| DJ Sets ::W&W
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Introduction: What started as a chance meeting at the 2007
Trance Energy has, in just under 3 years solidified into one
of the freshest, most exciting electronic dance acts on the
scene. With it has come a new multifarious trance sound that,
globally, has begun to shatter underground clubs, arenas and
festivals. Banding together under the name W&W has seen
the collective careers of Wardt van der Harst & Willem
Van Hanegem go into overdrive… As spinners they’ve
delivered due damage to club nights and festivals and in 2009
their A-list-hammered track portfolio saw them conclusively
tip the ‘next big thing’ scales. Now, in the new
decade, W&W are ready to rule.
W&W Productions: With tracks like ‘Ensure’,
‘Show my Shuffle’, ‘Origin’ &
‘Stab My Speaker’, Willem and Wardt initially
started out producing their own respective floor-thrillers.
The serendipitous Trance Energy meet quickly bore their debut
W&W production though, which came in the form of the mighty
‘Mustang’. ‘Dome’ & ‘Arena’
(which featured on the Armin Only DVD) followed up its freshman
success and fast found the CDJs of trance luminaries like
Tiësto, Ferry Corsten, Markus Schulz, Sander Van Doorn
& Judge Jules. Tipped by Armin van Buuren as “the
best up-and-coming production duo out there”, W&W
have continued to rock federation trance to its core with
‘Mainstage’, the Sean Tyas-remixed ‘D.N.A’
and their Ummet Ozcan collaboration ‘Synergy’
each bringing floors to critical mass. Remix-side, their voracious
rewires have proved equally as popular – most notably
on Armin’s ‘Rain’, ‘Remedy’
(by UK pop starlet Little Boots) and those of Sander van Doorn,
Leon Bolier, Sied van Riel, & others.
DJs: Almost a year to the day since Willem & Wardt first
shook hands they were on hand to witness Sander van Doorn
spinning the furiously phat beats and compressed melodies
of ‘Mustang’ at Trance Energy. Galvanised by its
floor-response (and defining their sounds as “big room
trance with a techy edge”), they, themselves quickly
took up the spinning mantle. That route has taken them to
some of the most respected nights out there. Ones that have
come to include Poland’s Sunrise Festival, the A State
Of Trance 400 gigs and a spot playing alongside Tiësto
at his massive stadium gig in Kiev. Just two years further
down the road from their first gigs together, with Trance
Energy 2010 fast approaching the pair are ready to play one
of the biggest events in the dance music calendar….
The Mainstage Radio Show: Now a regular standing fixture
in the trance enthusiasts listening schedule, W&W’s
Mainstage radio show exports their diverse sound around the
world on a monthly basis. Broadcasting on the renowned Afterhours
FM (one of the world’s five most popular trance-based
websites), in January of 2010 it was revamped & relaunched
with a host of new elements (including regular competitions,
features and interviews). Mainstage goes on Afterhours.FM
on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month between 18.00 and
19.00 hours CET.
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