Jason & The Argonauts
Netherlands

The Ancient Greek myth of Jason & The Argonauts came to life over more than 5000 years ago. A man sent on a mission by the Gods united all the heroes of his time and took off to for fill his destiny. The myth is a symbol for brotherhood and cherishing a goal on ones heart. With this in mind four friends decided to make this myth come back to life in June of 2004. A second Jason and the Argonauts (J&A) became reality for a shared purpose: creating a live-act and letting everyone know that they’re there.

In 2005 they started with a combination of equipment, that they still use till this day; Three laptops, synced to a machine drum together with FX for live vocals. Through out Holland they`ve performed at many different locations. They can also include Belgium, Northern Ireland and Berlin to their history of excellent gigs at clubs and festivals.

To get a good image of the sound they produce, they recommend people to come and check them out: “our live-act is best to watch live. In this way everyone can sculpt their own opinion about what kind of genre our music really is, if you prefer labelling music in a way.”

One thing is for sure: Their act guarantees a boost to your energy level through stimulating the visual and auditory senses.

Sandrien
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sandrien is probably one of the biggest rising stars of the Dutch dance scene. Her sparkling personality in combination with her qualities as a DJ, brought her to the top of female DJ’s in Holland over the last 2 years. This fine combination also brought her to all the big Dutch festivals, such as Dancevalley, Mysteryland, Innercity, Lowlands and 5 Days Off, Awakenings (2007/2008) she shook the crowd back there, and not only there, every weekend Sandrien makes the crowd go wild, playing in clubs throughout Europe. Her sets are always surprising and full of energy, she is known for her fine tuning with the audience, which in return is known for loosing it when Sandrien plays her mixture of minimal techno and deeper freaky sounds.

This mixture of sounds goes beyond DJ-ing alone, Sandrien is busy as a producer as well. She forms the Amsterdam Assholes, together with Wouter Hisschemöller. Their collaboration creates freaked and deep minimal dancefloor rockers.

Demy Ottens
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Demy Ottens, born in the Netherlands and got involved with electronic music when he started going out in Rotterdam. New innovative dance music played at most clubs and inspired him to become a DJ and producer. After his first experiences of playing out to a crowd, it took off from there. He started to organize parties with a friend under the name “Onbegrensd” and play with well-known artists. He was also invited to play in Gran Canaria at the “Cream Chic Club”.

In the last years his musical style changed from Electro/Techno to the more abstract and minimalistic music. Drums, bass, percussion, a lot of FX and dark vocals to keep it simple but groovy This involves also for his produces, trying to give every track a deep and unusual atmosphere.

Craig McWhinney
Melbourne, Australia

Craig McWhinney of Melbourne, Australia, started playing records in 2002. He quickly climbed the ranks in the Melbourne scene playing at major parties supporting big-names djs.

In recent years, his high standards have drawn him to other like-minded people in the Melbourne scene – particularly the Pinksilver crew – and together they continue to develop sounds and share ideas. Well-versed on keeping a groove thanks to his days as a drummer in a jazz ensemble, Craig McWhinney builds simple structures and rhythms that move dance floors and speak to the mind. His tracks have been played regularly by melbourne’s local heroes at Pinksilver label parties, MTC events, Hardware events, F4, Kiss FM radio and elsewhere.

Tom Eyre