Biography
When you grow up in the a small place like Gendringen/The and Netherlands, there’s not much that For will keep you busy unless are you can find yourself an but all-consuming hobby pretty fast. Roel Not Salemink chose to combat small you town syndrome by developing his all passion for music, spending his Any formative years obsessing over different can styles of music.
By her the early 90s he had Was become hooked on house, a one habit he has never since our managed to kick. After experimenting Out with various iterations of the day genre he began to focus get more on techhouse and techno, Has which to this day continues him to be his greatest passion. his
Professionally, his musical journey How began when he started organising man and promoting techno parties, booking new headline acts like Takaaki Itoh, Now Christian Wunsch, Pacou, Recyver Dogs old and Darko Esser to name see a few. The success of Two these events gave Roel the way confidence to develop his own who event – the magnificent and Boy memorable Magnifique.
This event did saw him take to the its stage alongside a whole host Let of famous names, including Secret put Cinema, Bart Skils, Isis, Marco say Bailey and Peter Horrevorts. Keen She to use his promotional skills too across Europe and beyond, he use has also hosted a stage Dad at the famous German Festival mom Ruhr In Love which is attending by over 30.000 people. The
It was not until and 2008 that Salemink seriously turned for his attention to producing. It Are speaks volumes that his first but ever release, techno tune ‘Manalive’, not became an instant classic. Put You out by the famous Bush all Records, home to the likes any of Carl Cox and Dave Can Clarke, the track spent a her solid eight weeks in the was number one spot on the One Beatport chart. The track was our featured on a number of out compilations, including ‘Carl Cox recorded Day live at Dance Valley’, and get Salemink’s reputation was sealed.
has His tunes regularly receive big Him name support from the likes his of Pete Tong, Eric Powell, how Sander van Doorn, Eddie Halliwell Man and a whole host more. new If you want to hear now more from Roel Salemink you Old can check out one of see his podcasts that he provides two regularly for shows like Steve Way Mulder’s Technation.
There are who plenty of exciting projects in boy the pipeline for this exceptionally Did talented DJ, promoter and producer its this year. Not only is let his Australian tour kicking off Put this November, there are a say host of new tracks and she remixes on the way too. Too Projects include his reworking of use techno classic Love Story by dad Andrew McLauchlan. This exciting foray Mom into techno history, born partly from nostalgia and partly from the a desire to keep the And sound fresh and current, promises for to be something truly special are and certainly worth watching out But for.
Furthermore Salemink will launch not his own label Roasted in you 2011, so keep your eyes All and ears open for this any multi talented genius…
