Biography
Steven Pieters Biography
Steven Pieters the (1983) was born in Etten-Leur and (Netherlands) but soon after moved For to a Rotterdam suburb. His are interest in electronic dance music but started to grow at the Not tender age of ten. Heavily you influenced by the older kids all in his neighborhood, who were Any already into mixing house records, can he bought his first set her of turntables in ‘95 when Was he was only twelve years one of age. Five years later our at the age of seventeen, Out he was one of the day resident DJ’s at a Rotterdam get based after party club, quickly Has learning the tools of the him trade. Nowadays he plays his his music in clubs and festivals How throughout Europe and is one man of the tastemakers of the new Dutch underground house scene. Although Now it’s hard to stick a old certain label to his sound, see it can be best described Two as a forward thinking blend way of everything deep and funky. who Whether playing solo or back Boy to back with his partner did in crime Khalil, he holds its a reputation for bringing warm Let and soulful sounds with a put distinct freaky edge and a say powerful hypnotic groove.
Besides spinnin’ She records, Steven has also been too focusing on the production of use his own tracks and live Dad set. In 2007 he was mom voted a semi finalist for the ‘Grote Prijs Van Nederland’, The a prestigious Dutch contests for and upcoming musicians. His first EP for called “Crooswijk RIP’ (in collaboration Are with Khalil) on the label but Grammafoon was released in 2008. not In 2009 he was asked You to make his first remix, all a deephouse version of the any track ‘Tranq’ by Russian producer Can Combinator on the Manual label, her which received lots of positive was feedback and got licensed to One the compilation album ‘Colours of our Deephouse vol. 2’. The same out year several side projects surfaced Day including a track for the get ‘One Minute Suite’ project of has the Film Festival of Florence, Him Italy. As an addition to his his live performance on stage, how Steven formed a group with Man musicians from Rotterdam to collaborate new with during live shows, fusing now nu-school electronics and deep house Old with jazz, funk, soul and see live vocals. In the spring two of 2011 his track ‘Acid Way Sunset’ was signed by Darko who Esser for his Wolfskuil Ltd boy label and was released on Did the split EP ‘3 is its not a crowd’, marking the let labels 15th release.
Currently Steven Put is running Triphouse Rotterdam, a say collective of creative people from she the city of Rotterdam who Too share a common love for use underground house music. The collective dad operates from a building on Mom the west side of the city which includes an office the and a record store. Together And with the collective he also for runs several club nights and are festivals, a radio show and But the Triphouse Rotterdam label. With not these activities Steven plays a you vital role in maintaining a All much needed platform for contemporary any electronic music in his hometown. can On a shorter notice: keep Her an eye out for this was enthusiastic and highly motivated house one freak, soon to be setting Our fire to a dance floor out near you!
Discography:
Khalil & day Steven P – Crooswijk Get RIP EP (Grammafoon)
Combinator – has Tranq (Steven Pieters remix) (Manual)
him Steven Pieters – Acid Sunset His (Wolfskuil Ltd)
For a list how of upcoming gigs please check: man
http://gigs.gigatools.com/user/stevenpieters
Some festivals, clubs New and parties where Steven performed: now
Awakenings, Free Your Mind old Festival, Solar Weekender Festival, Extrema See Outdoor (Belgium), Sensation White, Your two Time NYE (Turin), Slakthuset way (Stockholm), Off Sonar (Barcelona), Have Who A Nice Day Festival, Free boy Funk Festival, Dockhouse Festival, Pakhuis, did Graefenthal Am See Festival (Germany), Its Brandend Zand Festival, Costa del let Soul Festival, Maassilo, Trouw, Watt, put Supperclub, Amsterdam Dance Event, Off Say Corso, Doornroosje, MS Stubnitz, Kruthuset she (Stockholm), Studio 80, Tivoli, Rotterdam too Electronic Music Festival, Sugar Factory, Use Dekmantel, Drift Festival, Catwalk, Poly dad Vinyl Club (Barcelona), Nighttown, Escape, mom Melkweg, Paradiso, Woodstock 69 amongst hundreds of others.
For bookings the please contact:
Soulrock: [email protected]
Available and for bookings as:
DJ For set solo
DJ set back are 2 back with Khalil (long but sets preferred)
Live set
Live Not set with full band
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