“Millions of people listen to it. Fun. Reverze has always been the biggest indoor hardstyle party in Belgium. I also made a remix for Linkin Park. “I use a lot of urban influences. It was a very exciting undertaking to move into unknown territory. The goosebumps. Hang ‘em on walls, drape 'em on beds, divide a room, hide your secret stuff. I used to play in Highstreet, a club in Hoogstraten, and even there I played rougher, a bit of German hard trance. You want to do so much cool stuff because you know that the Belgian people are anxiously waiting for this event. ‘Sniper’ with Dirtcaps. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. There is still room for improving the sound.”, “The creator of Reverze himself came over to Norway to recruit us in 2009,” say Da Tweekaz. That’s when the owner backed out. I always describe it as hard on the outside and very soft on the inside.” “Hardstyle is a way of letting go,” states Venmans. No other genre can touch me in the same way as hardstyle does. Reinhören, Musikvideos anschauen und Trends erkennen. It was initially planned in a much smaller club but there was an urban promotor who threw R&B parties there weekly and said to the owner that “if this party will take place here, I’ll quit with my urban nights”. It’s not as underground as it used to be, but still credible.”, “It was always my dream to be on stage at Reverze,” says Mandy Praet/MANDY. “He brought DVD’s of Reverze. But with DJs like Sub Zero Project, Sound Rush, Devin Wild, Sephyx, Sefa, the new generation came knocking on the door.”. (Mikhail Ivanovich), 1804-1857, composer; Triebel, B., arranger of music. Get instant explanation for any lyrics that hits you anywhere on the web! You can make a track just with some software on your computer. Pounding beats. “I rode those waves. High-quality Hardstyle Tapestries designed and sold by artists. I mean, it’s sold out. It’s our and the producer’s task to adapt. I think it happens in every genre, that it gets ridiculed. You’re on the VIP deck and you’re like: holy shit, what is going on? If you can combine that with awesome music, you can go very far. “It’s a unique venue, and Reverze has its roots there. “I would define ‘hard’ as ‘intense’, a lot of energy. Writer: Joram Metekohy - Antonio Donà - Cristiano Giusberti - David Levine / Composers: Joram Metekohy - Antonio Donà - Cristiano Giusberti, Writer: Amber Gomaa - Jeroen Sjoers - Freek Van Der Heide / Composers: Joram Metekohy, Composers: Joram Methekoy - Willem Rebergen, Writer: Bram Boender - Ruby Prophet / Composers: Joram Metekohy - Kenth Kvien Glemmestad - Marcus Nordli, Composers: W. Rebergen - J. Metekohy - A. Terpstra - B. 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To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. North Holland. We don’t need to go bigger and we’re not going to add a day. I hope the genre keeps evolving. Hopefully we can stay and throw parties for years to come. We promoted the event as if our life depended on it. It’s cool, the melodies have a certain content and feeling, an us-against-the-world feeling. Orange trägt nur die Müllabfuhr (Go West), Live at the Agora Ballroom Atlanta, Georgia April 20, 1979 [Phoenix Gems], His Greatest Hits of the Thirties: It's Easy to Remember, The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. I feel like everyone at Reverze is very dedicated, more than at all the other events. Learn more Hardstyle keeps evolving. Last year I was here with Lowriderz. It’s fine. 6: 1966. Last year Coone got the chance to bring hardstyle to the Main Stage of Tomorrowland, and this year it will be Da Tweekaz. At festivals, hardstyle is getting its own stages now. It makes you all excited. We had to move to somewhere else. Holland Town. 20.000 people going nuts. Frank Black. A fully packed Sportpaleis and Lotto Arena. If you check TicketSwap you’ll see there’s like two tickets available out of 20.000. 2006. Personally, I feel like hardstyle is growing a lot. We even had to round up family members to help at the bar because we didn’t anticipate this big of a crowd at all.”, “What I will never forget is that the floor of Sotto’s was pretty flexible - they had stages that could come out of the floor - so it was trembling when you jumped on it. Or ‘Riot’, a record with E-life, who is a legend in Dutch hip hop. You don’t need to buy hardware anymore to make electronic music. Sometimes we go with dubstep, psytrance, drum and bass or even Disney music. “We always try to implement whatever is fun to make and whatever is popular. Everyone was really into it and it was also a bit busy, even though I played at 21:00. With 3000 people starting to pound, you get a small earthquake. It was so cool, and we’ve been here every year since.”, “Hardstyle is electronic dance music with a lot of kick and bass,” says MC Villain, named Michael Brons in real life. “But these days there’s a lot more to it: social media, image. Jeden Freitag neu - die Top 100 Charts. It’s absolutely amazing and it’s so cool to be a part of that progress.”, “We think hardstyle has always been a very open minded scene,” say Da Tweekaz. The people say it as well: “this is our music, our style, stay away from it, because it’s our community and if you don’t touch it, it will stay strong.” Hardstyle has grown more popular, but it’s true power lies in its dedicated fanbase. It’s my mission to make hardstyle big all over the world. I would love to do a track with Eminem some day. The first slogan of Reverze was Switch to Difference. You want to make new music, you want to make special edits. I always describe it as hard on the outside and very soft on the inside.”, “Hardstyle is a way of letting go,” states Venmans. The whole club shaking. Fast Man Raider Man. In Holland you have two comparable parties: they are in a bigger venue but regarding show and experience we are at the same level. The shows you get to see here, production wise it’s just insane. In Australia, Mexico, Chili and Germany there’s also a big scene. We also get requests from promotors abroad to organize Reverze in their country. If we were to grow, it won’t be in Belgium.”, “I think Reverze has grown especially in terms of quality,” says Coone. Amsterdam has grown to become one of Europe's hottest city to party. (laughs)”, “I used to be a commercial DJ, so I played all-round music,” remembers Mark With A K. “I even produced all-round music under other aliases, but I always loved the harder styles. Get instant explanation for any acronym or abbreviation that hits you anywhere on the web. I used to see you at the Ratskellar Sarcasm of a young feller Tall and mean between the pillars Before you drowned in a Holland Town You were still. D-Block & S-te-Fan, Headhunterz, Brennan Heart, Wildstylez, Da Tweekaz and Coone are still the guys who set the tone. Cosmic Gate, Marcel Woods, all pretty big names. 2 Presented by Brooklyn Bounce and Used & Abused (The Ultimate Compilation of Jumpstyle, Hardstyle, Hard House, Hard Trance, Hard Techno and Hands Up, Amsterdam Music Festival - The 2014 Compilation, Access the complete album info (90 songs), Access the complete album info (14 songs). Every generation attracts a new kind of crowd. It intensified everything that came next.”, “There was a time when Jim TV was very popular and Reverze was making waves in the party scene,” says Koen Bauweraerts, better known by his hardstyle alias Coone. I was insulted and worse: I had my DJ’s booked already. It has become a way of living. I’ve always loved music with some punch. It kind of stays in a niche. Then little by little I started to produce that kind of music, always going harder. You need to show charisma. It will evolve as music evolves. We saw the footage and thought: holy crap, what is this and why have we not been here before? “We have a no media policy, as we have our fans and don’t need the attention. With music streaming on Deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. A few years ago, people didn’t even know about hardstyle!”, “Reverze has reached its peak capacity in Belgium, because we choose consciously for Sportpaleis and Lotto Arena,” says Venmans. We played live in Belgium for the first time in 2011 at Lotto Arena. “Dreams come true! “The thing with Bass Events is they always want to take their productions to the next level. Festivals and institutions like Dekmantel and old club De Trouw helped make this shift happen. I remember allowing a journalist once, and for his article he went looking for what he thought a typical visitor was instead of doing a decent interview with us or the DJs. After that, we decided not to get involved with the press anymore. This year I play solo on a primetime slot at the Lotto Arena stage. “It had a capacity of 3000 people and the party was sold out immediately, which was pretty unique in the club scene at the time. The festival is also livestreamed with video from the largest stages and audio for all the other stages through YouTube,[1] and the Q-Dance[2] website for people all around the world to tune into. Reverze played a big part in me getting my name out there. Curating some of the best line-ups with international DJs, the capital of … That was a statement: we wanted to bring this hard dance, a new upcoming genre - a sound coming from The Netherlands - to the crowds, to compete with trance and other genres that were popular at that time.”, “Jump was very popular, so I wanted to organize a night with a mix of the Belgian jump sound and Dutch hardstyle. People just don’t want to miss this.”, “Reverze was born in 2005 at Sotto’s, a big club in Zottegem,” remembers Reverze founder and Bass Events co-owner Marijn Venmans. Music goes in flows, in movements. It’s a scene and a community for people who want to go nuts. I call it the Cirque du Soleil of hardstyle.”, “It’s not only a Belgian crowd anymore,” knows Mark With a K. “People come to Antwerp from all over the world. “If you look at Tomorrowland’s first stage in comparison to now for example, it’s kind of the same story. “Reverze is one of our all-time favorite events,” say Kenth Kvien and Marcus Nordli of Norwegian hardstyle duo Da Tweekaz. Dazzling lasers. Walking through holland park Where romantic poets have left their mark The time of year, the way I feel I dream of you, the dream is real I watch. The vibrations. Our fans are dedicated, and we want to keep it like this. our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. I really love the rebellious side of it. Cities. I have a few tracks where I found the perfect match. 3000 people, it was insane. Remember the box that came out of the wall? Hierzu tanzt Deutschland! You can put whatever you want in there.”, “If I wasn’t a hardstyle DJ I would have been a hip hop artist,” says Coone.