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Matt Holliday - Origin (Original Mix)

Necesito la música para sentirme vivo. Aquí encontrarás mis playlist: ritmos Progresivos o Ambientales, envueltos en las atmósferas: House, Trance o Dark.

I need music to feel alive. Here you will find my playlist: Progressive or Environmental rhythms, wrapped in the atmospheres: House, Trance or Dark.

DJ & Producer / Vacate Music
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Birmingham based DJ Producer Matt Holliday has been on the scene for over a decade, making a name for himself with an array of singles and remixes on labels such as JOOF and Bonzai Progressive. In 2015, he warmed up the Bonzai stage at Tomorrowland/Belgium, and early 2016 saw him playing the Luminosity Trance Gathering/Amsterdam. Then came his debut artist album 'Phase of Life', which was described as “indescribably breathtaking, emotionally moving, and gloriously touching”. 2020 kicked off with his new single ‘Convex’ and his new monthly podcast ‘Moments’ on Digitally Imported Radio. In 2023, Matt built a new home recording studio, creating a dedicated space for music production. Whilst 2024 saw the launch of Vacate Music, a platform to release his own music, embracing full creative control and independence.

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Nascido em Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brasil. Apaixonado por Deep House, Progressive House e Techno. Tem como referência os Djs Hernán Cattáneo, Nick Warren, Guy Mantzur e entre outros não citados. Membro da casting de artistas do núcleo Climb Music.


Born in Brazil. In love with Deep House, Progressive House and Techno. It has as reference the Djs Hernán Cattáneo, Nick Warren, Guy Mantzur and among others not mentioned. Member of the casting of artists of the core Climb Music.

Bonzai Progressive  exclusive producer.
Born in 1979, Adriaan Baussens fell in love with music at a young age. Growing up with his grandparents he was exposed to his grandfather’s huge collection of instrumental music including Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre,  and many more. At the Age of 12 a teacher discovered that Adriaan had the ability to play the melodies of songs he heard instantly on a recorder flute but when his grandfather bought him his first Casio keyboard things started to happen.  A Adriaan's obsession for synthesizers led him to learn all he could about sound design and production and there wasn't a day that went by without him being in his homemade studio, absorbing the multitude of possibilities from synthesis. He has a great love for Enigma which made him create chill out music and became the building blocks for the 2012 album "Sad in Joy" on Bonzai Elemental under the moniker Twins in Mind.
 
In 2005 a friend challenged him to make a House track. . "Good Feeling" was the result which became a hugely successful track and was remixed by Dr Kucho! The track went on to sell out in no time and ended up in the Belgian Dance Charts . Manu Riga was born.
 
The name Manu Riga originated from shuffling the letters of Gary Numan, another of his idols, and whilst he enjoyed success with 'Good Feeling' under this guise he felt this was not the music he should making. After struggling to write a successor to 'Good Feeling' he looked for inspiration in order to create the commercial sound he was looking for. At this time music by Pole folder & CP, DJ Shadow and Sasha & Digweed was opening him up to a new world of sound, much closer to the sound he wanted to create. In 2005 the track Taï Chi Girl, was refused by record labels which led Adriaan to put Manu Riga to rest for a while.  During this time Adriaan composed several soundtracks for movies and continued to create the smooth, chilled vibes of the Twins in Mind sound.
 
Almost 5 years later in 2009, after a talk with Laurent Veronnez (Airwave), he decided to send Tai Chi Girl to Bonzai Records. The track still sounded fresh and Bonzai was happy to sign it to their flagship label Bonzai Progressive giving Manu Riga a new home. In 2010 an artist deal was signed and since then a huge amount of releases and remixes followed.
 
Original tracks such as "No Matter What", "The Darkness Within" and the successful “Cimmerian" made the Manu Riga sound well known in the underground scene. Remixes for the late great Quadran (Philip Van Mullem), Gai Barone, Art of Trance, Moshic and many others, put the Manu Riga sound into many sets across the world and marked him as a highly respected producer. With over 40 remixes and 14 original EP’s it has been quite a productive 5 years for Manu Riga. 
 
in 2015 Manu Riga started a collaboration project with Matt Holliday (as Matt & Manu), releasing two very well received EP's, "You are Contagious" and "Submerged Needs", alongside remixes for Dark soul Project,  Phi Phi and Matan Caspi. On 25th of July the duo performed a back to back set on the Bonzai Stage at Europe's biggest festival, Tomorrowland. Every month they host their own radio show Ethnoscience on progressive.beats.org which is where Manu Riga also has his well received podcast Escape.
 
Another collaboration, this time with his close friend Alex Vidal, is already promising to be a big hit with the release of their first EP, When Worlds Collide - which will be followed up soon as they continue to work together.
 Currently (Summer 2015), Adriaan is working on his first Manu Riga album which is planned for the first half of 2016 but in the meantime he will continue to work on more collaborations as well as nurturing his Twins In Mind and Long Garden Avenue guises.
 Keep up to date with all the latest info over at the news section of the site, see you there.

I am an author who dabbles in music for kicks. My influences include Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Klaus Schulze, Giorgio Moroder, Victor Calderone, Daniel Lanois, John Barry, Tom Jobim and Mike Oldfield.

If you're interested in having me put your track through one of my signature "treatments," feel free to send on a note.

The VERNSKI project started like most others.... Bedroom DJing and branching out into local club nights in Darwin. 

The Trancefusions podcast was launched in 2013 and has had a host of international guest DJs. Supported by Airwave, The Digital Blonde, Daniel Lesden, Steve Birch, Facade, Omnimoon, Tim Penner and many others.

Progressive Evolution Theory was launched in 2016 for Progressive Beats Radio. All sets are available on the back catalogue.