Estroe

Biography DJ Estroe
Music as medication
Not everybody who dances to her records realizes that they are listening to a qualified nurse. And why should they? In the first place, Estroe is an extremely good DJ who has recently started performing live with her own productions. Just don’t call her a techno DJ, “I’ve always played and made everything I like”.
The Amsterdam-born Estroe (also known as Esther Roozendaal born in 1972) nowadays belongs to a small handful of female DJ’s that has made it to the top. She has played the decks at all of the major dance festivals, including the Dutch festivals Dance Valley and Lowlands as well as the Movement Festival in Detroit, where she stood alongside DJ’s such as Sven Vath, Derrick May and Carl Cox, who later added her single Bellisimore to his top ten favourite records.
As well as establishing herself as a DJ, Estroe is also a serious musician. She started producing somewhere in 2003, when techno was in a ‘contest’ to become ‘harder and more grim’. As an unconscious response to that Estroe based her first singles on the early days of Detroit techno, the days when Carl Craig, Kenny Larkin and the British group The Black Dog cradled their synthesizers instead of beating them up.
In Estroe’s work, building the atmosphere is most important, not deeply inflating the bass. So it is not hard to believe that the strings are the most dominant aspect in singles such as Taxotere, Easy Going and Synaps. “I find it most important that music has an impact on people’s emotions, whether it’s comfort, peace or excitement.”
Estroe learnt a lot at the Amsterdam club Mazzo, where she was one of the resident DJ’s at the successful “Off the Record” evenings with other DJ’s like Carlijn, Cellie and Steve Rachmad. As well as that she also hosted an evening for new talent called “Set Off” and shared the concept “Explicit Sounds” with Steffi (Klakson) introducing more experimental electronics. Mazzo unfortunately closed their doors in 2004.
In 2007, Estroe will have been DJ’ing for ten years. She likes long sets, which allow her to build an atmosphere, with room for deep undercurrents as well as pure dance floor work. Her style is warm, subtle and at the same time energetic.
During the summer of 2006, she gave hugely successful performances in the Amsterdam clubs 11, Studio 80 and the Gashouder (which hosts the large techno party Awakenings). In autumn of that year she also launched the web label EevoNext which she manages along with Stefan ‘Terrace’ Robbers and Klaas-Jan ‘The Moderator’ Jongsma.
With the release of “Driven” on Connaisseur Superieur and Bellisimore on the Scottish 7th Sign label, in which she is supported by Laurent Garnier, Funk d Void and Ben Sims, Estroe is on the verge of international break through.
You can hear Estroe's self produced, sophisticated, elegant house and warm techno in her live sets, which she has recently taken on the road, performing on the club circuit.
Discography:
2005:
Taxotere, released on Lessismorecordings nr 2 (NL)
Easy Going, released on Lessismorecordings nr 3 (NL)
To Decide, released on Dutch Dance compilation CD (NL)
To Decide and Decisive on Litlle-D album sampler (CD) (NL)
2006:
Nightshift, on Awakenings DVD (NL)
Synaps EP, released on Musical Journeys (NL)
De Stofzuiger, Estroe remix from De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig, released on Top Notch (NL)
Swinging Chair, Nightshift on Bio Elements (UK)
Bellisimore, released on 7th Sign Recordings (Nov. 2006) (UK)
To Decide, release on Little-D (Sept. 2006) (NL) Weapons of Hope nr 1
Stefstroe, Estroe's version on Muzikism (www.muzikism.com) (NL)
Obvious Oblivious on Muzikism (Oct. 2006)
House Shopping on EevoNext 00 (Oct. 2006)
Moods, Estroe remix on EevoNext 01 (Nov. 2006)
Synthetic Cheerfulness on Muzikism (Dec. 2006)
2007:
Drifting on EevoNext 02 (Jan. 2007)
Funny Funkin' on EevoNext 02 (Jan. 2007)
Borderline on EevoNext 02 (Jan. 2007)
Driven on Connaisseur Superieur (Jan. 2007)
Driven licensed on Renaissance mix cd (Feb 2007)
Kiss & Make-Up on Muzikism (Mar 2007)
Cold Estroe remix on EevoNext (Mar 2007)
Conspiracy Theories (Estroe and Warren Fellow) on DualBlock (Mar 2007)
Living Apart Together on Dualblock (Mar 2007)
Don't Forget (Estroe and ZoeXenia) on Connaisseur's Grand Cru lp/cd
Lovely Sadness EP on Neuton Music (Sept. 2007)
Contains: Lovely Sadness, Lovely Sadness (Jamie Anderson remix) Hot Shot and Pending Issues as Beatport exclusive.
Some reactions on Lovely Sadness:
"Really nice - that's quality house!" Jamey Mowbray / DJ Magazine
"Very cool remix of the original track. Good work." Yossi Amoyal / Sushitech
"Anderson remix is my fav." Sian / Pokerflat
"Original and remix are very nice." Dirty Crew
"Thanks for sending, pretty much like the new neutonmusic!". Franklin DaCosta / Trapez
COMING UP:
Oktober on Dualblock nr 3
Early feedback from Josh Wink:
"Deeeeeep! I like this track of the 3. Not sure how many times I can play it... But, I sure like it! Moody and deeply emotional! Nice! "