DJ Vortex
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Biografía
- Vortex' mixes are smooth and flawless. His interesting musical choice has a refreshing and energetic sound. He easily adjusts to any situation creating a satisfied audience. Because of his routine gained in the past years as a DJ, it is no problem for..Born in 1975, Pim Verhaagen a.k.a. Vortex was interested in electronic music from the early age of 12, when he started collecting synthesizer tunes from artists like Jean Michel Jarre and Kraftwerk. On a holiday to Ibiza, halfway the nineties, he experienced house music for the first time. The feel and magic of this music caught him and a career as a bedroom DJ started. His professional career was launched quickly when a respected Dutch DJ connected to the Dance Valley organization noticed one of his mixes. His first performance for an audience was at the UK hardhouse oriented HQ party in club De Melkweg (Amsterdam) and this party became his first residency. Due to his distinguished style that differed from the rest of the DJ's who played there, he gathered a small group of fans around him really quickly. He was then invited to play at the well known annual Dance Valley festivals, because of his quality warm-up DJ sets and his second residency was a fact. From this point onwards Vortex started to build up a name and he was invited to play all over the country at the best Dutch clubs, parties and festivals with respected DJ’s. Towards the end of the nineties hardhouse became harder and harder which was the reason for Vortex to slowly change his style of music into a more sophisticated genre called progressive. He then became a resident at the legendary Deep label parties through which he was offered a gig at the Extrema festival in 2001. 2000 was the year that Vortex became involved in the founding of Xpander; a website bringing upfront news, reviews, etc. referring to forward thinking dance music. Vortex coordinated the label and review section from scratch. Xpander works with a team of volunteers from all over the world and Vortex quickly gathered an international network of contacts around him. This offered him the opportunity to play outside Holland: Tokyo, New York and Ibiza are a few destinations to which he had been invited for DJ-ing. His mix: Vortex' mixes are smooth and flawless. His interesting musical choice has a refreshing and energetic sound. He easily adjusts to any situation creating a satisfied audience. Because of his routine gained in the past years as a DJ, it is no problem for him to build up a party nicely or play an excellent set at peaktime hours. His style: As a master of mixing warm and melodic deephouse with techhouse and (minimal) housy tunes, it's time for Vortex to show his skills for a wider audience in parts of the world where good quality underground house music is presented, played and... respected. Vortex respects new and talented producers in today's hectic and commercialized world of dance music. This inspires him to produce and play music in an innovative way. He realizes the need of listening to all kinds of music and performing artists. Being up-to-date is the only way to be a step ahead. His gigs: Besides his performance in The Liquid Room in Tokyo, Vortex also played the decks at New York's Club Fun, he played several times on Ibiza, The Dance Valley, Extrema and Impulz festivals and every quality club in The Netherlands like De Melkweg (Amsterdam), Paradiso (Amsterdam), Panama (Amsterdam), Nighttown (Rotterdam), Mazzo (Amsterdam), Stalker (Haarlem), Doornroosje (Nijmegen), Cozmik (Rotterdam), LVC (Leiden), etc.̸* Gino Windster - Bombasaya (Vortex vs. Q-Lock Remix) (http://www.discogs.com/release/649408)
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