For the past decade, Mad Decent has been invading your ears with fresh sounds. With humble beginnings in Diplo’s Philadelphia studio, Mad Decent’s unwavering mission is to highlight underground, genre-blurring sounds. Mad Decent tops iTunes, Beatport and Shazam charts worldwide with #1 Dance tracks and albums with releases from artists like Major Lazer, Dillon Francis, Grandtheft, Party Favor, NGHTMRE and Yellow Claw. Mad Decent is also home to Good Enuff, a launchpad for artists breaking the norm; notable releases include Bauuer’s “Harlem Shake” and DJ Snake’s “Bird Machine.” As an extension of the Mad Decent sound, Mad Decent Block Party was established in 2006 and now spans across North America and India.

CAFÉ D’ANVERS LEGEND SINCE 2000.
Prinz is a well respected deejay, producer and event organizer from Belgium. Officially active since 1995 and Prinz is still going strong in 2015. He started his first residency at the world famous boat parties “Cruises to Pleasure”, where he performed with Blake Baxter, Stacey Pullen, Claudio Cocoluto and Ricky Montanary. Not long after, he was already touring with Masters at Work in Geneva, Paris and Brussels, which got him bookings in Montreal (Canada), Ibiza (Spain), Miami (US), Amsterdam (NL). 

In 2000 he got offered a residency at Café d’Anvers where he still organizes his legendary Push It parties every 3rd Friday of the month. Pushing young talents and combining the line up with big names like Guy Gerber, Joseph Capriati, Dosem, Ellen Allien and much more. He compiled the Free Vibes disc of the 2nd Café d’Anvers compilation in 2001, accompanied by an exclusive vinyl of his EP - My Sound -, which became a hit in Ibiza and supported the compilation. Between 2000 and 2010 a lot of bookings in Ibiza followed, including La Troya Assesina, Dance Valley at Amnesia, Club Space, KM 5, Blue Marlin, Sa Trincha, … Invited by Berlin’s famous nightlife magazine Partysan, he performed in Thailand at Full Moon party, at illegal boat parties in Turkey, Rave on Snow in Austria and in Berlin at the Loveparade. 

But it wasn’t only in Europe that he gained fame. Prinz was also creating a fanbase in Russia, where he has been performing yearly at the best clubs and events in Moscow and St. Petersburg since 2000. Festivals like Kazantip, Dance Valley, Tomorrowland and – world, 10 Days Off, The Love-and Techno Parade, Loveland and Laundry Day booked Prinz since their first edition. And it’s been since 2012 that he’s hosting Tomorrowland’s second biggest stage known as the camping party of Dreamville, where 35.000 partyheads are going mad before the festival actually starts. 

Securing a top position, year after year, in the Belgian annual 'House DJ Of The Year' polls. There is absolutely no doubt that Prinz still belongs to the top DJ's in Belgium. After 20 years of performing in the music business, Prinz is launching his “PRINZ: 20 YEARS DJ TOUR in April 2015, with worldwide gigs and the release of a mini-album. 

Connect with Prinz through his social media channels and stay tuned of all greatness, which is coming from his musical royalness!

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