Beatport's 'Out of the box' charts

Maceo Plex is into old-school jungle and drum & bass? Sander Van Doorn is a huge Radiohead fan? Beatport's Out Of The Box charts reveal hidden gems shared from top DJs to spice up your own sets.

	FEDDE LE GRAND Out Of The Box Chart House / Tech House / Deep House		MACEO PLEX Old School Jungle Drum & Bass Drum & Bass / Electronica / Breaks		SANDER VAN DOORN Out Of The Box Indie Dance / Nu Disco / Dubstep...
	CAMEA Stuff I Like But I Don't Play Charttt Electronica / House / Techno...		JIMMY VAN M Out Of The Box Indie Dance / Nu Disco / Deep House...		EDDIE THONEICK Out Of The Box Chart Electronica / Pop / Rock
	COSMIN TRG Out Of The Box Chart Indie Dance / Nu Disco / Hip-Hop...		MARK HENNING Out Of The Box Chart Drum & Bass		GHETTOZOID Out Of The Box Chart Techno / Electronica / Deep House...

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Exclusive Interview with Leon Hagen

Since starting my blog last year I have had the privilege of interviewing several International DJs, getting inside their head and seeing a glimpse of their Super-star lifestyle. Its such an honour to experience. But this next interview gives me the same honour & privilege to bring to you, my good friend Leon Hagen...aka DJ El-Setos.

Growing up in The Netherlands in the 90s, Leon had plenty of musical influence from Dutch dance acts such as 2Unlimited, Alice Deejay and The Venga boys, to name but a few. With a taste for music he started up a small mobile disco at school partys ( as did Dutch DJ supremo Fedde Le Grand ) and decided that music was going to be his career path from then on.

Now General Manager at Muziekverzorging.nl * Leon oversees areas of the business such as marketing, logistics, staff, and he also DJs at various locations in The Netherlands and adjoining country's such as Germany, Belgium and Denmark. 

*Muziekverzorging.nl was founded in 1992, and since then has grown into the largest mobile disco rental in Holland. In 2009 they developed their Disco dancefloor with a height of only a little over 1 inch! Since that moment they are not only the largest mobile disco company but also the largest discofloor rental company in Holland, Belgium and Germany! A UK a website is currently under construction : http://www.discospot.co.uk

• Was there a specific moment in your life when music really touched you, and was it this experience that made you pursue it as a career?

LH: It's hard to point out one specific moment, as a kid I was always more attracted to radio instead of TV. Sitting on the back seat of my parents car listening to the classics they played. Later on, on my own stereo at my room. Copying the latest top 40 hits on your cassette-deck, I really could spend hours doing it, instead of watching TV or playing outside with other kids. Back then I wasn't able to discuss the popular TV-shows with my friends and classmates, but I could name all 40 hits and their remixes. *Geek alert* I guess! My father is the same, he also prefers listening to music instead of tele, so it's not weird I had the same interests, listening to all kinds of music. Listening that much made me aware of the message and power of music, you can party and you can just dream away on it. Realizing this made me wanna do something with music. Of course that's were the problems showed up...I couldn't sing or dance, resulting in a DJ-career. 

• Where did the name El-Setos come from?

LH:  After becoming more serious with the DJ-ing, going from 12 gigs a year to the current 120, I realised I had to create a more catchy name then my own one. DJ Leon doesn't really sound that professional. At that moment I played a lot of tracks with Latin-infuences in my sets, so my friends figured it needed to sound that way.

One of my best friends came up with the idea to simply translate my name in to a 'Latin language', since we couldn't think of an other name. El-Setos is nothing more than my name in Spanish. The 'El' stands for the first letter of my name 'L', Setos is my last name translated. Later on my sets changed to more progressive house and trance so the link between my name and music is gone, but to change your name everytime your music evolves is a lil' hard to do of course. ;-)

• Describe in 3 words how music makes you feel:-

LH: Tough question.... it all depends on how I feel and what I'm listening to, music is equal to emotions for me. I can dance my ass off on some strong uplifting house music, but I also cry my eyes out while listening to a movie score. Good music, with soul, touches me in every fibre, it gives me peace and happiness. So in three words; Peace, happy and emotion.

• Do you feel privileged to be able to do something you really love as a job? 

LH: Absolutely! I can't imagine how it must feel to go to work while being unhappy with it, I regret the people who have to suffer that every day. I chased my dream and took the chance when it appeared. It's a privilege to do this job, a job some many young people all over the world want. That's what I tell myself when I have a bad day, that somewhere on earth young people are praying to get some DJ-gigs and I must feel blessed to get this many.

• What is the best thing about your job? Travelling? Meeting new people? 

LH:  One of the best things is being surrounded by happy people, people who wanna get out and celebrate. Travel is also on the plus-side, well mostly... I hate waiting, and guess what, travel has a lot of waiting, but it's fun to see a lot of new places, countries and cultures.  The best thing of course is working with music, that's where it all started and why I'm doing it. Nothing can beat the great feeling of exploring new tracks and people go crazy on it!

• What is your favourite genre of music besides EDM? 

LH: I love all kinds of music! In my childhood I listened to a lot of classics with my parents. When I grew up I enjoyed good pop music and movie scores. As long as it's music with passion I can enjoy it. 

• Who, musically, has been your biggest inspiration?

LH: Well, you've heard this before I guess...but an artist as Micheal Jackson really is a childhood-hero! Later on when I started DJ-ing, guys like Armin, Ferry and Tijs were already well known stars, just like them I had a lot of inspiration from Ben Liebrand, he's like the godfather for EDM. Unbelievable what he has done! I guess it's thanks to him, the Dutch are conquering the EDM-scene. Things he has done 20 years ago became our standard and those things are still today, with a far better technology, very impressive!

• And lastly if you could advise someone who wanted to start a career in music what would your best advice be?

LH: Follow your dream, work hard and believe in yourself! If you don't believe in you, who will? Be original and realistic. Top-DJ's all started as warm-up DJ's in shabby clubs, it's a long way but the travel to the top is worth it! 

  

Editors note: Thank you so much Leon for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us. You must be so proud of how your career has turned out! I hope the UK side of the business works out well for you, and we hope to hear you play over here sometime soon =)

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Ace Agency Newsletter

In January Coachella, one of the greatest multi-day annual music festivals of the world, announced their line-up for 2012 and it is promised to become another legendary one. This year, Coachella will for the first time stretch over two weekends with the exact same-line-up on both weekends. It includes the A-list of Hip-Hop and R&B, Indie, Rock and Dance artists such as the legendary Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg, Radio Head, Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys and many more. Next to David Guetta, Avicii and Swedish House Mafia, Ace’s own Afrojack R3hab and Shermanology are featured on this year’s Coachella schedule. After the goose bump inducing set he played at Coachella 2011 Afrojack will return to Indio, California in 2012 with special guests Shermanology who will present their hit-single Can’t Stop me together with the grammy award winning DJ. R3hab will make his debut play at this year’s edition and he is ready to let Coachella know what his Chainsawmadness sounds like. Afrojack, R3hab and Shermanology will perform on Friday April 13th and Friday April 20th 2012! 'SHAKE SHAKE' OUT NOW! A brand new collaboration between the Shapeshifters and the mighty Steve Edwards has been released! Following on from the success of ‘She Freaks’ they now release ‘Shake Shake’ which their first original production on their own Nocturnal Groove imprint in nearly eight years. The track is a perfect mix of energetic synths, soulful vocals and some delicate drum combinations that will perfectly suit the spring season vibe. Go get your own copy of the Shapeshifters – ‘Shake Shake’ on Beatport. BASSJACKERS JOIN DANCE OR DIE TOUR In conjunction with his new album being released on May 7, 2012, Puerto Rican DJ/producer Robbie Rivera kicked off his Dance or Die North American Bus Tour with special guests: next to PeaceTreaty (known for their work on Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Records) Bassjackers will also join Robbie on this tour. From the 12th of April till the 28th Bassjackers will accompany Robbie during Dance or Die, hitting eleven cities in sixteen days. For a complete schedule and tour-dates check out Bassjackers Facebook page! 'WE GONNA ROCK' SUCCESS ON RADIO 538 More success for Quintino. His monster track ‘Epic’ is still going strong and holds the #7 spot in the Dutch Top 40 Chart after already being in the list for four months! Now one of the leading Dutch radio channels, Radio 538, selected one of Quintino’s latest tracks ‘We Gonna Rock’ for their show ‘make it or break it’. This week ‘We Gonna Rock’ was up to be judged. Votes were counted, ‘made with 87,2%’. A promising high score from the critic Dutch listeners and an excellent achievement for Quintino! In case you haven’t bought it, go get it now at Beatport! JACKED PRESALE GOING FAST On April 28th Jacked returns to AIR Amsterdam! Afrojack, Shermanology, Quintino, Apster, Bobby Burns, Leroy Styles and Jaziah are featured on the lineup and it is promised to be an amazing edition. Presale tickets are flying out the door but there are still some tickets left, so don't hesitate any longer and make sure you purchase your tickets right now! Tickets are available through the website of AIR CHART HIGHLIGHTS 'RIA' - Bassjackers & Angger Dimas #34 Beatport Main Chart #4 Beatport Electro Chart 'Fatility' - Afrojack #41 Beatport Main Chart #7 Beatport Electro Chart 'Can't Stop Me' - Afrojack & Shermanology #22 Dutch Top 40 #42 Beatport Progressive Chart 'Epic' - Quintino & Sandro Silva #7 Dutch Top 40 'Real Love' - Franky Rizardo #32 Beatport Deep House Chart VIDEO HIGHLIGHT Shermanology: 3 is a crowd DJ SCHEDULES AFROJACK Friday, 13 April 2012 - 21:35 - 23:20 - Coachella - Sahara Stage @ Coachella, Indio (United States) Saturday, 14 April 2012 - 21:30 - 23:00 - Afrojack @ University of Rhode Island, Kingston (United States)  Saturday, 14 April 2012 - 00:00 - 01:00 - Jacked @ Radio 538, Hilversum Wednesday, 18 April 2012 - 20:00 - 22:00 - Afrojack @ Indiana University - Assembly Hall, Bloomington (United States) Friday, 20 April 2012 - 21:35 - 23:20 - Coachella - Sahara Stage @ Coachella, Indio (United States)  Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 00:00 - 01:00 - Jacked @ Radio 538, Hilversum AMBUSH Thursday, 12 April 2012 - 23:30 - 01:30 - R3hab @ District 30, Sacramento (United States) Friday, 13 April 2012 - Coachella @ Coachella, Indio (United States) Saturday, 14 April 2012 - R3hab @ Surrender Nightclub, Las Vegas (United States) Wednesday, 18 April 2012 - 19:00 - 20:00 - State Of Emergency @ Memorial Stadium Parking Lot, Bloomington (United States) Thursday, 19 April 2012 - R3hab @ Whiskey Bar, Portland (United States) Friday, 20 April 2012 - Coachella @ Coachella, Indio (United States) Friday, 20 April 2012 - R3HAB @ Celebrities Nightclub, Vancouver (Canada) Saturday, 21 April 2012 - R3hab @ Cine El Ray Theater, McAllen (United States) Sunday, 22 April 2012 - R3hab @ XS Nightclub, Las Vegas (United States) Tuesday, 24 April 2012 - 00:00 - 02:00 - R3hab @ Marquee Theatre, Tempe (United States) Wednesday, 25 April 2012 - R3hab @ Tsongas Arena, Lowell (United States) APSTER Saturday, 14 April 2012 - 01:00 - 02:30 - Stereo Sunday Pre Party @ Perron55 Stichting Poppodium, Venlo Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 01:00 - 02:30 - Twenty One Twelve @ Zalencentrum de Donderie, Roermond BASSJACKERS Thursday, 12 April 2012 - College Tour w/ Robbie Rivera @ Segredo, Madison (United States) Friday, 13 April 2012 - College Tour w/ Robbie Rivera @ Dicks, Milwaukee (United States) Saturday, 14 April 2012 - College Tour w/ Robbie Rivera @ Enclave Nightclub, Chicago (United States) Monday, 16 April 2012 - College Tour w/ Robbie Rivera @ Canopy Club, Urbana (United States) Tuesday, 17 April 2012 - College Tour w/ Robbie Rivera @ Bluebird Nightclub, Bloomington (United States) Wednesday, 18 April 2012 - College Tour w/ Robbie Rivera @ X-Cel, Lansing (United States) Friday, 20 April 2012 - College Tour w/ Robbie Rivera @ Westcott, Syracuse (United States) Saturday, 21 April 2012 - College Tour w/ Robbie Rivera @ Roxxy, Philadelphia (United States) Tuesday, 24 April 2012 - Dayglow w/ Robbie Rivera @ The Ryan Center, Kingston (United States) BOBBY BURNS  Saturday, 14 April 2012 - 00:00 - 01:00 - Jacked @ Radio 538, Hilversum  Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 00:00 - 01:00 - Jacked @ Radio 538, Hilversum DIMITRI VEGAS & LIKE MIKE Friday, 20 April 2012 - Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike @ Mix Garden, Belo Horizonte (Brazil) Saturday, 21 April 2012 - Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike @ Fazenda Heimari, Piraquara (Brazil) Sunday, 22 April 2012 - Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike @ Fazenda Maeda, Itu (Brazil) FRANKY RIZARDO Thursday, 12 April 2012 - 00:30 - 03:00 - Thank God It's Thursday @ Manhattan, Arnhem Friday, 13 April 2012 - 23:00 - 00:00 - Release Party Roul & Doors @ Millers, Den Haag Friday, 13 April 2012 - 01:00 - 02:30 - Club Night @ Mojo's, Alkmaar Saturday, 14 April 2012 - 01:30 - 03:30 - Club Night @ Krush Club, Oostende (Belgium) Wednesday, 18 April 2012 - 00:00 - 01:00 - INTENSE Student Party Dance4life edition @ Jimmy Woo, Amsterdam Thursday, 19 April 2012 - 00:30 - 03:00 - Thank God It's Thursday @ Manhattan, Arnhem Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 03:00 - 04:00 - Fabulous @ Club Noa, Leeuwarden Sunday, 22 April 2012 - Latin Lovers @ Fuel, Bloemendaal aan Zee JAZ VON D Sunday, 22 April 2012 - Heroes Of Housemusic - On The Beach @ Bloomingdale, Bloemendaal aan zee JAZIAH Friday, 13 April 2012 - Hype @ Jimmy Woo, Amsterdam Friday, 20 April 2012 - Hype @ Jimmy Woo, Amsterdam LEROY STYLES Friday, 13 April 2012 - 22:30 - 00:00 - Opening Habana Beach @ Habana Beach, Den Haag, Kijkduin Saturday, 14 April 2012 - 22:00 - 00:00 - Latin Lovers - On The Beach @ Brunotti Beach House, Scheveningen Saturday, 14 April 2012 - 01:00 - 05:00 - Livv presents Leroy Styles @ Livv Club, Rotterdam Sunday, 15 April 2012 - 23:00 - 01:00 - Benefit Event Noah Delanoh @ Blender, Amsterdam MC ROGA Saturday, 14 April 2012 - 23:30 - 04:00 - Latin Lovers - On The Beach @ Brunotti Beach House, Scheveningen MITCH CROWN Saturday, 14 April 2012 - Club Night @ Club Vie, Rotterdam Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 00:30 - 01:30 - Hardsoul Live! @ De Winkel van Sinkel, Utrecht NERVO Saturday, 14 April 2012 - Club Night @ Marquee – The Star, Pyrmont (Australia) Thursday, 19 April 2012 - Club Night @ Apple Bar, Adelaide (Australia) Friday, 20 April 2012 - Club Night @ The MET, Brisbane (Australia) Saturday, 21 April 2012 - Club Night @ Platinum, Gold Coast (Australia) Wednesday, 25 April 2012 - Club Night @ Chelsea Heights Hotel, Chelsea Heights (Australia) QUINTINO Friday, 13 April 2012 - 01:00 - 02:00 - Kermis Helden @ The Apollo, Helden Friday, 13 April 2012 - 03:00 - 04:30 - Qture - Afterparty 2012 @ Mondial, Beek Saturday, 14 April 2012 - 23:00 - 00:30 - Sunsation Dance Event - The Sunsation Arena @ Festival Area Middelstum, Middelstum Saturday, 14 April 2012 - 01:30 - 02:30 - Club Night With Quintino & Zawdi MC @ Uitgaanscentrum Jinx, Veendam Saturday, 14 April 2012 - 03:30 - 04:30 - Quintino & Zawdi MC @ Feu Nightlife, Drachten Friday, 20 April 2012 - 21:00 - 22:30 - Dirty Driel @ Cafe Zaal de Kroon, Kerkdriel Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 19:00 - 19:40 - RFS Holding Party @ Amsterdam Convention Fact, Amsterdam Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 00:00 - 01:30 - Club Night @ Bills Bar, Markelo Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 02:30 - 04:00 - ChicaNight - In Bed With @ Takens, Balkburg Sunday, 22 April 2012 - Club Night @ Club 70, Dolleburg, De Goorn Wednesday, 25 April 2012 - 03:00 - 04:00 - Mechnificant @ Discotheek Lorre, Delft R3HAB Thursday, 12 April 2012 - 23:30 - 01:30 - R3hab @ District 30, Sacramento (United States) Friday, 13 April 2012 - 13:15 - 14:10 - Coachella @ Coachella, Indio (United States) Saturday, 14 April 2012 - R3hab @ Surrender Nightclub, Las Vegas (United States) Thursday, 19 April 2012 - R3hab @ Whiskey Bar, Portland (United States) Friday, 20 April 2012 - Coachella @ Coachella, Indio (United States) Friday, 20 April 2012 - R3HAB @ Celebrities Nightclub, Vancouver (Canada) Saturday, 21 April 2012 - R3hab @ Cine El Ray Theater, McAllen (United States) Sunday, 22 April 2012 - R3hab @ XS Nightclub, Las Vegas (United States) Tuesday, 24 April 2012 - 00:00 - 02:00 - R3hab @ Marquee Theatre, Tempe (United States) Wednesday, 25 April 2012 - R3hab @ Tsongas Arena, Lowell (United States) SHERMANOLOGY Friday, 13 April 2012 - 21:35 - Coachella - Sahara Stage @ Coachella, Indio (United States) Saturday, 14 April 2012 - 20:30 - 21:30 - Afrojack @ University of Rhode Island, Kingston (United States) Wednesday, 18 April 2012 - 18:30 - 20:00 - Afrojack @ Indiana University - Assembly Hall, Bloomington (United States) Friday, 20 April 2012 - 02:00 - 03:00 - Latin Lovers @ Bermuda, Eindhoven Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 21:00 - 22:30 - One Full House 2012 @ Camping de Somerense Vennen, Lierop Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 01:30 - 03:00 - Jazz a Delic @ SNOWBASE, Terneuzen Sunday, 22 April 2012 - 21:00 - 22:30 - Heroes of Housemusic On the Beach @ Bloomingdale, Bloemendaal aan zee Wednesday, 25 April 2012 - 01:30 - 02:30 - Mechnificant @ Discotheek Lorre, Delft SIDNEY SAMSON Thursday, 12 April 2012 - 00:00 - 02:00 - Club Night @ Lima, Washington (United States) Friday, 13 April 2012 - 01:00 - 03:00 - Club Night @ Ruby Skye, San Francisco (United States) Sunday, 15 April 2012 - TBA around 22:00 - 00:00 - Club Night @ The Villa, Honolulu (United States Minor Outlying Islands (Isle)) Thursday, 19 April 2012 - Dayglow @ XL Center, Hartford (United States) Friday, 20 April 2012 - Dayglow @ 12 South Taproom & Grill, Nashville (United States) Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 23:00 - 01:00 - Club Night @ The Sherman Theater, Stroudsburg (United States) ZAWDI MC Friday, 13 April 2012 - 03:00 - 04:30 - Qture - Afterparty 2012 @ Mondial, Beek Saturday, 14 April 2012 - 23:00 - 00:30 - Sunsation Dance Event - The Sunsation Arena @ Festival Area Middelstum, Middelstum Saturday, 14 April 2012 - 01:30 - 02:30 - Club Night With Quintino & Zawdi MC @ Uitgaanscentrum Jinx, Veendam Saturday, 14 April 2012 - 03:30 - 04:30 - Quintino & Zawdi MC @ Feu Nightlife, Drachten Friday, 20 April 2012 - 21:00 - 22:30 - Dirty Driel @ Cafe Zaal de Kroon, Kerkdriel Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 0000 - 01:30 - Club Night @ Bills Bar, Markelo Saturday, 21 April 2012 - 02:30 - 04:00 - ChicaNight - In Bed With @ Takens, Balkburg Sunday, 22 April 2012 - Club Night @ Club 70, Dolleburg, De Goorn Monday, 23 April 2012 - Club Night @ Club Vie, Rotterdam

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