13/4/2000
Veejay-Groove
European Media Art Festival, Amsterdam
Organised by the EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL and with an international cast of
avant-garde artists VEEJAY-GROOVE is expected to be ground breaking in club culture. From 14
April to 12 May the EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL presents innovative media art and dance
floor projects in four major events in Amsterdam, Osnabrück, Wilhelmshaven and Berlin.
Interactive presence (web-site, Internet television) and a three-hour television documentary by
the German television station N3 will accompany the events.
Something is happening in the European clubs. Instead of light shows, laser, strobes and spots,
so called visuals play an increasingly important role. Via video beamers, film projectors and
computer animation VJs create virtual spaces in Paris, London, Amsterdam and Berlin. They offer
night owls of these capitals the new soundtrack of techno beat, as well as an expanding cinema
of the new millennium.
The avantgarde status of VJ culture is nowhere more present than in Holland. That is why
VEEJAY-GROOVE will start off on 14 April in the "Melkweg". (More information at earth-link)
DJ PER and DJ SAMDER from Amsterdam and DJ ROWAN BLADES (Breeder, UK),
PARKS & WILSON (Tilt, UK) and HOOJ CHOONS from London together with the cult VJ
NOG HARDER from Rotterdam will give an audiovisual performance.
DJ Sander (Kleinberg)
Sander´s (27) career must have started when he (16) was asked to play in a local cafe.
Now he has been a professional DJ and producer for the last eight years. His productions
are released on some of the following labels: Going Global series, Strictly Rhythm,
Superstition and Deal records. He is also responsible for remixes for artists such as: Art of
Noise, Vincent de Moor, George McGrae and Junkie XL.
As DJ he played at clubs like the Rex (Paris), Space (Ibiza), Roxy and Mazzo
(Amsterdam) and Asta (The Hague). Sander can also be found on many compilation CDs
around the globe.
DJ Per(Meijer)
Per (36) has been a DJ since 1984 and has played all over the Netherlands and abroad.
He is one of the founders of the Dutch House scene. He was The organiser of parties
such as: Timemachine in the "Melkweg" (´89 till present), Paradise in the "Mazzo"
(´89-´93), The Beat Club in obscure locations around the country (´89-´91), Perception in
the "Waakzaamheit" in Koog aan de Zaan (´96-´99) and COM in Mazzo (´99). Per has
released four CDs under the name Per´s Paradise (´93-´97) and one 4CD-Pack under the
name Timemachine (´99). Besides this, he has worked on several publications on the
House scene.
CONTACT EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL
Lohstrasse 45a
Postfach 1861
D-49008 Osnabrück
Fon: +49(0)541 21658
Fax: +49(0)541 28327