Sjoerd' interest
in housemusic starts in 1990. Friends are talking about this new style
of music. The first 'house' hits like 'Poing' and 'James Brown Is Dead'
rule his taperecorder. In the early days Sjoerd listens to the 'Turn Up
Da Bass' and the 'Technotrance' series, but in 1993 he discovers the first
hardcore compilation of the well-known Thunderdome cd-releases. From that
point hardcore was his favourite style. In 1995 Sjoerd visited a friend
who wanted to make him a mixed-tape. His parents were on a vacation, so
the guy brought his DJ-Booth downstairs and Sjoerd got really stunned
with this mixing thing. He loved it! From that day, he was sure that he
wanted to try to become a professional DJ himself. In the same year he
buys his first vinyl-record: Pulsingers Nacht, also known as: I'm A Raver
Baby, So Why Don't You Kill Me?
From 1995 to 1999 Sjoerd gets obsessed with buying records. He travels
through the whole country, looking for rare vinyl's, especially those
from the cd series that he listened to in the past. He saves every penny
from his pocketmoney and wage, to buy records and to purchase DJ-Gear.
He also starts to attend hardcore houseparties and gets exited with DJs
like: Stunned Guys, Paul Elstak, Neophyte, Buzz Fuzz and later on DJ Promo.
In these years Sjoerd invests in his DJ career. He sends mixed-tapes,
joins DJ contests, but all that doesn't get him on the stage where he
dreams of.
From 1999 Sjoerd changed his style of music. He is getting bored with
hardcore and a friend of him starts to play trance. Sjoerd listens to
some tracks of him and he really likes them! It were Art Of Trance - Madagascar
and Carte Blanche - Veracocha. In the recordstore Freaky, in Eindhoven
Sjoerd gets in contact with records from Mauro Picotto, Cosmic Gate and
later on, S.H.O.K.K., Flulicht, M.I.K.E and many others!. He likes these
sounds so much, that he quits buying hardcore and starts to buy to trance/
hardtrance vinyl's.
After reaching the final of a DJ-contest in club 'Scanners', Sjoerd meets
Maurice Pinkster. Maurice says to Sjoerd that he liked his set and that
he knew how he was involved with music. Maurice invites him to the AMP
studio to produce tracks. Sjoerd can not believe what he is hearing. He
never had producing ambitions, but from the moment he got in that studio,
he was instantly lost.
Last year, Sjoerd finished two tracks together with Maurice Pinkster and
he was very content with it. (released October 2003). The next step in
this very beginning of his career is to make his own studio at home. At
this time he's busy to be able to work with midi and professional producing
equipment,
Sjoerd still hopes that someday, he may attend a big party not as a visitor,
but as a DJ!