The stars must have been aligned just right when Afrojack saw his first ray of light. Music was his first love since day one. Being a very creative student, Afrojack spent most of his time listening to all kinds of music while studying. It didn’t take him long to turn the tables around and start making music instead of just listening to it.
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Who is Afrojack
At the age of 11, Afrojack (Nick van de Wall) downloads a program called Fruity loops. At this point in time his talent and passion for creating music truly surfaces. Rapidly acquainting himself with and appreciating Fruity Loops, it becomes his program of choice, which he uses to this day.
Afrojack decides to proceed with his musical carrier. Not being able to make a living out of it yet, he starts to work part-time in bars and catering. He discovers the club scene in Rotterdam, starting with his first night out in the old club Las Palmas when he was only 16 years old. After this many club nights, side-jobs, small DJ-gigs for the fun of deejaying and a lot of studio time followed.
In Your Face
In 2006 he sets off to Crete (Greece), deejaying for five full months straight in every club that will have him, learning the craft and making his first flight hours. It was also in Crete where he landed his first small hit, called ‘F*ck Detroit’. When returning home to the Netherlands, he’s still fired up and makes some more tracks, and is determined to get it out on a label. With a little help from Sidney Samson and Laidback Luke, Digidance decides to give it a shot, and it worked; ‘Afrojack – In Your Face’ scored nr. 60 in the Dutch Top-100 and nr. 3 in the Dutch Dance Top-30. Not too bad for the first release of an 18 year old kid.
Support from international DJ’s
In 2007 Nick starts performing under the name Afrojack, determined to proceed to the top as a DJ and producer. Track after track and remix after remix follow. Afrojack is rarely seen outside of his studio. When he’s not deejaying, he is producing and it starts to pay off. His tracks get played and massively supported by international DJ’s like David Guetta, Josh Wink, Dave Clarke, Laidback Luke, Fedde Le Grand, Marco V and national DJ’s like Chuckie, Benny Rodrigues, Erick E, Roog and Sidney Samson. Just to name a few.
Afrojack starts his own record label, Wall Recordings (exclusively for Beatport and Juno). A whole bunch of quality releases soon follow, such as ‘Don’t Be’, ‘Proper Introduction’ and ‘Thief’.
Big festival performances
In 2008 Afrojack hits the clubs with ‘Math’ and ‘Do My Dance’ and again both tracks get picked up by every big name in the industry. Afrojack hooks up with Partysquad and a ‘Drop down (do my dance)’ co-op mix is born and hits the Dutch Top-20. It gets crowned Tune of the Week by the biggest Dutch radio stations, and the biggest Dutch music television network TMF. Afrojack also appears at many festivals, such as Mystery Land, Tomorrowland (Belgium) and Extrema Outdoor and Sensation.
Afrojack: DJ and genius producer
Afrojack’s popularity is rising internationally. He is considered to be a genius producer and creates a series of collaboration with international artists like David Guetta, Diplo, Kid Cudi, Chuckie, Laidback Luke and Steve Angello. Most of his tracks are featured on Beatport.
Respected by his colleague DJ’s for his production talent and skills and loved by clubbers for his dancefloor bombs and energetic performances, Afrojack sets a new standard in the industry and is here to stay.