JP is one of the leading artists in the Dutch scene since he started his DJ career in the early 1990’s. Back in the days he headlined numerous of legendary underground house events and was, and still is, of big importance for the development of the dance scene. As a DJ and as owner of the well known Amsterdam recordstore Groove Connection (1995 - 2005), JP inspired hundreds of youngsters who, after several years, became well known DJs themselves. As a true pioneer he’s always ahead on things and introduced the Dutch audience new styles like trance and hardhouse. With his outstanding mixing techniques (on 3 decks) he has rocked the scene with more varied styles than any other DJ in the scene. Since his introduction of hard-edge house at the first edition of the worlds leading dance festival: Dance Valley, and as resident DJ for the notorious monthly HQ clubnights in Amsterdam, he’s seen as the Dutch ambassador of harder styles. However JP’s music simply can’t be pigeonholed as his passion for (dance) music goes beyond styles, hypes and genres. Over the years JP has cumulated experiences from many different international scenes. Next to the European scenes, he has also played successfully at various events & clubs in countries like England, Spain, USA, South Africa, Colombia, Israel and Japan. During his HQ residency JP released four successful live-mixed compilations in the Benelux territory, which all reached the ‘classic’ status throughout the years.
After more than 22 years JP is still one of the tastemakers of the Dutch scene and next to smaller, intimate clubs he’s also headlining major dance events for 30.000 people and more. Throughout the years the letters of his name have become synonymous for an uplifting set that represent that typical Dutch/German (hard) trance & hardstyle sound. Next to these sounds he’s also one of the best DJs to play retro/classics house sets, like he proofed at the Mysteryland festival, Wooferland parties and at the Amnesia terrace on Ibiza where people just couldn’t stop dancing on a trip down memory lane.
Next to his DJ performances worldwide, JP concentrates on his music productions. Another thing he concentrates on is, scouting, organizing events, developing club nights and area hosting for festivals. He cooperated in setting up a new Hardstyle club night concept called “Harddrive” at the Waerdse Tempel. The other concept is Rebellion which is home based in Studio80 in Amsterdam and has special editions in Paradiso, Melkweg, Vlla, Cafe d'Anvers and Make up Club. Rebellion is a platform for upcoming dutch DJ's and Producers with it's own club night, area hosting at Obsession Outdoor festival, a recording studio and a weekly radio show called Rebel Radio which JP presents.
Whatever the future might bring us, JP aka Lone Striker has been there and done it all and he will still rock future generations no matter what…
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