Born and raised in Rotterdam this national & international deejay with 25 year experience and a lot of passion for his music. In the beginning of the nineties he was already going to all the big Raves especially for the Harder Styles like Early Rave, Happy Hardcore & Old Skool.

That was al the great parties like, Rave The City, Megarave, Parkzicht, Nightmare, Thunderdome and so on? Later on he was getting some invitations to get along with his favourite deejays like, Paul Elstak, Neophyte, Gizmo & The Dark Raver, DJ Rob & MC Joe & DJ Panic.
At that same time he worked at Midtown Records in Rotterdam & The Hague. All the great top Deejays came down at Midtown to get the best Hardcore Records on vinyl at that time, now to buy and play on vinyl is over unfortunately So he get also the deejay fever to learn en to become a dj!

He started to play in Clubs in Holland, then little Rave Parties and started also as a producer and dj under the name: Altered States on Trashcan Records, Brrr Records, Red Level Records & Rave Inc. He also meet all the greatest dj?s of course at Midtown Records. 1 and a half year later he was playing on a radio program called Channel-X from the legendary Club-X in Belgium and also Hardcore Radio in Rotterdam.
He played at Club-X with DJ Psycho. Then he met George Ruseler for Rotterdam Terror Corps en he could play at the Energyhall, Demisec & Sweetlake in Rotterdam.

Now DJ Bouncer is still active in the studio, with some Freestyle & Hardcore Productions solo but also make some new tracks together with Rudenoize an DJ Gizmo He played very often at Hardhouse Generation in the Hague and also together with DJ Gizmo & Rudenoize. His style of music is: Freestyle, Old Skool, Early Hardcore & Hardcore! 

Justin Kern aka The Bouncer

DJ/Producer From Northern Ireland

Bookings - Kylewoodbookings@gmail.com

Verknipt is an event organization known for its wild techno events for over a decade! As Verknipt focuses on (hard) techno, industrial techno and other hard dance rave music, with multiple events throughout the year at various locations, booking well known artists and introducing our visitors to new rising stars! Together with a crazy light and lasershow and freaky visuals: we have the perfect mix to get you to rave! With roughly 155.000 visitors a year and now expanding to roughly 300.000 visitors in 2024, we have greatly expanded our Verknipt community. Do you also live to rave? Join the Verknipt Family!

Verknipt was founded in 2012 and up until 2022 they organized events in the Netherlands. Within a short period of time Verknipt gained a well-known name in the Netherlands  and conquered the hearts of many techno fans. As of today they are the leading organization in the hard techno scene. Currently they are establishing a name internationally to build their brand and to also become the leading in the techno scene worldwide. In addition to hosting other major events such as Wonderland, Verknipt has made her mark across the country and increased its audience reach from different countries.

Vinyl Junkie (UK) - DJ - Producer - Radio Presenter - Vinyl Enthusiast - Online Record Store. Specialising in Jungle / Hardcore & D&B - Owner of 3 labels - Warehouse Wax - Ghetto Dub - Ghetto Wax - Hosts a weekly radio show on Eruption radio. Thursday 10am - Midday (GMT)- http://www.eruptionradio.uk

CHECK OUT THE RECORD STORE: http://www.vinyljunkie.uk

Love to play vinyl, love the hardtrance/ retro sounds with a twist of oldschool and techno😍

for bookings kimmylouda@gmail.com

hope to see you somewhere on a dancefloor✌🏼✌🏼

Godfather’, ‘Legend’, ‘International Hero’. All accolades attributed by loving fans Worldwide to the DJ, Producer and scene pioneer known as ‘Slipmatt’. For over three decades, this dubplate diamond has been changing the game, staying on the pulse and keeping ahead of the curve, packing dancefloors and selling out clubs long before it was cool and still does so to this very day.
  
Having produced a ton of successful singles and compiled a number of hit selling mix albums under his ‘Slipmatt’ alias for some of the World’s most respected record labels including United Dance and Ministry Of Sound, ‘Slipmatt’ is also one of the masterminds behind legendary production outfit SL2 (along with Lime and MC Jay), the visionaries responsible for the chart smashing anthems ‘On A Ragga Tip’ & ‘Way In My Brain’ among many others on the iconic label XL Recordings, home to legendary acts such as ‘The Prodigy’, ‘Basement Jaxx’; and ‘Adele’. 

‘On A Ragga Tip’ is presently enjoying a resurgence of popularity as it goes on the current Virgin Media TV ad as part of their Un-Limiting adverts which includes the new ‘On A Ragga Tip’ Un-Limiting Remix, which has equally proved as popular as ever with dancefloors around the globe and this year alone is scheduled  to collaborate in the studio with Shades Of Rhythm, Andy Galea of Sol Brothers, Alex P, Awesome 3, Alexis Raphael, Sooney and, his good friend DJ Lime with some brand new SL2 releases also in the pipeline.

This wayward don of dance has also played at every major dance event and venue worth knowing about over the years including Energy, Telepathy, Fantazia, Vision, Universe, World Dance, United Dance, Dreamscape, Helter Skelter, Slammin’ Vinyl, Rezurrection, Elevation, Moondance, Raindance, Peace Fest, Clockwork Orange and to top it all off had the great honour of playing directly after his good friends ‘The Prodigy’ to a packed O2 Arena of over 20, 000 people, bringing that particular night to an epic close, and ringing in the year 2014 with a tremendous bang.

‘Slipmatt’ also repeatedly continues to play across the globe in the USA, Asia, Australia, Europe and every corner of his native UK for a string of well recognised and well attended club promotions, festivals and events. He’s no stranger to a Festival or two either playing at leading big top gigs such as Glastonbury, Boomtown and We Are Festival and there has also been and continues to be multiple overseas visits to Ibiza where Slipmatt still to this day enjoys regular return trips to the White Isle’s most infamous hot spots to play such as Eden, Es Paradis and Benimussa Park (The Zoo) 

His media outreach is quite noteworthy also, having started RAW FM, been a resident on Kiss FM, a regular in M8 Magazine and Mixmag, featured in the illustrious DJ Magazine Top 100, he’s been on BBC television a number of times including the famous chart show ‘Top Of The Pops’, runs two of his own popular Radio shows and Podcasts ‘World Of Rave’ and ‘Slip’s House’ and additionally, has won a multitude of awards, including that of ‘Best DJ’ and ‘Best Producer’ awarded by some of the industries most respected bodies such as Kiss FM and EHM.

Not one to ever slow down or fall behind and always keeping himself fresh and relevant, this dancefloor don has been focusing lately on the biggest and best house beats, which has led him to an already extraordinarily busy 2020. Add to that his upcoming book “My Story (and How I Became a World Class DJ)”, which is set to be a smash hit amongst rave fanatics the World over later this year and with over a hundred gigs booked for 2020 already (mid-Feb), there are no signs of this crowd pleasing international artist slowing down any time soon. 

Godfather Of Rave and still keeping it fresh? Definitely.

by Jon Brown | 2020

It started for me, when I was about 16, in 1990. The whole rave scene was going off all around the country, myself and a few mates were going off every weekend for some wicked sounds. Primarily free parties around Oxford and Bristol way. Easygroove was one of the main men who were spinning at these parties, and little did I realise what a massive influence this DJ would be to me in the future!

It was during one of these free parties that I got close enough to one of the DJ’s playing, and I thought yeah, I’ll have some of that, so off I went the next weekend, with my savings and bought myself some decks, and then of course some tunes. Every weekend I spent my time in Manic Hedgehog in Oxford buying tunes, primarily the harder edged stuff from Europe, than the hands in the air cheesey stuff that was also available round then. So practise practice it was, and eventually I managed to get myself a few slots at the free parties, and local parties around Oxford.

In 1993, I moved down to Plymouth to go to University, and it was here that my musical scene changed for me. I got into MC’ing. Purely coincidentally. I was asked to shout a bit of shit for a dj that was playing at one of the student nights at the legendary Plymouth Warehouse. I was then asked by the manager there, if I would like to mc for a techno night that he was doing in the Warehouse, as he liked my style, so I agreed. From here I realised that I liked MC’ing, as it allowed me to get pissed up, have a laugh and not worry too much, unlike DJ’ing. I still was DJ’ing as a resident at the Warehouse, but MC’ing took over. From here, I was then MC’ing for most of the big nights that were held at the Warehouse, those being Revelation, Big Nasty Dragon, Omnitech, Enjoy Project, Oblivion Plymouth as well as becoming both DJ Chase and DJ Gimps MC, which meant I MC’d at events like Deathrow Techno in Bristol, Obsessed in Plymouth, and the legendry gabba club The Shirehorse in St Ives. The music that I was into at the time was gabba and hardcore techno, which was extremely popular down in the south, with DJ’s like Easygroove, Scorpio, Carl Cox, Clarkee, Producer, Loftgroover + HMS.

Between 97-2000, id taken a bit of break from the scene ,as I had moved back to Oxford, and to be honest there was no one else into it like me, and so music had taken a back seat. That was until I’d heard of a club called North. This was primarily a techno based outfit based out of Stoke and Trent, and so I had to go ,and I loved it!! The DJ’s that I still loved were still blasting out the hardcore sounds, to all the skinhead nutter’s who were crying out for more. I quickly grabbed the mic, and I was back in business, MC’ing for the likes of Loftgroover, Producer, Scorpio etc etc. I was also then asked to be the resident MC of a new gabba night called Oblivion, based in Leicester. Basically North and Oblivion were running nights every other month ,and I went wherever they went…..

It was through travelling to Leicester in 2003 that I met my wife, and it was also around this stage that the hardcore scene that I was a part of was disintegrating due to bad vibes, bad mouthing of each other, and it all became stale, so I left it behind.

I’d always loved my oldskool stuff, primarily 1990-1993 hardcore sounds, and I found this to be my saviour really, and I threw myself back into DJ’ing in a big way. There was a simmering Oxford oldskool scene around this time in 2005, and it was here that I met a lot of the Oxford based friends that I have now that love Oldskool, and I was introduced to a clan calling themselves Breakfreakz. Who held legendry boat parties along the Thames, with DJ’s like Top Buzz, Slipmatt + Ellis Dee. I was beginning to play at a few local parties that were being held, but it was the forums that I gained a lot of info and of course friendships that go with it. In early 2010, I discovered a site called onlyoldskool, and it changed my life to be honest. Id met a decent group of lad and lasses who all had a love of oldskool, but more importantly, they had a radio station, that needed oldskool DJ’s. I was on it in a flash, and was soon playing the music I loved on a weekly basis every Friday night. Oni, (from Bass Generator Records) and another DJ called Mogwai, set up a night on onlyoldskool radio on a Tuesday, geared specifically for techno, and so Techno Tuesday was born, and so my love for the old gabba kick drum was rekindled!!

Since then, my scratching style and musical taste for the harder edged sound soon got me noticed, and since then I have now played for some of the biggest names in the rave industry, such as Dreamscape and Interdance and ive also played in Norway for a club called Orangutang, in Stravanger.

Now things have taken an even better turn, as I’m now signed for the legendary Bass Generator records as a DJ (and maybe even an MC), a well known and well established record label and business based in the UK. I will be playing Oldskool Hardcore from 1990-1993 and then Hardcore Techno, Acid Techno, Gabba + various other forms of Hardcore.

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