Biography
“I’m a massive fan of Sly One and Jurrane who are now exclusively signed to Discover. They have such a fresh sound that I just can’t get enough of. I think they will be huge.” - John Askew: Trance.Nu, 2008
Born in Holland but now living in London, Jurrane is one of the fastest-emerging talents on the worldwide trance scene. His trademark high-octane, energetic DJ sets and powerful, uplifting productions have been a regular fixtures in UK trance clubs for the past few years, and he is now gaining global recognition on the intermational stage.
Jurrane is best-known across the trance world for his prolific partnership with fellow UK producer Sly One. The Sly One vs Jurrane production team is one of the trance scene’s strongest production duos with original tracks and remixes released by Discover Records, Discover Dark, Conspiracy Recordings, Emalodic Recordings, Perceptive Recordings, Propulsion Records, and others. Tracks by Sly One vs Jurrane have been featured on BBC Radio One (UK), Kiss FM (UK), Ministry Of Sound Radio, and other radio stations worldwide. Sly One vs Jurrane productions also regularly occupy the top-selling spots in charts compiled by music retailers such as Beatport, AudioJelly and TrackItDown.
Support for Sly One vs Jurrane original tracks and remixes has come from some of the biggest DJs in the world, including Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Above & Beyond, Judge Jules, John O’Callaghan, Dave Pearce, John Askew, Jon O’Bir, Matt Darey, Graham Gold, Eddie Halliwell, Agnelli & Nelson, Adam White, and many more. In particular, the Sly One vs Jurrane remix of Kai Jee & Eidan was a recent Web Vote Winner on Above & Beyond’s ‘Trance Around The World’ radio show, and Sly One vs Jurrane: ‘Time Bomb’ was charted by Paul van Dyk in his only UK print chart of 2007.
In October 2008, the Sly One vs Jurrane partnership signed an exclusive three-year recording deal with Chris Hampshire and John Askew at Discover Records, one of the world’s most successful and respected trance labels. This major deal paves the way for a further five singles, more remixes and provisional album release in 2010. Sly One vs Jurrane will now record original tracks for Discover Records on an exclusive basis.
Jurrane is a resident DJ at Planet Angel, London’s biggest underground trance party, playing monthly to huge crowds of up to a thousand passionate clubbers. He has a proven DJ pedigree, having played for virtually every trance promotion in London, including main room appearances at The Gallery @ Turnmills, Wildchild, Vaccine, Knowwhere, Tidy vs Extreme Euphoria, Twisted, Innocate, and many more.
As a DJ, Jurrane has appeared alongside some of the biggest names in the industry including Paul van Dyk, Judge Jules, Marco V, Gavyn Mytchell, Adam Sheridan, Scott Bond, Lee Haslam, Cosmic Gate, K90, Graham Gold, Ronald van Gelderen, Alex Morph, Marc van Linden, Matt Hardwick, Stoneface & Terminal, Orkidea, Mark Norman, Ronski Speed, Kuffdam & Plant, Blank & Jones, Cor Fijneman, Pynn, Randy Katana and Marcel Woods. One of his strengths is his ability to play across a wide variety of timeslots, and is equally at home playing warm-up, peak-time or closing sets.
Picked by many as one of the trance DJs and producers to watch this year, find out more abut Jurrane by visiting http://www.myspace.com/jurraneproductions.
