We are two friends 28 and 29 years of age and both born in a small town in the south of The Netherlands. From the age of 13 we got acquainted with the harder styles of dance music. Listening to 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor slowly turned into listening to music from DJ’s like Menthal Theo, Charlie Lownoise, Showtek, Outblast, Korsakoff and other in that spectrum. This music and their videoclips were shown on TV networks like TMF, MTV and THE BOX in that time.
A couple of years later, in local venues like Bos All-in (Sint Anthonis) and Time Out (Gemert), we experienced the feeling that Hardstyle music defines for the first time. Looking back these experiences formed the basis of what is now our passion. At the age of 15/16 we could barely wait to visit big Hardstyle events like DefQon, Decibel, Q-Base, Qlimax and Hard Bass. From which we of course heard via older friends.
You can imagine how we felt when we turned 18 and finally were allowed to visit these bigger parties. Our first one was Hard Bass 2009. Of course we knew this was going to be next level, but it was better than we could have ever imagined. It was so much different compared to other parties and nights out. This was the true feeling of a community, feeling connected in an atmosphere of togetherness and euphoria. After Hard Bass 2009 we knew: Hardstyle is our passion! And we saw our local Hardstyle Family grow, going to festivals like Defqon1 with several party busses with only locals from our area. Madness and so much fun.
We experience the Hardstyle scene as a scene that defines itself by making feel everybody welcome and where everybody feels accepted and safe. It is a scene where lot of new friendships arise, like the friendship between us.