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Who is Bart Claessen?? Bart Claessen was born in the Netherlands on January 22nd, 1980, always loved music, and got his first piano lessons at the age of seven. Impressed by electronic music at the end of the nineties, he worked hard during high school to buy his first studio equipment: a synth, a sampler, an Atari computer and a small mixer. With this equipment, he changed the attic of his parental house into a small studio and there it all began...After graduating from high school, he started studying Music Technology at the Utrecht School Of Arts and impressed the dance scene one year later, in 2001, with his first release ever: Barthezz â€“ On The Move. With top dj support, it started as a massive club anthem in his home country and ended up to be a worldwide singles chart hit, with releases on labels like Positiva (UK), Superstar (Germany), Avex (Japan) and Ultra (US). Top 10 positions in singles charts of over ten countries were achieved, nominations for two dutch TMF Awards (best national dance act, best video) and close to 150.000 copies were sold in Germany only. His second release, Infected, had almost the same success. This, together with many worldwide dj gigs (Trance Energy, Innercity New Zealand, Tokyo, Barcelona, Moscow, Beiruth, Warschau, Vancouver and more), placed him in the top regions of dance music instantly.After a long break it was time to try something new, and Bart decided to release his new tunes under his own name: Bart Claessen. Persona Non Grata was the first Bart Claessen release, soon followed by club smashers Playmo, When Morning Comes and the highly sought-after As Playmo Comes mashup. All tracks supported by almost every dj who plays trance, techno or anything that sounds like it, and featured on numerous cd compilations across the globe. Bart also becomes a much wanted remixer, working for the biggest names and labels around. His remix work includes artists such as Chocolate Puma (Positiva UK), Ferry Corsten (Positiva UK, Ultra US), Above & Beyond (Anjunabeats UK), Public Domain (Positiva UK), and Remo-Con (Avex Japan, Anjunabeats UK).2007 was the year of First Light, a typical Bart Claessen vocal techtrance tune that, after doing itâ€™s damage to the clubs, suddenly became a big singles chart hit in the Netherlands, reaching number 18 in the official sales charts. Bartâ€™s dj career also had an enormous boost in 2007, playing on the biggest events and clubs, like Coloursfest Glasgow, Cream Amnesia Ibiza, Sunrise Festival Poland, Peppermint Dubai, Ultraworld Melbourne, Godskitchen Kiev and many more.2008 starts off with a bang when the highly respected Anjunabeats label chooses Bartâ€™s remix of Razorfish, a big Above & Beyond classic, to be thÃ© tune to mark their 100th release. A re-release of Playmo with new vocals and mixes is also set for release early â€™08. With DJMag naming him an artist expected to blow up, and many productions scheduled for the coming year, the future surely looks very promising.So, the question really is: Who is Bart Claessen a few years from now??...

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Member Since: 11/04/2008
Influences: Friday, March 09, 2007 Monday Bar Spring Break Cruise 2007 with Blank & Jones, Marcel Woods, Gareth Emery, Barry Connell Stockholm, Sweden (Monday Bar website)Saturday, March 24, 2007 Club Mystique / HappydayZZ || click for flyer with Ronald van Gelderen, Jordy Lishious, Melvin Warning Culemborg, Netherlands (HappydayZZ website)Friday, April 13, 2007 Vaccine @ The Gallery / Turnmills || click for flyer with Sander van Doorn, John 00 Fleming, Marco Bailey, Mike Koglin, Richard Durand London, United Kingdom (Vaccine website)Saturday, April 28, 2007 Passion Grandmasters 2007 / Emporium || click for flyer with Ferry Corsten, Ronald van Gelderen, JFK Coalville, United Kingdom (Emporium website)Monday, April 30, 2007 Dance Tour Spuiboulevard || click for flyer with Marco V, DJ Jean, Ferry Corsten, Benny Rodrigues Dordrecht, Netherlands (Dance Tour website)Saturday, May 26, 2007 Gatecrasher / The Syndicate || click for flyer with Ferry Corsten Bristol, United Kingdom (Syndicate website)Sunday, May 27, 2007 Dance Tour ChassÃ©veld || click for flyer with Judge Jules, Marco V, Ferry Corsten, Benjamin Bates Breda, Netherlands (Dance Tour website)Friday, June 01, 2007 Versuz || click for flyer with Ferry Corsten, Dave Lambert Hasselt, Belgium (Versuz website)Saturday, June 02, 2007 Coloursfest with Judge Jules, Marco V, Ferry Corsten, Axwell, Tom Novy, Dave Pearce and many more Glasgow, United Kingdom (Colours website)Friday, June 22, 2007 Absolute / Studio 24 || click for flyer Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Absolute website)Thursday, June 28, 2007 Cream / Amnesia with Above & Beyond, Marco V, Steve Angello, Tocadisco, Sebasien Leger and more Ibiza, Spain (Cream website)Wednesday, July 18, 2007 De Mythe || click for flyer Nijmegen, Netherlands (De Mythe website)Saturday, July 21, 2007 Sunrise Festival || click for flyer with Marco V, Eddie Halliwell, Ferry Corsten, Matt Darey, Mauro Picotto and many more Kolobrzeg, Poland (Sunrise Festival website)Friday, August 03, 2007 Peppermint Club || click for flyer Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Peppermint Club website)Friday, August 10, 2007 Star Beach with Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso Hersonisos, Crete (Star Beach website)Saturday, August 11, 2007 FFWD Dance Parade, The Party / Cruise Terminal || click for flyer with Marco V, Peter Gelderblom, Ferry Corsten, Dazzle, Miss Monica Rotterdam, Netherlands (FFWD website)Sunday, August 19, 2007 Dance Tour Lichtplein || click for flyer with Dazzle, Menno de Jong, Ferry Corsten, Marco V Eindhoven, Netherlands (Dance Tour website)Sunday, August 26, 2007 Calypso || click for flyer Hammamet, Tunisia (Calypso website)Thursday, August 30, 2007 Dance Tour Simonsplein || click for flyer with Erick E, Jean, Fred Baker Doetinchem, Netherlands (Dance Tour website)Saturday, September 01, 2007 HappyDayZZ || click for flyer with Divini, Bas & Ram, Jurgen and more Culemborg, Netherlands (HappyDayZZ website)Friday, September 21, 2007 The Gallery / Turnmills with Eddie Halliwell, Ferry Corsten, Gavyn Mytchel and more London, United Kingdom (The Gallery website)Saturday, September 22, 2007 Rehab / The Arches || click for flyer with Marc van Linden, Stoneface & Terminal, Ron van den Beuken, Max Walder and more Glasgow, United Kingdom (Rehab website)Friday, September 28, 2007 Runway Fest || click for flyer with Above & Beyond, Chris Liebing, Adam Beyer, James Lavelle and many more Osijek, Croatia (Runway Fest website)Saturday, October 13, 2007 XFM Xnergy / Beursgebouw || click for flyer with Randy Katana, Ron van den Beuken, Benjamin Bates, Jordy Lishious and more Eindhoven, Netherlands (Xnergy website)Thursday, November 22, 2007 Global DJ Broadcast with Markus Schulz (Global DJ Broadcast website)Saturday, December 01, 2007 Godskitchen / Expo Hall || click for flyer with Ferry Corsten, Mark Eteson Kiev, Ukraine (Godskitchen website)Friday, December 07, 2007 Sublime / Home || click for flyer Sydney, Australia (Home website)Saturday, December 08, 2007 Ultraworld / Kryal Castle || click for flyer with Paul van Dyk, Yoji Biomehanika, Adam Beyer, John 00 Fleming, Remo-con and more Melbourne, Australia (Hardware Corporation website)Friday, February 15, 2008 Absolute / Studio 24 Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Absolute website)Saturday, February 16, 2008 Warsaw In Love / Cool De Sac || click for flyer with Simon Patterson, Sean Tyas, Galen Behr Warsaw, Poland (Warsaw In Love website)Saturday, February 23, 2008 Godskitchen / Air with Giuseppe Ottaviani, Ferry Corsten, Mark Eteson, Mark Brown Birmingham, United Kingdom (Godskitchen website)Friday, March 14, 2008 The Gallery / Turnmills || click for flyer with Ferry Corsten, Marco V, Bobina, Pascal Feliz, Marcus SchÃ¶ssow London, United Kingdom (The Gallery website)Friday, March 21, 2008 Slinky / Opera House || click for flyer with Lee Haslam, Ferry Corsten Bournemouth, United Kingdom (Slinky website)Sunday, March 23, 2008 Godskitchen Easter Sunday / The Arches || click for flyer with Above & Beyond, The Shapeshifters, RenÃ© Amesz, Jon O'Bir, Mark Eteson Glasgow, United Kingdom (Godskitchen website)Saturday, March 29, 2008 Escape || click for flyer with X-Press 2 Swansea, United Kingdom (Escape website)--- Saturday, April 19, 2008 Trance In Motion 2nd anniversary / New Garden Valladolid, Spain (Trance In Motion website)Wednesday, April 25, 2008 UCU Charity Ball / Koepelkerk with Marcel Woods Amsterdam, Netherlands (UCU Charity Ball website)Thursday, May 01, 2008 Dancetour Lelystad, Netherlands (Dancetour website)Saturday, May 10, 2008 Concrete Sounds Jakarta, Indonesia (Concrete Sounds website)Friday, May 30, 2008 Planet Love / Club Voodoo Letterkenny, Ireland (Planet Love website)Saturday, May 31, 2008 Planet Love / Clubland Cookstown, United Kingdom (Planet Love website)Saturday, June 07, 2008 Global Gathering with ATB, David Guetta, Eric Prydz, Deadmau5, Sander van Doorn and many more Poznan, PolandSaturday, July 12, 2008 Dance Valley / recr. area Spaarnwoude with Ferry Corsten, Cosmic Gate, Judge Jules, Deadmau5, Preach and many more Spaarnwoude, Netherlands (Dance Valley website)Friday, August 29, 2008 One Big Friday North Coast, Egypt (One Big Friday website)
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

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