6 mei 2020
Naam | Michel van den Berg |
Functie | 476 × DJ, 2 × live act, producer |
Geslacht | man |
Alias | Junkie Digital |
Lid van groepen | 2Junxion & Unity Radio Crew |
Geboortedatum | |
Leeftijd | 51 |
Herkomst | Nederland |
Genres | early hardcore, early rave, hardcore, millennium hardcore, oldschool |
vinyljunk@gmail.com | |
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Biografie
1972-1988
June 1972, a 18 years old hippy girl gives birth to Michel "the Vinyl Junk" van den Berg
at a very little village at the northern area of Holland.
At the age of four, the Vinyl Junk starts playing with his daddy's stereo equipment.
Between all the rock, hippy and soul music little Vinyl Junk discoveres some records produced by
Kraftwerk and Jean Michel Jarre.
little Vinyl Junk got infected by the sound of synthesizers and drummachines and haves this dream:
a studio full of synths and drummachines to create his one tunes....
Further on, he live's a normal happy childhood.
1989
The Vinyl Junk, now really infected with Hip Hop, bought his first pair of turntables
to become a hip hop/scratch dj at a Hip Hop Crew "No Licence".
Another member/dancer of this crew is Erkan "mc Syco" Coscunsu.
Also in this year he found out about house. This music was made for turntables...
Nobody hat to explain the Junk about mixing and scratching records.
He just knew what to do. It seems that the Junk has turntabelism in his genes.
1990 – 1992
After a few years mixing and scratching at his bedroom,
the Junk meets Dennis "DNS" Wissink.
DNS invites the junk to play at one of the party's that DNS organises with some friends.
The "Black Hole Acid Experience" at club Ludus (Enschede, Holland)
is the debut gig of the Vinyl Junk. This was a great succes and the Vinyl Junk became a member
of this group house enthousiasts and starts to organise and play
at a lot of party's at the eastern area of holland.
Another member of this group is Tom "Cixx" Colenbrander.
The Vinyl Junk and dj Cixx discover that they have a similar taste about music,
especially Hardcore House.
1993-1995
The Vinyl Junk becomes a resident dj at the "Jumbo Dancing" Oldenzaal Holland.
This club is one of the largest in Holland at the time. The Vinyl Junk play's music from the dutch charts, Club and Techno and some Happy Hardcore.
The Vinyl junk and dj Cixx discover that the music they play at party's fits good together, so they decide to form a dj Team with one mc. This was the birth of the "Cixx dj Team".
The mc at this dj team Is mc Syco, an old friend of the Vinyl Junk from the time with "No License"
The Cixx dj team had a lot of succes in the Eastern part of Holland and in west-Germany.
They appeared on a lot of party's
Thunderdome, Night of the Hools, the famous ZAK party's and many more.
1996 - 1999
The Vinyl Junk bought a studio and started to produce hardcore gabber and hip hop.
After a while he started to produce together with dj Cixx.
The music they made appeared on the famous Thunderdome series and a 12" (Though guys).
Because of the appereance on these cd's The Vinyl Junk now has a lot of succes. Together with dj Cixx and mc Syco he performed live on Thunderdome Hengelo and
Mysteryland the indoor edition Utrecht.
As a dj he played at Speed Razor, Mysteryland, Evolution 7 (Zurich Switzerland),
Thunderdome on tour (Lille, France) and a lot more.
Nowadays the Vinyl Junk is an allround dj who's not only playing Hardcore/Gabber. He is also able to play Techno, Acid (his alltime favourite), Oldschool and Newstyle.
He also started a project together with dj DNS who is a diehard acid/techno maniac under the name "2Junxion".
2000 - 2005
Symbiont, Hardcore Resurrection, Nature One (thunderdome area), Old School Madness, Raving Nightmare, Sonic, Mythology, East Ridahz of Hardcore, Toxic, Flesh is the fever, MegaRave and many many more are the
the massive gigs the junk has in this time. Becoming a well-known dj in the Dutch party scene he is the creator of a new hype: Turntablizm. Batteling against another dj with four or more decks brings a new era in the hardcore scene. It started of at the Oldschool Madness parties where the Vinyl Junk is a resident and is experimenting with turntablizm in his sets. Wondering how to make dj'ing in this scene more attractive he invited dj Cixx to do a four-deck battle and this was a success! All the tricks and skills really got the attention of the party crowd… After this battle dj the Viper challenged the Vinyl Junk… The answer of the Vinyl Junk..? "I'll meet you behind my four deck set-up!" The viper came and afterwards there was no winner… Both of them had the same skillz… Their styles matched up very good and made this set to a great success! More and more battles took place, not only with the Viper, but also with dj Vince, Nosferatu, Dione, Partyraiser, Bass-d and more higly skilled dj's…
Seeing this happening at Oldschool Madness many more promoters copied this battle concept and at this moment it is the hype in the Netherlands. Turntablizm is taking the Hardcore scene to a higher level.
Beside that the Vinyl Junk is spending a lot of time producing Acid/Techno together with dj DNS. Under the name 2Junxion they sign at the famous label "Acidtracks" and in 2003 they release their first 12" "The Dreamer". Also 2Junxion is becoming known as a dj Team… From behind the decks The Vinyl Junk and DNS rock many dancefloors at hardstyle, techno, Acid, oldschool and early rave parties. Because of their fanatic emanation they become loved by every partyfreak who experiences the hard mixing style 2Junxion.
Also the Vinyl junk is producing new Hardcore tracks… Together with Cixx he is responsible for two tracks at the "D-Boy projects series" Part IV. And after that the Vinyl Junk released his own 12" on d-boy records "Partymotherfuckers" which also features Cixx and mc Syco. Further, some tracks were released on the Thunderdome compilation and the raving nightmare compilation "The Battle" which is a live-registration of a massive Raving Nightmare party. The battle between the Vinyl Junk and The Viper was recorded and appeared on this compilation.
2006 – 2008
Obviously, the Vinyl Junk plays at many many parties trough out Europe.
To mention some highlights; Thunderdome 2006, MegaRave, Multigroove, Mindcontroller, Speedrazor, Earthquake, Pandemonium, Nature One, Ground Zero, Ravers Religion and many many more.
He played together with dj's like Buzz Fuzz, Vince, Panic, Darkraver, Gizmo, Dano, Delerium, Viper and Bass-D. Due to this, he is becoming a specialist in back 2 back dj sets and multiple dj Battles.
Being asked for Oldschool, Early rave and Hardcore parties the Vinyl Junk becomes a real allround dj which is to be recognized in his sets. All the styles are presented in a typical Vinyl Junk style and it is not a problem for him to maintain this in extreme long sets up to 8 hours!
Also, the VinylJunk was active in his studio producing tracks like "Get a Little Stupid" "Obsessed" and "Fractured Minds" The tracks were released on Vinyl and CD by UHM records and Thunderdome and become frequently played at parties all over europe.
Beside that he mixed a part for the compilation cd "Ravers Religion" together with Dano, Gizmo and the Wishmaster.
A lot of time is being spent into 2Junxion specializing in Acid and Techno.. Working in the studio together with dj DNS he produced more and more tracks. One of the biggest highlights is the remix that 2Junxion did for the famous Acid Junkies of their track "Bacteria"
When this 2Junxion remix was released it was picked up by the techno icon Dave Clarke, playing the remix several times at his radio show "White Noise" on 3FM / 3voor12 and parties like Awakenings and I Love Techno.
Further, 2Junxion has signed a record deal at AJ recordings, the Acid / Techno label owned by the Acid Junkies. Also, a second 12" called "Acid Rock" was released on the Acid tracks label which became a great succes!
As a dj "Acid Assault" team 2Junxion rock! Parties and festivals like Nature One, Ruhr in Love, Empire of love, AcidWars, club Industry and Ground Zero were going crazy about them. The absolute highlight was their gig at the massive and legendary Mayday festival...
Taking 2Junxion to a new era, two new members joined the band... Vocalist "Hinzy" and VJ "100.000"
Beside that 2junxion was taking the next step into the digital ages using the Numark IDJ2 Ipod / HD mixers. Bringing all of this together, 2Junxion is groing strong for the future, ready to rock the dancefloors all around the world!
2009 - 2012
The Vinyl Junk continues to be an allround dj. Playing at all kind of small and big parties and festivals he is recognized for his speciality in theeEarly sounds. 20 years in the harddance scene made him one of the experienced dj's around. In this time he played at parties like Pandemonium, Reng Deng Deng, a Nightmare in Rotterdam, Hardcore 4 Live, Fantasy Island, Dominator, Dominator, Ground Zero and many many more.
As 2Junxion he started working with SynnyS, producing more and more badass Acid / techno tracks. This resulted in several releases on different labels: The Hoffman Tribute on the french Acidcirkus label, the Acid Rock remixes EP, the Dungeon EP, the Checkmate EP and the Jonesy remixes EP on AJ records and more. All of the releases were succesfull. For example; some of the tracks were picked up by techno hero Dave Clarke, playing some of the tracks in his radio show "White Noise" on 3FM Dutch radio. Gig highlights as 2Junxion are: Acid Wars, Twidl, Ruhr in Love, Nature One, Zodiak Commune, Cloud 9 and more.
Also, the Vinyl Junk expanded his horizon in a technical way. Known for his skills with vinyl, today he is able to maintain his exeptional skills in the new media. Using the dj software traktor brings many new features to be unleashed on the dancefloor entering a new era in turntablizm.
Stay tuned... the story will be continued....
June 1972, a 18 years old hippy girl gives birth to Michel "the Vinyl Junk" van den Berg
at a very little village at the northern area of Holland.
At the age of four, the Vinyl Junk starts playing with his daddy's stereo equipment.
Between all the rock, hippy and soul music little Vinyl Junk discoveres some records produced by
Kraftwerk and Jean Michel Jarre.
little Vinyl Junk got infected by the sound of synthesizers and drummachines and haves this dream:
a studio full of synths and drummachines to create his one tunes....
Further on, he live's a normal happy childhood.
1989
The Vinyl Junk, now really infected with Hip Hop, bought his first pair of turntables
to become a hip hop/scratch dj at a Hip Hop Crew "No Licence".
Another member/dancer of this crew is Erkan "mc Syco" Coscunsu.
Also in this year he found out about house. This music was made for turntables...
Nobody hat to explain the Junk about mixing and scratching records.
He just knew what to do. It seems that the Junk has turntabelism in his genes.
1990 – 1992
After a few years mixing and scratching at his bedroom,
the Junk meets Dennis "DNS" Wissink.
DNS invites the junk to play at one of the party's that DNS organises with some friends.
The "Black Hole Acid Experience" at club Ludus (Enschede, Holland)
is the debut gig of the Vinyl Junk. This was a great succes and the Vinyl Junk became a member
of this group house enthousiasts and starts to organise and play
at a lot of party's at the eastern area of holland.
Another member of this group is Tom "Cixx" Colenbrander.
The Vinyl Junk and dj Cixx discover that they have a similar taste about music,
especially Hardcore House.
1993-1995
The Vinyl Junk becomes a resident dj at the "Jumbo Dancing" Oldenzaal Holland.
This club is one of the largest in Holland at the time. The Vinyl Junk play's music from the dutch charts, Club and Techno and some Happy Hardcore.
The Vinyl junk and dj Cixx discover that the music they play at party's fits good together, so they decide to form a dj Team with one mc. This was the birth of the "Cixx dj Team".
The mc at this dj team Is mc Syco, an old friend of the Vinyl Junk from the time with "No License"
The Cixx dj team had a lot of succes in the Eastern part of Holland and in west-Germany.
They appeared on a lot of party's
Thunderdome, Night of the Hools, the famous ZAK party's and many more.
1996 - 1999
The Vinyl Junk bought a studio and started to produce hardcore gabber and hip hop.
After a while he started to produce together with dj Cixx.
The music they made appeared on the famous Thunderdome series and a 12" (Though guys).
Because of the appereance on these cd's The Vinyl Junk now has a lot of succes. Together with dj Cixx and mc Syco he performed live on Thunderdome Hengelo and
Mysteryland the indoor edition Utrecht.
As a dj he played at Speed Razor, Mysteryland, Evolution 7 (Zurich Switzerland),
Thunderdome on tour (Lille, France) and a lot more.
Nowadays the Vinyl Junk is an allround dj who's not only playing Hardcore/Gabber. He is also able to play Techno, Acid (his alltime favourite), Oldschool and Newstyle.
He also started a project together with dj DNS who is a diehard acid/techno maniac under the name "2Junxion".
2000 - 2005
Symbiont, Hardcore Resurrection, Nature One (thunderdome area), Old School Madness, Raving Nightmare, Sonic, Mythology, East Ridahz of Hardcore, Toxic, Flesh is the fever, MegaRave and many many more are the
the massive gigs the junk has in this time. Becoming a well-known dj in the Dutch party scene he is the creator of a new hype: Turntablizm. Batteling against another dj with four or more decks brings a new era in the hardcore scene. It started of at the Oldschool Madness parties where the Vinyl Junk is a resident and is experimenting with turntablizm in his sets. Wondering how to make dj'ing in this scene more attractive he invited dj Cixx to do a four-deck battle and this was a success! All the tricks and skills really got the attention of the party crowd… After this battle dj the Viper challenged the Vinyl Junk… The answer of the Vinyl Junk..? "I'll meet you behind my four deck set-up!" The viper came and afterwards there was no winner… Both of them had the same skillz… Their styles matched up very good and made this set to a great success! More and more battles took place, not only with the Viper, but also with dj Vince, Nosferatu, Dione, Partyraiser, Bass-d and more higly skilled dj's…
Seeing this happening at Oldschool Madness many more promoters copied this battle concept and at this moment it is the hype in the Netherlands. Turntablizm is taking the Hardcore scene to a higher level.
Beside that the Vinyl Junk is spending a lot of time producing Acid/Techno together with dj DNS. Under the name 2Junxion they sign at the famous label "Acidtracks" and in 2003 they release their first 12" "The Dreamer". Also 2Junxion is becoming known as a dj Team… From behind the decks The Vinyl Junk and DNS rock many dancefloors at hardstyle, techno, Acid, oldschool and early rave parties. Because of their fanatic emanation they become loved by every partyfreak who experiences the hard mixing style 2Junxion.
Also the Vinyl junk is producing new Hardcore tracks… Together with Cixx he is responsible for two tracks at the "D-Boy projects series" Part IV. And after that the Vinyl Junk released his own 12" on d-boy records "Partymotherfuckers" which also features Cixx and mc Syco. Further, some tracks were released on the Thunderdome compilation and the raving nightmare compilation "The Battle" which is a live-registration of a massive Raving Nightmare party. The battle between the Vinyl Junk and The Viper was recorded and appeared on this compilation.
2006 – 2008
Obviously, the Vinyl Junk plays at many many parties trough out Europe.
To mention some highlights; Thunderdome 2006, MegaRave, Multigroove, Mindcontroller, Speedrazor, Earthquake, Pandemonium, Nature One, Ground Zero, Ravers Religion and many many more.
He played together with dj's like Buzz Fuzz, Vince, Panic, Darkraver, Gizmo, Dano, Delerium, Viper and Bass-D. Due to this, he is becoming a specialist in back 2 back dj sets and multiple dj Battles.
Being asked for Oldschool, Early rave and Hardcore parties the Vinyl Junk becomes a real allround dj which is to be recognized in his sets. All the styles are presented in a typical Vinyl Junk style and it is not a problem for him to maintain this in extreme long sets up to 8 hours!
Also, the VinylJunk was active in his studio producing tracks like "Get a Little Stupid" "Obsessed" and "Fractured Minds" The tracks were released on Vinyl and CD by UHM records and Thunderdome and become frequently played at parties all over europe.
Beside that he mixed a part for the compilation cd "Ravers Religion" together with Dano, Gizmo and the Wishmaster.
A lot of time is being spent into 2Junxion specializing in Acid and Techno.. Working in the studio together with dj DNS he produced more and more tracks. One of the biggest highlights is the remix that 2Junxion did for the famous Acid Junkies of their track "Bacteria"
When this 2Junxion remix was released it was picked up by the techno icon Dave Clarke, playing the remix several times at his radio show "White Noise" on 3FM / 3voor12 and parties like Awakenings and I Love Techno.
Further, 2Junxion has signed a record deal at AJ recordings, the Acid / Techno label owned by the Acid Junkies. Also, a second 12" called "Acid Rock" was released on the Acid tracks label which became a great succes!
As a dj "Acid Assault" team 2Junxion rock! Parties and festivals like Nature One, Ruhr in Love, Empire of love, AcidWars, club Industry and Ground Zero were going crazy about them. The absolute highlight was their gig at the massive and legendary Mayday festival...
Taking 2Junxion to a new era, two new members joined the band... Vocalist "Hinzy" and VJ "100.000"
Beside that 2junxion was taking the next step into the digital ages using the Numark IDJ2 Ipod / HD mixers. Bringing all of this together, 2Junxion is groing strong for the future, ready to rock the dancefloors all around the world!
2009 - 2012
The Vinyl Junk continues to be an allround dj. Playing at all kind of small and big parties and festivals he is recognized for his speciality in theeEarly sounds. 20 years in the harddance scene made him one of the experienced dj's around. In this time he played at parties like Pandemonium, Reng Deng Deng, a Nightmare in Rotterdam, Hardcore 4 Live, Fantasy Island, Dominator, Dominator, Ground Zero and many many more.
As 2Junxion he started working with SynnyS, producing more and more badass Acid / techno tracks. This resulted in several releases on different labels: The Hoffman Tribute on the french Acidcirkus label, the Acid Rock remixes EP, the Dungeon EP, the Checkmate EP and the Jonesy remixes EP on AJ records and more. All of the releases were succesfull. For example; some of the tracks were picked up by techno hero Dave Clarke, playing some of the tracks in his radio show "White Noise" on 3FM Dutch radio. Gig highlights as 2Junxion are: Acid Wars, Twidl, Ruhr in Love, Nature One, Zodiak Commune, Cloud 9 and more.
Also, the Vinyl Junk expanded his horizon in a technical way. Known for his skills with vinyl, today he is able to maintain his exeptional skills in the new media. Using the dj software traktor brings many new features to be unleashed on the dancefloor entering a new era in turntablizm.
Stay tuned... the story will be continued....
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Uitspraak van Foltergeist op maandag 4 december 2006 om 10:24:Get A Little Stupid
TUTUTUTUTUTUTUTIDILITITITIIRITITITIIII
heyy man OSM was rete kicken lekker gedraait ofnie alleen jammer dat om 3 uur geluid uitviel maar voorderest mooi man gr uit enschede
Uitspraak van verwijderd op dinsdag 11 maart 2008 om 21:51:Fractured Minds
IDD
Ook voor Kokka!!!
en Hinz voor de vocals!!!
YOU SICK TWIZzTED FOCK!!!!!!
Uitspraak van Foltergeist op maandag 4 december 2006 om 10:24:Get A Little Stupid
Ik miss een recensie. Reportage over de hardcore huisman. check ma op www.youtube.com bij vinyl junk