Joris Voorn - RBMA Podcast - Sep 2008

Biography of Joris Voorn

Joris Voorn is a producer and DJ from Rotterdam, Netherlands. Being raised up in a musical family, music became a big part of his life. Around 1995 electronic music caught his attention. Getting deeper into this music when he started DJing in 1997, Joris developed an interest in techno and house music. Concerning his background, Joris started thinking about making his own music and bought the versatile MC-303 groovebox to experiment with synth sounds and drumloops.

In the end of 2000 Joris started building up a small studio to produce his own music, which led to his first release called Muted Trax pt1 on Keynote. His first EP was a success, filling the record boxes of Carl Craig, Laurent Garnier, DJ Rush, Technasia. In 2003 OST memories Pt1 was released on Technasia's SINO label, and was followed by OST memories Pt2, containing the anthem Incident which was heard on dancefloors around the world.

After the succes of Incident Joris released his debut CD album called Future History on the Sino label. Encompassing 3 years of ideas and inspiration, the CD contains 20 diverse tracks, a seamless soundscape that represents his arrival as a relevant techno producer.

Summer 2005 Joris new personal outlet called Green saw the light of the day. A Dedicated Mind was released as a first strong EP. He has also been working on his debut DJ mix CD for the Fuse club in Belgium. After Dave Clarke, DJ Hell and Technasia, Fuse now presents Joris Voorn to mix pt 4 of their international residents DJ mix albums. The mix contains over 40 tracks of timeless techno music mixed the help of the Ableton live for its endless mixing and editing possibilities.

Early 2006 a track called MPX_309 was released on Green 02, a crossover techno work that appealed to almost every DJ around, whether playing techno, minimal, house or trance. During the same year Joris has been working on his second album, which is to be released april 2007 in Japan, and may 2007 worldwide. This new piece of work called 'From a deep place' features many different styles of electronic music, ranging from atmospheric interludes to broken beats, house and deep soulful techno. The focus point of the from a deep place-CD has been the listener rather then the dancer. Therefore some of the works have been edited to more DJ friendly tracks for the vinyl release of the album. During the summer of 2007 Joris will be touring with his new live performance to support his album release.

As a DJ and live performer Joris has travelled the globe. He has performed around all Europe, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Brasil, Colombia, Israel, Detroit and New York.

Together with his friend Edwin Oosterwal the ejected record label was established at the end of 2006. Their first EP as Rejected became an instant succes and was played out by almost every self respecting DJ around the globe. With Rejected Joris is working on a more club oriented contemporary sound instead of deep electronic music excursions.

http://www.myspace.com/jorisvoorn
http://www.rejected.nl/

Edwin Oosterwal - RBMA Podcast - Sep 2008

Biography of Edwin Oosterwal

In the early nineties Edwin Oosterwal discovered his passion for electronic dance music and decided to start playing records himself. After winning a dj-contest he became a resident at the weekly Basic Grooves parties at Atak in Enschede. This is where he also first met Joris Voorn. At the end of the nineties Edwin packed his record bag and moved to Sydney, Australia and later to New York City.

After living in New York City for five years he returned to Rotterdam where he met up again with Joris. They start producing music together under the Rejected moniker and their debut ep on Sound Architecture Records was a huge success. At the end of 2006 they launched their own record label called Rejected. The first Rejected release has also been a massive success. Both tracks on this ep have already been licensed to several mix-cd's.

Beyond the studio, Joris and Edwin (aka Rejected) have been dj-ing all over Europe including major events in Holland like Awakenings and Planet Rose. Edwin's style can best be described as a mix of house and techno. He has played at parties worldwide from New York City to Istanbul, Berlin to Barcelona and Sydney.