| DJ Sets ::Signum (Ronald Hagen &
Pascali Minnaard)
Signum is the combination of two talented
producers in the Europian music industry. They are Pascal
Minnaard, (age 27) and Ronald Hagen (also age 27).
As neighbors they live in Zoetermeer, a little city nearby
The Hague, there home base in The Netherlands.
Pascal & Ron first met each other in highschool. This
was the place were they found out that they had the same interest
in making music, and started to do some work together. Although
they lost contact, they both continued making there music.
During that time, Pascal got a record contract at the Dutch
label/agency BPM_Dance. Here he made his first track, under
his own name on the label 4-Play (Inside a Rainbow).For his
second release; he started working under the name Signum.
On BPM's biggest label JINX he released:
"Flow of Knowledge"
"The other side"
"Adapter"
At this time Pascal met up with Ron again. Ron also signed
up with BPM_Dance and they started producing together again.
Not knowing that this turned out to be a huge success. Because
when they released their first track together, in 1997 on
the JINX label, called "What you got for me", the
record became a huge club anthem. And with it's re-release
in 2001 (on TidyTrax) it even got in the UK Top40!
In de mean time they did a remix for "Travel"
called "Bulgarian, which also did well in the clubcharts
and was well received by a lot of Dj's.
Under there own names, Ron Hagen & Pascal M. they did
some other releases.
Such as:
"Forever"
"Take u there"
British producer/DJ Scott Mac was interested in working
with Signum. So they teamed up and out of that collaboration
came "Coming On Strong" which also became a huge
club hit. This established their name as Trance producers.
After finishing all these remixes they started focusing
on there own productions. They came back with "Solar
Level " and after that even stronger with "First
Strike", which received support from many leading DJ's/producers
including, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten , Tiesto , 00'Flemming
and many more! This hit was soon followed by some more,"Cura
Me", "Second Wave" & "Third Dimension"
, which where all released on Jinx. (also frequently played
in sets of the worlds leading Trance Dj's!! ).And their remix
for "Oceanlab" called "Beautyfull Together"
,already showing signs of being another massive track ,will
soon be released on "Captivating Records".
They also produce under the alias "D-Factor" (The
Wrong Shake) .These productions are more techno based.
Pascal & Ron a.k.a Signum have also been busy with their
DJ carreer. They played at some of the worlds most famous
clubs in the world, in Japan, Ibiza, UK , Ireland , Canada,
Swiss, Germany and Mallorca and Malaysia.
In July 2001 they made their U.K. debut with a three hour
set at Gatecrasher. Since this impressive debut they've played
in U.K.'s best clubs, such as, "Godskitchen", "Slinky"
and "Gatecrasher" of course not forgetting the great
festivals, "Global Gathering", "Homelands",
& "Summer Sound System".
Signum's sound of euphoric Trance have won many admirers
up & down the U.K We can say that Signum is becoming
one of the most favorite DJ's of the Trance crowd. With loads
of plans for the future ; a brand new website ,new massive
productions & extended Dj-sets , you'll be seeing a lot
of them and so their rise to the top is just beginning!!!!!!
