Showtek consists of:
Walt
Duro

Being part of the world’s leading indoor-event Sensation Black this year happens to be the perfect indication of Showtek’s current status. The Eindhoven based act existing of the brothers Wouter (1982) and Sjoerd Janssen (1984) has reached the absolute top after years of blood, sweat and tears. Their stunning live-performances, devestating dj-sets, but above all, a bunch of superb productions and massive hits has led to world-domination in the harder dancescene. Their unique, catchy and banging sound not only sets the Dutch dancefloors on fire, nowadays Showtek has become a thrilling name abroad, even playing shows at the other side of the planet. “It’s hard to mention the ultimate highlight in our carreer so far. We’ve toured almost every European country, but we are extra proud having played Australia recently. At the moment we take the plane twice a month to perform in other countries.”

Both brothers were infected by the dancevirus at an early age and coming from a musical family it goes without saying that they soon started to produce music. After three years Wouter and Sjoerd finally had the feeling that their studio-efforts reached the level of professionality and maturity they had in mind, and the first record was given birth. Wouter can be desribed as the musical Mozart of the two with a broad vision on music and his talent to play keyboards very well. His brother Sjoerd being the more dancefloor-orientated producer whoexactly knows what record does and doesn’t work for a crowd. The many years in the studio not only resulted in developing an own sound, but also learned them what he most effective and comfortable way of working is. “Our sound is catchy, melodic and harsh. Sometimes is well-thought, but it can also be very spontanous and loose. Since we each have a different view on music the Showtek-sound can be quite diverse. Nevertheless our sound is always recognisable as being a typical Showtek track.”

With the start of their own Dutch Masters Works label they created a quality-platform for their original sounding electronic music. Although The Showtekkers have only released self produced material on the label, the duo states that Dutch Masters Works in the near future will also see releases from others. Wouter and Sjoerd are best known as Showtek, although they use different pojectnames that are all very succesfull. The name Walt is used by Wouter and stands for techno- and trance-influenced music, with heavy beats and an experimental touch. Duro is a sideproject with pounding beats and nasty sounds and Southstylers is a coorporation between Walt and Zany. Headliner and Dutch Masters are both aliasses meant for the more accessible hardstyle. After having took Holland by storm the productions of the Showtekkers are nowadays shipped and licsensed all over the world. “It’s our main goal to perfection the Showtek-sound and reach more people around the globe with our music and through the label. However the most important thing is never lose the passion and fun.”

Showtek on stage is an experience people will not easily forget and no matter where they play the roof gets blown off. Showtek can be booked as a live-act, but as dj’s as well. Wouter and Sjoerd say that there’s no better high in life than seeing the crowd going nuts on their self-produced music. A packed dancefloor full of smiling face is the biggest reward they can imagine. Besides that a good performance motivates and inspires the brothers to push the pedal to the metal even more next time in the studio. “Even as dj’s we tend to play a lot of own productions and 80 percent of our sets consist of record we produced ourselves. It’s not that we don’t like other people’s music, but we get a huge kick playing our own tracks in front of an enthousiastic audience. It’s a privalige to have a steady and loyal following of people who really are into your music.”