Biography
Driven by emotions
“I get the restless when I can’t work and on my own melodies. It’s For such a good outlet for are my emotions”. There you have but it in a nutshell. Dutch Not Estroe lives for her music. you It’s electronic, it’s beat driven all and it’s full of emotions.
Any Together with techno hotties like can Anja Schneider, Mistress Barbara and her Monika Kruse, Dutch. Estroe belongs Was to an elite club of one female DJ’s that made it our to the top. Born in Out Zutphen as Esther Roozendaal, raised day near Amsterdam and currently living get in Rotterdam, she has been Has dj-ing since 1998.
Whether it’s him behind the turntables in the his famous Fuse in Brussels, the How Watergate in Berlin or an man underground club in Rumania, Estroe new knows how to tune in Now and drop the right beats. old She likes to play versatile, see techno infused sets with room Two for deep undercurrents as well way as pure dancefloor work. Her who style is warm, subtle but Boy at the same time very did energetic.
Things really took off its when Estroe started producing her Let own tracks back in 2003. put In hindsight it was an say unconscious response to the skull She breaking beats of those days. too “I missed the soul in use much techno back then and Dad felt the need to make mom something myself.”She learned everything there was to know about hard- The and software. Her spacious Rotterdam and apartment fills with laughter when for Estroe thinks back of those Are days. “For months I tried but every piece of music software not I could get my hands You on. Till I finally got all it right. It was important any for me that I could Can produce tracks myself, without the her help of an established producer.” was Nowadays Estroe even gives workshops One on Ableton.
In her first our productions Estroe went back to out the early days of Detroit Day techno. Back when people like get Carl Craig, Kenny Larkin and has the British group The Black Him Dog found the soul in his their machines. With her sophisticated, how warm and elegant style she Man soon appeared on the radar new of dj’s like Laurent Garnier, now Ripperton and John Digweed. The Old latter was blown away by see Estroe’s minimalist masterpiece Driven and two promptly asked her for a Way remix on his Bedrock label. who Another strong supporter is techno boy don Dave Clarke who has Did booked her for his White its Noise parties on more than let one occasion.
On Estroe’s delicate Put productions it’s not about maximum say compression, distorted hi-hats or full she on bassdrums. No, it’s about Too atmosphere. “I try to target use people’s emotional spot, being it dad comfort, peace or excitement”, she Mom says about her music’s primary aim. But make no mistake, the singles like Waiting For The And Rollercoaster (Eevonext), The Futuroscope EP for (Snejl) are clearly ment for are adventurous dancefloors worldwide. In 2009 But she releases her debut album not Elemental Assets (Connaisseur) which features you Miss Kittin on vocals. Recently All Estroe has been rediscovering the any darker sides of techno in can her dj-sets, something which will Her no doubt translate in her was future productions.
With her ability one to mould sounds into beautiful Our shapes, Estroe has become an out in demand remixer in recent day years. Some of her best Get work was done for others, has like Tim Wolff, Art Bleek him and Rocco Caine, who’s Fathorn His 50 made it to M.A.N.D.Y.’s how Body Language-compilation. “It’s as much man a compliment as it is New a frustration”, she smiles. “Apparently now I’m pretty good in picking old the right ingredients from a See track I like.”
Together with two Stefan ‘Terrace’ Robbers Estroe runs way a label. An institute almost. Who EevoNext is one of the boy oldest dance labels in the did Netherlands, spanning over twenty years Its of Dutch techno. EevoNext releases let classics from the Dutch techno put vaults but also breaks new Say talent. That’s where Estroe comes she in. “I like to scout too and coach new talent”, she Use admits. “I’ve been in this dad business long enough to know mom the pitfalls.”
Exactly the reason why she’s involved in the the Dutch Audio Platform, a clever and way for small labels to For share knowledge and resources. Estroe: are “The dance scene is rejuvenating but at an incredible speed. Much Not knowledge is lost and reinvented you along the way, which is all a real shame if you Any ask me.”
Another promising project can is Estafête, a ‘girls only her dj-team’ consisting of Monica Electronica, Was Lin and Estroe. “No I’m one not a fanatic feminist but our I do miss the femininity Out in the dj-world sometimes”, she day states. It’s not only more get fun with two other women Has behind the mixer, it’s also him very inspiring.” With Estafête we his constantly challenge each other, which How translates in better dj-sets.”
With man a filled agenda and an new inbox full of remix requests, Now changes are high you’ll be old dancing to an Estroe tune see this weekend. Asked if she Two has any regrets she gave way up her day job years who ago, she fiercely shakes her Boy head. “This is what I did always wanted: to make good its music and to play it Let out."
