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Biography DJ Estroe - Music as medication
Not everybody who dances to her records realizes that they are listening to a qualified nurse. And why should they? In the first place, Estroe is an extremely good DJ who has recently started performing live with her own productions. Just don`t call her a techno DJ, “I`ve always played and made everything I like”. The Amsterdam-born Estroe (also known as Esther Roozendaal born in 1972) nowadays belongs to a small handful of female... Read more
Biography DJ Estroe - Music as medication
Not everybody who dances to her records realizes that they are listening to a qualified nurse. And why should they? In the first place, Estroe is an extremely good DJ who has recently started performing live with her own productions. Just don`t call her a techno DJ, “I`ve always played and made everything I like”. The Amsterdam-born Estroe (also known as Esther Roozendaal born in 1972) nowadays belongs to a small handful of female DJ`s that has made it to the top. She has played the decks at all of the major dance festivals, including the Dutch festivals Dance Valley and Lowlands as well as the Movement Festival in Detroit, where she stood alongside DJ`s such as Sven Vath, Derrick May and Carl Cox, who later added her single Bellisimore to his top ten favourite records. As well as establishing herself as a DJ, Estroe is also a serious musician. She started producing somewhere in 2003, when techno was in a `contest` to become `harder and more grim`. As an unconscious response to that Estroe based her first singles on the early days of Detroit techno, the days when Carl Craig, Kenny Larkin and the British group The Black Dog cradled their synthesizers instead of beating them up.
In Estroe`s work, building the atmosphere is most important, not deeply inflating the bass. So it is not hard to believe that the strings are the most dominant aspect in singles such as Taxotere, Easy Going and Synaps. “I find it most important that music has an impact on people`s emotions, whether it`s comfort, peace or excitement.” Estroe learnt a lot at the Amsterdam club Mazzo, where she was one of the resident DJ`s at the successful “Off the Record” evenings with other DJ`s like Carlijn, Cellie and Steve Rachmad. As well as that she also hosted an evening for new talent called “Set Off” and shared the concept “Explicit Sounds” with Steffi (Klakson) introducing more experimental electronics. Mazzo unfortunately closed their doors in 2004.
In 2007, Estroe will have been DJ`ing for ten years. She likes long sets, which allow her to build an atmosphere, with room for deep undercurrents as well as pure dance floor work. Her style is warm, subtle and at the same time energetic. During the summer of 2006, she gave hugely successful performances in the Amsterdam clubs 11, Studio 80 and the Gashouder (which hosts the large techno party Awakenings). In autumn of that year she also launched the web label EevoNext which she manages along with Stefan `Terrace` Robbers and Klaas-Jan `The Moderator` Jongsma. With the release of “Driven” on Connaisseur Superieur and Bellisimore on the Scottish 7th Sign label, in which she is supported by Laurent Garnier, Funk d Void and Ben Sims, Estroe is on the verge of international break through.
You can hear Estroe's self produced, sophisticated, elegant house and warm techno in her live sets, which she has recently taken on the road, performing on the club circuit.
Dateline
1997:
Debuts at a HQ-Party in the Amsterdam club, Melkweg and quickly becomes the resident DJ for Concept Parties.
1998:
Mans the decks at, amongst others; Mysteryland and Dance Valley festivals, starts turning tables at club Mazzo and is nominated for the `Zilveren Ster` Award for up and coming talent.
1999:
Turns tables in clubs which include; Tresor in Berlin, 10/40 in Leipzig, Kozzmozz in Gent, Dance Valley, FFWD and Awakenings in The Netherlands. In that year Estroe worked in many of the other well-known Dutch clubs such as Doornroosje, Mazzo and Funki Bizniz.
2000:
Estroe is given her own club night, named Off The Record, in Amsterdam club, Mazzo. Once again spins at Dutch dance festivals Dance Valley and Awakenings and also Innercity.
2001:
Focuses not only on the regular Dutch clubs and festivals but is doing more work abroad (Germany, Scotland, Glasgow, Israel, Italy, Switzerland and Finland).
2002:
The start of new club night, Explicit Sounds together with DJ Steffi in the Amsterdam club, Mazzo. Also the start of club nights for new talent, Set Off. Turns tables at among others Dutch festival Noorderslag in Groningen and on pop podia and clubs such as 013, Patronaat, Winkel van Sinkel, Hedon and De Rechter (all in The Netherlands).
2003:
She starts producing her own music and turns tables at clubs mentioned above.
2004:
Performs at the Movement Festival in Detroit. Is a closing DJ at Lowlands festival (75.000 visitors). Also performs at Speakerplay festivals and debuts with her first release Easy Going on the Minimalistomuch EP by Lessismorecordings.
2005:
Is involved with the web community Little-D. Makes a demo for a Heineken commercial. Releases singles for Lessismorecordings and Musical Journeys. Is obviously also involved with DJ-bookings nationally (The Netherlands) and abroad.
2006:
Performs live for the first time in Amsterdam Club 11. Proceeds doing so at Awakenings festival in the Gashouder. Releases Bellisimore on the Scottish techno label 7th Sign. The single finds its way onto DJ Carl Cox`s November top ten. Launches the label EevoNext together with Stefan Robbers and Klaas-Jan Jongsma.
2007:
Debut of 12” `Drifting` by EevoNext and release of "Driven" on the German label Connaisseur Superieur. 10 year jubilee of DJ`ing career.
Discography:
2005:
Taxotere, released on Lessismorecordings nr 2 (NL)
Easy Going, released on Lessismorecordings nr 3 (NL)
To Decide, released on Dutch Dance compilation CD (NL)
To Decide and Decisive on Litlle-D album sampler (CD) (NL)
2006:
Nightshift, on Awakenings DVD (NL)
Synaps EP, released on Musical Journeys (NL)
De Stofzuiger, Estroe remix from De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig, released on Top Notch (NL)
Swinging Chair, Nightshift on Bio Elements (UK)
Bellisimore, released on 7th Sign Recordings (Nov. 2006) (UK)
To Decide, release on Little-D (Sept. 2006) (NL) Weapons of Hope nr 1
Stefstroe, Estroe's version on Muzikism (www.muzikism.com) (NL)
Obvious Oblivious on Muzikism (Oct. 2006)
House Shopping on EevoNext 00 (Oct. 2006)
Moods, Estroe remix on EevoNext 01 (Nov. 2006)
Synthetic Cheerfulness on Muzikism (Dec. 2006)
2007:
Drifting on EevoNext 02 (Jan. 2007)
Funny Funkin' on EevoNext 02 (Jan. 2007)
Borderline on EevoNext 02 (Jan. 2007)
Driven on Connaisseur Superieur (Jan. 2007)
Licenties / Mixcd's
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