Bart Claessen - PLAYMO RADIO

    Bart Claessen – Playmo Radio

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    Intro:
    Over the last eight years he’s been responsible for huge club hits, international chart smashes and sub-genre defining releases. His exacting studio standards combined with a unique blend of electronic music styles has won him a formidable production reputation. As a spinner, his warping, club-smashing DJ sets have caught the imaginations of clubbers worldwide, pulling in universal plaudits along the way. He’s also pulled off the uniquely tough trick of musical reinvention...
    He’s none other than Bart Claessen.

    Pre-Production History: Born in the Eindhoven region, smack-bang in the middle of Netherlands’ Trance-central, Bart was perfectly positioned to embrace and capitalize on the then-embryonic Dutch sound. Caught by the bug, Bart hard-grafted whilst at high school to raise the money to buy his first studio equipment - going on to outfit his parent’s attic into his first studio. On graduating high school he went on to study Music Technology at the Utrecht School of Arts and simultaneously started work on his debut production.

    The Barthezz Years: Through a raft of licenses to a network of the world’s most famous dance labels (Positiva, Ultra, Avex and Superstar among them), ‘On The Move’ became one of the biggest crossover dance hits of 2001. It notched-up Top 10 national positions in over 10 countries, was nominated for two of Holland’s prestigious TMF awards (for Best National Dance Act & Best Video) and, in Germany alone, sold a whopping 150,000 copies.

    Spurred on by its success and that of the follow up, ‘Infected’, Bart stepped behind the decks. Getting to grips with the mixing in lightning-quick time, he launched a DJing career that saw him tour the world, rocking floors in countries as far apart as Japan, Spain, Russia, Lebanon, Poland and Canada, as well as playing major festivals including Trance Energy & Innercity.

    The ‘Bart Claessen’ Era: In 2004 he effected a reinvention-cum-revolution; a 2.0 for Bart. Using his own name as his revised production handle, he re-emerged with a new tougher, wider-scope sound. Club-hit followed club hit as ‘Persona Non Grata’, ‘Playmo’, ‘When Morning Comes’ & ‘First Light’ all set fire to dancefloors between 2004 & 2008. ‘Playmo’s idiosyncratic tech-tone, mixed with a blisteringly bouncy production became and evergreen club-favourite for DJs like Tiësto, Armin and Ferry Corsten. It was also blended with Motorcycle’s ‘As The Rush Comes’ to form ‘As Playmo Comes’, and in doing so became one of the hottest dance bootlegs of 2006. ‘First Light’ was a bolt-from-the-blue smash in the Netherlands’ national singles chart, reaching number 18 in the Top 40. ‘Catch Me’, the vocal reworking of ‘Playmo’, quickly repeated the same trick in 2008. Most recently ‘Madness’, his debut for the highly-respected Anjunabeats label tore up dancefloors in the second half of the year.

    Bart Claessen The DJ: Bart similarly started to re-angle his spinning career in 2004. With DJ Magazine naming him as one of the artists/DJs expected to explode, he was signed to Ferry Corsten’s Dance Therapy agency. Off the back of the sustained club-hit profile he has subsequently gone on to spin at some of the biggest events and clubs, including Coloursfest, Cream @ Amnesia, the Sunrise Festival in Poland, Peppermint in Dubai, Melbourne’s Ultraworld, Godskitchen Kiev and many more.

    Bart Claessen The Remixer: Aside from DJing and original productions, remixing has played a big part in Bart’s career. Picking only the tunes that particularly interested him, he’s reworked such artists such as Chocolate Puma & Ferry Corsten, for Positiva, with the latter also being released on Ultra in the United States. He also began a flourishing partnership with the Anjunabeats label. The imprint chose his reconfiguration of Above & Beyond’s ‘Razorfish’ as the A1 side of their expansive 100th release package, with the label now having 5 further Bart Claessen remixes in their discography. In the final months of 2008, off the back of a huge raft of DJ support, Bart’s remix of the classic ‘Stringer’ moved from bootleg status to official release as Riva vs. Bart Claessen in the Benelux.

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    Past shows and track lists

    Bart Claessen – Playmo Radio #28 / April 7, 2010

    01. Steve Slight – Xtine :: The Hype
    02. Chicane – Hiding All The Stars [Michael Woods remix] :: Armada
    03. Trent Cantrelle vs. Princess Superstar – Robot [DJ Dan & Mike Balance mix] :: Sounds Like
    04. Dezza – Pick Me Up :: Play
    05. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike – Salinas [Gregori Klosman remix] :: USOB
    06. Nitrous Oxide – Far Away [Ronski Speed remix] :: Anjunabeats
    07. Sound Players – Drifter [Krzysztof Chochlow remix] :: white
    08. Bart Claessen – Hartseer :: Premier
    09. Lange – Under Pressure :: Lange Recordings

    CLAESSEN’S CLASSIC
    10. DK8 – Murder Was The Bass [reworked] :: DK

    11. Milo.nl meets Invincible – 7th Day [Ron van den Beuken dub mix] :: Refuge
    12. Scott Mac – Damager 02 [W&W remix] :: Magik

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    Bart Claessen – Playmo Radio #27 / March 17, 2010

    01. Bertie Blackman – Heart [Timmy and Tommy remix] :: Forum5
    02. Skytech – Comet :: Coldharbour
    03. Yuri Kane – Right Back :: Premier
    04. Heatbeat – Mr. Walrus :: Soundpiercing
    05. Max Graham feat. Neev Kennedy – Sun In The Winter :: Coldharbour
    06. Jonas Stenberg & Dave Schiemann – The Drop :: High Contrast Nu Breed
    07. DI-RECT – Times Are Changing [Bart Claessen remix] :: Lange
    08. Flavio Grifo – Say Me [Fabio Stein's dreambox remix] :: Factor 4
    09. Velvetine – Safe (Wherever You Are) [Rank 1 remix] :: Anjunabeats

    CLAESSEN’S CLASSIC
    10. Vincent de Moor – Artic Duction :: Combined Forces

    11. Richard Durand – Tiger’s Apology :: Magik Muzik
    12. Signum – First Strike 2010 [Sebastian Brandt remix] :: Armada

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    Bart Claessen – Playmo Radio #26 / March 3, 2010

    01. Deadmau5 – Strobe [club mix] :: EMI
    02. Klauss Goulart – Misty [Danny Loko vs. original mix] [BCL edit] :: 40 Degrees
    03. Evgeny Bardyuzha – Hylea [Broning remix] :: Neuroscience Deep
    04. Charlie G & Vandall – Machined [Beltek remix] :: Nero

    CLAESSEN’S CLASSIC
    05. Plump DJ’s – Electric Disco :: Finger Lickin’

    06. Whelan & Di Scala – Lexar [Beat Service remix] :: Fris!
    07. DJ Preach feat. Matthew Ryan – Spark [Robert Burian trance mix] :: In Charge
    08. Meck feat. Dino – Feels Like A Prayer [Bart Claessen remix] :: Toolroom
    09. Cosmic Gate – Barra :: Black Hole
    10. Sander van Doorn – Daisy :: Doorn
    11. Mark Sherry & James Allan vs. Stuart Trainer – Hostility :: Freefall
    12. Rafaël Frost – Flashback :: Flashover

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    Bart Claessen – Playmo Radio #25 / February 17, 2010

    TUNE OF THE MONTH
    01. Solarity – Red :: Anjunadeep

    02. Swen Weber – Xonque :: Avanti
    03. Steve Brian – La Gomera [Cressida remix] :: Lange Recordings
    04. Darude vs. Cirez D – On Off Sandstorm [Raneem mashup] :: white
    05. Dada Life – Let’s Get Bleeped Tonight [Tiësto remix] :: Big & Dirty
    06. Stoneface & Terminal – Don’t Give A Fuck :: Euphonic
    07. Bart Claessen – Elf [2001 returning mix] :: Anjunabeats
    08. The Act – Something About U [Maarten de Jong remix] :: Slinky Digital
    09. Mike Foyle pres. Statica – Deadly Nightshade [Phynn remix] :: Coldharbour
    10. Dave 202 – Expose :: white
    11. Activa – Sniper :: Discover Dark

    CLAESSEN’S CLASSIC
    12. Shane – C’est Musique [Armin van Buuren remix] :: INCtraxx

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    Bart Claessen – Playmo Radio #24 / February 3, 2010

    01. Phunk Investigation vs. Paul Ursin & Benny Benew – Tutan :: Avanti
    02. Hi_Tack – It’s Gonna Be Alright [Hi_Tack remix] :: Tiger
    03. Dennis Ferrer – Hey Hey [dub] :: News

    CLAESSEN’S CLASSIC
    04. Klea – Tic Toc [Magik Muzik remix] :: Incentive

    05. Rex Mundi – Techanza [haunted mix] :: Coldharbour
    06. Paul Keeley – Paper Jet [Bart Claessen big room remix] :: Anjunabeats
    07. Richard Durand – Xelerate :: Magik Muzik
    08. Adam Fielding – Lost In Silence [Elfsong remix] :: SolarSwarm
    09. Sequentia – Mojito [Danny Loko remix] :: Fraction
    10. Mat Zo – 24 Hours :: Anjunabeats
    11. Space RockerZ – Weather The Storm [Daniel Wanrooy twister remix] :: In Trance We Trust
    12. Bart Claessen – Elf :: Anjunabeats
    13. Tritonal feat. Soto – One More Day [Abbott & Chambers remix] :: Alter Ego

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