was already interested in music at a very young age, endlessly listening to radio programmes and DJ mixes. But it was not until the age of 19 that he started playing himself, mostly at local events and clubs. He then decided to move to Amsterdam and discovered the world of dance parties and festivals. After being off the DJ-map for a couple of years, he returned to the scene in 2012 under his current pseudonym DiSign.
Thyladomid is a German producer and DJ. He was born in Cologne into a musical family and began learning piano at the age of 5. His first impressions of club culture started in 2006, however, when he had the opp...
"I started with techno music from labels like Tresor, Kanzleramt, Müller. I think it was a little rebellious, because a lot of the kids listened to some more pop music and I wanted to be different. Now I think ...
Written by: Peter Dingemanse & Lex Van Aken
Part 2 of our epic BPM festival report continues right from where we left off in the first part.
Peter: Monday at Fusion was Maeve Rave time. Mark Flynn ak...
Last week the 8th edition of the BPM Festival was held in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Originally conceived as an event for people in the hospitality industry – BPM stood for Bartenders, Promoters, Managers – over...
Maybe you hadn't heard of the BPM Festival before, maybe you had but thought it wasn’t worth the trip to Mexico, or maybe you just couldn’t make it this year and need a reminder to clear your agenda for January...
The world’s most famous radio DJ flies in for a UK house event at this year’s BPM Festival in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Of course we are talking about Pete Tong, the Radio 1 host of the legendary Essential Mix ...
Berlin based label Life And Death kicks off the brand new year with a showcase at the BPM Festival in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The versatile imprint is known for bringing along DJ's who are not signed to the l...
The name Floris Groeneveld probably doesn’t ring a bell with most deep house followers. Nevertheless, Floris is an influential entity in the scene. As a booker for Apenkooi events he is responsible for the prog...
Last week it was time for the 19th edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event. More than 300.000 electronic music fans washed over Holland’s capital in search of their favourite DJ. Choosing from the list of over 450...
"I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason. Maybe l was sent here to make people smile and dance. I like the idea of that"
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian c...
When Manfredi Romano, better known as DJ Tennis, answers the Skype call, he sits in his Miami studio after just getting back from Hawaii. The short break had been a combination of business and pleasure, as he p...
"Records have such a short shelf life in the market nowadays, you need to get creative with keeping people interested beyond the first few weeks"
After performing live for over a decade in the underground hots...
Although technically not over yet, summer seemed far away in Amsterdam the last weeks of August. And even though I had my fair share of festivals over the last couple of months, I couldn’t think of a better des...
"Ok let’s face it, nobody reads DJ bio's, I don’t care to read anybody else's, so I don’t expect anybody to want to read mine. All I care about is true house music, I don't believe in genres, it is all house mu...
"Of course there is music she likes that I can't stand, and vice versa. Some years ago she was really into happy indie pop dance, and I was really into minimal, we spent maybe one year without a common ground"...