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Pieter Koen grew up in Standerton South-Africa. He was a member of the Drakensberg Boys Choir. He studied at Pretoria Technicon where he was a member of the music group Rondomtalies. After studying Pieter joined some of the local community radio stations as a DJ. Pieter then went on as presenter of the television program "Kunskafee" and then an announcer of the hit Kyk-net series "Kwela".Pieter released his first album in 1997 "Run with me". Official website - http://www.pieterkoen.co.za .

Koen Groeneveld, based in Holland, is the hottest new name in electronic music. His sound is a dynamic mix of Techno, Tech House, Progressive House and Minimal. Koen started his own label _aBZoluT. early 2008. One of his first releases “Wake Turbulence” peaked at 1 both in the Beatport Top Downloads Top 100 and in their Techno Top 100 in July 2008. After the huge success of “Wake Turbulence” he was asked by Mark Knight to do a remix for a Toolroom release by Mark Trophy, entitled “Ripper”. Koen’s remix peaked at 12 in the beatport Techno Chart. The follow...

Los Angeles-based Pieter K (born Pieter Kaufman) is a producer of dark, complex tech-step. His first release for the Vortex label ("Stiration/Dromedary") caught the ears of the A&R heads at drum and bass labels across the States, most notably Breakbeat Science, F-111/Higher Education, and Thermal Recordings, all of whom have big plans for this up-and-coming talent. New York-based drum and bass emporium-turned-label Breakbeat Science was the first to sign Pieter K. "Sequence," his first Breakbeat Science release, is reminiscent of Jason Mouse in its complexity and of Dune in its dance floor tenacity. Both "Spoonful" and "Liquification," also on Breakbeat...

Koen Holtkamp has released two solo albums as Aero and two albums as Mountains, a duo project with Brendon Anderegg. He has toured throughout the US and Europe performing everywhere from festivals, art galleries, and museums to basements, hippie communes, churches, and rock clubs. Holtkamp has performed with Fennesz, Tony Conrad, Greg Davis, Minamo, Tape, Nicholas Collins, Carsten Nicolai, Lichens, Supersilent, Alog, etc. He has also been included in several exhibitions, most notably at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. His current solo performances utilize acoustic instruments and objects played through a series of both analogue and digital electronics to create...

Pianist Francis Coppieters recorded as early as 1943 with Roger Rose et son Orchestre de L'Heure Bleue. In 1949, he records 4 tracks for an album with Toots Thielemans & the "Quartet du Hot Club de Belgique", with Toots on guitar, Jean Warland on bass and John Ward on drums. The same year, he is a member of the Jack Sels Big band. In 1952, he can be heard on a Jacques Pelzer recording; in 1953, with Buck Clayton and the orchestra of Mickey Bunner, and also with René Thomas, Bobby Jaspar and Jacques Pelzer. In Germany, bandleader Kurt Edelhagen,...