Dov Elkabas had a tremendous hit on Pengo Records with 'Big Boys don't cry'
not long after 'I love you', 'Alright now, here we go' and 'Dominatin'.
Everybody knows by now that he started out as a Hip Hop Dj and while playing
at clubs like Amsterdam's Aknathon he advanced his mixing skills to a higher
level.
After playing at the first raves in Holland he got hooked to Techno and he
realized that his music was the future to him. He played at raves like
Thunderdome, Energy, and Hellraiser and founded the Dreamteam after
successfully producing together with Buzz Fuzz and Dano.
His success as a Dj and producer got him a professional recording studio and
a great label called Boedha Records.
People like to refer to him as a clown and absolute wacko, but Mark Vos is
definitly one of the best Dj's in the Hardcore scene today. After
experimenting with Swing Beat at clubs like Zorba, Cash and The Metropool,
he got himself a gig on a House party at the van Galenhal in Amsterdam.
This is also where he first met The Prophet with whom he would later found
the Dreamteam.
It took Mark a while to learn his way around in the studio, but once he got
the hang of it, he never stopped improving his producing skills. That's why
today Mark manages Bzrk records, one of the most popular labels in the scene
ever since the legendary release of XTC-Love by Bertocucci Feranzano for
which Mark did a remix. Buzzy has a lot of friends in the Italian scene and
guys like Toni Salmonelli and Phil Omanski would have never been introduced
in the Dutch scene if it wasn't for him...
Ferry Salee is not just another successful Dj. Dj Gizmo he rocks clubs and
parties at least every weekend and kicks off great releases on his label
Dwarf Records. After Dano, Buzz Fuzz, and The Prophet finally decided to
let him become part of the Dreamteam things really started to work out for
him. He has a tremendous list of successful together with the Dark Raver.
His biggest achievement was winning the award 'Best international Dj' in
Switserland earlier this year.
After his start in the scene as a Dj for illegal radio stations and writer
for magazines he became club Dj and started to produce Techno at home.
Together with Buzz Fuzz and The Prophet he founded the Dreamteam and he's
had a whole stack of hits here and there. Through the years he slowly
started to evolve from a Hardcore - to a Hardtrance producer and nowdays
the man still does so many different productions for so many different
labels and companies that everybody has to give him credit for
being the most allround artist in the scene for quiet some time now.
Dano is also one of the few Dutch Dj's that played at Mayday in Germany.
Due to his advanced skill in selecting and mixing records which he build with playing House and Techno records in his home studio, ID&T invited him to play at the first Thunderdome party. His performance was above average and as a matter of fact so nice that he immediately received bookings for the next Thunderdome parties and naturally, due to the potential influence of these parties, he gained a lot of respect and various clubs started to book him for Dj performances all over Holland. Later he started a successful record label called Bad Vibes Records, which he managed from his record shop Bad Vibes Dance Basement in Alkmaar. This was also the label that featured his first musical production 'Rights is wrong' by 'Jean Sibart & Joel Trambel', a co-production with The Prophet which got licensed for Thunderdome 5 and nine other compilations.. No need to say that today Weirdo is still a respected Dj/producer with performances on parties like Hellraiser, EarthQuake, Thunderdome, Magic Kingdom in Switserland and productions like for example 'Go get busy' on Pengo records.
Steve "The Dark Raver" started playing house music 3 years ago at "Parkzicht"
in Rotterdam. He did this together with Dj Rob. In 1991 he started working for
"Stad Den Haag Records".
Besides showing up at every Rave throughout the country, he also makes records
(most of the time together with his buddy Dj Gizmo). His message to all ravers:
"Don't use drugs but: HAK met je GABBERS".
Dj Rob has been working in the house-scene for 7 years now. The dutch music-magazine "Oor" once proclaimed "Parkzicht" in Rotterdam, the club where he worked for 5 years, as the best Hardcore/House club in Holland. Dj Rob was the first Dj who used a MC (MC Joe) and a roland TR909 keyboard while he was playing. By many people he is seen at the man who gave birth to Hardcore. At the moment rob is often asked in Holland and the foreign countries to play in clubs and at the wellknow raves. Because of this big demand it is difficult for Rob to combine this with Parkzicht. When he has got any time left, Dj Rob also produces records. Records like "Rotterdam", "Feel the rythm of the house", "Boy's Interface", "The beat is flown", "Loving you","Tama" etc. have been all very successful.
Lady Dana used to visit many parties, just because she loved the music.
It was never her intention to become a Dj,but only one and a half years
ago friend of hers invited her, as a joke, to pitch and mix a record on
a party. You can imagine how surprised everybody was when she managed to
mix it like a skilled Dj would.
One of the promotors of this party was very impressed and came up to her
to book her for his next gig called Iniversal Dance, a party to be thrown
in Amsterdam. He managed to convince her of her talent ans so she played.
Fortunately, because she hasn't stopped ever since and today she is one
of the most respected Dj's in the club scene who's looking forward to
bookings for major parties in & out of Europe...
It all started for Rod Fabrie when he started producing Techo with a
very good friend of his called Richard van Naamen. Together did a few
demo's before Paul Elstak joined the group. The three of them founded
Holy Noise a few years ago and were very successful with tracks like for
example James Brown is dead and the Nightmare. After they decided to split
up, Rob continued producing for labels like Terror Trax, Dance International
or ID&T Music and started using the name DJ Waxweazle.
Due to his successful releases clubs and promotors book him for Dj
performances weekly and he got offered his won label Waxweazle Vinyl which
today he successfully manages from his studio in Rotterdam.
Jeremy Malvasia's vareer gegan in New York City where he mostly played early York City house music from Dj's like Franky Jones, Lenny Dee and Todd Terry. Later he moved to Florida to experiment with Miami Bass music which he combined with his New york Electro House sounds. His tracks on Mind Candy Volumes 1 & 2 were his first European appearances and his break through came with The Mind Destroyer (also on Thunderdome 3) which he produced in 1993. He reinforced his European position with two releases on 12" records and Let's get wappie (together with Rob Gee, Dj Buzz Fuzz and Dj Gizmo). Later releases were for example Do you wanna dance, The Party starter, Be Happy! and The Rythm's on time (with Guitar-Rob)...
Eugenio Dorward a.k.a Dj Bass-D started out as a hip hop Dj in club 45 in Bussum, Holland. He met Mathijs Hazenleger at Airpeace radio in Leylstad, where he was booked for a guest performance, not long after he won the DMC mix championships in 1991. The two decided to hook up for working together and produced a couple of tracks together. Their first release was an ep for Bloody Cow records and they got to open the at the time brand new label Bad Vibes records.
Though it has become a cliche to refer to groundbreaking music as being
unlike anything else on the market, Rob Gee is just that-unique in every
way. Despite the mediocrity of standard electronis music, gee is determi-
ned to break the mold of what people call dance music by opening his
style to a wider scope of listeners. He achives this by bringing together
his eclectic taste in music, ranging from speed metal to hip hop to techno
and molding them conccurrently into one powerhouse of a song.
Gee began Djing in his early teens nearly ten years ago. His indecisiveness
as whether or not to break dance and spin hip hop or jump in the mosh pit
and play in a metal band was one of the reasons he began to cultivate his won
style of both. Since refining his Dj skills and producing his own original
music, Gee has toured throughout the world, playing numerous events in Holland,
France, Germany, England, Austria and Switserland, to name a few.
After the success of Holy Noise Paul made a record deal with Mid-Town and
started his own label Rotterdam Records to give other artists a chance to
release their home productions as well. Rotterdam records turned out to
be an enormous success and gained international fame and respect for the
Ducth hardcore scene.
1995 has been the most successful year for Paul so far, he's actually the
first underground Dj to make his way into the Ducth charts three times in
a row without loosing the spirit for the Hardcore scene that made him big.
He played on raves like Rezerection, Thunderdome, Earthquake, and A
Nightmare in Rotterdam. Today Dj Paul os definetly one of the most popular
Dj's in europe.
Ramon Roelofs started DJ-career on several parties throughout Holland. After a while he began to make his own music which led him to a big success with "Rave this Nation" under the name R.J's Rule. Charly acted on several big raves and his favourites are "Rave the City II, the Thunderdome raves and Dance To Eden the 10th April 1993. Together with Menthal Theo he started the Speedcity tour. This special act was present at most houseparty's in 1993 and 1994. In the summer of 1994 they had a big hit with "live at London" and this was the beginning of a new episode.
Theo Nabuurs acted as DJ. Menthal Theo and with Speedcity on several big raves throughout the world (Baustellen Rave (Germany), Brooklyn rave NY, Thundedome, Nightmare, Megarave, Techno Trance Rave (Italy), Dance To Eden). With "Wonderful days" and "Stars" he and Charly became famous all over Europe.
Although the name is very new to everybody, Jorn Hanneman and Francois
Zoontjes have been around. Francois is a regular guest in Club-X and
Kandace while while Jorn has been mixing Trance records under a different
name. The breakthrough for them came with a release on Bonzai Jumps called
Dj Francois and Jeremy's Guns, smoke and fire.
During the Thunderdome Tour earlier this year they got several chances
to show their capability to perform live in front of large crowds and their
success got them a gig at Thunderdome in Oberhausen and Digital Overdose
in Amsterdam. Their ep In the house on Bzrk records sold out in three weeks
and the follow-up called Meat Beat is about to be released...
3 Steps Ahead started as a hardcore house label for ID&T Music in 1994.
However since Mysteryland 1994, 3SA has evolved into a major live act
and has been touring very successfully around Europe during the past year.
The driving force behind 3SA is Peter-Paul, who has been making music
since the beginning of B.P.M He told us: "I've got ants in my pants"
and wants to thank you for the support you gave 3SA during the live
performances, this keeps 3SA going!!!
Do you want some action?....Drop it!.... You can now interact with 3SA on
the internet! Pay a visit at www.happynation.com, the place to be in
cyberspace, and look for 3 Steps Ahead...
Since the summer of 1991, Scott Brown has been producing dance records under several alias's, some of which went on to become big hits. It wasn't until 1993 however, that his prolific talents hit the spotlight with releases such as Bass-X "Hardcore Disco" and the Bass reaction "Tehno- phobla" (both SHOOP) and also "The Power of Love" by Q-Tex which was a huge commercial smash in Scotland and the UK. From that point, Scott was respected for his production and Dj'ing ability and got more amd more popular with rave/dance crowds around the world. After releasing over 20 records, Scott formed his own label "Evolution Records" in february 1994 and by April he had already received 5 major European Licences. may 1994 seen the debut of Scott in Holland where he played at "Dance to Eden" in Utrecht as "Bass-X" and also took a spin on the decks in front of the 5000people. It's now 1995 and the past year has been a busy one for Scott, having played to crowds in Holland, Germany, Austria, Switserland, Australia, Italy and of course the UK. He has also given life to new live acts and Dj's from the UK and abroad by releasing their first record on Evolution and to date has released over 50 records in only 18 months on his own 5 record labels!!
