co-founder of Villahangar Records. Supported by Solomun, Black Coffee, Pablo Fierro and many others. He has released tracks with Diynamic, Sudam, MoBlack Records

B: jonathan@kaizen-artists.nl
On Tour:

Ninsa is a DJ from Amsterdam, Netherlands dedicated to bringing intense, uptempo and deep music on the dance floors of the planet, maybe also mars in the future.
She is born in 88 in Friesland (The Netherlands) and left her hometown early to explore the world. She loves culture, taste new food and discover how people live in other places. Backpacking in India, by bicycle through Japan or hitchhiking in Laos.
Growing up in family full of musicians and playing saxophone for several years made music an important part of her life. Her big love for warm and energetic electronic music became a passion and since 4 years she plays at events as a DJ. She played at FUSION festival (DE), Into The Woods Festival, Familiar Forest Festival, Odonien (DE), Kaap Amsterdam, Best Kept Secret Festival, Memento Festival, Club Basis, Radion Amsterdam, Club Atelier, Click & Soulful Techno ADE and The Other Side Amsterdam.

In collaboration with Gabriel Ananda she produced her debut "Glitter and Litter" in 2022 (released june 2022). She appeared with several mixes on the radioshow Gabriel Ananda Presents Soulful Techno and she releases her own a mix called Špaceflowřs.

Next to DJ, she is the founder of jewelry brand The Proud Peacock and travels to festivals with her camper van to sell her handmade jewelry made of fair mined crystals and metals.

On stage you can recognize Ninsa by her colorful and sparkling distinctive outfits.

2025
June Hartstocht in hogere sferen, Vijfhuizen
June Mystic Garden, Amsterdam
May Sieraad b2b w/Vero, Amsterdam
May Sekora @ MADAM
May Losheim Festival, Losheim Am See
May Dansen Onder De Sterren, Zandvoort
March Ibiza Global Radio
March Sieraad w/Frits Kalkbrenner, Amsterdam
March Closer Presents, Amsterdam
Feb The Other Side, Amsterdam
Jan The Boom Room, Amsterdam

DEC EPIKA, Haarlem
Dec Soulful Techno, Cologne (DE)
Dec The Garden Events W/Nora en Pure + Eli & Fur
Dec Sieraad, Amsterdam
Dec The Gardens Of Babylon
Nov Hidden Nights, Amsterdam
Nov Burningman @ Radion Amsterdam
Oct LILY DUSK, Stockholm (SE)
Oct ADE @ Gianni Restaurant
Oct ADE Sekora @ Andaz
Oct ADE Perrongeluk Wolvenroedel x Drifters 
Oct ADE Komm Schon Alter 
Oct HRFST Festival, Utrecht
Sept Lief festival, Utrecht
Sept Bahnwärter Thiel, Munich (DE)
Sept Sieraad, Amsterdam
Sept EPIKA, Amsterdam Houtrijk
Sept The Gardens Of Babylon, Amsterdam
August Landjuweel, Amsterdam
August LOVELAND, Amsterdam
July Knopje, Nijmegen 
June Wurzelfestival (DE)
June Bosburcht, Baarlo
June Thuishaven, Amsterdam
May Komm Schon Alter Festival, Amsterdam
May Geheime Liefde
May Wolvenroedel presents: FLOAT
April Nieuwe Nor, Heerlen
April Get in Sync, The Hague
March Epika, Het Sieraad, Amsterdam
February Wintergarden, Amsterdam
February All night long @ Club Atelier, Amsterdam
February Familiar Music @ Helling, Utrecht
February Komm Schon Alter @ Sieraad, Amsterdam
January Module, Copenhagen (DK)
January, Loodzwaar, Nieuwedijk

2023
February Soulful Techno
March Kunstbar, Cologne (DE)
April Club Basis, Utrecht
April Familiar Forest
April Club3, Haarlem
May Jetzt geht's wieder LosLosLosheim! 2023, Losheim am see (DE)
May Odonien Records Label Party, Cologne (DE)
May Pleinvrees Festival, Amsterdam
May Energise, Alkmaar
June Veerplas Festival, Haarlem
June Best Kept Secret, Hilverenbeek
June Houtbaar, Haarlem
June Fusion Festival, Rechlin-Lärz Airfield (DE)
July Birgit, Berlin (DE)
July Club Atelier, Amsterdam
July Shankra Festival (CH)
July Huphubclub open Air, Best
July Memento Festival, Goch (DE)
August Watergate - Barfuss Am Strand, Bonn (DE)
August Strandverblijf, Zandvoort
September La Reve @ Sieraad, Amsterdam
September Gardens Of Babylon, Wanroij
September Prima Materia, Amsterdam
September Be Free, Amsterdam
September Knopje Music, Nijmegen
September De Binnenstad, Amsterdam
October Soulful Techno - Antwerp (BE)
October Kity, Amsterdam
October Undrgrnd, Amsterdam
October Sekora ADE, Amsterdam
October Wasteland Halloween, Amsterdam
October Halloween @ Gleis8, Bonn
November Sieraad, Amsterdam
November Bosburcht, Baarlo
December Sekora @ ADAM tower
December 3e kerst fissa @ Recycle Lounge, Amsterdam

Cercle is an artistic movement that hosts and curates experiences, events, festivals, a record label, and immersive musical journeys. At the intersection of music, aesthetics, heritage, and video, Cercle aims to create and produce innovative experiences on a global scale, highlighting unique artists on unique stages, offering a new perspective on the cultural and natural legacy of our world.

hello@cercle.io

All contact details and tour dates: www.eelkekleijn.nl

Listen to Melodica now: https://found.ee/EDancer-Melodica

Bookings: ed@arcade-talent.com 
Management: phil@onehouse.com

Platinum-selling recording artist, label boss, festival promoter, true innovator in the pantheon of popular music, cultural champion, cracking DJ: there’s a lot to be said about Kevin Saunderson.

His influence runs deep, through both adopted hometown of Detroit, and music culture as a whole: as one of the Belleville Three, the high school trio which also includes Juan Atkins and Derrick May, he irreparably changed the face of electronic music; with Inner City, he gave it some of its most memorable tunes. 

The genesis of today’s enormous techno scene can be retraced straight to Kevin, Derrick and Juan, as their formative experiments on rudimentary hardware sketched a blueprint for a genre that was yet to exist. By absorbing Kraftwerk, cutting-edge funk, local radio stalwart The Electrifying Mojo’s electicism, and all manner of new synthesiser and drum machine-led pop music, the Belleville Three broke new ground as musicians and DJs in the 80s. 

Saunderson’s comparatively late start as a producer – kicking off in ’87 under the moniker of Kreem, with E-Dancer and Reese two of the more well-known names to follow – inadvertently gifted him a headstart. With the eruption of house music a few hours down the I-94 in Chicago, Saunderson married Detroit’s raw sound to more tactile, pop-leaning sensibilities. Inner City was born, and global success followed.

Between “Big Fun”, “Good Life”, debut album Paradise and a number of follow-up singles, Inner City (Saunderson and vocalist Paris Grey) amassed 12 UK top 40 hits and over six million records sold worldwide during their peak. A dancefloor-dominating remix by Luciano in 2008, and a globetrotting reunion tour in 2012, underscores the longevity of Inner City’s classic sound. 

His nickname of ‘The Elevator’ is apt: for his role in transporting Detroit’s new sound to a wider audience; as anyone who has seen him perform live can attest, his high-energy, high-spirit and high-impact DJ sets; and for spending the past 35 years of his life progressing the culture he helped create. 

Operating in tandem to his golden run as a producer in the late 80s and early 90s, Saunderson’s own KMS record label – a remarkable 30 years strong in 2017 – has chronicled the early footsteps of R-Tyme, Blake Baxter, MK, Chez Damier, Derrick Carter, Bicep and even Saunderson’s son and regular DJ partner Dantiez more recently. 

A special 12” series in 2008 called History Elevate, released in tandem with fellow polymath Carl Craig’s Planet E label, brought contemporary names like Mathew Jonson, Simian Mobile Disco and Loco Dice into the fold, proving his nous for fostering relationships with each new wave to come through techno’s gates. 25th anniversary compilations and numerous reissues have followed suit. 

Saunderson has a behind-the-scenes role to play, too: he is intertwined with the history of Detroit’s flagship Movement (formerly Detroit Electronic Music Festival / Fuse-In). Having produced the event in the mid-2000s, the last handful of years have seen repeated invites from Movement to display his ORIGINS showcase at the festival, bringing acts like Delano Smith, Phuture and DJ Minx under his curatorial umbrella. 

And of course, with a stacked international touring schedule over the decades, playing in nearly every country and at nearly every festival or club worth mention, he has not stopped pushing the feeling of techno on and on. 

The Groove That Won’t Stop, indeed.

Minimal/Disco/Groovy House DJ

Instagram: Jipkasmani
Contact: Jip.Kasmani@gmail.com

BLOND:ISH. 
Energy Lives Here
LFG to Happy Happy World
The Land of Freedom, Abundance & Happiness

MANAGEMENT: blondish@jet-mgmt.com

It was in 2011 that Dutch pair Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets quickly broke through in the electronic music scene. Since then they have become known for their widescreen approach to making and playing club-ready grooves. From deep to disco, tech to soul, they join the dots between the past and the present with their own sense of storytelling and do so in clubs around the world, as well as in their studio. House might be the root of the Dam Swindle sound, but it takes nourishment from a much wider world of music. 

Still now, their breakthrough tunes such as ‘The Wrap Around’ and ‘The Break Up’ receive countless plays on dancefloors all over the world and the duo has made timeless music such as their 2023 disco-house bomb ‘ That’s right’ and 90’s throwback banger ‘Allright – just a tribute’ that became one of the hits of the 2024 festival summer. Dam Swindle has built a trademark sound, while still evolving and maturing their craft in various musical niches. Their landmark 2018 album High Life shows a broad musicality from the duo and this is even more so on their highly anticipated 2025 long player ‘Open’.  ‘Open’ features countless collaborations with high-profile artists such as Dutch pianist Joep Beving and New York-based Ethiopian vocalist Haile Supreme, and sees the duo flex their sound from ambient electronica to synthwave, hiphouse and more. 

Since 2013, the pair has also established their record label Heist Recordings as one of the key independent labels for underground dance music, while also releasing music on other underground mainstays such as Aus Music and Classic Music Company. Heist is more than just a label, though - it is a breeding ground for talents old and new; somewhere talent is nurtured and allowed to develop. Label showcases and special projects such as the yearly Roundup EP; where all artists from the past 12 months remix each other after a random selection process, furthers the family vibe and helps Heist stand out from crowd. Artists such as Cinthie, DJ Sneak, Crackazat, Tesfa Williams, Makèz, Pépé Bradock, Matthew Herbert, Ge-Ology, Byron the Aquarius and many more have all contributed, proving that it is a place for unrestrained creatives to be free with their own sonic visions. The label looks as good as it sounds, too, thanks to visual artist Bas Koopmans's standout artwork designs. 
 
Proof of Dam Swindle's widescreen approach to production is their long and talented list of collaborators, which includes the likes of acclaimed musician Tom Misch, US talent Seven Davis Jr., instrumental collective Jungle by Night, plus Marc de Clive-Lowe, Jitwam and Lorenz Rhode. Next to their own originals, a broad spectrum of artists have asked Dam Swindle for some of their special remix magic: on labels like Strut and Soundway they have reworked the legendary Pat Thomas, aka the ‘Golden voice of Africa,' and gave his single ‘Yamona’ a contemporary electronic edge, as well as The Mauskovic Dance Band’s track ‘Space Drum Machine’ and plenty more artists like Kerri Chandler, Mayer Hawthorne and Tom Misch. As their talent for bridging genres from all over the world continues to attract global attention, high-profile projects keep rolling in from all points on the musical globe. 

Dam Swindle are famously avid collectors of both old and new records, and it shows in their DJ sets, which keep you on your toes as they move freely through the broad world of house music with skillfully blended moods of soulful techno, acid, breaks, disco and more, all to create those special moments that crowds never forget. It is for that reason that their name has become a real stamp of authority and invention in the dance music world. Whatever they do, then, this pair do with irresistible charm.

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