LIVE  Recording @ TIMEWARP NL, Saturday 8 December 2012
with only Egbert tracks or remixes made by Egbert

Timetable of the night:
20:00 - 22:30:  Nic Fanciulli
22:30 - 00:30:  John Digweed 
00:30 - 01:45:  Live: Extrawelt 
01:45 - 04:45:  Sven Väth 
04:45 - 06:00:  Live: Gui Boratto
06:00 - 07:00:  Live: Egbert

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Egbert LIVE Recording @ TimeWarp 2012, CLOSING SET  *Free download* 100% Egbert tracks (and 1 remix)

Born in Eindhoven, without a softly spoken G, the 90's kid Ruben has had a deep relationship with the house genre. Getting inspiration from DJ's such as Carl Cox, Roger Sanchez, Chuckie and Egbert at an early age, the young DJ began his journey sitting behind the computer learning the basics of mixing at 13 years of age in 2011. After 5 years he started creating a series of mixes that were to be published on YouTube under the alias TOYDJ. This was during the era where 'Future House' was at its peak and took advantage of the opportunity. 

After a long while the DJ went to change his alias from TOYDJ to HNDRCKS. Changing his alias according to Ruben was much needed because of the meaning of the name TOYDJ. He said that his name should have a more serious meaning than it had before. The name TOYDJ is short for That One Young DJ, which according to Ruben will not apply when he'll get older. Changing his name to HNDRCKS was the end result as his middle name is 'Hendrik.'

Now back on the set under the alias HNDRCKS his aim is to create mixes and play sets that contain a huge dose of constant energy. Playing at smaller parties and (sometimes illegal) underground venues, the DJ is paving the driveway on his way to success. Time will tell if he'll succeed in his journey to success.

It is warm, upbeat, energetic and most of all, irresistible: The Egbert-sound. Egbert VanderGugten is an ordinary Dutch guy, except for the fact that he is THE Dutch techno-act at this moment. In his loft in Rotterdam, Egbert produces one great dance floor track after another. However, no dance floor can hear it. The only witness to the magic he creates are the four walls of his loft until the Dutch techno legend Secret Cinema (Jeroen Verheij) finds him online. Verheij pulls Egbert out of his loft and gives him, at age 20, a stage to perform on and a record label. It turned out to be the start of an international victory tour. Having hardly recovered from his first two releases in the Netherlands, Sven Väth calls from Frankfurt: ‘Can Egbert deliver a track for Cocoon, stat.’ Vreugdevuur becomes one of the most prominent releases of 2009 and after that things go fast. Really fast. The loft quickly becomes history when Egbert closes the main stage of Time Warp, crushes Awakenings for no less than a dozen times in a couple years and graces Club Womb in Tokyo. Additionally, he is a frequent guest in Cape Town, Budapest, Ibiza, Melbourne and Singapore… Not bad for a guy who before his first release only flew in a plane once. But understand that wherever Egbert comes, all (let me repeat: ALL) hands will go up, and they will stay there. 

“Very proud of him to be the youngest Dutch techno-hero bringing quality music to
dance floors across the globe” - Rocco Veenboer, Awakenings

Egbert sets a new standard when he singlehandedly performs for 6 hours straight in a sold out club Melkweg in Amsterdam. The question is: what is someone who achieved so much in such a short period of time going to do next? No worries. Aside from the fact that he still has a countless amount of tracks waiting to see the world (thank you, loft), Egberts’ ambition and energy are limitless.

The entire world is his next stop.