Johnstar

Fedde le Grand & Johnstar spinnin' back2back!!
Flamingo Nights!!
Johnstar @ Pink Monday (Tilburg, the Netherlands)!!
Fedde le Grand spinnin' Johnstar track "Love is Blind" @ Bruxelles!!
Funkerman spinnin' Johnstar track "Love is Blind" @ Sneakerz (the Netherlands)!!
Johnstar - dj
Johnstar’s interest in music emerged when he – at just 11 years of age – started his own drive-in show. At this point in time no one could have foreseen that this child like fascination would quickly grow out to be a true music obsession.
Having worked through different styles of music, it turned out be house music which was able to keep Johnstar fascinated. Club Vasquesz (Tilburg) was the club where Johnstar’s raw talent was first discovered. Together with the nowadays massive popular Fedde le Grand and Funkerman, Johnstar got his weekly residency at this club, and as a consequence the opportunity to further discover and finalize his own sound.
The quality that makes Johnstar unique as a dj, is the fact that over the years he has been able to master two different styles, varying from a warm and soulful sound, to a mix of deep- and tech-house. Being able to build an evening nice and smoothly, as well as rocking the crowd senseless at prime time, sets him apart from a lot of other dj’s.
Nowadays, Johnstar has got a residency at Flamingo Nights: Fedde le Grand and Funkerman’s label party. Together with this crew he has performed at festivals like Mysteryland, and Amsterdam Dance Event. Next to that, he also has performed at festivals like Extrema Outdoor, Fabulous (Extrema), and Sneakerz.
Recently Johnstar also made his tv-debut performing at one of the clubs participating in the Dutch version of “My Restaurant Rules”.
The list of dj’s Johnstar has performed with over the years is also quite impressive; varying from dj’s like Fedde le Grand and Funkerman, to Tiësto, Ron Carroll and Sandy Rivera.
Johnstar - producer
The past year Johnstar has focused himself mainly on the production side of his trade. And not without success! His co-production “Love is Blind” with fellow dj Bjorn Wolf has been released on to the compilation albums Sneakerz op ’t Strand (mixed and compiled by Funkerman & Baggi Begovic), and Ministry of Sound (Germany) (mixed and compiled by Fedde le Grand & Funkerman). The latest version of this track with vocals of Andy Sherman currently lays on the shelf at Flamingo Recordings (Fedde le Grand & Funkerman) and is expected later on this year.
Johnstar also did some official remixes for various artist. One remix for the Groovenatics of the track “Joy”, which is available on amongst others beatport.com. A remix for Eddie Thoneick (Germany) of the track “I Wanna Freak U”, which he did together with Bjorn Wolf. This remix is available at amongst others dance-tunes.com, where it was named ‘Tune of the Week’ right after the track was released. The original version of the track was also ‘Dance Smash’ at one of Holland’s most famous radio stations (Radio 538). Currently the releases of three other remixes Johnstar did together with Bjorn Wolf, are expected shortly. One remix for Harrison Crump (Chicago) of his track “Gone”, and one remix for Luciën Foort of his track “Shake Ya Rump”. The last remix is one for Marc Mysterio of his track “Roll Wit’it”, which features vocals of Chris Willis (known for his contribution to a variety of David Guetta’s hit-tracks).
Johnstar’s music has received support from amongst others, Fedde le Grand, Funkerman, Roger Sanchez, Bad Boy Bill, Eddie Thoneick, and Erick E.
At the moment Johnstar is working on some new exiting solo projects, together with amongst others Mc Spyder, Milan Bonger (sax), and SaraLee Vos (vocals).
Johnstar - Lovely
For quite some time now Johnstar has been performing on a regular basis together with live musicians. Over the years he has met and performed with some of the best national musicians. With some of these musicians the connection was so amazing, that through the combined action, truly something new emerged every time they performed live on stage together. After having received more and more positive reactions, Johnstar realized that the collaboration between him and “his” artists truly is one-of-a-kind, and that the demand for just that little bit of extra entertainment is growing. So he decided to create his own concept party, combining warm and soulful house sounds with the hypnotizing elements of live musicians. The main objective of the party is to offer just that little bit extra – creating a so much more complete evening – to a crowd that’s becoming more and more critical. To realize this party Johnstar works together with top-of-the-line musicians, who haven’t only earned their credits nationally, but most of them internationally as well. Amongst those musicians are for instance a vocalist, a saxophonist, a trumpeter, a percussionist, and a Mc. The fact that Johnstar only works together with his “own” artists – and has played with them for a long time – enables him to maintain a high level of quality every time.
Places where Johnstar has performed together with these live musicians vary form Christie’s (Amsterdam), to Queens day parties all over the Netherlands, and house events like Extrema Outdoor. And recently Johnstar was asked to host one of the areas of the Flamingo Nights during the Amsterdam Dance Event, together with this amazing set of musicians.
For more information about Johnstar you can check www.johnstar.nl, www.johnstar.hyves.nl, and www.johnstar-lovely.hyves.nl.
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