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VAN HAGEN

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About Me

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SHORT BIO

Since his first early 90's rave experiences the Hannover born DJ is a true rhythm addict. Beeing a dedicated party animal first the obvious but long way from the dancefloor to the stages and dj booths was the only way to go for the young man in the mid 90's. After teaming up with long time friend and production partner Haterboy aka Spekbeatz he spent a lot of his teenage time developing his musical skills, DJ and business wise. With the downfall of the german underground house and rave scene in the mid 90's they both broke new ground discovering the smoke-heavy sound of the uprising downbeat ambient scene. A few coincidences later he and his partner hooked up with some talented MC's of the local HipHop scene and soon after founded the illViBE Rec. label in 1999. In the following years Van Hagen took care of the business part while studio wizard Spekbeatz produced lots of hot talents for the label. In addition Van Hagen played countless live- and clubshows und his DJ Krak alias playin HipHop, Funk, Breaks, Dance Classics... you name it. The skilled approach of HipHop DJing will always become obvious when you see this man rock a crowd - Just expect historically aware, crowd-pleasing and passionate sets guaranteed to blow your mind! In 2006 his DJ jobs in the local club scene took him more apart from being 'just a hiphop DJ' and once again his feet grew out of the shoes he cobbled. We've come a full circle when his club gigs with dance classics of three decades led him back to where he was originally coming from: contemporary electronic dance music. Also, the current club sound had come to a point where stuff that only a few have digged back in the mid 90's was kinda accepted by today's clubbing audience: Rough, minimal and synthetic house music, deeply rooted in their beloved Chicago and Detroit sound from back in the days. He started a residency at Hannover's legendary House club 'Liquid Lounge', hooked up with Haterboy to also revive their passion studio wise. Being the self made man he ever was the plans for a new label were being made quite soon. After hooking up with the right team for that and countless hours of studiotime the baby was finally born in early 2008 - Love Hertz Music! Once again, it's history in the making...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/9/2006
Band Website: djkrak.de
Influences:

MUSIC THAT SAVED MY LIFE:

Aphex Twin / Portishead / Basic Channel / Francois Kevorkian / Derrick May / Grandmaster Flash / Coldcut / Phuture / Boys Noize / The Cure / Metro Area / Public Enemy / Massive Attack / Depeche Mode / Die Ärzte / James Brown / New Order / Kevin Saunderson / New Model Army / Digitalism / Nirvana / Carl Craig / Madonna / Sam Sever / U.N.K.L.E. / Sisters of Mercy / Kraftwerk / Bomb the Bass / Beck / Plastikman / Sly & Robbie / Nile Rodgers / Daft Punk / David Bowie / Nena / Sade / Xavier Naidoo / Metallica / Lamb / Neptunes / Tangerine Dream / DJ Qbert / OMD / Boytronic / Norman Cook / Faith no more / Jeff Mills / Swollen Members / White Stripes / Rick James / Led Zeppelin / N.W.A / Soulwax / DJ Shadow / Klaus Schulze / Hardfloor / Trent Reznor / Beastie Boys / DJ Hell / Kruder & Dorfmeister / The Prodigy / Phuture / Midge Ure / Booka Shade / Falco / Queen / Simian Mobile Disco / Chemical Brothers / Giorgio Moroder / Flood / Nightmares on wax...Generally: Detroit Techno / Chicago House / Electro / Italo Disco / New Wave / HipHop / Disco / Funk&Soul / Alternative & Indie Rock
Sounds Like: PRODUCTIONS:

Kris B vs Nosmo - "Jostle" (Haterboy & Van Hagen Remix), Nightshade Music 2008

Haterboy & Van Hagen - "Mifuo", Love Hertz 2008

Protonyz - "The Beautiful Blue Moonlight" (Haterboy & Van Hagen's Soul Inside Mix), Love Hertz 2008

Haterboy & Van Hagen - "Moonstalker", Love Hertz 2008

Frankyeffe - "Never stop" (Haterboy & Van Hagen Remix), Love Hertz 2008

Haterboy & Van Hagen - "Higher Heights", Love Hertz 2008

Haterboy & Van Hagen - "Motorsoul", Love Hertz 2008

Suneil S. - "Insanity (Haterboy & Van Hagen Motorsoul Remix)", Love Hertz 2008

Haterboy & Van Hagen - "Doppelhertz / Bruderhertz" EP, Love Hertz 2008

Sasha - "Mongoose (Haterboy & Van Hagen Remix)", emFire promo 2008

AC/DC - "Thunderstruck (Haterboy & Van Hagen Update), Bootleg 2007

Haterboy & Van Hagen - "9th life", Promo 2007

Van Hagen feat. Kijou - "Nude", Promo 2006

Van Hagen feat. Kijou - "Like a dog", Promo 2006

EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION, A&R:

SMO "Smo's wanted"-Mixtape (illViBE Exclusive Mixtape Vol.6) CD, illViBE 2006

Later - Philipp Kaiser (illViBE Exclusive Mixtape Vol. 5) CD, ilViBE 2006

Gz4Life Best ofBest of (illViBE Exclusive Mixtape .. 4) CD, illViBE 2006

VA - Willkommen in Hannover (illViBE Exclusive Mixtape Vol. 3) CD, illViBE 2005

VA - "illViBE Exclusive Mixtape Vol. 2" CD, illViBE 2005

Later One - „Zweimetercrazy (Zweimeteralbum)“ CD, illViBE 2004

Saddam Syed - „Euch geht’s super“ CD, illViBE 2004

VA - "illViBE Exclusive Mixtape Vol. 1", CD, illViBE 2004

Smoking - “Kingsize EP” CD, illViBE 2004

Burns Bros. - “Extended Player 2001-2003” CD, illViBE 2004

Eminem vs Royce da 5’9 - “Scary Movies (Phillie MC Remix)", Mole 2002

Burns Bros. - „180° / Balance“ Maxi 12“/ CD, illViBE 2002

Burns Bros. - „Katerstrophen“ Maxi 12“/ CD, illViBE 2001

Phillie MC - „Unkraut“ Maxi 12“/ CD, illViBE 2001

Phillie MC - „Schöne Neue Welt“ LP/CD, illViBE 2001

V/A - „Streitkraft“ 2 x 12"/CD, illViBE 2001

Parties, Clubs & Residencies:

- Der Sonne entgegen @ HCC, Hannover, 2008
- Schöne Aussichten, Hannover, 2008
- Liquid Lounge (Resident), Hannover, seit 2007
- Formel Einz (Resident), Hannover, seit 2007
- Gender Skills @ 3Raum, Hannover, 2007
- Der rote Salon, Hannover 2007
- Zino, “Pimp my Night” (Resident), 2006
- Rhythm & Rhyme Revolution @ Gelbe Seiten, 2006
- Astra-Club (Resident), Hannover 2005
- PaloPalo ”High Fidelity Club” (Resident-DJ), 2004-2006
- illViBE Recordings Club-Tour (deutschlandweit), 2005
- Mandarin Kasino (Ex-Mojo), Hamburg 2004
- Multiple Joys Label Night @ Gig-Saal, Hannover 2004
- Tanzpalast, Hildesheim 2004
- The Beach, Hannover 2004
- Xcelsior, Hanover 2003-2004
- Avalon, Bad Essen 2004
- Raise the Roof-Club (Resident), 2001-2005
- Diskofieber Beachparty, 2003
- Ladies First Club @ New Bambu, Neustadt (Holstein)
- Cumberlandsche Galerie, Hannover 2003
- Red Orange Club (Resident), Hannover, 2002-2003
- Enercity Expo Cafe, Hannover 2002
- Rhythm & Rhyme Revolution @ Thielenplatz, Hannover, 2003
- Nacht der Nächte, Hannover 2002-2003
- Barcode, München 2002
- 3 Years of Steppin’ Forward @ Faust, Hannover
- Splash-Festival, Chemnitz 2002
- Burnin’ Beatz-Festival, Hannover 2001 und 2002
- Muffathalle, München 2002
- Rhythm @ Faust, Hannover 2001
- “Stop the hate”, Heilbronn 2001
- Maximum HipHop, Hamburg 2001
- The Breaks @ Faust 2001-2002
- Bass Invasion, Hannover 2000
- Strictly Beatz-Club (Resident-DJ), Hannover 1999
- Leisure Lounge, (Resident-DJ), Hannover 1998
- TRC-Club, Leipzig 1997
- “Echtzeit” @ Chéz Heinz, Hannover 1997
- ...

Record Label: Love Hertz Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

DJ Charts 10/08


Posted by VAN HAGEN on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:02:00 PST

2 hot new DJ mixes online!

Check the new monthly DJ mixes by Haterboy & me, just right click and 'save as':deeperPeak time / Big Room...
Posted by VAN HAGEN on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:10:00 PST

Check my latest DJ charts!

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Posted by VAN HAGEN on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:03:00 PST

DJ chart july ’08

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Posted by VAN HAGEN on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:35:00 PST

New DJ Chart online

get into the groove: Van Hagen's Beatport Charts...
Posted by VAN HAGEN on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:55:00 PST

New Mix online - Download now!

Me & my man Haterboy did a little Promo-Mix for our new label Love Hertz. It's a wild crossover-set covering lots of current electronic dance music in a nicely flowing mix. So, no stereotype genre-sti...
Posted by VAN HAGEN on Thu, 22 May 2008 02:40:00 PST

DJ Chart May 2008

1. Ido Ophir & Miki Litvak - Shnorkel (Dousk Remix)2. Rekorder - Rekorder 003. Haterboy & Van Hagen - Bruderhertz (Pace Remix)4. Butch - 1000 Lords (Popof Remix)5. P&P - Tagada6. Gregor Tresher - Blac...
Posted by VAN HAGEN on Thu, 22 May 2008 02:30:00 PST

DJ Chart April 08

1. Beckers & Hatfield - Keep on (Velkro & Ido Ophir Remix)2. Oliver Moldan & Harada - Fortune Cookie (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix)3. Happy Clappers - I believe (Vandalism spank da nun mix)4. Young MC - Bust ...
Posted by VAN HAGEN on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:34:00 PST

Attention DJ’s - Get our new Remix-Promos for free!

If you’re a DJ playin out electronic music you can now get two of our Remixes for free!Both tracks are remixed by me and my partner Haterboy. They’re available for free to promote our upco...
Posted by VAN HAGEN on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:05:00 PST

DJ Chart März 08

1. Popof - Elektric Circus2. Butch - Mushroom Man3. The Presets - My people (D.I.M. Remix)4. Haterboy - Back to Miami5. Tim Taylor - The Shield (Da Fresh Instrumental Mix)6. Chaim - Wednesday June7. N...
Posted by VAN HAGEN on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:07:00 PST