Op zaterdag 13 augustus vindt de eerste editie van het Technootjes Festival plaats op industrieterrein Euvelgunne in Groningen. Vanaf twaalf uur ’s middags zullen verdeeld over drie podia, nationale én internationale acts het publiek trakteren op House, Techno, Techhouse, Deephouse en Elektronica. Het merendeel van de kaarten is reeds verkocht. De verwachting is dan ook dat het festival uitverkocht zal raken.
Na ruim tien succesvolle jaren in de Groningse Simplon heeft Technootjes, dé Techno-avond van Noord-Nederland, eindelijk haar eigen langverwachte festival. Een industriële loods nabij een grote staalfabriek en scheepshaven biedt deze zomer de ideale omlijsting voor dit festival van formaat. Met een klinkende line-up en industrieel thema zet dit gloednieuwe festival een grote stap in de vooruitgang van de al zo springlevende dance-scene in Groningen.
De line up is er één om trots op te zijn en presenteert een breed indoor en outdoor programma met, lokale, nationale en internationale acts. Van House tot Techno, van Techhouse en Deephouse tot Elektronica. Op de Main Stage staan de drie, uit Duitsland afkomstige headliners Tobi Neumann, Nick Curly en Sascha Funke. Deze drie meesters in het genre hebben hun sporen ruimschoots verdiend met talloze releases op labels als Cocoon en Bpitch Control. De Trouw Stage, waar de residents van deze toonaangevende Amsterdamse club Olaf, 360 (Nuno dos Santos en Patrice Baumel) en Melon staan geprogrammeerd, laten hun visie op de muziek van nu horen. Paradigm host de derde stage met D.I.K., een samenwerking tussen Dance Agency Groningen, Influenza en het Klopfgeist label. Een ijzersterk programma met ruim 30 acts die de kwaliteitgarantie biedt zoals trouwe bezoekers die al tien jaar van Technootjes gewend zijn.
Nick Curly can look back on an enthralling two year spell where his package of killer productions, red-hot record labels and captivating DJ sets have combined to make him one of the most talked about artists to arrive on to the underground scene.
This summer, he takes his career to a new level when he launches his DJ residency at Space Ibiza and provides one of the mixes in the latest instalment of the iconic ‘Cocoon Ibiza Summer’ compilation series, alongside Marco Carola.
Producing records since 2005 and, at that time, only a well known name in Germany’s Rhein-Ruhr area, Nick’s early releases on murmur, Supernature, 8 bit and Plastic City laid the groundwork and lit the fuse in the mid 00’s, before subsequent tracks like ‘Pujante’ (Cocoon), and the Cecille releases ‘Stuntman’ and ‘Dubnoise’ saw Nick explode out of the domestic German scene and on to the worldwide stage for the first time. The big names were not slow to identify his talent and hugely well received remixes soon followed on Get Physical, Liebe*Detail, Mobilee and Saved.
As a creator of taste, Nick has taken his Cecille and Cecille Numbers labels, that he run together with Marc Scholl, into the stratosphere since their inception, delivering one dancefloor smash 12” after another and, in the process, helped launch the careers of acts such as Markus Fix, SIS, Robert Dietz and Alex Celler. More recently, his work together with partner Gorge on his ‘other’ label 8 Bit Records has consistently been hitting the highest heights and Nick now finds himself in the enviable position of having three of the top 20 charted labels on Resident Advisor’s esteemed DJ charts each month.
Music has always played a major part in Tobi Neumanns life - from day one. Born and raised in Vienna (Austria) and Munich (Germany), he grew up surrounded by classical music and soon went on to experiment with the piano and guitar he was meant to learn. Moonlighting in a number of bands, his interests shifted to pop music and studio technology; later on, he delved into the tricks of the trade as part of a four-year sound engineering course. Ever since the early 1990s, Neumann has been flexing his creative muscles as a freelance sound engineer for movie and TV productions while building up his own sound studios to record and mix bands. Together with his friends and fellow band members Peter Horn and Martin Probst he went on to write and produce film and advertising soundtracks, strongly influenced by electronic sounds and rhythms, such as Brian Enos epic, expansive oeuvre.
For Tobi Neumann, 1996 proved to be a turning point. At his first ever Berlin Love Parade, he had an epiphany. Immediately hooked on House, Techno and club culture, he went out to buy decks, a mixing desk and a stack of 12-inches, determined to become a DJ. Influenced and inspired by the intensity and immediacy of playing and mixing live, he followed a monthly residency at Munichs Muffathalle (1997) with Flokati, his own weekly spot at the citys legendary Techno club Ultraschall (from 1998). A perennial club scene favourite and Munichs most successful Underground House night for many years running, his nights attracted special guests like Ata, Steve Bug, Luke Solomon, Karotte, Hans Nieswandt, Chez Damier and countless of other luminaries. At the same time, Flokati served as the best possible proving ground for Tobi Neumann - here, he could fine-tune his own sense and feel of the clubs moods and flavours, a skill no self-respecting DJ or promoter could do without. Simultaneously, he was a founding member and producer of art/sound hybrid Chicks on Speed, adding his unique touch to full-blown hits like Eurotrash Girl or Kaltes Klares Wasser. As part of Glove, a production team also featuring fellow producer and musician Thies Mynther, he crafted countless of remixed for a. o. Egoexpress, Ladytron and Cocoons surprise hit Drogenkontrolle, produced a number of albums (Miss Kittin, Chicks on Speed) and a 12" on Playhouse. In 2001, Neumann moved to Berlin where a new flat, new studio and plenty of new friends were already waiting.
Inspired by Berlin and Frankfurts music and club scenes, Tobi Neumann began to focus more and more on his DJ career. In 2002, he joined Sven Väths artist agency Cocoon, following regular back-to-back sets with Ricardo Villalobos and residencies at the Cocoon nights in Frankfurt and Ibiza (since 2001). After a string of chart and dance hits, further film and advertising soundtrack productions and many remixes and productions for other artists (see discography), in 2004 Neumann decided to turn his back on the studio to tour the world as a DJ for a full three years. His current residencies include Robert Johnson (Offenbach), Weekend and Watergate in Berlin, Cocoon @ Amnesia (Ibiza) and Fabric in London. Besides regular sets in Europes metropoles and at all the name festivals, his sets have taken Neumann as far as Japan and to almost every corner of North and South America.
A kind of techno that sways between the polarity of emotional overload and concrete rationale – hence immediacy, is what Sascha Funke is all about.
1989 Sascha listens to a lot of euro-dance-pop as a twelve year-old. His first purchased record after the fall of the wall was "Technotronic Mega Mix".
1990-1992 His first contact with techno and house is thanks to Marusha's radio show 'Rave Satellite'. Sascha buys his first techno record 'The Seawolf' (Underground Resistance).
1993/94 He visits the legendary Berlin club Walfisch for the first time as a raver. He organizes parties in youth clubs in the East Berlin section Lichtenberg and thus encounters his first DJ experiences with trance.
1995/96 Sascha goes out with passion and visits clubs like E-werk and Matrix.
1997 Sascha begins his DJ career in berlin clubs like Discount or So36.
1998 He attempts first steps as a producer with borrowed equipment and the help of his soon to-be label partner Paul Kalkbrenner in their collective studio.
1999 Sascha leaves his old studio and runs a new studio with Joker Daan in the side rooms of the Berlin club Casino.
2000 Sascha's musical home becomes Bpitch Control. He DJs at the Ostgut, WMF, Maria and Tresor and releases on Kompakt.
2001 He does some fun remixes for mitte karaoke and an internship at the newspaper de-bug. Further solo releases.
2002 Bpitch control 'gemeinsam-tour 2002' and works on his first album.
2003 Releases his debut-album 'Bravo' in September. Goes on Bravo tour around the world. As a member of the Bpitch soccer team he plays in the magnet mitte soccer cup but the team drop out in the preliminary round. Best Party: Bpitch New Year's Eve at Maria in Berlin
2004 Plays in the magnet mitte soccer cup but the team drops out in the preliminary round semi final. Does more remixes for Alexander Kowalski and Kompakt 100. Best party: WMF summer camp and Melt
2005 Doesn't play in the magnet mitte soccer cup due to an injury. Does remixes for ada and anja schneider. Having got over his fear of flying, he starts working for the online Bpitch shop. Best party: WMF summer camp and sonar
2006 Moves his studio back into the Bpitch house. Compiles the second “Boogy Bytes” mix CD. Currently working on his new album and looking forward to the World Cup!
2000 K.Cee started up the project Kreislauf together with Mischa. Other projects they handle are K.Cee and Vips on Keys.
2000 K.Cee was approached by ID&T to perform on the big Shockers-event in April 2001, later on followed by other ID&T party’s and Awakenings.
2001 Another strike @ Shockers and other "mega" events. Although those party’s were intended for a “big” audience K.Cee always played non bullshit techno for open minded people, be it minimal, trashy or funky. (Let's call it techno).
2001 - 2003 A number of compilations were compiled and / or mixed by K.Cee, and also a number of records were released.(More @ discography).
2001 - till now – resident DJ of the Technootjes founded by DJ Miquel in 2001 www.technootjes.nl
2003 - 2004 The most recent compilation was released in January 2004 and besides mixed, fully compiled by K.Cee. More info about releases / mixes you'll find in the section discography.
2004 – till now – resident DJ of Tomorrow founded www.tomorrow.nu
2006 - Heading up for new music and new ideas
1985 is volgens de Chinese kalender het jaar van de buffel.
Maar daar had deze leeuw geen boodschap aan. Al sinds 1985 produceert deze rode man geluid in zulke hoge frequenties dat alleen de puurste puristen hiervan kunnen genieten.
De naam Hoge Toon was geboren.
Al zijn lichtjaren vooruit voelde deze man zich vaak niet begrepen. Daarom heeft zijn zoektocht naar geluk hem naar allerlei vreemde plekken doen waaien. Hij is werkzaam geweest als full time ‘Alexi Lalas’ look a like, Bass gespeeld in de band van Simply Red. Hij was de man die de tekst heeft geschreven voor de wereldhit: “big girls dont cry”. Als back up vocalist van Redman heeft hij zeker furore gemaakt maar toch voelde de man met de rode genotsknot toch dat er iets miste in zijn leven.
Zijn zoektocht ging langs hoge, lage en nog diepere tonen. Alle hoeken van het wereldwijde web werd door deze man die het woord “smoothness” een andere dimensie heeft gegeven afgezocht. Elke deephouse, house en techhouse plaat is een prooi voor deze brullende leeuw die ze dan deelt met zijn welpen. En dit doet hij maar allemaal maar voor 1 ding: de liefde voor muziek.
Hoge Toon oftwel Dr. Anders Youtube heeft met zijn kanaal al veel mensen weten te betoveren en dan vooral diegene met een grote liefde voor elektronische klanken. Mensen vanuit de hele wereld volgen de tonen die de Hoge online knalt.
Net uit de luiers en nu al verschillende zalen (Pand 48, Simplon, Huize Maas) in Groningen opgewarmd of genadeloos afgeslacht voor of na artiesten als 2000 and one, Lutzenkirchen, Joris Voorn, Ramon Tapia, Gavin Herlihy en Peter Horrevorts om er maar een paar te noemen. Het moge duidelijk zijn dat de Hoge is geboren om achter de decks te staan.
Op het moment heeft de Hoge zijn agenda propvol staan en is een graag geziene gast, ook buiten Grun. Zo heeft Toon zijn visitekaartje al afgegeven in onder andere Amsterdam (Studio 80), Rotterdam (Catwalk), Utrecht (Club Poema), Arnhem (New Dutch School), en Leeuwarden (Doozo).
Hoge Toon kent maar een lijn: en dat is de lijn recht naar boven. Elke set die hij weggeeft zorgt voor schone dansvloeren want alle voetjes zijn geheid van de vloer.
Verder zijn zijn hobby’s: fotografie, de turbo poliep en puzzelen. En misschien ben jij wel zijn ontbrekende stukje.
DJ Miguel was born in 1975 in Groningen and started at the age of 11 with electronical music. He discovered his love for the music by listening to radiostations that started to play more and more house music. After visiting a House party in Groningen at the age off 14, he already knew that he wanted to do with the music himself.
The first record he bought in 1992 was the start for an addiction and in a short time he had his first performance in a club, followed by a few performances at local party's. His style back then was groovy and funky dance-music. In all those years he never developed further with his music because he also wanted to study to become a medical researchanalist.
In the year 1999, he met dj K.Cee at a local party in Groningen. It was K.Cee who introduced him to techno-music. After visiting party's and festivals almost every weekend, Miguel really new what he wanted to do with his music. He developed his style from dance, techno to minmal techno.
In 2001 Miguel started with Technootjes and this event was right from the beginning a success. Artists like Paul Brtschitsch, Andre Galluzzi, Tobi Neumann, Luciano, Reinhart Voigt, John Tejada, Stewart Walker, Koze, Superpitcher, ADA, Ricardo Villalobos, Matthew Dear, Dinky, Troy Pierce, LoSoul and many more came to play at this party!
The last couple of years Miguel played more and more on local party's. Miguel played with e.g. Troy Pierce, John Tejada, Matthew Dear, Stewart Walker, Joris Voorn and Bart Skils. In 2004 he was playing at Traffic and on a edition of Technootjes with Ricardo Villalobos
Rik started playing records around 2001, first he was more into the pounding and harder side of techno. Influenced by Ricardo Villalobos he discovered the more housey and deeper tunes. Nowadays he likes to play old gems together with brand new stuff and he is always searching for undiscovered bombs. Rik is a big fan of longer sets, especially in the morning hours. That’s why Rik has earned his credits as the organizer of the well-known Voltt after parties in the Supperclub. Those who have been there know the crazy mornings at numerous locations in Amsterdam.
Swing, swing, swing, is all we can do when Rik gets in control behind the decks. He should be seen as an artist who understands the new direction of house and how it can be used to create a good and outgoing atmosphere on the dance floor. Rik is busy learning the tricks of producing music. So hopefully in the future we will hear his tunes on the dancefloor.
Malbetrieb, in real life better known as Niels Schilder, is a busy man. Not only is he a DJ and a producer. He also is one of the key members of the Klopfgeist crew. A true workaholic blessed with some amazing ‘on the fly’ producing skills, which made him to become one of the most talented and wanted artists of Klopfgeist.
Cutting his first tapes at the age of ten, and organizing his first party at the age of fourteen – ‘We were too young to visit the regular house events, so what do you do? You start your own!’ – Niels grew out to be one of the most promising and innovative artists from Friesland; a province in the north of Holland, which proves to be a fertile ground for techno, minimal and tech-house producers. Andreas Bergmann, Olene Kadar, Conforce and Delta Funktionen, they all started out in Friesland.
Bored by playing other peoples tracks Niels decides to put his DJ career on hold, after leaving the scene for a couple of years Niels returns in 2002 but this time he also starts producing his own material. A Korg MS20, a grating and murmuring Siel Synt and Fasttracker is all he uses to lift his career as a producer. A young and growing label from Leeuwarden starts to show some interests in his productions. Schilder signs at Klopfgeist and soon turns his DJ name into Malbetrieb, which is German for painter and also a variation on his last name in Dutch.
Inspired at a young age by acts such as The Orb, Alan Parsons Project and The Synthesizer Greatest serie, his sound is best to be described as warm, deep, electronic yet emotional but raw. Ranging from ambient to techno, back to oldschool house.
When an 8 year old kid asks for a drum machine and Atari 500 computer with the intention of starting his own band, you know his future does not lie anywhere but in music. Introducing: Jeroen Hofer aka Melon. Not your average human being. Something that becomes obvious the second he enters the room – a beaming, larger than life personality that cannot possibly be ignored. Flair and charisma have never hurt anyone in this business.
Melon is a natural artist, a DJ’s DJ who has managed to gain residencies and regular bookings at some of the world’s finest clubs purely by being great at spinning records, such as Fabric, Robert Johnson or Panorama Bar. His awesome record collection, spanning three decades of dance music, is the base for a unique sound that is always a few steps ahead of the game. Timeless, muscular house in all its glory and variety which can be witnessed at his monthly “Ratio?” residency at Trouw.
Over the last few years, Melon has managed to create a high production profile. “Nitzi” on Innervisions and “Spring” on his own “Ratiomusic?” imprint are incredibly subtle and timeless masterpieces, while his work under his Je Dàvu moniker, such as his infamous re-edit of INXS’s “I Need You Tonight” and “I Zebra” on Platzhirsch, showcases a more rocking side of his repertoire.
Love for music has been at the heart of everything Olaf Boswijk has been involved in since he finished the SAE (School for Audio Engineering) in 1999 and landed a job at the Dutch national radiostation New Dance Radio. After the station was bought by ID&T and changed it’s name to Slam!FM and later ID&T Radio, Boswijk was promoted to stationmanager, helping to establish ID&T Radio as the main source of dance music on national radio.
In 2003, feeling the need for fresh inspiration, Boswijk left ID&T to start his own company grand_theft_audio, with which he now organises Dutch events and party’s for labels as Naked Music, Inspirit, Compost, Freerange as well as Welcome to the future and his own monthly Red Hot-events in club NL. But grand_theft_audio is at the heart of many more of Olaf’s activities. He’s a freelance music journalist for ID&T Release, in charge of press & communications for restaurant_bar_club 11 as well as one of the Dutch representatives for the Red Bull Music Academy.
In 2004 he teamed up with Gert van Veen, as producer and host of the weekly Welcome to the future radioshow, which presented the newest electronic music, a weekly album chart and interviews with international DJ’s, producers and promotors. Their succesful radioshow is now taken to the next level with a weekly live internet broadcast from Studio 80, a brand new venue in the heart of Amsterdam experimenting with new music and internet.
As a DJ, Olaf has been keeping a low profile for years. His DJ-team Soul Control (with Jobbe Strobosch) used to be one of the best kept secrets of the Amsterdam deep house-scene. This all changed last year when he started to build a solid name as one of the upcoming DJ talents of Amsterdam, with an eclectic mix of leftfield (deep) house, minimal techno and electro, playing amongs others Winkel van Sinkel, Paradiso, Supperclub, Vaaghuyzen, Vega in Copenhagen (alongside TrentemØller and T.O.M.) and with festivals as Free Your Mind and Rockit Open Air coming up this summer. Olaf is resident in Club NL (Red Hot with Max 404) and Studio 80, where he’s not only radio-DJ but also has a weekly spot in the Welcome to the future clubnight.
360 Soundsystem exists through the following dj’s:
NUNO DOS SANTOS TJ Kong’s and his new release on Compost Black Label featuring Robert Owens is on its way. His openminded and emotional dj sets made him one of the most popular djs in The Netherlands. 360 Resident and member of 360 Soundsystem. More.
PATRICE BÃUMEL Well-known for his releases on Trapez Records. Watch out for fresh material on MBF. A warm and smooth dj and producer and other half of 360 Soundsystem. Also 360 Resident. More.
From an early age Freek Wigbold, aka Freak Strano, came into contact with the phenomenon that is house. Partially by his musical background (trumpet and piano), he had an interest in how these house tracks came to be. This interest let him to create a sound which is best specified as a euphoric blend of musicality and depth.
What all started with simple producing programs such as Ejay and Music Maker has now become a ‘professional hobby’ with a summer 2009 release on Noir Music. The track ‘My friend is a cloud’ is a co-production of Sebastian Davidson and Freak Strano and has been a positive boost to some more releases on the dutch "Klopfgeist" label (such as 'Buttefly Effect' and 'The Escape'). As one of Groningen’s regularly seen DJ’s, Freak Strano is now known for his melancholic sound which varies from deephouse to hints of progressive with a profound emphasis on organic sounds.
So, is Freek Wigbold a techno DJ trapped in a deep house DJ's body? Maybe so, but once you get over the initial shock of this melancholic producer playing such physical cuts, you've given into the jacking impulse enough to realize that Freak Strano's productions and his favorite tracks to spin are both deeply emotional and full on physical. One's just a bit better for partying—something that Freek knows well.
Riso, born in Nijmegen, started playing records at his friends parties when he was still young. When he moved to Groningen for his study, he started playing at local parties. But since he was the winner of a local dj contest, he became more famous in the scene.
Nowadays Riso is playing Disco, House and Techno music. He can look back on performances at Cocoon, Technootjes, Planet Rose, Drift, Simplon, Tomorrow, Schmoov, Casa, Te Smerig, Stiletto, Weekbreek, Progressive City, Beatsball festival, Treats and many many more.. He is also busy with producing his own records, and organizing parties ('Housewarming').
Riso is a resident dj from Pand48.
Why this name? Listen to the story.!!
In the town where Douwe Ykema was born and where he grow up they called hem “een hippe, aparte vogel” (strange and hippy bird). He always did things different dan others. He did the things on his own way. A dodo bird is also a very strange bird. It’s a bird but he could not fly and he looked a little bit strange. This dodo bird saw no danger en did not fear people and other animals. He lived in peace.
With his music Douwe Ykema tries to make you feel free and to follow your heart. in peace and harmony with others. You don’t have to fear, you just have to live your life the way you like.. No mather what other people say of think.
His love for music startend when he was 8 years old. While hearing music he changed treble and bass for a different sound. Later on he invented new parts by playing drums and djembé. At het age of 21 he bought his first sl 1200 and after a while a cdj 1000. Now he was ready to make real music.
Drift away with his music from chill to techno and every thing in between. Feel the deepness and dance on the rhythm of live percussion he adds or relax when chill music comes.
Douwe Ykema makes his music and live percussion with love and deepness so you can feel it in your body and mind.
Lose your mind and GO!
Navar, whose civic name is Eelko Wijnja can be best described as a real “studio Junky”. At the age of only 13, this youngster from Friesland discovered Fruityloops (FL studio) and since that, music makes a big part of his life.
Navar is inspired by a broad range of different genres. This is also reflected in his music. His music can be best described as deep, melodic and definitely danceable. His last releases on ‘’Klopfgeist’’ get support from artists such as Pole Folder, Eelke Kleijn, Fransesco Pico and many more.
Recently his track “Verbeeldingskracht” (Faculty of imagination) was released which precisely approved his imagination and creativity. With an exciting remix from the well-known “king of house” Boris Werner” Navar definitely made it into the picture!
However, his daily life as a cook and producer makes a good combination. Nevertheless, we assume that his toque will be replaced soon by headphones. Navar is standing at the beginning of his musically journey without an end in sight…
Neo Young was born in The Netherlands on the 23rd of July. This tough Lion is involved in the electronic music scene for 19 years already. The well-known Klopfgeist label was founded in 2007 by him. Nowadays he concentrates on organizing events for the Klopfgeist label and doing as much gigs as possible. He played at several well-known clubs in Holland, Berlin and Napoli, and there's a lot more to come! His style can be described as uplifting and energetic with a touch of deepness, which will make the people go crazy on the dance-floor!
Camiel Daamen began his journey through electronic music around 1998 when he started producing and dj’ing. He performed at venues in Holland and abroad. One of Camiels first international gigs was in Poland, where he played the Sunrise festival as Da-Milio. He also played at Club Ekwador in Poznan, Poland a few times. These gigs offered a good experience for him to develop his housey, tech-house sound.
In the last few years Camiel Daamen has released quite some records on different labels. He's been producing for over a decade now and has released tracks on Method Records, Atlant, Cloud 9, Surge, Galvanic, Outside the Box, Hertz Music, Klopfgeist and PiekUp Records.
Camiel made a fresh start when he performed at Minimal Fabric (Club Home,) and Club Krang (Flex Bar) in Amsterdam in early 2009 with sets containing only his own productions. He signed records and remixes on Surge Digital (USA), Magnitude Records (NL) and Atlant Digital (France) to get his new music out into the world. His "For Fleuro EP" on Magnitude reached nr. 4 in the progressive house chart and "Back to the start" on Surge got listed in the deephouse top 100 chart on Beatport. He also signed a few records at Hertzmusic, including a remix for Ante Perry’s Tasty which was released around September 2009. Daredo Music also signed his music for a release on Galvanic. The Last Ride EP did really well in all the charts and the track The Last Ride even reached nr. 29 in the Dutch Techno Top 40 of 2009.
2010 had even more success in store for Camiel with releases on Soulman, Hertzlich, PiekUp and support by Loco Dice, Brothers Vive, 2000 and One and Sandy Huner to name just a few. He also began hosting his own radio show at the Redbull Music Academy, named Digi Soul Radio. The show consists of the latest news in the deep-house/house world and a guest mix by a well known Amsterdam based artist.
Camiel has played at Stubnitz, Studio 80, TWSTd QNSNGHT, Rockit Open Air Festival, Have a Nice Day Festival, Outdoor Stereo Festival, Catwalk Rotterdam, Winkel van Sinkel, 365 Live Radio, Decibel Radio, Proton Radio and many, many more.
Have you ever heard the tail of the friendly bald DJ that lives up in the North of Holland?... Then you must have heard about Andreas Bergmann. Andreas is mixing for 15 years now, and for the the last five years he played under his alias Andreas Bergmann. Andreas has an Interresting career so far. He played on the biggest festivals and clubs in Holland and has played in several countrys like Italy, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Turkey. Leeuwarden (Holland) is his homebase for the music.
Together with some close friends Andreas started a party organization in 2004 named 'Arthouse'. This organization concentrates on deephouse, techhouse and techno. Or as we say it: 'Cutting Edge House Music'. The monthly Nights at Doozo (Leeuwarden) are not only popular for the music but even more for the ambience arthouse creates. That's why DJ's like Lauhaus, Nuno dos Santos, Michel de Hey and Remy love to come and spin the wheels. To bring his productions skills to the next level, Andreas locked himself up in the studio for some time. This resulted in a more techy, yet deep sound.
In 2007 he joined the label Klopfgeist (www.klopfgeist.com). He released a number of tracks like: 'I Want To Buy A Dog (including a Lauhaus Remix), 'Slippery When Wet' and 'I Will Only Say This Once'. The last EP he released on Klopfgeist was 'The Big Hangover' and was a big hit! Support by 'Richie Hawtin', 'Mihalis Safras', 'Behrouz', 'Troy Pierce' and many more, but there is much more to be released on Klopfgeist in 2011. So keep your ears and eyes open, Andreas Bergmann is one to watch!
At the age of 15 Milan was introduced to genres in music called House and Techno. Intrigued by these innovative sounds from Chicago and Detroit, he became aware of a profound passion for electronic music. Now, almost ten years later, Milan’s entire life revolves around dance music and event organisation.
His music career started to take shape in 2006, when Milan enrolled to study at the Academy for Popculture. Shortly after, he founded the events organization “Eye Nexus” and provided the city of Groningen with an innovative event platform for creative students, and artists from the northern provences of the Netherlands.
During the following years, Eye Nexus succesfully launched the “Our World” concept, an event held aboard a renovated cargo vessel, and the “BeatsBall Festival” at the Groningen City Beach. Early 2010 Milan also launched the Eye Nexus broadcast concept, with a weekly radioshow on XT3 Techno radio, and live video and radio broadcasts from all over the Netherlands. Besides being an organiser, Milan also made a name for himself as a DJ, with a residency at Pand48 and recently signing at DAG Booking. Having a packed schedule, one might say Groningen has become a base of operations for this talented entrepeneur.
So what to expect during his DJ sets? Deep, warm, pounding grooves, tailormade to the venue where he is playing. Be it a sunny beach in Greece, a city rooftop bar, or an underground club, he knows how to match his sound to the occasion.
Sigward; de Intelligentie druipt letterlijk van deze Haagse nuerd zijn sound af, eigenwijs als hij is propt hij het liefst 50 uur studio tijd in 1 middag en exporteert hij motherloads aan veelzijdigge perfectie om naar 320kbps mp3 files. Dat deze door menig dj goed worden ontvangen en worden grijs gedraaid doet hem niet zo veel...
Dat siert de man ook. Deze alleskunner maakt gewoon waar hij zin in heeft..en dit doet hij omdat hij dat op dat moment wil en niet perse omdat het goed ontvangen moet worden.. Mischien is het wel daarom dat je aangenaam verrast word elke keer als je Sigward hoort!
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Jelle Kuipers is a Rotterdam based electronic music producer and live-act, also known under the moniker Plan d'Aqua.
This friendly guy from the north of Holland is born with music. On the age of four he used his mothers kitchen utensils as percussion. A few years later he became a member of the local drumfire. He invented and wrote his own rhythms and recorderded them.
When Hesz, real name Hessel, turned 14, he came in contact with housemusic for the first time. Thanks to a track of Robert Miles, called Childeren, he definitely became interested into house music. In this period Hesz did spend a lot of time in record stores, searching for proper vinyl records. He became a shopaholic. He bought a lot trance and techno records, till he found a record store in Amsterdam where he discovered his second nature: Progressive. Nowadays you can still hear some progressive influences when Hesz is playing behind the decks. Hesz has his own sound, which is known for spherically and musicality. In the last few years Hessel played in some very intresting venues throughout Holland and abroad. Places like Studio 80, Stubnitz, Club M.I.K.Z. en Doornroosje are only just to name a few.
Hessel is also one of the founders of Arthouse, which was founded in 2004. Arthouse is an organisation which focuses on events with deephouse, techhouse en techno as thread. A lot of (inter)national artists like Anja Schneider, Lauhaus, Michel de Hey, Remy and Nuno Dos Santos has performed on Arthouse-events. Recently Arthouse has joined forces with quality music label Klopfgeist..
Besides organising events, Hesz now focuses more time on his production and dj career. Everyting he did archieve in the past few years is just the start of what we can expect from this talented Dutchman.
In 2010 door Estroe genoemd als aanstormend talent.
De eerste labelrelease is onderweg + internationale boeking.
Pand48, 013, Nox, club Fifties, Stroomhuisje, Catwalk, Technootjes Festival etc.
Eigen producties: ‘When I make music I always have an emotion or a sort of story in my mind that I like to express. My music is really an exaust valve for me.
Melodies are working for me, you can float around with them and there to remember’
Hyde Park staat voor knipperendelichtjes tovenarij, en gaat dmv van zijn tovermachines op zoek naar verknipte spacehop, idm, drum n bass en house..
Jay Christian (Jaap Kersten, 1982) ontdekt op 16 jarige leeftijd de dance door het radioprogramma New Dance Radio. Pas in 2005 begint hij zelf met dj-en. In datzelfde jaar doet hij mee met een lokale dj-competitie en wordt tweede. In de daarop volgende jaren ontwikkelt Jay steeds meer zijn eigen stijl.
“Ik draai het liefst stevige tech-house en techno. Echte ''recht-toe-recht-aan'' muziek. Mijn muziek is ontzettend dansvloer-gericht. Het moet absoluut lekker doorrollen maar de details in het hoog & melodieën mogen niet vergeten worden! Belangrijkste optredens “Natuurlijk de Cast DJ Contest die ik op mijn naam heb geschreven. Daarnaast heb ik gedraaid met artiesten als Max Cooper, Marc Romboy, Lauhaus, Eric de Man, Nuno Dos Santos en Michel de Hey. De editie van Prikkeldraad met Julien Chaptal staat me ook nog goed bij. En natuurlijk het Beatsball Festival op Strand Euroborg.”
Indien zoekende naar house en een drang om rollende beats om de oren te hebben vliegen, ben je bij Massier aan het juiste adres. Met een residentie in het Groningse Pand48weet deze jonge Groninger elke keer weer de zaal in beweging te krijgen en bij iedereen een glimlach op het gezicht te toveren. Melodieus, oldschool, funky, pompend en vooral dynamisch is de muziek van Massier waarbij stilstaan niet ter sprake is.
From 2000 on, Arwin Lee has sporadically appeared on several radar scopes in the dutch techno scene. As of 2007 he has gained several residencies in the northern provinces of the Netherlands. Since 2009, he is the co-founder and co-host of the concepts "Prikkeldraad" and "A Night With..." in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Arwin Lee has always stretched his conception of music by implementing modern technology with equally modern trends in minimal techno music. This results in dynamic and somewhat abstract dj sets which truly try to find the limit of what is possible and of what your imagination can comprehend. You can always expect it deep and loud with Arwin Lee.
Trein
Treinreizigers uit alle richtingen kunnen op Groningen CS uitstappen en vervolgens de bus richting het festivalterrein nemen.
Vanaf Groningen CS rijdt ook drie keer per uur een trein richting Veendam of Leer. Als je uitstapt bij station Groningen Europapark, is het vanaf hier nog ongeveer 20 minuten lopen naar het festivalterrein.
Bus
Vanaf Groningen CS rijdt vijf keer per uur de P+R Citybus 22 door het centrum richting het festivalterrein. Opstappen is dus zowel op CS als bij verschillende haltes in het centrum mogelijk. Als je bij de halte IKEA uitstapt, loop je onder de IKEA door en is het ongeveer 10 minuten lopen naar het festivalterrein.
Vanaf Groningen CS rijdt twee keer per uur lijn 8 (van Hoogkerk naar Station Noord) richting het festivalterrein. Als je bij de halte Lübeckweg/Europaweg uitstapt, is het vanaf hier nog ongeveer 10 minuten lopen naar het festivalterrein.
Vanaf Groningen CS rijdt één keer per uur lijn 73 (van Groningen naar Emmen) richting het festivalterrein. Als je bij de halte Stockholmstraat uitstapt, is het vanaf hier nog ongeveer 5 minuten lopen naar het festivalterrein.
Er is in de buurt van het festivalterrein genoeg parkeergelegenheid.
Recht tegenover het terrein kan er geparkeerd worden onder de Beneluxweg. Als deze parkeerplaats vol staat kan je je auto kwijt bij parkeerterrein P3 aan de Bornholmstraat. Vanaf hier is het vijf minuten lopen, de weg naar het festivalterrein staat duidelijk aangegeven.
Beide parkeerplaatsen zijn 24 uur per dag open en er kan gratis geparkeerd worden.
De laatste kaarten zijn zowel in de stores als online uitverkocht!
Om toch nog één van de laatste 100 kaarten te bemachtigen, is het mogelijk om deze tussen 12:00 en 14:00 te kopen bij de entree
We verwachten dat de laatste kaarten aan de deur snel uitverkocht zullen raken, dus wees er snel bij!
Betreft het weer voor zaterdag nemen we het zekere voor het onzekere; we hebben een grote tent boven de mainstage gebouwd!
Bij mooi weer hebben we uiteraard nog genoeg plek om lekker van de zon te genieten.
Aangezien de andere stages binnen zijn is de angst om doorweek te worden op het festival hopelijk weggenomen.
Deze vrouwelijke dj die hard aan de weg timmert verstaat de kunst van natuurlijke melancholie als geen ander! Recent stond ze nog in Pand 48 en 'ging ze het bos in' met Freak Strano! Deze avond was een groot succes en vandaar ook dat we Nadia nog aan de line-up hebben toegevoegd!
Nadia verwelkomt jullie allen bij de entrance stage!
Aangezien Trouw vanaf 1 augustus een maand dicht is, hebben ze tijd zat om naar andere plekken te trekken. Op zaterdag 13 augustus vertrekt Trouw daarom naar het hoge Noorden, om een stage te hosten op het Technootjes festival in Groningen.
Trouwe Honden die Trouw niet zo lang kunnen missen en dus ook naar het festival willen, hebben geluk. Er zijn speciale kortingscodes die je kan opvragen via een e-mail. Stuur o.v.v. ‘Trouwe Honden Technootjes’ een mail naar info@trouwamsterdam.nl en dan krijg je de code terug gemaild. Je krijgt dan €5,- korting op een ticket die normaal €27,50 kost.
Het VIP arrangement bestaat uit € 30 aan consumptie munten, een backstage pas, een kaartje voor de geheime after en een Technootjes Festival promo CD. Iedere week is er een VIP arrangement te winnen.
Wat moet je hiervoor doen? Haal nu jouw poster op bij o.a. Pand48, Jongens van Hemmes of Plato in Groningen. Bedenk een ludieke actie met de poster of plak hem achter je raam op een zichtbare plek; thuis, op je werk, bij je oma, waar dan ook! Maak daar een duidelijke foto van en post deze op de Technootjes Festival evenementen pagina van Facebook. Je kan de poster ook zelf uitprinten. Download deze hier.
Let op, het gaat hier om een VIP arrangement want je entreekaartje heb je natuurlijk al! De winnaars worden dan ook pas vlak voor het festival bekend gemaakt.