A Dutch teenage girl, with half of her childhood spent living in South Africa, who happens to be the next big thing in dance music. 
Sophie Francis started playing piano and singing along to every song.  
At the tender age of 14, Sophie began charting her path from a school challenge. Asked to master a skill over nine months, Sophie decided that she’d put her musical acumen to task. She went to class to learn to DJ and she quickly realised there was something much more at her fingertips. She began to obsess about music, mixing, production and the art of it all. She felt the real pull of music and what it can do for people and suddenly this school project became the catalyst of a career. She booked her first residency at a local bar where she perfected her skills and, as she played for more and more people, the artist inside began to emerge. She realised that she could connect with people in a powerful way through music. 
She was hooked.
Always Management signed her in 2015 and almost immediately, had her playing at weekend festivals across the globe. The first of those, BCM Mallorca, showcased Sophie on the mainstage for 2 full hours and set a crystal-clear precedent that Sophie was a star. 
As 2015 came to a close, Sophie went to South Africa for a tour performing on the mainstage of The Ruins Festival, a club show at The Coco Club in Cape Town, and rounding it all off with an appearance on Expresso a national TV show with 1.5 million viewers. 
At early 2016 Sophie sent Freeway Recordings 3 demos and the result was unprecedented. The label worked with Sophie on co-production and turned the 3 demos into final releases. ‘Drop Of A Dime’, ‘Up In This’ and ‘Bad Boy’ came out at the beginning of 2016, and each made #20 on the Beatport PH chart and got the support of Tiësto, Quintino, Ummet Ozcan, Thomas Gold, Tritonal and many others. The tracks were on rotation at NRJ and Tiësto’s Club Life radio show.
Sophie’s 4th single ‘Annihilate’ was a free-download. Fans again surprised everyone by pushing the song to a viral status by logging 2 million plays on Soundcloud.
The summer of 2016 was very successful, playing mainstage for festivals of 35k people in Valencia, playing at best clubs in the world by DJ Mag and gaining fan base after every show. These season gave Sophie a special highlight when she was confirmed to play as the ‘New Discovery’ special guest which included performing at 15 shows at BCM Mallorca; the most important nights brought to prominence by alums such as; Steve Aoki, Oliver Heldens, and Nervo among others. Sophie was joined on stage by Martin Garrix where the pair performed an impromptu B2B set.
The milestones continued in 2016 when Sophie released her first vocal track ‘Walls’, on Powerhouse Music. ‘Walls’ entered the playlists of national Dutch radios (538, SlamFM, 3FM) and received a 94% vote of ‘likes’ from listeners on 538 and broke into the Top 30 on the Dutch Airplay chart. ‘Walls’ was followed by the release of ‘Don’t Stop’, a club track on the Dirty Dutch imprint. The song entered the top15 on Beatport’s Chart, was premiered by David Guetta and supported by many international DJS. 
As 2016 progressed, Sophie was feeling the pressure. She was now an in-demand artist getting offers for bookings in the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, US, India, China, Vietnam, Japan and UAE, but balancing the fact that she is still a student attending a gifted high school with very critical exams looming.
A new label came calling and, in late January, Sophie signed a deal with Spinnin’ Records. Her first single, ‘Without You’ was released on Feb 17 with a follow up single is slated for April. Spinnin’ has made it clear that Sophie is a priority for them and news of the signing reverberated through the industry.
It was around this time that Sophie was named to the prestigious “Top 25 Most Influential Artists Under 25” by Spotify NL. She’s joined by fellow artists Martin Garrix and Oliver Heldens among others.

Alex Gaudino began his adventure in the music business in Italy in 1993 at the famous Flying Records and UMM. In 1998 Alex founded RISE Records, which soon became one of the most respected European labels, signing hit records like The Tamperer and Black Legend – Alex is the only Italian A&R who had two Number 1s in the UK sales chart.
Bang by Robbie Rivera got Alex a nomination as best European A&R at the European Music Awards in London in 2000. In 2003 he produced singles with Crystal Waters and Ultra Natè. The single Destination Unknown got massive support andand reached the top of the UK Buzz charts.
Alex is also behind the projects Supacupa and Sambatucada (Gaudino da Costa) and his remix of Is it Cos Im Cool by Mousse T left its mark on the summer of 2004.
In 2005 his record Lil Love Little Love, was a worldwide club hit. The following year he remixed Pete Tong & Chris Cox (Deep End), Mousse T (Horny) and James Kakande (You You You-played by Pete Tong), and released his own track Reaction on Ministry of Sound of Alexs single Reaction and his Blue Lipstick project Head over Heels on Hed Kandi.
In 2007, Alex’s career changes gear with the massive crossover hit Destination Calabria, a track that had gained a cult following as a bootleg before Data Records cleared the rights and released it officially. The track was a top 5 hit in singles sales charts in UK and many other countries around the world.
In 2008, the follow-up single Watch Out made the top 20 in UK and dominated charts around Europe and Asia. In 2009 his cover of the Joan Jett classic I love Rock n Roll was a massive airplay and chart hit in France.
In 2010 Alex is back with another hit, proving definitively that he’s one of the most successful producers of crossover dance record hits of recent years. I’m In Love (I Wanna Do It) went to #10 in the UK singles sales charts, #1 in the iTunes UK dance singles sales chart, #1 in the Billboard Dance Airplay chart in U.S.A. and many, many other chart results, getting huge radio airplay.
His remixes over the last couple of years read like a roll call of dance music’s biggest players, including Armin van Buuren’s Never Say Never’, ‘Peace Song’ by Bob Sinclar, ‘Escape Me’ by Tiesto and “Spaceship” by Benny Benassi, "I'm Glade You Came" by The Wanted.
Alex is constantly on tour worldwide bringing his cracking sets to stylish clubs and hot festivals on both sides of the Atlantic. Alex is just at home in London, Paris, Moscow and Miami as he is in his native Italy. This year he span his records at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Beatpatrol near Vienna and Sensation in Poland, as well as his usual circuit of cool clubs.
In 2011 another hit for Alex: Alex Gaudino Ft. Kelly Rowland "What A Feeling" , went to #6 in the UK singles sales charts, #1 in the iTunes UK dance singles sales chart, #1 in the Billboard Dance Airplay chart in U.S.A. 

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Music has always been a part of her life. In 2006., after many years of listening to Hip-Hop, she meets her current boyfriend DJ Kosta Radman alongside whom she decides to explore more deeply her passion for music and starts performing as a DJ in 2007.

In a short period of time she managed to accomplish a great deal, racking up many performances all over Croatia and the neighbouring countries Italy, Slovenia and Bosnia.

Currently, she holds a prestigious residency at the most popular clubbing destination in Croatia - "Papaya" club on Zrce beach, a venue ranked #32 on the DJ Mag TOP 100 Clubs chart.
Over the years, she has played alongside the world's best DJs such as Axwell, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, AN21, Max Vangeli, Glenn Morrison, Markus Schulz, Chris Lake, Arno Cost, Norman Doray, Above&Beyond, Jerome Isma-ae, Mark Knight and Seamus Haji.

In May 2011, she won the first regional female DJ competition “Canyon female DJ contest”, which opened many doors for her in clubbing scene.

Also, apart from finishing Nursing Studies in Croatia, she supported a large number of humanitarian and charity events.

With a sunny disposition and a big smile always glancing at the crowd, her DJ sets always deliver a powerful club vibe that gets even the laziest people dancing!

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