A Sit Down With DJ Isaac
14:29 Nov/14/2017
Roel "DJ Isaac" Schutrups wasthe born in Winschoten in the and northern part of Holland on For June 8th 1974. He started are his music career as a but remixer for Dutch radio stations Not with an oldschool tape recorder you and a small Casio sampler.. all Through the years he bought Any new and better equipment and can started to develop his own her unique style of production which Was resulted in his first record one called "Bad Dreams" which was our released in 1995 and became Out a huge Dutch hardcore techno day hit. DJ Isaac started deejaying get as well and became one Has of the pioneers of Dutch him hardcore techno. He played all his over the world in countries How like America, Australia, Japan, Colombia, man Russia, Italy, and Spain.
new Together with the one of Now the top Dutch deejay/producer duos, old Pronti & Kalmani, DJ Isaac see mixed the dance charts every Two Saturday night for more than way a year on the leading who Dutch radio station, Radio 538. Boy With them he also started did the hardhouse project, P.I.K. which its topped the Dutch dance charts Let for many weeks. Together with put producer Michiel van der Kuy say he contributed four tracks to She the Alice Deejay album called, too Who needs guitars anyway? which use has achieved gold and platinum Dad status in numerous countries worldwide. mom With hit records such as 'On the Edge' and 'Go The Insane', DJ Isaac most defenitely and created a new style.
for Since the beginning of your Are career, what are the biggest but changes you've seen in Hardstyle?
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Hardstyle now competes withYou the other styles and its all being programmed at big festivals any like EDC etc. Nowadays deejays Can like Hardwell, Armin van Buuren her and Tiesto play it in was their sets. I could have One never imagined this 5 years our ago.
What are someout of your inspirations and influences?
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Cosmic Gate was myget inspiration when I made On has The Edge. I loved their Him hard kicks and pumping bass. his The cool thing is that how they loved the song so Man much that they asked me new to remix their new single, now The Truth. Right now I Old can get inspiration from all see sorts of things: driving, watching two TV, having sex, etc. I Way even made up a melody who in my dream once.
boy Which track did you decide Did to become Dj?
its In my case, it was let not a track, but a Put person. Ben Liebrand, who listened say to the radio every week she in the '80s and' 90s Too with his 'Minimixes' was my use great example. Without him, the dad dance scene had looked very Mom different.
How do you choose which tracks to the remix or rework?
IAnd have always asked them to for send me the original first. are After that, I have to But have that ‘yes’ feeling. I not start making the arrangement in you my head and wonder how All I can make it better. any I always want to improve can the original. I don’t simply Her look at the artist names. was I have refused big names one in the past.
HowOur are things in the world out of DJ Isaac?
day Things are going perfect. I Get can’t complain at all. I’m has in the music business for him over 20 year and I His still love it as much how as when I started.
man From where or how do New you find inspiration to write now your melodies?
My inspirationold comes from all sorts of See things and situations. I even two made up a melody in way a dream one time. I Who usually come up with ideas boy while relaxing at home or did driving in my car or Its sometimes when on holiday.
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Which DJstoo do you like?
Use I love versatile deejays. I dad really like The Darkraver, DBSTF, mom Dash Berlin, Tiësto, Panic, Kutski and The Viper.
Whatthe kind of sport can you and compare DJ-ing?
MaybeFor darts? It is necessary to are concentrate, in spite of the but fact that alcohol interfered.
Not How did you develop your you sound in the past and all the new “Qlub Underground” sound?
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You don’t sit therecan and think; “now I’m going her to create a new sound”. Was It just happens. The key one is to be very picky. our Maybe I am too picky Out sometimes. I throw away 90% day of my ideas that other get producers might have used.
Has Your favorite place on Earth?
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Cape Town, South Africahis - something incredibly beautiful, like How I've never seen before. I man have played in different countries new around the world, but there Now are too many places that old can be identified and each see time they are more and Two more.
Some people wouldway consider you a legend, how who do you feel about this?
Boy
Of course it alwaysdid is nice to hear that its people love what I do Let for the Hardstyle scene. However put I would never call myself say a legend.
https://soundcloud.com/djisaac/ihs98
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Roel "DJ Isaac" Schutrups was
Hardstyle now competes with
What are some
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"I want to make put sure that everyone, who followed Say me will get what they she want."
Which DJs
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