VVELTSCHMERZ is a DJ and producer hailing from Trondheim, Norway. As a kid growing up in the 90’s, he would become greatly influenced by his father’s interest and taste in music, which would lead him to start collecting records at a very young age. He would bring his records with him wherever he went, and would often end up playing them at his friends’ birthday parties etc. This led him to naturally venture into the world of DJing, and he began playing at his local youth club at the age of 11.

A typical set from VVELTSCHMERZ can be described as a high-gear, 4x4 journey through hard, electronic music – both old and new. From dirty acid and industrial warehouse techno to trance, pounding hard house and NRG – to hardstyle, hardcore, gabber and darkcore. No matter what he plays, his aim is always to create a memorable night on the dance floor.

VVELTSCHMERZ is the founder of the club concept UNTERVVELT, and one of the curators and organizers behind the art-and-club-event series KunstKLUBB and IMMERSION. Together with his good friend MØRK he runs the club concept Heart House, and they play together under the b2b moniker Norwegian Hard House Mafia. He has held monthly residencies at Dancevibes Radio (NL) and Fnoob Techno Radio (UK), where he has played alongside names like Reinier Zonneveld and PETDuo. 

Some of his recent bookings include warm-up for Might Be Twins (Kulturfabrikken Kristiansund), Frequent Friday (Stereo) and Bass-On (Vers Libre) in Bergen, Kristiansund Kunsthall, Give Me A Break (TYVEN), TRØNDERDOME (CLUB-WONDERLAND / Lager11), Technophilia (Trykkeriet Scene), PaaDyptVann (HAVET Arena), and warm-up for Onleash (Lokal Klubb).

In addition to DJing and producing, VVELTSCHMERZ is a visual artist, and the other half of the performance art-duo Mikalsen & Marhaug; working within the fields of sound art, techno, noise, power electronics, and live action painting – often intertwined through improvisation. He is also a co-founder of the contemporary art gallery OMNIBUS.

Neil Bamford has been a name featured in UK trance culture for a decade. Having been involved with some of the most recognisable UK brands and with his productions supported by the likes of Armin van Buuren, Aly & Fila, Solarstone and the other artists that make up the senior fraternity of trance. After a few years away from producing, Neil has returned in fine fashion with with two two tracks being featured on 2018’s In Search Of Sunrise 14 and the Pure Trance 7 Compilation.

Neil’s love for music has been ever present since before his age met double digits, and turned his attention to trance music around the age of 16. Although he tries to champion artists starting out on their journey, he has studied the genre’s history and believes it’s in a much better place now then it ever has been. His first initial releases were together with Med (Chris Medlock) on labels such as Abora (‘One’), Infrasonic (‘Stolen’ and ‘Last Stand’) and Perceptive (‘Light Up’) of which were supported on ASOT several times. With this success in their productions, Neil and Med went on to be heavily involved in UK super brand Digital Society landing them a residency with the brand. After a few years of gigging up and down the country, Neil and Med went their separate ways with Neil’s hunger still burning bright.

Whilst keeping his ear low to the ground, Neil locked himself away and learnt his trade with the sole purpose of a return to the trance scene. His highest solo accolade came in the from of ‘There Are There’ which was released on Solarstone’s Pure Trance label. This track was included on the re-ignition of ISOS 14 and was also featured in the Mixmag Top 100 Tracks of 2018 across all genres. Now with the bar set high he is developing his production to reflect the sound he loves to hear in a club and create.

Trance DJ living in Trondheim, Norway. Huge fan up uplifting trance and melodies, tech trance, hardtrance and some techno.
Started doing radio shows in 2013, but having a break now. 

"Same old nonsense of just banging" - Simon Patterson

Booking: ilireanor@gmail.com / www.facebook.com/ilireamusic

Line Engstrøm is a Norwegian DJ and producer with nearly two decades behind the decks. Known as Norway’s Trance Queen, she’s built a reputation for high-energy sets that fuse euphoric trance, driving techno, and festival-ready house. Her signature sound blends emotional melodies with powerful drops, creating unforgettable dancefloor moments wherever she plays.

From club residencies and afterski parties to major festivals and international events, Line has shared stages with some of the world’s biggest names including Giuseppe Ottaviani, Aly & Fila, Johan Gielen, and Ørjan Nilsen. She’s performed at iconic events such as Monday Bar Cruise (Sweden), Palmesus Festival, Hove Festival, Trance Lillehammer, and many more — always bringing her unique ability to connect with the crowd.

Her career highlights include becoming the first female DJ to reach the national finals of the Movida Corona DJ Competition, taking 3rd place in 2011, and later winning the BPM DJ Competition in 2013. Beyond the booth, Line has hosted her own radio show Trancefied, curated her own events, and continues to grow as a producer. Her releases on Joyride Recordings and Cenium Records — including White Nebula, Ready to Go, and Dark Matter — showcase her darker, atmospheric side while keeping the energy dancefloor-driven.

With a loyal following online through her Twitch streams and a reputation for filling dancefloors across Scandinavia, Line Engstrøm is a force in the electronic music scene — and her journey is only just beginning.

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Born in the hot summer of 1979, I grew up in the center of The Netherlands. At the age of 12 I discovered the wonderful new genre of House music. Still a schoolboy, I used all my pocket money to buy cassette tapes of famous Dutch house compilations like Move The House, Turn up the Bass & House Party. In the following years several new subgenres emerged, in which the melodic ones were my favourites. That means lots of Eurodance, and instead of the popular Dutch Hardcore, I chose for German Rave and Hardtrance. That combination of powerful beats with lots of melodies was golden and formed my music taste.

Some years through genres like Dream House, Club Trance and the famous Pizzicato house followed and the first Trancemaster! CD’s were collected. And then the year 1999 came, I discovered a strange imported English mix compilation called Gatecrasher:Wet
It contained a wonderful combination of trance tracks from all over Europe. At that moment I started to save some money for buying my first turntables. When I bought my first 2 belt drive turntables and a basic mixer a new world opened. The world was far less international so it was quit a challenge to get those gems from abroad. In 2005 this trance addiction was expanded with producing my own tracks with the then brand new FruityLoops software. Exploring all ranges of trance music my production portfolio is very diverse, like all the different music styles I like to play. 

Being a bedroom producer and DJ for many years my collection grew to about 2500 records ranging from deep progressive house to hardtrance. Around 2007/2008 vinyl records stopped being the main medium for electronic music and things were getting all digital. Missing the fun part of buying and spinning part of records, together with a changing sound of trance made that spinning music was not on my highest rank anymore. But although not too active, this was the period that I discovered harmonic mixing, which still forms the base of all my mixes. By combining the harmonies of different tracks, my mixes are full of homemade mash-ups and by using the harmonic mixing wheel I try to make one continuous journey through harmonies.

In these years my turntables and record collection were gathering dust. I still followed the trance scene sideways and made an occasional mix (with Virtual DJ) or track. In 2018 something changed. I decided to go to a trance festival again after 15 years, so me and my friends made a trip to Luminosity Beach Festival 2018. I was overwhelmed by the fact that this scene was so much more alive than I expected. Especially the fact that there were so many DJ’s that still played those classic trance tracks. Inspired by those sets I decided to upload some of my older mixes on my SoundCloud page for all those classic trance lovers. 

In the past 4 years I created my own themes for my mixes, some modern ones but lots of classics. For example my yearbooks in honour to those golden years of trance. My Exhibition of Classic Trance does reflect my personal taste the best, those mixes are always more than 3 hours to ensure a complete journey through different styles of trance. My personal favourite series is Hidden Treasures, which completely consists of all those hidden gems from back in the days. Of course I love the obvious classics, just as much as all trance lovers, but mixes with only the well-known classics are sometimes a bit exchangeable. With these hidden treasures I can let people discover tracks they never heard of and be more unique. It’s my pleasure to provide you all with a broad range of trance music.

Hi and welcome! Here you will find my sets containing all progressive styles of house as well as melodic house & techno including some peak time techno. So let us space out and dive in to the sonical landscape I've called mindscapes! As always, please enjoy!

One of Scandinavia's leading DJs, producer, promoter, head of music at YleX, father and a music lover. 

Bookings: paula@silverlining.agency

Orkidea has been one of Scandinavia’s leading DJs since the early 90s. He is best known for his unique blend of trance and progressive: credible and firmly rooted in the underground origins of trance. His music has been supported by a wide variety of DJs from the ultimate taste makers such as Pete Tong and Sasha to stadium filling titans Armin van Buuren and Tiesto. All artists that he has enjoyed sharing the stage with too.

Tapio Hakanen aka Orkidea has released four full length albums for Black Hole, AVA and Universal Music. He is best known for classics such as Unity, YearZero and Nana and timeless remixes of Way Out West’s Killa, Aalto’s Rush and Tiesto’s Flight 643. Lately he has been one of the key creative forces in Solarstone’s Pure Trance movement and has had the pleasure of mixing the first compilation, releasing on the label and performing at their high profile events around the globe. Orkidea is also a member of the critically acclaimed VII DJ collective.

Throughout his career, Orkidea has been voted seven times as #1 DJ in Finland and two times the most popular DJ in Scandinavia and made it to the DJ Mag Top 200 and Tranceaddict Top 100 lists. He has had 32 Beatport Top 100 tracks, one iTunes #1 album, a Finnish singles chart #1 and a Beatport Trance #1 single under his belt alongside over 30 million plays in YouTube, SoundCloud and Spotify.

Since his first gigs at illegal squat house underground raves in 1992, Orkidea has played over 2000 gigs around the world at legendary venues such as Ministry of Sound in London, Cafe del Mar in Ibiza, Tresor in Berlin, Pacha in Buenos Aires and Avalon in Los Angeles, as well as some of world’s most prestigious events including Dreamstate USA, Luminosity, Transmission and Amsterdam ADE.

Between his peers, he is known as being driven by his constant need to evolve and create. Something he fulfills by uniting, supporting and inspiring the people and movements he is passionate about. Dedication to the scene and ethos of “Forward Forever, Backwards Never” has kept Orkidea moving and progressing for over 25 years and it’s still what keeps him as relevant and credible as ever.

Get my tracks here: https://www.beatport.com/artist/thomas-lizzara/172407

Booking: hendrik@hijack-booking.de
International: andre@hijack-booking.de
http://hijack-booking.de

Shows: www.ThomasLizzara.com

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