Starting off their career as "Sick Dj Team" in 2000, the Italian duo formed by Samuele Gozzo and Jacopo Stevenato, after their first release, reached a new dimension and developed a brand new sound becoming the artists known nowadays as "The Sickest Squad".

Their sound soon evolved to be what today it's defined as Sickcore as its purest, releasing popular tracks like Boomshakalaka, Minimal is Criminal, Blue, Zombie and many more.

With their popularity increasing as their sound slowly becoming their trademark in each and every release, TSS started to become a guarantee in the underground scene. This gave them the chance to perform at the most important parties and festival throughout Europe and faraway countries like Canada, Australia, Colombia and Japan, bringing their sound to be known worldwide.

This energetic and creative duo came up with their own label, "Brutale", in 2014, supported by Sonic Solution. The idea behind it was to give people an alternative to what other underground labels released at the time, in order to spread underground sounds of all kinds and genres throughout the globe. Once the label was created, they tried to pursue this aim by performing with their top artists what it is called "Brutale Act".

For the same and shared desire of getting as many people as possible to love and be passionate about their music and Frenchcore in particular, TSS together with two of the top artists on the scene Dr. Peacock and Billx, came out with a new project called "Frenchcore Familia".
This new format kicked off for the first time at Defqon.1 2019 where the Familia drove the crowd insane with thousands of people attending their sets and getting everyday one step closer to their goal.

Style: Hardcore / Downtempo / Hard-Techno
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System Overload has become one of the biggest promises of the current hardcore/uptempo generation. And with becoming a regular face at a lot of events en releasing a great flow of releases on big labels, he's rapidly living up to this promise!

System Overload played on a lot of major festivals, and even was asked to produce the official anthems for Harmony of Hardcore, Ground Zero and Army of Hardcore. You surely must have heard his biggest hits on the dance floor like "System Overload - Geef maar gas", "System Overload vs F-Noize - Gabbers in Pariz" and "Partyraiser vs F-Noize - La  Bomba (System Overload Remix)".

Performance highlights:
Harmony of Hardcore
Ground Zero
Tomorrowland
Hardshock
The Qontinent
Ibiza goes Hard

Release highlights:
System Overload has released on labels like Megarave Records, Partyraiser Records, Neophyte Records, Darkside Unleashed, Malice en Footworxx Records. Keep your eyes (and ears) open!

System Overload started to produce Down Tempo tracks. He will perform his new style soon. He also started a new act with Axl. They are creating a crossbread between Hardtechno and Hardcore. Be prepared for some crazy tracks in a unique style. Old vs new!

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Ricky Manders and Tim Achten, better known as the hardstyle duo Emphasis, are one of the rising talents in the Hard Dance genre. They started playing hardstyle in 2013. In the last couple of years they've played at a lot of festivals like Defqon.1, Intents, Q-Base and they even played in the Ziggodome by winning the producer contest of The Return of Headhunterz. They also hosted their own stage at Stereo Sunday in 2018 for the very first time. After spending time developing their sound, they got a break in 2017 when their first release 'Light It Up' was supported by Brennan Heart (WE R podcast) and Coone (Global Dedication). After that they kept on releasing tracks at labels like Derailed Traxx, Q-Dance NEXT, WE R and even had a release at Barong Family. After this success they decided to work harder and they're now waiting to release lots of more new tracks.

They're expecting more success in the future so keep an eye out for this duo at future hard dance events, because they turn music into power, as they unite!

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Boondock is the unrestricted euphonious escapade of Eloy Stroek

His musical story finds its roots in Weert, a neighboring city of Eindhoven, where Eloy’s granddad teaches him how to handle an old-fashioned tape recorder. This turns out the be the foundation for his indisputable passion for music and the technology behind it, as releasing mixes, based on the same principles as recording a tape, will later become part of his ever-evolving act.

Attending drum classes, Eloy’s interest for rhythmic music grows bigger. At younger age, most of his presents are related to music and for the primary school musical he gets to be the mixing panel operator. His parents frequently buy him compilation CDs, with which he can discover his own taste within a wide spectrum of various genres. Remarkably, electronic dance and hiphop become his favorites, and still are nowadays, as he wants to discover new music within these styles on a daily basis. Doing this is made easier by the early possibilities of the internet and its new ways of sharing music. And it is because of the internet that he gets to know the art of turntablism and starts practising the digital form of it.

Buying an all-in-one starter mixer from his first earned money, Eloy knows this profound hobby will become a great part of his life. By learning the basic skills of mixing and sharing his recordings with local organisations, it doesn’t take long before he promotes a local event at his school by performing in front of his fellow high school students during lunch break. Thanks to this event and other local performances, people get to know him as a DJ and bigger undertakings soon follow.

Multiple collaborations with professional artists and agencies lead to performing at festival stages and indoor events. Self-organised dance events take place, DJ contests are won and club residencies come about, as Eloy keeps on developing his personal brand. This results in launching his latest concept, appearing under the name of Boondock, a multi-disciplined DJ act that takes the crowd on a surprising journey through sound.

The meaning of Boondock originates from the Phillipinean word ‘bundok’, meaning mountain. After the Spanish-American war it is used by soldiers and finds its way into the common English language. Musically ‘the mountain’ is a form of build-up used to rise the energy during a DJ set and symbolically a DJ can be seen as a “mountain” rising above the crowd. Adding up that dance music played a big peacemaking part in post-war areas such as Berlin after the Cold War and Beirut after the Lebanese Civil War, the history of the word philosophically relates to the evolution of underground dance music.

Act-wise, Boondock stands for an energising, uplifting and joyful musical experience with a good sense for crowd interaction. By playing with different energy levels he knows how to control the vibe and build tension for explosive peaks. Strategic track selection and preparations add extra spice to his sets and make them worth remembering, as he is always in search of new sounds to use for his upcoming performances.

The future looks bright and the possibilities within the world of music are endless. Eloy is therefore ready for all new challenges ahead. With his focus on producing and releasing new music, he is enthusiastic when it comes to joining new collaborations with event agencies, club owners and fellow artists. Knowing all this, Eloy is certain that the best is yet to come.

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