Bassjackers

These are the Dutch names. In Marlon's name, the family name is Flohr, and in Ralph's name, the family name is van Hils, not Hils.
Bassjackers
Origin Tilburg, Netherlands
Genres
Years active 2007–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website bassjackers.com
Members Marlon Flohr
Ralph van Hils

Bassjackers is a Dutch electronic music production and DJ duo consisting of Marlon Flohr & Ralph van Hilst.[1]

They gained international success for their Electro House tracks. The Dutch duo achieved success with reaching 'Beatport top 100' with original tracks such as "Savior", "Crackin" and "Wave Your Hands".[2] The duo celebrated their greatest success in 2013 with the single, "Crackin". They rank at 34th on DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs of 2016.[3]

Bassjackers release their tracks on labels such as Spinnin' Records, Revealed Recordings and Smash The House.

History

Beginnings (2007)

Bassjackers' official logo

Flohr and Van Hilst were friends since high school, they formed Bassjackers in 2007. Flohr was the more outspoken member of the duo whereas Van Hilst was more introverted and preferred 'behind-the-scenes' production.[4]

First successes & recording contract (2010-2012)

On April 25, 2011, the single "Mush Mush" appeared on Beatport. The track was in contrast to their past rather less well-known singles, a huge success and reached after a short time the top 10 of the Beatport charts, where it stayed for over two months. Furthermore, it was played by DJs like Hardwell, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and the Swedish House Mafia in their sets.

In 2012 the duo put on numerous festivals and began to tour the United States. One of the appearances took place on March 24, 2012 at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami.[5] This is considered as one of their first big concert. During their speech at the EDC Vegas[6] besides their track "Mush Mush", they played their next single "Hey", which is a collaboration with the Dutch DJ duo Showtek.[7] The release was postponed and the publication of their Angger Dimas collaboration went on. The single "RIA" was published on March 19, 2012 through Sander van Doorn's label Doorn Records.[8] A few months later they released together with Yves V the single "Bronx" on August 13, 2012 through Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike's label Smash the House.[9] The duo presented the song "Let's Get Weird" for free download available.[10]

Breakthrough with a.o. "Crackin" (2013-2014)

Their collaboration with DJ and producer Dyro was their first release in that year. The single was released on February 18, 2013 under the title "Grid".[11] It followed the track "Duckface", a collaboration with Kenneth G.[12]

On July 15, 2013 they published "Raise Those Hands" together with the DJ and producer R3hab through Calvin Harris' label Fly Eye Records.[13] The duo played "Raise Those Hands" with R3hab at the EDC Vegas. The performance is also seen in the official music video. It was followed on July 26, 2013 by their first appearance at the largest EDM festival Tomorrowland in Belgium.[14] Their next single was "Flag", a collaboration with Gregori.[15] In fall of 2013, they started the studio working with Martin Garrix who achieved the worldwide hit "Animals" his breakthrough just this year. The single "Gamer", their first collaboration, was released on November 4, 2013 through Spinnin' Records.[16]

On January 20, 2014, the next collaboration entitled "Crackin" followed. This single soon became their most successful track. Crackin' appeared in two variations, firstly in a Bassjackers version and in a Martin Garrix remix version.[17] The Bassjackers version was provided for free download while Garrix's version came in second of the Beatport charts as actual single version for a long time and thus represents the first peak position of the duo. Even an entry in the Dutch singles chart succeeded. The official music video reached on Spinnin' TV over 10 million visits.[18]

Genre exchange & collaborations with DJs (2014-2015)

On February 10, 2014, the track "Battle" was released in cooperation with the Dutch DJ and producer Jordy Dazz through Doorn Records.[19] As follow-up single, a collaboration with the successful producer MAKJ was released.[20] The track is the title "Derp" and differs from the style slightly from the previous track.[20] The single "Rampage", another collaboration with Kenneth G, was released on August 15, 2014 through Hardwell's label Revealed Recordings.[21]

On October 17, 2014 Bassjackers published another solo single titled "Savior".[22] With the single "X", which was produced together with Dyro, it was released on December 15, 2014.[23] With "Wave Your Hands" followed as their first track in 2015 a collaboration with Thomas Newson.[24] The single "Wave Your Hands" also been referred to as high-big room track and became their first number one hit on Beatport.[2]

On February 20, 2015 Afrojack played at Ultra Music Festival Argentina for the first time the song "What We Live For", a collaboration between him and Bassjackers.[25] The single "Alamo", which a collaboration with the Dutch DJ and producer Brooks, was released on May 25, 2015 through Showtek's label Skink.[26] From July 2015 a promotion campaign ran published on August 31, 2015, with "Memories" titled tracks.[27]

Marlon Flohr during an interview at Neuraum in Germany

This is a collaboration with DJ and producer Coone. The special thing about the track is that it is based on a hardstyle basis.[28]

On October 17, 2015, Bassjackers were ranked 39th on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs list. This was the first time that the duo had been placed in the Top 100.[3]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominated work Category Result
2015 DJ Mag Bassjackers Top 100 DJs[3] 39

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "BASSJACKERS: Information". The DJ List.
  2. 1 2 "Bassjackers - Beatport Top Tracker". Beatport Top Tracker.
  3. 1 2 3 "Poll 2015: Bassjackers". DJMag.
  4. ↑ "Biography | BASSJACKERS". bassjackers.com.
  5. ↑ "Ultra Music Festival 2012 - Lineup". Ultra Music Festival. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Bassjackers Live at EDC 2014 Mainstage (Closing set)". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  7. ↑ Spinnin' Records (2012-11-28), Showtek & Bassjackers - Hey! (Official Music Video), retrieved 2016-11-17
  8. ↑ "RIA (Original Mix) by Bassjackers, Angger Dimas on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  9. ↑ "Bronx (Original Mix) by Bassjackers, Yves V on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  10. ↑ "Bassjackers - Let's Get Weird (Original Mix)". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  11. ↑ "Grid (Original Mix) by Bassjackers, Dyro on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  12. ↑ "Duckface (Original Mix) by Bassjackers, Kenneth G on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  13. ↑ "Bassjackers, R3hab New Releases: Raise Those Hands on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  14. ↑ "Bassjackers Tracklists / Playlists Overview ⋅ 1001 Tracklists". 1001 Tracklists.
  15. ↑ "Gregori Klosman & Bassjackers - Flag (Original Mix) - Dancing Astronaut". www.dancingastronaut.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  16. ↑ "Gamer (Original Mix) by Bassjackers, GRX on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  17. ↑ "Martin Garrix's Edit of Bassjackers' 'Crackin': Exclusive CODE Song Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  18. ↑ Spinnin' Records (2014-01-20), Bassjackers - Crackin (Martin Garrix Edit) [Official Video], retrieved 2016-11-17
  19. ↑ "Battle (Original Mix) by Bassjackers, Jordy Dazz on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  20. 1 2 "Derp (Original Mix) by Bassjackers, MAKJ on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  21. ↑ "Bassjackers, Kenneth G New Releases: Rampage on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  22. ↑ "Savior (Original Mix) by Bassjackers on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  23. ↑ "X (Original Mix) by Bassjackers, Dyro on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  24. ↑ "Bassjackers, Thomas Newson New Releases: Wave Your Hands on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  25. ↑ "What We Live For - Single by Bassjackers & Afrojack on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  26. ↑ "Bassjackers, Brooks (NL) New Releases: Alamo on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  27. ↑ "KSHMR & Vicetone feat. Luciana – Memory" (in German). Houseblogger.
  28. ↑ "Sound Barrier (Original Mix) by Coone, Bassjackers, GLDY LX on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.

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