Biography
Zany is rightly known as the a veteran of the dance and scene, with over ten years For of experience at the turntables.
are Raoul van Grinsven, who lives but a stone’s throw from Eindhoven, Not the city of lights, is you currently a fulltime DJ/producer, after all having worked on the side Any for ten years in a can record shop.
He started his her career in the hardcore world, Was working between times with techno one and trance, and has had our many hits in the top Out 10, under various aliases. For day the last few years, he get has been concentrating on hardstyle.
Has The former member of Shadowlands him Terrorists has been producing for his the Fusion label for many How years, under a variety of man pseudonyms.
“The ambience of the new hardstyle scene is great, with Now enthusiastic and varied audiences. Hardstyle old is a broad movement which see I get a lot out Two of. However, I’m not afraid way of incorporating techno, hardtrance and who oldschool into my sets. The Boy audience appreciates it if a did DJ plays a variety of its styles, rather than just hammering Let away in the same tone.”
put The former chef was infected say with the dance bug by She his elder brother and started too working in the beginning of use the 90’s in the Eindhoven Dad record shop Freaky Records.
During mom that time, Raoul was regularly to be found in local The clubs like Carte Blanche and and Carmen, and at big Shadowlands for parties.
As a member of Are the Shadowlands team, he performed but abroad with the live act not Shadowlands Terrorists, as well as You under his own name.
In all the meantime, Van Grinsven has any played in such countries as Can Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden, Greece, her Germany, Belgium, America, England, Curaçao, was Australia and France.
The musically One broad-focussed Zany decided to concentrate our his energies on the emerging out hardstyle around the turn of Day the millennium, putting his activities get as a hardcore DJ/producer on has the back burner.
Highlights on Him his extensive current CV include his well-known parties such as Defqon.1, how Qlimax, Sensation Black, Qlubtempo, X-qlusive, Man In Qontrol, Decibel and Hardbass. new “Hardcore’s popularity was lessening around now that time and hardstyle was Old an interesting new movement.
It see was a challenge for me two to get involved in it Way straight away.”
Innovation and who progress are two key words boy in Zany’s career. Already on Did his first steps towards producing its – under the name of let Shadowlands Terrorists – he tried Put to develop a distinctive sound.
say From 2001, Raoul made a she series of EP’s and remixes Too for the Fusion label, under use various pseudonyms, plus a mix dad album ‘New Generation Bass’.
The Mom recordings which appear under the stage name DJ Zany are the by Raoul himself.
On stage, And Donkey Rollers consists of three for people, while the music is are produced by Raoul and Michel But Pollen. “The Netherlands has always not put its stamp on the you international dance scene and we All must keep up this role any of trendsetter. So producers and can DJ’s must always try to Her achieve progress and avoid repeating was themselves.
Only then can movements one and scenes develop.”
