Since his taste of music is very diverse, he decided not to limit himself to one particular music style. He has been a producer for DancePlanet Recordings (label of Digidance), Media Records Italy and currently he's Mid-town Records in-house producer. Gabriel works as a (fulltime) producer since 2002. Niels is currently working as head of A&R Mid-Town Records, where he’s responsible for the entire Mid-Town label roster such as (among others) Blue Records, Massive Drive Recordings, Very Disco and Selektiv. Together, they delivered productions under a.k.a.’s as Mass Appeal, Gray Scale, United DJ’s of Utrecht, DC Chant and Lock ‘n Load. In 1993, he started working in one of the stores of Mid-Town Records in Utrecht, where he met Frank van Rooijen. Not long after that, he discovered hip-hop and Teddy Riley’s new jack swing sound and started as a resident hip hop DJ in a small black club in the vicinity of Rotterdam.Īfter hearing the legendary Frankie Knuckles track 'Tears' back in 1991 on a radio show, he got totally infected with house, put his scratching skills in the closet and started playing early house music, garage and hip house stuff on various parties and clubs. At a young age, he started 'mixing' with tapes for various local radio stations and started two drive-inn shows, which entertained school parties, soccer club gatherings, weddings and birthday parties. Members: Niels Pijpers, Gabriel Vezzola, Frank van Rooijenīorn in 1970 in Vlaardingen, a 'suburb' of Rotterdam, and currently living in the centre of Rotterdam, he cannot imagine a time in his life he wasn’t involved in music.
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