photo: Courtesy of Governors Island
Saturday, June 9, 2012 – Hardwell and Bingo Players
Governors Island Beach Club – New York, NY
Saturday, June 16, 2012 – Laidback Luke
Governors Island Beach Club – New York, NY
Saturday, June 30, 2012 – Dash Berlin
Governors Island Beach Club – New York, NY
Hardwell (born as Robbert van de Corput in Breda, Netherlands) is a progressive and electro house DJ and music producer. Breaking into the scene in 2009 with his bootleg of “Show Me Love vs. Be”, he has produced multiple hit EDM singles such as “Encoded” and “Cobra” and also made collaborations and toured with Tiësto. In 2010 he formed his own label Revealed Recordings and was ranked number 24 on DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJ list for 2011. Alongside other artists like Alesso, Deniz Koyu and R3hab, Hardwell was named an EDM artist to watch in 2012 by MTV.
Bingo Players is a prominent Dutch Dance and Electro House duo, made up of Paul Bäumer and Maarten Hoogstraten. They are best known for their hit song “Cry (Just a Little)” which charted in the Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom. The song samples “Piano In The Dark” By Brenda Russel, which was originally written by Scott Cutler, Brenda Russell and Jeff Hull.
Laiback Luke (born Lucas Cornelis van Scheppingen, 22 October 1976 in Manila, Philippines) is a Dutch DJ, producer. He was voted #46 on DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJ list in 2008, before jumping to #27 in 2009 and jumping up 10 places in 2010. Laidback Luke grew up in The Netherlands and made his name as a graffiti artist before turning to making music. He has worked with artists such as David Guetta, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell, Example and Junior Sanchez and played throughout Europe and North America as well as shows in Japan and Ibiza. He has released two studio albums: Psyched Up (1998) and Electronic Satisfaction (2002) as well as a successful mix album, Windmill Skill (2003). In 2003, van Scheppingen did a remix of the Daft Punk song “Crescendolls” for the duo’s remix album Daft Club. Luke has also released his own mix album, titled Ibiza Closing Party, as a free covermount CD in the October 2008 issue of Mixmag. He has currently released his new album on the 4th of July 2011, called Cream Ibiza Super You & Me. He announced on the maiden voyage of Holy Ship that he was engaged to Gina Turner.
Dash Berlin (born 8 November 1979) is a Dutch progressive-trance project created in 2007 in The Hague by Jeffrey Sutorius, Eelke Kalberg and Sebastiaan Molijn. The front man of the group is the DJ Jeffrey Sutorius a.k.a Dash Berlin. Kalberg and Molijn have been contributing to the international dance scene for over ten years, with award-winning and platinum-selling hits for dance acts such as Alice Deejay, Vengaboys, Candee Jay, Pronti & Kalmani and Solid Sessions. They also have been working together with DJ Sander Kleinenberg on classic tracks like “This Is Miami” and “The Fruit” and remixes for major artists such as Justin Timberlake (‘Rock Your Body’ Remix winning the award for ‘Best Remix’ at the Dance Star USA Awards), Janet Jackson, BT, Usher, N.E.R.D., Lenny Kravitz, Junkie XL, Röyksopp, Mylo, and Annie Lennox.
