Building an early underground following in his native Holland, Afrojack’s initial explosion onto the scene came with the release of his single ‘Take Over Control’. The song was an instant hit, filling dancefloors all over the world and even reaching Platinum status in the US.
Around this time Afrojack also launched his label imprint ‘Wall Recordings’, a place where he could begin to nurture and grow new EDM talent under his tutorage. He also became one of the first artists to sign a residency in Las Vegas, performing there over a dozen times. Its moves like this that have helped him to ranked by Forbes as one of the highest paid DJ’s in the world.
Collaborations with the likes of EDM royalty such as David Guetta and pop superstars like Chris Brown and Madonna, helped to build Afrojack’s profile and it wasn’t long before he was headlining festivals like Electric Daisy Carnival, playing to over 300,000 people.
2014 saw the release of his debut album ‘Forget The World’ and was a huge success, spurred on by monster singles like ‘The Spark’. His talents have not only been recognized through commercial success but he has been voted at number 9 in ‘Dj Mag’s top Djs’ two years in a row. All of this makes for an impressive resume for someone who is young enough to have plenty left to give – expect to hear a lot more about Afrojack in years to come.
Europe is the birthplace of EDM music, so obviously the best artists are European. Nick Van De Wall, better known as Afrojack, is the Netherlands greatest contribution to the world of EDM, and rightly so. His set at Ultra Music Festival 2014 was so unbelievable.
One of the current top reigning EDM artist, Afrojack ALWAYS delivers during his live sets. Making an entrance by starting his tracks and then popping out from below them. He builds it up by addressing the crowd, getting them as pumped up as possible. It also helps that he has a ridiculous amount of stage electronics as well (ie lights, LED screen, even flames and air cannons). He moves as much as the crowd is moving, dancing as he controls his music. He attracts huge crowds making his stage the most fun and energetic around.
When he started spinning take over control, the crowd went wild, and for a while I could really only hear the crowd singing. And if that weren’t enough, he would show a hell of a lot of love to the crowd by picking up the mic and turn the level up even more. It’s like he has endless amounts of energy, which makes for the best dance party ever.