Episode 16 of the East Project podcast series and it's full of party bangers! Donagrandi serves up the a jumping mix of House and G-House monsters... Enjoy!
1 - Please introduce yourself and give us a little background on how you
got into DJing and producing?
Hi, my Name is Donovan Saarloos, preforming under the name Donagrandi as
an Amsterdam based DJ... I've got the same cliche background story as every DJ
I guess; started young at the age of 12 on vinyl; I started with really hard
techno in 2001; I did a lot of underground parties and a lot of student things
of course for free and as many other gigs as possible...
In 2006 I really had enough of techno and wanted to get more skills in DJing so I started to play Hip Hop and learned the art of urban DJing. In 2010 I started to combine all styles in one eclectic mix and I started to get a better picture what I liked to play, so I started producing deep house/g-house with a pop and sometimes Hip Hop touch and now in 2015 I’ve got my game tight and my sound is clear for everyone. I put my roots in a 2015 vibe and I started winning.
In 2006 I really had enough of techno and wanted to get more skills in DJing so I started to play Hip Hop and learned the art of urban DJing. In 2010 I started to combine all styles in one eclectic mix and I started to get a better picture what I liked to play, so I started producing deep house/g-house with a pop and sometimes Hip Hop touch and now in 2015 I’ve got my game tight and my sound is clear for everyone. I put my roots in a 2015 vibe and I started winning.
I am more like a remixer and a drummer than a real producer… but I know
my way around the studio. I finished my
audio engineering diploma in 2007 to record and mix for other artists and indie
bands. Until 2010 I preferred DJing
because until that time, you could do a really good job as a DJ, who is only DJing...
I only wanted to produce to explain my
sound to people and to make difference and get to play for a higher fee. Now that I am living in the studio more than I
live at home, I have really started to like it. I work with the best musicians, singers and
songwriters and signed in 2014 to one of the best dance publishers – Music
Allstars Publising.
3 - What is the Dutch club scene like right now and what sound is making
the biggest waves? How does G-House fit
in with this?
I think there is a difference between the Dutch club scene and the
Amsterdam scene… The Dutch scene is
really into the urban eclectic vibe, trap, hiphop and commercial big room kinda
house sounds.
Otherwise in Amsterdam it’s a really big deep house scene and a lot of
local DJs who are travelling the world because of their sounds; Acts like
Detroit Swindle, Quinten 909, Homework, The Voyagers and many more are
responsible for an upcoming sound that is taking over the world right now! Like a lot of popular mainstream genres, I
expect that the Dutch deep house crossover sounds are taking over the world in
2015/2016… G-house is just a small part of the sound spectrum but it’s hot
right now!!
You will hear an eclectic vibe of the house genre; I put deep house,
tecno, nudisco ,g-house and bass in one mix and it is in the same tempo as I
would mix Hip Hop or poppy tracks; where regular deep house DJs play 20 tracks
an hour, I do 40! Always high energy, woman and gay friendly
with one goal… to wreck the place!
5 - What exciting plans do you have for 2015?
A lot of tracks, remixes and cool gigs upcoming... Highlights:
New releases on East Project and a lot of new bangers with my buddy
Quinten 909
More podcasts on iTunes and more edits that u can't download.
We’re now planning a UK tour in March, so hope the UK people like my
kind of energy...
01. Shiba San - I like Your booty
02. Vision Factory - Fake B (Donagrandi edit)
03. Flexx - Shake That (Donagrandi edit)
04. Carlos Sanchez - K15 (Detlef Remix)
05. Anime Edge - Halfway Crooks
06. Matt Fear, Kreature - The Ride
07. Flexb - Baby I;m a boss (Donagrandi Edit)
08. Munk - Deciever Feat. Lizzy Page (Purple Disco Machine Remix)
09. Discey - Come With me (Donagrandi edit)
10. The Beatbangers - Do The Funk
11. Quinten 909 & Donagrandi - When the music starts ( Power mix
Edit)
12. Rafael Carvallo - Jump around
13. Milkwish - Snap Chat
14. Fabrichio Pecancha - Space Invaders
15. Jonathan Posso - Highdrolix
16. Kolombo - I Got what you need ( Power mix Edit)
17. Andruss, Cerato - Gotham
18. Sharam Jey, Fernades - Jump Up
19. Quinten 909 - Track id
20. Victor Ruiz, Dashdot - Obey (Donagrandi Edit)
21. The Beatbangers - My Game
22. Mike Mago - The Gift (Mark Knight Remix)
23. Billy Bayliss , Fourmat - Third World
24. Quinten 909 - Party People (Power mix Edit)
25. Rafael Carvalho - Click Clack
26. Saccao , Jean Bacarreza - G&G (Antony Toga Remix)
27. That Peruvian Boy - Same Old Shizz
28. Rene Amesz - Preston
29. Christian Nielsen - Do You Mind
30. Juliet Sikora, Chemical Surf - Whats That
31. Greg van Bueren - Track id
32. Camillo Franco - i Got (Donagrandi Edit)
33. Wouter S , Locklead - Stutter
34. Sharam Jey, Chemical surf, Illusionize - Bass
35. Greg van Bueren & Quinten 909 - Track id
36. Sidney Charles - Talk about Jack (Tapesh Remix)
37. Donagrandi x Hitmeister D - Whacked Up (Donagrandi Edit)
38. Hercules & Love Affair - Do you Feel the Same ( The Voyagers
bootleg)
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