No 1 DJ, Hardwell, will spin the decks in Durban
IT's official, Electric Music SA will be bringing the no 1 DJ to South Africa this December!
The 25-year-old Dutch DJ Hardwell, who only entered the DJ Mag Top 100 in 2011, has shot to the number one spot in just three years. The announcement of the number one DJ took place at the Amsterdam dance event recently.
The I AM HARDWELL SA Tour will be at the Wavehouse, Gateway on Thursday 5 December. Book at Computicket.
Music maturity came swiftly for the now seasoned-veteran Robbert van de Corput, better known as Hardwell. At the age of 25, the young Dutch titan capped off a 10-year journey when he was crowned World’s No1 DJ in the 2013 DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Poll, cementing his position as the electronic scenes newest superstar DJ and becoming the youngest ever winner of the coveted Top 100 DJs award.
Like his great mentor Tiësto, Hardwell proudly hails from Breda, a city tucked deep within the Netherlands. Having first established his name at the tender age of 14, Hardwell has since elevated his clubland standing to impressive, dizzying heights. His serving of big room bangers over the past year has seen a bundle of anthems sweep charts and dancefloors worldwide.
Through his refreshing sound, that is characterised by complex drum ensembles, daring synths, and emotive chords, Hardwell has created the ultimate recipe for ‘Big Room House”. His productions are received with such great praise and acclaim; it seems his shelf life is endless. As his reputation grows amongst the world’s partygoers, so does his status.
Having featured for the first time on the mainstage of Ultra Music Festival only one year prior (2012), Hardwell’s position as a mainstage stealing DJ was affirmed in 2013 when he returned to the renowned Miami event. Armed with a body of fresh and unheard music, most notably is landmark hit single ‘Never Say Goodbye’, his performance at the 2013 Miami Ultra Music Festival would go on to become the thing of legends.
Clocking up a staggering six million views in just eight weeks, Hardwell’s set broke all records for the most watched Ultra live broadcast during UMF with more than 80 000 people watching his set via the feed. During his set, Hardwell’s Twitter account was using 20 per cent of Twitter’s overall bandwidth with his name was trending worldwide with such intensity that it caused Twitter to temporarily shut down his account, yes, he broke Twitter!
