1992
The original Hajee started producing around the age of 16 when he got his first synthesizer. At that time he was living in a small village in the north of the Netherlands and it was hard to get in touch with non-main-stream music those days. Fortunately his father had a little TV-fetish so a satellite-receiver was installed and the first editions of MTV partyzone changed his life completely: Trip to Trumpton, Stakker Humanoid, Everybody in the Place, Sweet Harmony, FSOL and so on.

Once his producer skills got more evolved he joined forces with Riez. Together they explored their relatively simple equipment and a lot of Acid erupted from their fuzzy speakers. In 1993 a collaboration was made with another, more hardcore oriented duo called Pharcyde Terror. A small studio was created in the outskirts of the city called Steenwijk where Hajee got his first hand on a hardware sampler: Roland S-760. Meanwhile the first signs of Jungle had reached Hajee and Riez and after hearing Jonny L “I Want You” it became all clear: Jungle it will be.

1994
In 1994 Hajee and Riez started the band Time Convert! Whereas their first jungle tracks could be regarded as experimental projects to gain gear-experience (read: sampler experience) their later tracks became more and more grown-up DnB- productions. Intensive demo spamming and their ambition to trash the world with their sound resulted in their first gigs. Being one of the first Dutch live DnB acts, Time Convert! was asked to perform at the Noorderslag festival in Groningen in the Drum n Basement. Along with Theremin, Simm Alley, Drum Origins, Opex (Loes Lee band), Amp Error and DJs Dreaz, Chaos and Esther, Time Convert proved that the Dutch DnB scene was rocking as hell.

1997
After being support-act for the Urban Dance Squad, Time Convert! made it through the first rounds of “De Grote Prijs van Nederland” and in accompany of MC Cesar they made a devastating performance in Paradiso, Amsterdam during the final of “De Grote Prijs van Nederland”. Unfortunately they did not win, but since Amsterdam is de least DnB-area of Holland, they could cope with it very well. After this big adventure Riez and Hajee each went their own way.

1999
Hajee decided to finish his studies and started focusing on DJ-ing. It took him more than two years to grew over his Amen-addiction. At that time he only bought records that in some way contained the famous Amen-loop. His current criteria for good records can be regarded as well produced, atmospheric, deep and energetic. Some of his favorite artists are The Green Man, DJ Hidden, Silent Witness and Simon V.

2003
In 2003 Hajee started producing again with an EMU E6400 Ultra sampler and an old PC, running an even older version of Cubase. Slowly his bedroom-studio evolved to a satisfying home recording studio and very recently he switched to a new Digital Audio Workstation running Ableton Live. His style as a producer can be characterized by atmospheric sounds, saturated, although well controlled basses and smashing beats. He still has the ambition and the faith that someday he will produce that specific track that will change mankind forever!!!

Zinovia Arvanitidi was born in Athens, Greece and has been honing her music-composing skills from very early on by learning piano at the young age of 8 and further on by obtaining various diplomas in Classical Harmony, Counterpoint, Fugue, orchestration and music technology.

Since the completion of her musical studies she has been experimenting with electronic sounds, incorporating her influences in classical, electro, ambient, dub, neo-classical, jazz, and film scores into her own sound creations.

In 2012 Zinovia composed music in the collaborative album ‘Vanishing Mirror‘ under the moniker Pill-Oh which was released by the Singapore-based Kitchen.Label, and in 2013 she joined the Chicago-based label Tympanik Audio to present her solo album ‘The Gift Of Affliction”. A work consisting of beautiful, haunting melodies, ethereal vocals and warm, entrancing atmospheres, underlined by subtle beats, piano arrangements with the addition of melodica, which is constantly receiving remarkable reviews from people all over the world.

In the beginning of 2014 Zinovia joined the roster of Oticons film composer’s agency among the names of Rachel Portman, Shigeru Umebayashi,Jan A.P. Kaczmarek etc.

Zinovia has also written music for theatrical plays, short films and an animated feature film titled “From the Earth to the Moon” (based on the novel by Jules Verne) created by Angelos Spartalis, featuring two of the most significant composers / performers of Greece, Dionysis Savvopoulos and Psarandonis.

Her latest work is the soundtrack of the Russian mini TV series titled “Godfather ( Крестный )”, scheduled to be broadcasted within early 2015.

Julien Mier is a composer, instrumentalist, sound sculptor but in the first place an artist. He graduated from the School of Arts & Technology in Utrecht, The Netherlands. In his own words, he “combines found sounds with found objects to create a cascade of melodic, textural and rhythmic patterns. To use fragments which have no existence on itself, the composition is his instrument to blend pointless musical words in a meaningful way.”

Mier started his journey in 2009, with a release called „Have Courage, Funny Thing”. Followed up by a 12’’ record called “The Galaxy Twitch.”
August 2012 saw the release of acclaimed EP “When Will You Wake Up?”. Joined by a conceptual videoclip, filmed in Canada for the single “Watercolour Sky”.

Julien Mier enters 2013 with a release of yet another 12” record called “Jane’s Junkyard.” followed up by a remix EP of When Will You Wake Up with remixes by Robot Koch among others.

Mier has released on Mindtrick Records,Cascade, King Deluxe, Shipwrec, Lowriders Collective, Project Mooncircle, Schematic and Squelch & Clap.

Roel Funcken is a musician, DJ and producer from the Netherlands. He is one of two members of Funckarma – the other member is his brother Don Funcken. Roel Funcken has been releasing music since the late 90’ and on numerous labels off course Mindtrick Records,Schematic Records, Eat Concrete, Ad Noiseam, ShipWrec, Tympanik Audio and Combat Recordings to name a few. Last but not least on the Funckarma self-operated Funcken Industry record label.

I believe I have a unique vision on music in its pure form, an unrestrained funck. Structure in the sense of driving rhythms, freeform melodics layered over each other in complex structures.

Few facts about the origins of dubstep are widely accepted – but a few stand out in my mind as certainties. The fact that the sound originated from South London. The fact that the sound we know and love grew from the intersection of genres like dub/ reggae, grime and garage (to name a few) and the UK’s Jamaican soundsystem culture.

It’s the latter that strikes me as the most important when listening to three Dutch producers who make music under ‘The Illuminated’ moniker. Dyzz, Rebus and Vence’s music reminds me of the early days of dubstep – with inspiration drawn from the same places as the sound’s forefathers. The trio may have only been producing together for a few years, but they’re quick on their way to joining the likes of Noisia, Icicle, Proxima and TMSV as internationally known and respected Dutch bass music producers.

I’ve been working with the trio since hearing ‘Scavenger’, one of their first productions caught the attention of Skream and Benga on Radio 1. Support from other big names quickly followed with the likes of Joe Nice, who’s often quick to rewind many an Illuminated tune, Wheel & Deal’s N-Type and Biscuit Factory Records’ Walsh lining up to support The Illuminated’s music.

Mike Redman is a busy man. The renowned filmmaker, visual artist and record producer
keeps himself occupied at all times. While his recently well received ‘Voodoom’ project (a collaboration between Bong-Ra and Redman’s Deformer) is still hot out the oven, he already has a new project to his name: ‘The Travel’.
Redman introduced the audience to The Travel a few years ago when a track was featured
on the ‘Songs of charcoal’ compilation. Now a whole album will be released in September.
Where Redman usually arouses international crowds with Deformer’s electronic violence,
The Travel goes in depth with dark, at times oppressive and claustrophobic tracks with a
high content of movie soundtrack influence. A direct result is that some tracks are already
adopted by several American filmmakers. ‘Oppressive’ would make a great sub-genre for music like this. The tracks are musical fever dreams on transit and seem to struggle to stay on the right path. The album title is fitting:
Nyctophobia, which includes fear of darkness.
With The Travel, live instrumentation engages dialogue with Redman’s productional skills and ominous sound design thickened with ‘found sounds’. Nyctophobia generates images when you listen to it and takes you on a journey through darkness…
Equally striking is the stunning artwork created by legendary Grammy winner and founder of Living Colour, Vernon Reid.

L_own wanted to hide his true identity from the world even we don`t know exactly who he is and in this case it`s better to just enjoy the music in it`s pure form.

Suboctane hailing from Krasnoyarsk, Siberia is producer Roman Boo which already released 2 Ep`s on Astralique Records and Paralyzed Records before he started to work on his full length album.
This album “Underground Traffic” is the definite turning point of his musical career.
The album consists of 14 tracks and takes you on a journey of underground traffic from dusty rail stations, through subway networks and deserted city’s.
It exhibits a dark yet airy approach to beat-driven electronic music, injecting each song with an unmistakable groove and flow. Striking atmospheric breakdowns facilitate transitions among the infectious beat movements, while subtle glitches and echoing snares accentuate the overall flow of each song.
The best Russian marriage between dubstep and garage in ages!

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