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Hardwell Last time in Washington: 8 months ago

Venue

Echostage

2135 Queens Chapel Road NE, 20018, Washington, DC, US

www.echostage.com/

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Doors open: 21:00

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Hardwell biography

Hardwell (born 7 January 1988) – aka Robert van de Corput – is a music producer and electronic DJ from Breda, Netherlands. Apart from making music he also has his own record label Revealed Recordings and his own radio show “Hardwell on Air”.

Hardwell has been a DJ since a young age and has been involved in making music at an even younger age. He first started his interest in music playing the classical piano at the age of four and by the age of 12 he was already starting to DJ. Only a year after he picked up DJing he was signed to his first record label and at the age of 14 he was performing regularly at clubs in the Netherlands.

Hardwell was starting to gain attention with his remixes of the songs “Summer Jam” and “Lass Uns Tanzen”, but he really broke into the mainstream with his song “Show Me Love vs. Be”. The song is a mashup of the songs “Be” by Steve Angello and Laidback Luke and “Show Me Love” by Robin S.

Once Hardwell formed his own record label, Revealed Recordings, he began to release compilation albums that caught the attention of fans and critics. In 2011 he released one of his biggest tracks “Zero 76”, which was a collaborative process with one of his biggest musical inspirations, Tiesto. The song went on to top the charts of Beatport and the American iTunes Dance chart. The same year he released “Zero 76” he also made the list as one of the top DJs in DJ Magazine.

2012 was an even bigger year for Hardwell. He released the hit single “Spaceman”, which showed Hardwell’s talents and his abilities to create progressive house music in his own unique style. That same year Hardwell played as a headlining act at the Tomorrowland festival. His performance at the festival has been noted to be one of the best live performances of the year and the YouTube video of the set has over 21 million views.

Hardwell is perhaps best known for his live performances. He has headlined major festivals like Tomorrowland, Ultra, and the Amsterdam Dance Event, as well as sold out numerous shows on world tours. His 2013 set at Ultra Music Festival broke records as the most viewed live broadcast for the Ultra festival, which included over 80,000 people streaming his performance live. In 2013 he was the youngest DJ ever to reach the No. 1 spot on DJ Magazine’s Top 100 list and in 2014 he held down the No. 1 spot again.

Live reviews

He’s known as the world’s number one DJ according to DJ Magazine. He has his headlining tour in North America and countries all over the world. He does have excellent beats and I wanted to experience his performance live to see if he meets his title as the best DJ in the world.
Once I found out that Hardwell would be performing in my area, I purchased my ticket right away! The wait for this event was both exciting and torturous at the same time. As the night came along, I was ecstatic to be a part of the Hardwell EDM family. There was purple lighting on each floor and from the mezzanine area, I got a clear view of the stage. The opening acts were Dannic and Dyro, who definitely hyped up the crowd. Then the moment when Hardwell did appear on stage, the lights, the cheer, the entrance was just spectacular. There was confetti flying, lights flashing, and an abundance of happiness from the crowd. Hardwell spinned his popular, well known hits such as “Dare You” and “Spaceman” and a few well other known songs by other artists. I also met other wonderful people and enjoyed the rest of the night. The night was amazing and I highly recommend seeing Hardwell live in person for a different experience.

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