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| - DJ Zany (or just Zany; real name: Raoul van Grinsven) is known as a veteran disc jockey, with over ten years of experience at the producing and performing in the dance scene. He lives in Veldhoven, near Eindhoven and is currently a fulltime DJ/producer, after having worked on the side for ten years in a record shop. He started his career in the hardcore world, working between times with techno and trance, and has had many hits in the top 10, under various aliases. For the last few years, he has been concentrating on hardstyle. The former member of Shadowlands Terrorists has been producing for the Fusion label for many years, under a variety of pseudonyms. "The ambience of the hardstyle scene is great, with enthusiastic and varied audiences. Hardstyle is a broad movement which I get a lot out of. However, I'm not afraid of incorporating techno, hardtrance and oldschool into my sets. The audience appreciates it if a DJ plays a variety of styles, rather than just hammering away in the same tone."
The former chef was infected with the dance bug by his elder brother and started work at the beginning of the 90's in the Eindhoven record shop Freaky Records. During that time, Raoul was regularly found in local clubs like Carte Blanche and Carmen, and at big Shadowlands parties. As a member of the Shadowlands team, he performed abroad with the Shadowlands Terrorists, as well as under his own name. In the meantime, DJ Zany has played in countries such as Italy , Switzerland , Spain , Crete , Germany , Belgium , America , England , Curacao and France . The musically broad-focused DJ Zany decided to concentrate his energies on the emerging hardstyle, putting his activities as a hardcore DJ/producer on the back burner. Highlights include well-known parties such as Defqon 1, Qlimax, Qlubtempo, X-qlusive, Inqontrol, Decibel, Hardbass and Sensation Black. Hardcore's popularity was lessening around that time and hardstyle was an interesting new movement. "It was a challenge for me to get involved in it straight away" says DJ Zany.
Innovation and progress are two key words in Zany's career. Already on his first steps towards producing under the name of Shadowlands Terrorists he tried to develop a distinctive sound. From 2001, Raoul made a series of EP's and remixes for the Fusion label, under various pseudonyms, plus a mix album 'New Generation Bass'. On stage, Donkey Rollers consists of three people, while the music is produced by Zany and Michel Pollen. "The Netherlands has always put its stamp on the international dance scene and we must keep up this role of trendsetter. So producers and DJ's must always try to achieve progress and avoid repeating themselves. Only then can movements and scenes develop."
Zany's music career in 2005 can be best described as an insane and breathtaking ride on a fast rollercoaster. He ended up at an amazing third place at the prestigious Dutch Dance Awards, which made him the most popular hardstyle-dj in the world. (en)
- Dj Zany est un des grands DJ néerlandais de musique hardstyle, et un des DJ culte de cette musique. Avec Jowan & MC DV8, il compose le groupe de scène des Donkey Rollers, alors qu'avec Walt ils sont les Southstylers. Il est des DJ et producteur les plus doués de sa génération.
Il compose de nombreux tracks avec les autres grands artistes tels que The Prophet, Showtek, The Beholder, Isaac et conssors.
Il a participé à un grand nombre de festivals et événements tels que :
* Qlimax
* Q-base
* Defqon 1
* In Qontrol
* Sensation Black
* Tomorrowland
* X-Qlusive
* Decibel Outdoor
* Mysteryland
* QrimeTime (fr)
- Zany (Engels: clown) (Veldhoven, 11 mei 1974) is de artiestennaam van Raoul Van Grinsven, een Nederlandse DJ-producer.
Zany maakt deel uit van de Shadowland Terrorists, de Southstylers en de Donkey Rollers. Ook heeft hij nummers gemaakt met onder andere Pavo, Tatanka en Duro. Hij wordt gezien als een van de betere hardstyle producers en was een van de eerste DJ's die begon met het produceren van hardstyle (The New Generation Bass, 2001). (nl)
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| - DJ Zany (or just Zany; real name: Raoul van Grinsven) is known as a veteran disc jockey, with over ten years of experience at the producing and performing in the dance scene. He lives in Veldhoven, near Eindhoven and is currently a fulltime DJ/producer, after having worked on the side for ten years in a record shop. He started his career in the hardcore world, working between times with techno and trance, and has had many hits in the top 10, under various aliases. (en)
- Dj Zany est un des grands DJ néerlandais de musique hardstyle, et un des DJ culte de cette musique. Avec Jowan & MC DV8, il compose le groupe de scène des Donkey Rollers, alors qu'avec Walt ils sont les Southstylers. Il est des DJ et producteur les plus doués de sa génération. Il compose de nombreux tracks avec les autres grands artistes tels que The Prophet, Showtek, The Beholder, Isaac et conssors. (fr)
- Zany (Engels: clown) (Veldhoven, 11 mei 1974) is de artiestennaam van Raoul Van Grinsven, een Nederlandse DJ-producer. (nl)
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