J SMYLS

Intro

Hi!, I'm J Smyls, a music producer from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I'm a producer and live DJ of electronic music. Most of my time is spent either behind a computer making music or at school in Rotterdam where I study Music Production, or Creative Production as they like to call it. My style is very diverse but I do like to use lots of musical elements, so a lot of my tracks have a progressive feel to them.

Agenda

Upcomming:
27-01 Ministry of Beats @ Radio Decibel
27-01 Oh Oh Techno @ Club I'M Lelystad
10-02 Freshly Baked @ Club Home Amsterdam
17-02 Mensch! @ Club Up Amsterdam

Past:
13-01 Freshly Baked @ Club Home Amsterdam
30-12 Mensch! @ Club Up
24-11 CC invites Vinylized @ Club AIR
11-11 Freshly Baked @ Club Home
29-10 Glitch @ Club Home
22-10 Freshly Baked @ Club Stereo
14-10 Freshly Baked @ Club Home
08-09 Vinylized final 5 @ Club Stereo
05-09 Grote Prijs van Nederland Semi Final @ DJBroadcast.nl Podcast
03-09 Willem op de Wenckebach @ Wenckebachweg
27-08 Goed Bedoeld Festival @ Blijburg aan Zee
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Music

My music is influenced by loads of different styles. A lot of it is made for the dancefloor but I also experiment with combining different styles. Great heros are guys like Deadmau5, Gui Boratto, Trentemoller, Burial and Egbert. Have a listen!

Livesets

Next to producing music I'm also always working on my liveset. This is a live performance of dance music produced by me. With a laptop, midi controller and Ableton Live I'm ableto mix and mash, tweak and freak, my own music live for the dancefloor. The set is mostly tech-house, techno and minimal. Have a look at the demo video to get an idea. For bookings you can contact me at: info@justj.nl

Contact

Jeroen Kerstens
info@jsmyls.com
(+31)(0)6 300 40 261

Social

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Archive

Vinylized 2011

I was part of the Final 5 for the producers competition Vinylized with my track "At the end of the tunnel". It was a great experience, we had our tracks played on Fresh FM and Radio Decibel.



I didn't win the first price (your track in Vinyl) but did get some great comments from the jury:

Terry Toner:
"Technisch hoogstaande productie waarin veel gebeurt met veel lagen en effecten"
Sasja Kooistra (De Volkskrant):
Track blijft continu spannend genoeg om nieuwsgierig te blijven naar het verdere verloop
Laidback Luke:
Creatief en prikkelend en ik vind de combinatie tussen het organische en het elektronische hierin erg verfrissend