TM: I didn't plan that. You can't plan that. I mean, the year 2000 was definitely the breakthrough year; I saw that just from the booking offers I got from all around the world. My plans for the future? Producing nice records? Producing famous artists from the producer's side? Doing my dance, my techno stuff, as well as more interesting, more work-intensive productions for big artists. This is the plan. This is the dream. I don't know if it's [going to] happen, but I just did a Madonna mix, which is a really good sign, and we will see what the future brings. You can't plan the music business. It comes or it comes not.

THC: At very least, do you think you'll stay Timo Maas, or do you want to another side project-maybe try something different with Orinoko or Kinetic A.T.O.M.?

TM: Definitely. I do still identify myself as Timo Maas, but surely after my album I will do something new, so why not? We've got very crazy ideas and you can't do everything under the name Timo Maas. We've got some really weird things that we want to do next year with some interesting big artists as well. Whatever. I have fun at the moment, my producer as well, and her [gestures at girlfriend] sometimes as well, when she's there with me. [laughs] Basically, we'll see what the future brings.

THC: So you wouldn't be afraid to try something new even if it didn't have the same sort of success?

TM: When I start something new, when I start a new project, I'm really looking out that my name is not on the record. That no one knows I'm behind the whole thing. Because when I want to try something new, I want to try it from the beginning to the end. And when it's successful, it's a good sign for me that it's not just the name that sells-it's the quality of the production. So I can't exactly say how it will be because I don't know what I will do next year. You can't plan creativity. But it will be quite exciting. We plan to do what I said already-a couple of interesting things after my album.