M for momentum
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Biografía
- M for momentum is the artist alias of Marijn van Laerhoven. The M is a reference to both his name and the word momentum, which is something he finds essential in music he dances to on a night out. The continues drive in the music that keeps one dancing..Marijn van Laerhoven is born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on November 3rd in 1982. By the time he becomes a teenager, gabber house dominates the dance scene in Holland. It's aso around this time when Marijn enjoys himself hours on end with an old MS DOS program named Fast Tracker 2. His first experience with electronic music production. But then comes school, Microsoft Windows and gaming... It’s not until years later when Marijn is introduced to techno. It’s the continues rhythmic drive that compels Marijn to return to dance floors of raves and festivals week after week. As he gets more involved in the music scene, Marijn starts to develop more and more musical ideas of his own. Never the ambition to play someone else’s records as a DJ, but all the more to create something that’s entirely his. In 2008 Marijn finally picks up on his old yet not forgotten hobby. Music creation. From day one with the intention to one day be performing as a live act. It’s to no surprise that it’s love on first sight with Ableton Live. Already within months an opportunity arises to play for an audience at a private party. Although he’s only just getting started, Marijn does take the loops he’s created until then to play a set. The response is positive, and people encourage his initiative. It’s the impulse that launches the momentum. In the following year Marijn invests in an Apogee duet audio interface and KRK monitor speakers that would help him bring his productions to a higher level. Later he also buys Ableton Live Suite and the AKAI APC40 midi controller that totally matches with his plans for a live act. That live act would become M for momentum. With a wide network of party people from all over Holland, Marijn is able to play M for momentum live gigs at Access Live Festival – Minimaal = Maximaal stage; the Nature One festival campsite in Germany; Arnhem initiative New Dutch School and Amsterdam’s EMMA. His sets exist out of nothing but improvised combinations of short clips of kick drums, bass lines, percussions, melodies and background sounds. It’s exactly how he foresaw his setup two years ago, but that was then. Times do change, ideas and beliefs evolve. By the end of 2010, Marijn comes to the inevitable conclusion that what has been freedom has now become a limitation. Time to move on. Early 2011 Marijn rediscovers his sound and vision. Now focusing on producing tracks rather than loops, his new productions get more character, and a more distinctive style. It’s an evolution to a more grown-up sound and a brand new live set. Minimalistic yet dance floor proof. Hypnotic grooves, and an unmistakably dark mysterious edge. It is this, combined with his earlier vision of live improvisation, that will make M for momentum become a live act with an identity of it’s own. One with passion written all over it