Mixing it up

Electronic dance music is, no doubt, an international phenomenon. Last year’s Electric Zoo festival at Randall’s Island Park, for example, brought in 85,000 attendees including visitors from all 50 states and more than 100 countries.

But it’s the jet-setting DJs themselves — hitting a different city night after night, bouncing from club to club and festival to festival — who globe-trot like no others. Electric Zoo, back for its fourth year on Labor Day Weekend (August 31-Sept. 2), put us in touch with some of the biggest names on its 2012 lineup to talk about a life where the beats and plane rides never end.

TIESTO

What’s been your favorite spot to travel for work?

I’d have to say Miami, of course. That’s why I’ve named my new compilation “Club Life: Volume Two Miami” after the city. It has my favorite club to play in — LIV — as well as incredible restaurants, amazing architecture and so much glamour.

What’s been your favorite spot to travel for leisure?

Ibiza is a pretty special place for me to go. I’ve been going there every summer since the ’90s, and the island is a perfect place for relaxation and of course a lot of fun. More than any place I go to, it embodies the spirit of “Club Life.” I can’t wait to get out there for the start of the season at the end of May when I start my new residency at Pacha.

Where are you most excited about going in the future?

I’m pretty excited about going to Seoul for UMF Korea in August. It will be amazing to play there, particularly in the Olympic Stadium. After that, it’s back to New York to close out the summer at Electric Zoo.

TONY MCGUINNESS OF ABOVE & BEYOND

What’s been your favorite spot to travel for work?

Buenos Aires is perhaps the most surprising, entertaining, beautiful and rewarding city I’ve been to. Maybe it stems from over-familiarity with London, New York and even Barcelona, all of which are amazing places as any traveler will know, but Buenos Aires is special. It almost feels like a major European city in a parallel universe with gorgeous, crumbly Spanish Colonial architecture, incredible food and bewilderingly attractive people with a deep-rooted musical appreciation.

What’s been your favorite spot to travel for leisure?

That’s easy — Palau, in Micronesia. A collection of hundreds of crumbly rock islands perched like broccoli atop a bright blue sea. It is one of the best diving destinations in the world. The bountiful sea is wild and populated with all the big pelagics (you see sharks on every dive), and the one-hour boat journey to the dive sites through the rock islands is always exhilarating and awe-inspiring. I made a video of my last trip there, which you can see on YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=zEKzP4TVvDU).