Hardstyle DJ's
Headhunterz
aka Willem Rebergen is a Dutch hardstyle DJ/producer. Formerly known as Nasty D-Tuners, his own label Scantraxx Reloaded, started in 2006 is a sublabel of Scantraxx.
At the age of nine, Rebergen sang in a children's choir that recorded several CDs. One year later, he started voice acting, which he still does today. He gained his first major experience as a DJ at Defqon.1 Festival, a huge hardstyle event in the Netherlands, where he was discovered by The Prophet.
Since then, Headhunterz has played at every major hardstyle event, including Defqon.1 Festival, Qlimax, Q-Base, In Qontrol, Decibel and many more. He played live at Qlimax in 2006, 2007 (which he produced the Anthem for), 2008, 2009 and 2011. He also produced the anthem for Defqon.1 Festival 2009, "Scrap Attack", and again for Defqon.1 Festival 2010 (Australia), "Save Your Scrap for Victory". He also produced the anthem for Defqon.1 Festival 2012 as a collaboration with Wildstylez and Noisecontrollers.
In 2008 he released an album together with Wildstylez, under the alias Project One. This album was very well received in the hardstyle scene, and in turn was followed up with a tour across the Netherlands.[2]
At the age of nine, Rebergen sang in a children's choir that recorded several CDs. One year later, he started voice acting, which he still does today. He gained his first major experience as a DJ at Defqon.1 Festival, a huge hardstyle event in the Netherlands, where he was discovered by The Prophet.
Since then, Headhunterz has played at every major hardstyle event, including Defqon.1 Festival, Qlimax, Q-Base, In Qontrol, Decibel and many more. He played live at Qlimax in 2006, 2007 (which he produced the Anthem for), 2008, 2009 and 2011. He also produced the anthem for Defqon.1 Festival 2009, "Scrap Attack", and again for Defqon.1 Festival 2010 (Australia), "Save Your Scrap for Victory". He also produced the anthem for Defqon.1 Festival 2012 as a collaboration with Wildstylez and Noisecontrollers.
In 2008 he released an album together with Wildstylez, under the alias Project One. This album was very well received in the hardstyle scene, and in turn was followed up with a tour across the Netherlands.[2]
Technoboy
Cristiano Giusberti (born December 19, 1970) known by his primary stage name Technoboy is an Italian Hardstyle-DJ and Producerfrom Bologna.
Technoboy is a DJ and Producer, who started out by playing vinyls in 1992. The genre he primarily plays is Hardstyle.
Cristiano's not only busy DJ-ing, most of the time he's managing as well as producing for 'The Saifam Group' (Italy) which is a reputable record company. He began in 1992 as A&R manager at 'RECORD 66 Music Market for DJ's', which he still manages today. He then started in 1996 as Producer and A&R at 'Arsenic Sound' until 1998, when he became a producer at ' The Saifam Group' and ever since 1999 he's A&R at the 'Alternative Sound Planet' label.As an A&R manager, he supervises several well known labels such as Dance Pollution, Red Alert, Titanic Records, Green Force, BLQ, Bonzai Records Italy, Bonzai, Trance Progressive Italy and XTC Italy. He also produced numerous well known acts such as DJ Gius, Nitro, Klone, Pacific Link, The Hose, Spiritual Project, Giada, The KGB's, K-Traxx, Citizen, 2 Best Enemies, Hardstyle Masterz, Hunter, The Raiders, DJ Stardust, Droid, Atlantic Wave, Vector Two, Q-Zar, Ruff, Speedwave, Builder, and Psy man.
Technoboy is a DJ and Producer, who started out by playing vinyls in 1992. The genre he primarily plays is Hardstyle.
Cristiano's not only busy DJ-ing, most of the time he's managing as well as producing for 'The Saifam Group' (Italy) which is a reputable record company. He began in 1992 as A&R manager at 'RECORD 66 Music Market for DJ's', which he still manages today. He then started in 1996 as Producer and A&R at 'Arsenic Sound' until 1998, when he became a producer at ' The Saifam Group' and ever since 1999 he's A&R at the 'Alternative Sound Planet' label.As an A&R manager, he supervises several well known labels such as Dance Pollution, Red Alert, Titanic Records, Green Force, BLQ, Bonzai Records Italy, Bonzai, Trance Progressive Italy and XTC Italy. He also produced numerous well known acts such as DJ Gius, Nitro, Klone, Pacific Link, The Hose, Spiritual Project, Giada, The KGB's, K-Traxx, Citizen, 2 Best Enemies, Hardstyle Masterz, Hunter, The Raiders, DJ Stardust, Droid, Atlantic Wave, Vector Two, Q-Zar, Ruff, Speedwave, Builder, and Psy man.
Showtek
Showtek is a Dutch EDM act, consisting of two brothers, Sjoerd and Wouter Janssen,who started producing music in 2001. Starting out with techno, and later on growing to be the biggest hard dance act, they now produce EDM in a broad sense. In 2012, the Showtek brothers began a series of collaborations, a project called Crazy Collabs, with other producers spanning some of the other genres in dance music. Even before the official announcement of their collaborations project, they co-produced a EP with Tiësto and Angger Dimas entitled "We Rock" as Boys Will Be Boys. The following ‘Crazy Collabs’ where together with Tiesto, Hardwell and Justin Prime. Upcoming ‘Crazy Collabs’ are together with Noisecontrollers and others to announce later. Baldy & Cresty are the cartoon alter egos of Sjoerd and Wouter and if you follow their episodes you can find out who will be the next ‘Crazy Collab’. Showtek also co-produces a lot of other music, for example the upcoming hit of Chris Brown – Nobody’s Perfect which is produced by Lukas Hilbert and co-produced by Showtek and David Jost
Trance DJ's
Armin Van Buuren
Armin van Buuren (born 25 December 1976) is a Dutch trance producer and DJ. He is the number one ranked DJ having won DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs fan poll a record of 5 times, including winning 4 consecutive years between 2007–2010 and again in 2012.[2] Since 2001, Van Buuren has hosted a weekly radio show called A State of Trance, which claims to have around 25 million weekly listeners in 26 countries,[3] which would make it one of the most listened-to radio shows in the world. His 2008 studio album, Imagine, entered the Dutch album chart at No. 1, a first for a dance music artist in Dutch music history.[4]
DJ Tiesto
Tijs Michiel Verwest, (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɛi̯s miˈxiɫ vərˈʋɛst]);[4] born 17 January 1969),[5] known as Tiësto (pron.: /tiˈɛstoʊ/tee-es-toh ; Dutch pronunciation: [tiˈɛsto][4]), is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music.[6] [7] Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto. On his latest productions, however, he has dropped the "DJ" label and is now known simply as "Tiësto",[8] an artist name which is a twist of his childhood nickname.[9]
Paul Van Dyk
Matthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk (born 16 December 1971) is a German Grammy Award-winningElectronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer. One of the first true superstar DJs, Paul van Dyk was one of the first artists to receive a Grammy nomination in the newly added category of Best Dance/Electronic album for his 2004 release Paul van Dyk. He was named the World's No. 1 DJ in both 2005 and 2006, something less than a handful of DJs have ever achieved.[2] Paul van Dyk is the only DJ to hold a spot in the World's Top 10 DJs since 1998. He is also the first DJ to be named No. 1 by Mixmag in 2005. As of 2007, he sold over 4.5 million albums worldwide.[3]
A trance producer starting in the early 1990s, Paul quickly achieved popularity with his remix of "Love Stimulation" by Humate on the record label MFS in 1993 and with his hit single "For an Angel" but, in recent times, he no longer likes to describe his music as trance, but rather simply as electronic dance music.
A trance producer starting in the early 1990s, Paul quickly achieved popularity with his remix of "Love Stimulation" by Humate on the record label MFS in 1993 and with his hit single "For an Angel" but, in recent times, he no longer likes to describe his music as trance, but rather simply as electronic dance music.
Techno DJ's
Cosmic Gate is a German trance duo made up of Claus Terhoeven and Stefan Bossems. Both hail from Krefeld in Germany. On October 28, 2009, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Ultra Records artist Cosmic Gate placed #19, 43 spots above the group's ranking the year before.[1] For the 2010 DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ Poll, Cosmic Gate moved to #24.[