Nineteen years after starting his career, one of the most diverse DJ's / Producers ever is proud to return back to the city where it all started for him. With his indefinable sounds, styles and influences this promises to be one of the highlights of the night. His mind-blowing mix of raw and energetic dance music have filled the biggest dance floors and festivals have fallen before him in succession. Global Gathering, Mysteryland, Dance Valley, Trance Energy, Gatecrasher Summer Sound System, Escape Into The Park and Sanctuary are just some examples Marcel did in just in one summer run! Marcel's diverse nature in 2008 made him become the only DJ ever to play the White and Black Edition of Sensation in the Netherlands.
 
In the studio, he's been responsible for some of the biggest productions of the last years. Tiesto, Marco V, Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, Sander van Doorn are just a selection of the big hitters using Marcel's material to devastate the dance floor.

Over 10 boundary-pushing years, Claus Terhoeven (Nic Chagall) and Stefan Bossems (DJ Bossi) have evolved Cosmic Gate into one of the most creative and highly-sought-after electronic music acts in the world, and no further introduction is really needed.
 
After meeting at a label office in back in 1998 a partnership was born which has become one of the dance world’s most successful the scene. With several Top 40 hit singles they’ve continued to advance and enhance their sounds lending their studio know-how to productions by the likes of Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Above & Beyond’s OceanLab project, Rank 1 and Blank & Jones. to devastating effect.
 
Deck-side Nic and Bossi have whipped floors around the world playing 100 nights every year. In 2008 they played Tiësto’s now-famous Monday nighter at Privilege in Ibiza, rocked roofs at the Judgement Sunday nights and decisively broke into the US and Australian clubbing scenes through a string of sell-out tours. They appeared in the DJ Magazine’s list of Top 100 spinners for 6 years now and are regular festival attraction, spinning at events like Trance Energy, Mysteryland, Summadayze in Australia, Germany’s Nature One and Stateside at Nocturnal.

Without doubt the hottest new trance DJ / producer to emerge from Holland this past year is Richard Durand. Recommended by the mighty Tiësto as his 'Tip For The Top in 2007' in DJ Magazine a year ago, Richard has stunned us with a string of  productions and remixes.
 
His sound is trance, techno and tough electro in a unique package that's both dynamic and devastating. Having made his mark as a solo producer with  big tech trance bombs as  'Make Me Scream' and 'Slipping Away', He found playlist support from the biggest DJ names on the planet including as Paul van Dyk, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Judge Jules and Eddie Halliwell to name but a few. Richard Durand is also one of the most technically accomplished DJs in dance music today. Utilising 4 x CD decks and effects units, his DJ sets are a journey of cutting edge tunes, big samples, slick mixing and technical wizardry behind the decks.
 
He’s performed at Dance Valley, Planet Love, Coloursfest, Revolution, RMI Trance Xplosion, Summer Of Love, Tunnel Electrocity and Dance Planet festivals around Europe, plus leading UK club brands such as Godskitchen, Gallery, Gatecrasher, Inside Out, Lush, Syndicate and Passion. Elsewhere around the globe he's rocked dancefloors from Melbourne to Mongolia and China to Canada this past year with the reactions from each new territory seemingly louder and more lively than the last!

Signum is the combination of two talented producers in the European music industry. They are Pascal Minnaard, (age 29) and Ronald Hagen (also age 29) both from in Zoetermeer. In their younger years they found out that they had the same interest in making music, and started to do some work together. Their first release was an immediate success in 1997 on the JINX label, called "What you got for me", the record became a huge club anthem. And with it's re-release in 2001 (on TidyTrax) it even got the nr.36 position in the UK Top40! "What ya got 4 me" turned out to be, what you now a days call a true "Trance Classic".

Pascal & Ron a.k.a. Signum thought that the time was right to play their own tunes in front of crowds, and started focussing on a DJ career. In July 2001 they made their U.K. debut with a three hour set at Gatecrasher. Since this impressive debut they've played in U.K.'s best clubs, such as, "Godskitchen", "Gatecrasher", "Passion", "Slinky" and of course not forgetting the great festivals, "Global Gathering", "Homelands", & "Summer Sound System". In June 2003 they joined ARMADA MUSIC. Armin van Buuren, Maykel Piron and David Lewis joined their forces to combine label management, publishing and artist management. "Push Through" was the first release of Signum, on the new label called "A State Of Trance" named after Armin's immense popular radio show, and the beginning of a new period.

They remixed the track "Serenity" of the nr.3 DJ in the world, none other then Armin van Buuren, which will also be the official anthem for the Sensation White 2005 party.
Signum's sound of Trance, Techno, Tech-Trance, and Progressive have won many admirers up & down the World. We can say that Signum are becoming one of the most favourite DJ's of the Trance crowd and you'll be seeing and hearing a lot of them and so their rise to the top is just beginning!

Jochen van der Steijn, born in the Netherlands, started his career by the name DJ Jochen.

In 2003 he changed his artist name into Jochen Miller. The young deejay / producer already managed to create his own recognizable sound, which can be described as style-blending tech-trance: energetic, uplifting en high quality. Characterized by up-tempo powerful melodies, few breaks and constant pumping bass lines. The charismatic Jochen Miller is filled with passion for music and ready to make it to the top. With releases as; " India" , "Alive" , "Twisted Minds" , he started his producers skills at one of the best trance labels " High Contrast" , last year he also started to work with the legendary Rank1, a fantastic producers duo was born, they released their first production in beginning of 2008; "And Then..." - Jochen Miller vs Rank1, this record of course very well known by all major trance fans. Then in the middle of 2008 on other major trance tune was born: " Lost Connection" which now a days still is supported by all major trance artists around the globe. Next up will be "9 minutes" and "Eclips" already picked up by various big and well-known artists around the globe. With side projects like; Jochen Miller vs Lock ‘n Load and Jochen Miller & Artento Divini, this artist is one to watch for the upcoming years!

Jochen Miller is ready for the worldwide scene of top producers and dj's!

Ernesto vs Bastian need no introduction, or certainly not if you know your dance music! As far as music partnerships are concerned this pair are the perfect match! A chance meeting at the work place and the discovery that they both shared the same for electronic dance music meant one thing - the rest as they say is history!
 
Foundations to their successful double act were set in 2001 when they produced two blinding singles - 'Lonely People' and 'Being Single', both going on to sell thousands worldwide. Though it wasn’t until the phenomenally huge 'Dark Side of The Moon' was released when the planet sit up and take notice. This one single has been signed to over 30 countries! It also picked up the accolade as ‘Anthem of 2005’ by Radio 1’s Judge Jules, and sent the boys into orbit. After this the only direction for Ernesto & Bastian was up!
 
The working success of Ernesto and Bastian’s is down to them both possessing entirely different elements essential to making the recipe a working one! Ernesto provides the DJ talent that is essential to entertaining thousands, with Bastian taking control of the producing and creative side. Throw them both together and the result is what we’ve got today – perfection! There's a natural chemistry with Ernesto & Bastian. Their music is a fusion of pop and trance, throw in a spoonful of darkness and you’ve got a very unique sound – evolutionary, driving, uplifting and so in demand! And indeed, listening to Dark side of the Moon defines the aforementioned down to a tee! And so we are here: The debut artist album from Ernesto & Bastian entitled ‘Authenticity’. This project has been more than a year in the making and when delivered sent shivers through High Contrast HQ. The money is on this one. It’s utterly superb, apparently flawless in effort, and boy does it flow! This is Ernesto vs Bastian in their prime. 12 tracks with each and every one of them telling an individual story. ‘Thrill’ which is on course to do serious damage in 2008 is included in this long player, and with Trance Energy 2008 already hailing at as its anthem for their 15th birthday event, world you better watch out.
 
Turn this up loud and love every minute of it!

Listed #54 in the DJ Magazine Top 100  this New York native started in 2006 to make waves in the trance scene and capturing the imagination of the trance community and the trance elite such as Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Paul van Dyk, Above & Beyond, Judge Jules and Sander van Doorn all amongst the heavyweight playlist support.
 
In the UK and Ireland Sean Tyas has built up a solid fanbase at major events such as Godskitchen,  Gatecrasher, Ministry Of Sound / Gallery and Inside Out, while elsewhere in Europe he's also made his mark on many famous stages, appearing on every Godskitchen Global Gathering festival in 2009, the Trance Energy, Dance Valley and Mystery Land festivals in Holland, Monday Bar cruises in Sweden, Judgement Sundays in Ibiza, plus east European club shows and festivals. The picture is just as complete in other continents, with Sean Tyas touring North and South America many times each year, as well as leading shows in Asia and the Trance Energy Tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Ralph Barendse released his first dance record in 1999 as ‘Alpha Breed’. In 2001 his new track was noticed by DJ Tiësto and got signed and released as ‘Ralphie B – Massive’ on In Trance We Trust (Black Hole Recordings). This record became a huge success and is still considered a classic. After this Ralphie’s  career got in motion and several productions followed till in 2005 Ralphie and his friend Sander van der Waal decided to work together on a track. Their first co-production was called ‘First State - First State’ and was released on In Trance We Trust. It became a big hit and got played exclusively by Tiësto for a long time before the rest of the big DJs followed.
 
Because of the success of this new project and the huge click between both of them, Ralphie and Sander decided to bundle their strength, merging the studio together in Dordrecht and forming a duo.
Their album ‘Time Frame’ released in June 2006 fully represents what they stand for: an easy going begin that grows with housey tracks towards a nice climax with more techy productions and the fat trance sound that made the duo famous, complete with classical arrangements and at the same time, obvious influences of ‘regular’ house and minimal.
 
With many DJ performances in 2008 like: Tiesto's DVD Premiere party, Gatecrasher Ukraine, Intuition Invites and as support act for Tiesto's European ISOS Tour these guys will give us an experience not to forget.

Cor Fijneman, the 31 year old from Holland, is a regular name nowadays in the global dance community. He plays all over the the world where he plays his energetic sets that he likes as much as the clubbers do.
 
Production wise Cor is also one to watch. The single that turned all the attention to Cor was his single, Venus (Meant To Be Your Lover). This single was the theme of the illustrious and first Tiësto In Concert event, May 10th 2003.
 
Spring 2005 saw the release of Cor Fijneman’s first official artist album; Monologue. It was released on Cor’s own label within Black Hole Recordings: Outstanding. This album was very well received and proved that Cor could produce in a highly diverse way.
 
In 2007 Cor produced the track Jaguar, based on the old Detroit classic Knights of the Jaguar on Spinnin’ Records. This track was played all summer by DJ’s like Ferry Corsten, Sander Van Doorn, Tiësto and ‘King of Progressive’ Sasha.

Cor’s new single: The White Socrates created a big buzz amongst a lot of DJ’s and now it is finally released on High Contrast Nu Breed.
 
So check those flyers and watch for his name @ your local club because when Cor starts playing your feet will not stop till the last beat drops.