Saturday, on the fifth of April, Project Aware organized the third edition of Dance4Freedom, the party for everyone who values freedom! This time it will took place in one of the most beautiful buildings in Amsterdam, the WesterUnie.
Artists At the previous editions of Dance4Freedom everybody was dancing with an open mind and a freedom attitude. That magical atmosphere was also definitely not be lacking this night! A total of 12 top DJ’s played for freedom.
Bart Skils opened at 21.00 o'clock. He is known for his smooth mixing and dynamic sets. With these sets he developed himself as one of Amsterdam’s best and most respected DJ's. Furthermore, he is the founder and host of the well-known Voltt, Traffic and Static parties in Amsterdam. He also has productions on the labels Pure Plastic and 100% Pure. His style is varies from rhythmical deep techno to funky and danceable minimal.
The female DJ
Shinedoe (100& Pure, Intacto) surprised the audience with her kaleidoscopic mix of funky minimal and techno, with influences from Chicago and Detroit. Since the year 1995 she is performing at big clubs and festivals from Dance Valley until Awakenings. Her first record
“Dilemma”, from the year 2004, became a big hit in Ibiza, Germany and the Netherlands. It was also played internationally by, amongst others, Michel de Hey, Richard Villalobos and Richie Hawtin. Now her sets are known worldwide and she performed in many countries such as; Germany, Italy, Sweden, China, Israel, Bosnia, Slovenia and Croatia.
Kabale und Liebe is known for, among other things, its club hit
“Mumbling Yeah” (Remote Area). Last summer this was a huge underground club hit last, which got a lot support of famous DJ's like Shinedoe, Richie Hawtin and Loco Dice. Besides performing at big parties and festivals, like Awakenings, Welcome to the future, Static and 5 Days Off, he also performed in the countries Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Spain and Israel. The sets of Kabale und Liebe can be described as deep, sexy, pumping and can range from house to techno.
Miss Monica performed in the most reputable clubs of the Netherlands among which Nighttown, It and Escape. Furthermore, she also performed on big festivals like Dance Valley, Extrema Outdoor, Mysteryland and Fast Forward. Her talent was also recognised outside the borders of the Netherlands. In course of time, her name was displayed on the flyers of Club Rex (Paris), Pacha (Ibiza) and Café d'Anvers (Belgium) and many more. Her style is varies: club, techno, groovy, tribal, latino, pumping, energic, filter and electro house sounds. Her DJ-set was definitely worthwhile, like always!
Extrema Music booking agency provided Dance4Freedom 2008, 4 highly appreciated artists who liked to chip in:
It is impossible to leave out
Eric de Man from the national and international scene and was therefore definately present in our line-up. His career developed very quickly from the moment he became resident in '93 of the Club Risk parties. From that moment on he worked single-handedly to the top.
Warren Fellow is a Techno-DJ/Producer. He is already working in the music business for a couple of years now with its own productions (a.o. on his own label Smoke Records), which are selling very well. Last year he was performing at big festivals like Awakenings, Mysteryland, Rock-it and Extrema Outdoor.
Ille Bitch, who has its roots in the underground, made it to resident of the clubs Full Spectrum, R3korder, Upstruct, Gasten Zonder Grenzen and Club Stalker. You can find him behind the Technics everywhere in the country and with his awesome sound he became a well-known face in the under- and upperground. His sets consist of minimal, progressive-, house-, techno- and electro influences.
Last but certainly not least you could also hear
Edwin Oosterwal with his mix of Detroit-techno, minimal and Chicago house. He is known for, amongst other things, the group Rejected which he started with Joris Voorn. They had many successful releases with the labels Sound Architecture and 100% Pure. In course of time he not only performed in the Netherlands, but also in big cities such as Brussels, Sydney, Helsinki and Istanbul.
The second hall was hosted by 4 different freedom fighters:
Johanna Mercker convinced the audience this year with her DJ talents. She played so well she was able to play her set on Sven Väth’s Cocoon in the Maassilo (Rotterdam). She became well-known in the Dutch minimal scene.
Stefano Richetta is known from his own parties
Amoureux and the new successful concept
"Click". Besides this, he also started his own artists’ agency in 2006 called
Exprezz. With this agency he hosted festivals like Awakenings, Mysteryland, Rock-it and Dance Valley. His style can be described as a sultry mix of deep-house, electro, acid from funky to techno.
Marly Mar shaped his style with the term Girly House: funky sexy sounds with a raw edge, which make the women go crazy, but he also likes to play minimal and electro. Furthermore, he likes to remix old records, hoping that the youth can also appreciate this music. Next to his residency in BED (every first Saturday of the month which is organized by BNN), he is also one of the founders of the new and successful concept in Amsterdam called “MONDAY” in de Supperclub.
