Quince is recognized as one of Holland's biggest talents in the techno scene. Since his first release in 2006 on Amsterdam's Delsin label, he impressed with his well produced, warm house sounds.
Ondertussen zal het begrip "e-ticket" bij de gemiddelde Beatfreax-bezoeker aardig ingeburgerd zijn. De opmars van deze vernieuwing in ticketingland is niet te stuiten en mede te danken aan bedrijven als onze partner Ticketscript.
From October 22 to 25 our capitol is the stage for its annual Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) again. Beatfreax has created the ultimate online guide to keep you up to speed with the coolest parties and venues during the event.
Aanstaande zaterdag is het tijd voor de 2e editie van Mr.Stubnitz 2008, en de kaarten zijn helemaal uitverkocht. Vanwege dit grote succes is er besloten om een extra speciale editie van Mr.Stubnitz in te lassen: SinterStubnitz.
The Junior Boys defy any easy equation of pop or dance, joining a long tradition of sonically rich pop that unites emotionally charged songcraft with experimental genres (eg - New Order, Beach Boys). It breaks new ground for electro-pop, blending heart felt vocals with a production style that owes a debt to artists as varied as Timbaland, Todd Edwards, Fennesz and the Basic Channel school. In short, it reflects early 80s pop history back through the styles of contemporary dance.
A band was formed, somewhere around 1999 in Hamilton, Canada, a large industrial town outside of Toronto that brought us Manitoba and Daniel Lanois (U2's producer). Originally a duo: Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark, their conception occurred with two events: first listening to obscure 2-step garage records from the UK, causing them to say "Yo! this is the future of music" then hearing sublime Sylvian/Sakamoto collaboration ‘Bamboo Houses’ prompting "Woah! THIS is the future of music". Both Johnny and Jeremy had been in bands before, but together they began creating the sound that would reconcile these influences, creating exciting fresh pop music that is unapologetically synthetic, yet drenched with passion and feeling.
Years of collaboration followed and the resulting demo was duly sent out but after a heap of rejections and near misses they were resigned to being bedroom geniuses, too retro for the garage scene, too pop for the underground. After Johnny left the band to pursue other interests there didn't seem much point continuing. That was until KIN heard their demo at the end of 2002 and commissioned more work from the remaining member. Hooking up with his engineer, Matt Didemus, Jeremy began again, writing more material and pulling an album together.
The first release 'Birthday / Last Exit' in october 2003, a four track ep with remix by Fennesz, brought them unanimous acclaim when it caught the attention of the burgeoning blog scene (a loose collective of music writers) who jokingly tagged them 'the greatest band you've never heard of'.'High Come Down' EP followed in February 2004 and word began to spread.
Which brings us to the album Last Exit, due for release on the 7th of June in the UK was recorded in Hamilton late 2004 by Matt and Jeremy. And having developed a 'live' act they are performing a few key dates to showcase the album.
