a.k.a Abject Real name: Barry Drooger A Dutch Hardstyle producer, started producing from the age of 11, together with his best mate Scope. Mostly trance, but from the age of 17 he started first producing hardstyle under the name of Drone. When he turned 18 in 2005, he changed his name into Abject, releasing one of the biggest hits together with Headhunterz: Scantraxx Rootz and End of my Existence. In 2007 he changed his name to "Frontliner".
Maximus is the alter ego of Yannick Uyttenhove, a belgian singer-songwriter. He released his debut album "Maximus" in 2008 and his new album "Mesmerize in March 2010. The first single of his new album is "One of us". http://www.myspace.com/maximusmusik or http://www.maximusmusic.be
Crypsis, who is also known as Grzegorz Luzynski, was born in Zielona Gora, in 1985. When he was 6, his parents decided to go to Holland, to Denekamp to be precise. As a kid, he always saw the dj's from then behind the wheels of steel. This made this much impression, that he wanted to stand there too. After alot of savings, he could afford his first DJ-Set. He bought alot of records, but at a point, he wanted more. So he started producing records himself.
A-lusion, Onne Witjes, has more than 10 years of experience in the harddance scene. His typical “A-lusion” hardstyle sounds already convinced thousands of hardstyle lovers throughout the world. A-lusion played on events such as Qlimax, Defqon 1, Q-base, InQontrol, Emporium, The Qontinent, Hardbass, Qlubtempo and X-Qlusive. He has dj-ed worldwide, in countries such as, Australia, Sweden, Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland, Poland, Belgium, Austria, Scotland, Germany and Denmark.
Noisecontrollers consists of 2 fulltime producers: Bas Oskam and Arjan Terpstra. Founded in 2005 both with a totally different musical background but with a great preference for Hardstyle (in every shape that is). Their First release was on DJS-Records called “Wanna Freak You” and their second release “Creatures” already on the big Fusion Records. In 2007 their popularity grew strong and they started to perform their live act (including their own MC.
There are at least 8 bands with this name.
Detox is a female fronted band from Beirut / Lebanon. They are the first punk band in that country, formed in '05 under a different name and a slightly different line up. They sing about toxication, the streets of Hamra, cops, militias and the wars, especially the war in '06 between israel and lebanon. Heavily influenced by bands like; Discharge, Motörhead, GBH, The Anti-Nowhere League, The Plasmatics.
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A Punk band from Los Angeles, USA consisting of :
DJ Coone is a pseudonym of Koen Bauweraerts (born 30th of May, 1983). A Belgian DJ, from the municipality of Turnhout. He started his career when he was 12 years old making music on his keyboard and had the feeling for making good riddles, and together with his friend Marijn Venmans he made his first single called "Protect The Innocent". After some live gigs he decided to focus more on DJing. His music is a style called jump, a subgenre of harddance.
Four working class lads - bursting with talent, enthusiasm and their very own brand of Rock n Roll - Try putting them into a category at your peril. With their varied sound and ability to slow it down or speed it up, The Revivals have all things Rock under one roof Perthshire based band The Revivals – Hutch, Dave, Stu and Skinner (two Scots men, an Englishman and an Ozzy) have built quite a following from a series of knock-out gigs around the country. Whilst making legendary tayside rock venue The Twa Tams there second home
DJ Stephanie, aka Stephy, is an upcoming hardstyle DJ from Italy. She was born as Stefania Alessi in Bassano del Grappa, a town in northern Italy. She inherited her passion for music from her father, who used to be a DJ and events organizer. Her career as an international DJ and producer started in 2006 as Stephy, working in the recording studios together with DJ Activator. Her first production, Sedona, became an international hit. In 2007, she performed at well known events like Defqon.1 and Reverze.