Sander Kleinenberg knows how dancefloors work: he's instigated 'sweaty' scenes around the world, observing what makes people move from Belfast to Buenos Aires. Ultimately, the mechanics of the dancefloor revolve around just one thing: good dance music. Sander knows about this, too. His own vinyl creations are saturated in clubland so that they virtually perspire dry ice and radiate glitterball shards from their grooves. It's time to get back to basics, to stop watching the DJ and get back on the dancefloor.
2003 will be Sander's year. His remixes of global pop/r&b sensations Lamya and Justin Timberlake have topped dance charts on either side of the Atlantic. His very own, newly inaugurated record label, Little Mountain, is a labour of love intended to release only the highest standard of music from Sander and the most like-minded of souls. And through Little Mountain comes the third and final instalment of his highly acclaimed 'Four Seasons' EPs, reaffirming what the 31-year-old stands for as he draws a line on the first phase of his DJ/producer trajectory and forges toward an expanding vista of new possibilities.
But it is, perhaps, his revelatory reworking of Justin Timberlake's 'Rock Your Body' that gets to the nub of Sander's current mandate for dance perfection. Building on a Neptunes production is no mean feat, but Sander manages it; stripping away all superfluous trimmings and working the original song structure into nine minutes of spellbinding house music wonderment. He drops the track's original bassline, making it sound like a lost Mantronix classic or something that would have provided the peak moment of a Junior Vasquez set in mid-nineties New York; darkly soulful, sexy, illicit and thoroughly irresistible. "I've got this idea," he says. "I'm feeling house music and club music are maybe slowly going back to where it was pre-'90s, where a song is a song and you don't bitch around with it." It's a damn good idea - and it works.
As a kid growing up in the provincial eastern Netherlands during the '80s, Sander would tune-in religiously to late night radio shows playing imported r&b, electro and club mixes direct from New York City. Names like Shep Pettibone and John 'Jellybean' Benitez rang out with the romanticism of a distant dancefloor. He developed a fascination for hip hop, spraying graffiti, human beatboxing (badly) and, of course, rapaciously eating up vinyl. At school he was known as 'the kid with the headphones'. One day a teacher asked him if he'd play some records at the school disco, so he did. Little did he know that those fantasies would come true, that he'd be emulating those heroes whose names he'd only heard across the crackle of the airwaves and seemed as tangible as a character in a comic book.
These days Sander commands respect as a DJ worldwide, with residencies in Montreal, Ibiza's Pin-Up and New York's Arc that allow him to indulge his stylistic experiments over eight hours and more. Vaunted in the '90s as one of the 'Nu Breed' of the world-conquering progressive house scene - aided by his addition to the enormously successful Global Underground compilation series - he is now numbered quite rightly among dance music's elite upon his own merit alone. Clocking up hundreds of thousands of air miles per year hasn't yet dulled his passion for playing records he loves to clubbers in every conceivable part of the world. "I'm completely in love with the lifestyle and what it represents," he enthuses. "People find it a clich頢ut I do think it brings people together. I love the fact that when I play in Kuala Lumpur for 5,000 Muslims it goes as right off as it does in Northern Ireland or in Tel Aviv. That is truly the fire that ignites my engine."
It all kicked off when he moved to The Hague, administrative centre of the Netherlands, in 1994. With no real dance scene of note, Sander avoided the cloying, cliquey environments of cooler cities like Amsterdam and Rotterdam, allowing him the space to create his own identity. "Back then I was always the sort of a solo man," he says. "I could smell it but it was not happening around me. I feel like I've had to discover everything myself."
Hooking up with local movers and shakers, Sander began releasing tracks through German and Belgian labels, Superstition and Wonka Beats, setting up his own label, Deal Recordings. His breakthrough came in 1996 as S&S Project, the single 'Y.D.W. (You Do Me Wrong)' signed to New York's Strictly Rhythm, proving a sensation that reverberated in clubs around the world. The release of his first 'Four Seasons' EP also proved a definitive moment. 'My Lexicon' and 'Sacred' won him admirers across the spectrum of the dance fraternity; notably Sasha, who included both the aforementioned tracks on his 'Global Underground: Ibiza' compilation and was to become a close friend and collaborator. "I think the 'Seasons' EPs set a general reflection of what I do in a club,"explains Sander with customary humility. "I hope that they'll be things that people will go back to five years from now and go, 'Yeah, I'll play that'. I hope that it has a sort of timeless quality about it - that's what I try to achieve."
But Sander's ambitions lie beyond the confines of the club. He remains fascinated by the possibilities of pop music, creating hybrids that are at once immediate and intelligent, club-oriented and credible. "I listen to Missy Elliott records and I go,' Wow, this is so clever,'" he admits. "This is cleverer than 90% of what I hear being made by underground dance producers and it's kind of inspiring. Like, 'Dam, we still have a long way to go!'" Sander is on his way and doing things right. Listen up people
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Darude (Finnish artist/producer/dj Ville Virtanen) found dance music while he was still in school. He practically gave himself carpal tunnel syndrome by constantly holding his finger on the pause button of a tape deck trying to catch the latest tunes on his favorite radio show. Darude says his "education" and broad taste in music dates back to those active radio-listening years. He says he gets inspired by other people's great music among other things and I think it's fair to say that he's probably inspired a fair share of aspiring djs and electronic musicians himself, too.
It actually took quite a long time for him to realize that he could one day make music of his own. After a friend showed him what could be done with a regular PC and a simple tracker program his studies started going downhill and time spent next to the computer increasing exponentially. He soon moved on to sound modules and samplers in need of better sounds and more variety. These days he's combining the best of both hardware and software tools in making music and performing live. He's considered somewhat of a tech freak wanting to try out the new stuff as soon as he gets his hands on them.
The name Darude developed gradually during a long period of time. Ville played one particular song several times in a row at a pre-party at his friend's house: 'Rude Boy' by Swedish artist Leila K. Friends started to call him 'Rude Boy' which developed to 'The Rude', 'Da Rude' and finally Darude.
Darude's career got started after slipping a demo cd to one of his idols, acclaimed Finnish dance producer Jaakko 'JS16' Salovaara who got interested in what he heard and signed Darude to his label 16 Inch Records and produced a track called 'Sandstorm' in co-operation with Ville.
'Sandstorm' went directly to #1 position on the Finnish Dance Chart and dominated that spot for 17 weeks. The song found its way to UK via Internet, was signed by Neo Records and in June 2000 Darude became the first Finnish artist ever to reach top 3 positions on the UK single chart.
'Sandstorm' sold platinum in Scandinavia and Ireland and gold in the UK and Germany. The worldwide sales of 'Sandstorm' is about 1,5 - 2 million units. The single was also the world's best selling 12" vinyl in 2000.
The second single 'Feel The Beat' went to #1 on the Finnish Dance Chart, the UK Club Chart, Mixology Dance Chart UK and the Australian Dance Chart. Altogether it conquered the Top3 in ten countries. Darude's debut album 'Before The Storm' sold double platinum in Finland and gold in Canada. The worldwide sales are about 600.000 - 800.000 units.
Darude's success around the world kept him on the road performing live for a total of nine months in 2001. In the spring of 2002 Darude finished his seven week Tour de Trance in the USA until taking some well deserved vacation.
By summer 2003 Darude had finished working on his second album 'Rush'. The first single from the album is simply entitled 'Music'. The track conquered the #1 position on the Finnish Singles Chart, the Finnish Dance Chart and for eg. on the Polish Dance Chart. The second single 'Next To You' followed its success by taking the #1 position on the Finnish Singles Chart on release. Both singles got supported by some of the biggest names in the dj world (Tiesto, Ferry Corsten...) and were play listed on several dance radio stations all over the world. Again after the album release Darude did a lot of live shows around the globe.
In addition to records, clubs and radios you can hear Darude's music in Hollywood movies, ('Ballistic, Ecks vs. Sever', 'Like Mike'), Playstation games, mobile ring tones and in big sports broadcasts like the Olympics and Ice Hockey World Championships.
In 2004 the world saw Darude taking another step in his career: In addition to the live performances he also started officially touring as a dj which quickly turned out to be something he really loves, too and now is a inseparable part of his career. His style is a mix of progressive and uplifting melodic trance but he's not too shy to throw in some tech, breaks and house flavor and occasionally even heavy metal samples. His energetic sets have clearly proven people that there's a lot more to Darude than his signature track Sandstorm since only after one year of spinning he was voted #97 on DJ Magazine's Top100 list
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Nu te poti supara pe el ca atrage cele mai frumoase femei in jurul sau si se starnesc adevarate petreceri cand apare undeva. Pana la urma este unul dintre cei mai buni artisti germani.
Succesul de top din intreaga lumea alaturi de aparitiile in cele mai tari cluburi au fost intotdeauna parte din cariera sa alaturi de activitatea de DJ radio si VJ.
Tom Novy s-a nascut pe 10 martie 1970. Prima piesa lansata a fost “I House You” in 1995 si a intrat direct in Top 10 German Dance Charts. Numai un an mai tarziu isi castiga reputatia internationala cu single-ul « Superstar » care urca pana pe pozitia 15 in topul german si ajunge pe primele locuri in alte 18 tari.
In 1998 lanseaza piesa “I Rock” ce devine in scurt timp un imn house. Piesa a stationat peste 20 de saptamani in top 100 airplay.
Albumul sau de debut, « My Definition », ajunge in magazine in 2001 si contine piesa oficiala a echipei Mercedes-Benz de formula 1, « Welcome to the race », featuring Lima.
Revenirea in topuri a avut loc la finalul anului 2005 cand piesa “Your Body” a spart clasamentele de club.
Muzica lui Tom Novy are si fani celebri, artisti ce i-au cerut sa le remixeze piesele. Printre acestia se numara 10cc, Backstreet Boys, Eric Morillo, Jimmy Sommerville, Sander Kleinenberg, Snap, Ludacris, Mousse T si Sonique.
Printre show-urile TV prezentate de Tom Novy se numara "Dance Floor Charts", "Streetlife", "Battle of DJ's" si”Nightlife" de la MTV, si "Mac Chart-Show" (2004) la Pro 7.
Mai mult decat atat, Tom continua sa-si mixeze propriul show radio saptamanal la Radio FFN si este gazda unei emisiuni la Radio Energy din Munchen, pe langa contributia pe care o are la Energy Mastermix – emisiune difuzata pe toate frecventele radio Energy. Site oficial: http://tomnovy.com
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