 2 on the hard techno charts. But that's kind of where I want to be, right in the middle of everything. So techno DJs can support it, big room DJs can still support it. And I think that's slightly different than what Hardwell is doing. But I'm super happy like it's perfect because I can play his music, he can play my music and we support each other a lot in the sets. 

Maddix: Well the name is going to be EXTATIC and it's going to launch really soon and it's always been a dream to be able to release my own music with my own vision, which Revealed also did. But now I can also give other producers a chance to release their music on my label. And the name it's derived from 'Ecstasy' and then you get ecstatic. And I think the music, the sound that I make fits perfectly for this name.  

Maddix: Yeah, and it's like influences from old school trance, techno and now hard techno all blended together. And yeah, it just needs to make you ecstatic. So that's why the name. 

Maddix: It was quite funny. We had a meeting with Revealed and randomly in between a meeting, one of the guys told me like, yeah, we want to start making some plugins. Do you have any idea? We can work on a plugin together under the Maddix name. And five minutes later, it just popped in my head like, OK. Let's make a kick rumble plugin. It's called Maddix Rumble and for me, one of the key points was that it shouldn't exist already because then people can use the different ones. So this is a pretty unique plugin that will help people who want to make the big room techno sound or just techno producers to work on their kick drums and to make them fit in the techno genres. 

Maddix: The biggest sound in the world. But no, when we started we were thinking about the name and when Hardwell came back, I saw a lot of fans calling it big room techno, so we kind of embraced it because it perfectly describes what it is. It still has influences from like the big room music, the main stage music, and basically it's like techno for the main stages, a bit more commercialized maybe. So big room techno is a perfect fit. And I see a lot of producers have started to embrace this kind of sound, this music, and so many people are making music like this, so I hope, I think it will be really, really big, like the future of dance music.  

Maddix: Possibly like everything comes back, but I think like right now it's going darker and deeper, and then in the future, who knows, maybe in 10 years, 20 years, everything will just circle back. Like I get inspired a lot by music from 20 years ago, dance music from 20 years ago, so yeah, maybe that will happen again in the future. For me it's just always pushing sounds forward and an evolution and I try to keep, to stay ahead. Like always be the guy changing it instead of like following the other artists. So that's one of my goals now.

Maddix: I have a lot of collaborations coming up. Actually Hardwell is going to premiere one on Saturday, a new one. Never been played before, so I'm super excited to be able to see it live, and then the other ones... I have a new remix for Armin van Buuren, he asked me, and he's also going to play it at Ultra. And there's basically a lot of collaborations coming up, but everything is still a work in progress and I'm not sure when they're going to be released or whatever, so I can't say too much. A lot of big stars in the works.  

Maddix: The beach, we just went to the beach, it's amazing, I've missed it. In the Netherlands it's still cold right now. And good food, vibes, it looks like GTA: Vice City, you know, crazy vibes. But actually I still have to explore a lot because it's only my second time visiting and last time was quite busy as well, so yeah. I remember the, what's the name, Wynwood area? Yes, five years ago I was there, amazing with the graffiti on the walls.