Conforce is the moniker of 22 year old bloke from The Island of Terschelling. He is currently living and studying in Leeuwarden on the Academie voor Popcultuur, The Netherlands. He developed his passion for electronic music around the age of 10.
But his father owned a large collection of usual and unusual instruments like the bagpipe, accordion, guitar, piano and harmonica's. Somehow this must have contained him with some musical interest. Michael Jackson also got airplay in his living room. But it was in a summer that his father who is also working as a forester was on a patrol in the eastern part of the island. He found a black colored tape who someone must have lost during a walk. When he took it home, he gave it to his son with the words “perhaps you could do something with it”. Not much later he bought his first taperecorder. The next thing he did was to put the tape in and take a listen. Soon there were all kinds of weird and freaky noises coming out. It attacked him. “What was this kind of sh*t?” he wondered. After that listen he did put it away in the closet - only for a very short while. He realised that this must have been the first serious house music he had been listening to. On the tape was Detroit orientated techno from producers like Orlando Voorn, Speedy J, Joey Beltram and Carl Craig who worked with the characteristic hardware synthesized equipment. Not much later his nephew from the urban city started sending him commercial and underground house music from the early/mid 90's ,wich he liked a lot.
Somehow this must have influenced the sound he is creating at the moment.
Wich most people call 'Terschelling Techno'. Although another big part of his inspiration comes from the gloomy city called Leeuwarden where he's working close to the producers/friends Mohlao and Delta Funktionen. They keep inspiring each other.
At the end of 2007 his first 12" release saw the daylight, Rush Hour Recordings released 'Our Concern Ep' which got big support by dj's like Laurent Garnier, Josh Wink, Rolando and Derrick May.
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Some cool live gigs I did in 2008.
Sonar Festival 2008 @ Macarena Club with Daniel Bell & Martyn.
STUG @ Paard van Troje with Tim Nieburg & Djorvin Clain
Interzone Festival: Dub A gogo @ De Kikker Utrecht with (Tectonic) Peverelist, Moving Ninja & Nuno Dos Santos.
VERSCH @ Sugarfactory with Boris Ross & Fred Hush
Infinity @ Doornroosje Nijmegen with Joris Voorn & Niels Luinenburg
Nightbirds @ Pand 48 Groningen with Sebastian Davidson
Depth of the North @ Gloppe with Jan Liefhebber, Delta & Damian Keane
Studio 32 @ Maegdenberg Leeuwarden
Releases
- Our Concern EP 12" - Rush Hour Records
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- Our Concern EP 12" White Mis-Press (Rare item) - Rush Hour Records
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- Junction 12"- Rush Hour Records
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- Fictional Environment + DF Remix 12"- Field Records
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- CCCP EP 12"- Modelisme Records Order
- Cruising EP / 4 tracker - Curle Records - November 2009 Order
- Love and Hate Ep - Meanwhile Records - 22th February 2010 Order
- Untitled 12" - January
Discogs
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Conforce
Upcoming
- Machine Conspiracy - 2x12" - Meanwhile Records - February 2010
- Black Stroke Original incl Kink & Neville Rmx / 12" - Modelisme / March 2010
Hee kerel!! Nee zeker niet meer aan het DJTRX-en...... geen vertrouwen meer in... Eigen label opgericht, met succes!! Dus lekker bezig! jij ook zo te zien?? Mocht je nog wat trx hebben liggen, stuur ze door!!
hello, Thanks for the add.. And for those ..who want to hear more music. Feel free to stop by . and hear my new releases. thanks and have a good one. retroblast