Born and bred Holland, Hip Hop was where Martijn made a name for himself early on in his career, tasting success as the DJ of Dutch hip hop collective 'Da Mad Scientists'. Making House music was never far away, as Martijn found himself working with Olav Basoski and DJ Zki (aka The Goodmen) honing down his production skills at the same time during the 80's.

In 1990 Martijn decided to move to London and bring his musical talent to the shores of the UK. He found himself well and truly immersed in the UK hip hop scene.

It wasn't long though before the sound of House music won him over again and here begins Martijn's journey to become one of today's most respected and innovative producers on the scene. Having found himself Djing to house crowds throughout the UK, Europe and Middle East, he decided to hook up with production partner and fellow DJ, David James to form the inimitable Audio Drive. Several trakcs we're released with incredible success, and set a firm foundation in the UK's Dance scene.

In the new Millenium Martijn then began working with Mark Knight and another successful partnership was in the making. Their first production, 'Our House EP' was released on DTPM and it reached number 6 in the BuzzChart, number 8 in the HypeChart and had massive radio support from Pete Tong. DTPM held a special launch party for the release @ Fabric where the boys played a blistering four deck set which rocked the club till the early hours of the morning.

Their next production was 'Acid Test', released on Fantastic House in March 2004, with radio support again from Tong plus Seb Fontaine, Annie Nightingale, X-press 2 and hailed by Steve Lawler as his biggest track of 2003!

It was soon clear that Martijn and Mark had a winning formula and other projects including 'The Hedgetrimerz', released on Toolroom Trax in the summer of 2004, were not only popular club tracks but working on radio too - this track had seven plays in a row by Seb Fontaine on Radio 1! Martijn and Mark's latest production 'A New Reality' featuring E Man on MN2S, was released January 2005 and reached no. 2 in the UK Hype Chart........Watch this space !!!

It was only natural that with this success and demand, the boys would soon be remixing and they've now built up a string of high profile remixes ... Soul Central 'Strings of Life', Brad Carter 'Morning Always Comes too Soon', Portobella 'Vive Le Difference', ATFC 'Fall Down', Narcotic Thrust 'When the Dawn Breaks', Holmes St. Ives '8 Letters' and Ferrer & Sydenham 'Sandcastles', All of which have kept Martijn well & truly in the dance charts and on dancefloors around the world.........

And of course it comes as no surprise then that Martijn and Mark were nominated for 'Best Artist' and 'Outstanding Remix' @ the House Music Awards 2005, held at the Hammersmith Palais in London.

Djing is also a major part of Martijn's life and represented by Main Stage Artists Booking agency (Eric Prydz, Shapeshifters, Ali B, Ferry Corsten) Martijn is booked throughout the world to play his twisted house sets. He has played the DJ Magazine Arena at the infamous Opening of Space-Ibiza, becoming the first Dutch DJ to do so, headlined at The Fresh Master Class Festival alongside Tiesto and Sven Vath, played at "Another Twisted Halloween" alongside Mr C and Sister Bliss, played at the Get Loaded Festival in Glasgow alongside James Zabiela and Danny Rampling and is often at Ministry of Sound, the Cross, Fabric, Turnmills, Heaven, AKA and many other clubs. He has to be one of the most enthusiastic DJ's out there and was noted by Cooljunkie for this energy '....he smiles, he dances and he sends out this vibe that feels like he actually knows what you're feeling while he spins; he's in total harmony with the crowd!'

In 2006, MTV released his monster hit 'Wish You Would', which was absolutely hammered all across the World, including pretty much every House DJ in the top 100. Other releases include remixes of 'Yeah Yeah' (Bodyrox), This 'Flying Dutchman' and established 'Toolroom Knight' really is on top form.

More details on current releases, gigs and news can be found on his MYSPACE page.

FRIDAY 2ND NOVEMBER @ EROTIQUE (MANGO, READING)