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Artist Info:
Makèz is no stranger to challenging the status quo of what house music can be. The duo is known for contemporarily remixing the ingredients of classic house into future proof compositions. In an old house flanking one of the canals of Amsterdam is a cozy home studio, with enough floor space for a couple of chairs and a side table. Stretched around the walls are computers, cables, synths, drum machines and vinyl records. It’s in this attic that Makèz, the duo of Kees van ’t Klooster and Jan-Willem Mulder, convene to explore the world of electronic music. The form of art that ties them to one another, as well as the world around them. The two met in high-school and instinctively connected. They spoke the same languages of classic disco records, jazz- and hip hop albums and soulful house singles. So, they found themselves crate-digging and swapping 12-inches constantly. It was only a matter of time before they wound up jamming together. It was then, that they learned their modes of self-expression are preternaturally harmonious. Kees finds his voice in sound design and has a keen feel for programming and arranging. Jan-Willem on the other hand, expresses himself through keyboard melodies, warm chords and wobbly basslines. They started recording their ideas on tape, and became music technology graduates. While exploring the versatility of the electronic music scene, Makèz demos drew the attention of hometown heroes Dam Swindle and landed on their label Heist in 2019. Their first EP ‘Different Planets’ gained major support from artists like Seth Troxler, Danny Krivit and Chez Damier. Not much later, a pair of club orientated EP’s on NYC’s Let’s Play House Records appeared. The blueprint of a Makèz piece is distinct and obvious, even if the words for it are elusive and shifting. Everything they produce is deeply soulful, informed by R&B, future jazz and deep house. The duo took time to further innovate their sound with insights they gained from their DJ gigs. Furthermore, their energetic and interactive style of playing records, plus their complementary studio flow, organically led to their first live-set. Their debut album, a Heist production, is called ‘City of All’. Join the two for a vibrant voyage, fusing the sounds of places that shaped their musical vision. Borderless in a way this modern world often seems to be afraid of. As they say, love will save the day, and Makèz is here to dance with you along that joyful journey.

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Exciting times for LDW. Not only has he hit upon a rich vein of creative inspiration and loving every second of being in the studio making music with his partner Fewture, this man from Amsterdam also seems to be inadvertently, or maybe purposefully, shaping a fresh direction for the Amsterdam deep house scene.

Taking up influences from Chicago via Detroit and San Fransisco and with a broad knowledge of deep house, jazz, funk, soul and disco that goes way beyond his years, he managed to get close links and residencies at the Deep House Amsterdam movement as well as at the famous online magazine Overdose.am. His beats got support from names like Pete Tong, Shadow Child, Alle Farben, Waze & Odyssey, Nachtbraker, Jamie Trench and many others and brought him and Fewture bookings all over Europe. Among others, his sets were heard at P!TCH Festival Amsterdam, Boothstock Festival Rotterdam, sinnmusik*’s warehouse parties in Barcelona, the infamous LOK parties at Bourbon Dogs in Berlin and the Block Parties in Amsterdam’s Chicago Social club as well as all the major clubs in Amsterdam and Antwerp. Spring 2013 and 2016 even led him to China and Thailand where he did shows in all the leading underground venues in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dali and Kunming.

When Luc performs, he confidently takes you on to an uncontrollable dancing state of mind, led by energetic jacking deep house beats in-fluxed with jazz and funk bits and with a love for vocal stabs throughout the whole set.

Some Past gigs:
06/07 PITCH Festival, Bacardi 150 year stage, Westerpark Amsterdam
06/07 Mother Music Showcase @ Stadsschouwburgplein, Antwerp, Belgium
06/07 Disco Dangereux @ Magic Antwerp, Belgium
12/07 Cookie Club @ Club Air, Amsterdam
03/08 Boulevard After Party #2 – Hosted by Glow, P79, Den Bosch
11/08 Boothstock Festival, Hardpop & Discotexas Stage Rotterdam
26/12 Nein Oh Nein w/ Juan Sanchez, Dexter and Jack Stereo, Rex Hilversum
04/01 Club Up w/ Quinten909 & Lars Vegas, Amsterdam
23/03 Haze, Beijing, CHINA
29/03 The Bar Kei, Tianjing, CHINA
06/04 Amber Lounge, Shanghai, CHINA
19/04 The Club, Kunming, CHINA
30/04 Slag om Daalder - QUEENSDAY, Lindengracht Amsterdam
18/10 ADE 2013, Freddie Glitch Presents: Red Light Disco at Suzy Wong. Quinten909, BB Deng (CN), WNDWLCKRS and others
01/05 Kranck, Club Lux, Utrecht
31/05 ACCESS, AIR, Amsterdam
20/06 Lost Society, Dublin, IRELAND
28/06 Hause Am See, Liebestag, Dok2013, Amsterdam
16/08 Blockparty, Chicago Social Club, Amsterdam
24/09 Morning Gloryville, Episode #4, Amsterdam
08/01 #DWFTW, AIR, Amsterdam
26/02 #DWFTW, AIR , Amsterdam
09/05 Blockparty, Chicago Social Club, Amsterdam
25/07 Sinnmusic* 3rd birthday, Secret Location, Barcelona, SPAIN
31/07 aper'eau Freddie Glitch and friends, Antwerpen
07/11 LOK, Bourbon Dogs, Berlin, GERMANY
14/11 Blockparty, Chicago Social Club, Amsterdam w/Mason, Cleavage & Quinten909
31/12 LOK, Bourbon Dogs, Berlin, GERMANY
01/05 Bourbon Dogs Open Air Stage, Spreewaldplatz, Berlin
20/05 HWG, Chengdu, China
27/05 Lantern, Beijing, China
03/06 Arkham, Shanghai, China
04/06 Echo Bay, Chongquing, China
08/06 Vervo, Kunming, China
10/06 The Phoenix, Dali, China
11/06  .TAG, Chengdu, China
17/06 Vogue Lounge, Bangkok, Thailand
03/07 Springkussen Festival, Blockparty Stage, Amsterdam
05/01 DC, Chengdu, CHINA
06/01 Vervo, Kunming, CHINA
07/01 TAG, Chengdu, CHINA
11/01 DaDa, Beijing CHINA
12/01 Pyro Live Stream, Shanghai, CHINA
13/01 Celia, Shanghai, CHINA
14/01 Echo Bay, Chongqing, CHINA
10/02 South William Basement, Dublin, Ireland
10/03 Take-Over, Club NL, Amsterdam
11/03 21 Jaar Cafe de Sax, Wijnegem, Belgium w/CJ Bolland, Steve Sax
14/05 Strawberry Festival, Chengdu, China
20/05 Loopy Club, Hangzhou, China
28/05 TAG, Chengdu, China

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