Longplayers was founded in the summer of 1999. Bart Knol and Stephan van den Bos combine their forces and create a progressive dance formula, which made them win the 'Grote Prijs van Nederland' in the category Dance that same year. In 2000 vocalist Martin Hilkhuysen and live drummer Mathijs Beukema joined Longplayers. Started out as a dual formation, Longplayers has now become a professional, complete and unique band in the Dutch dance scene.At live performances Longplayers convinces the audience each time with their fresh breakbeats, percussion, scratches and vocals.
Since 2004 Longplayers has been releasing their breakbeats on vinyl through the LoveBreakz label and their own label FutureLine Records. At the moment they are working on an album which is about to be released in summer 2008.
