It must be a million miles by now,” laughs Sander van Doorn when we catch him in an airport Business Lounge and ask him to contemplate his career total airmiles. Off to Japan for the first time to tour his new album '11', it's the beginning of new ground for him in various ways.
“2011 was very important for me,” he shares. “I kind-of changed my style and the album was an important platform. It's this year I started collaborating with songwriters and vocalists.”
As well as exploring more song-based tracks, '11' also sees collaborations with fellow Dutch set-setters Sidney Samson and Laidback Luke. “People sometimes mix me up with Luke,” he laughs, “so in the studio, he was wearing a cap, we took a picture for Twitter asking, 'Who's Wearing The Cap?' and that became the name of the track!”
It tops off a year in which he released his second successful 'Dusk Till Dawn' compilation, as well as giant singles like 'Drink To Get Drunk'