| Naam | Wouter |
| Functie | 12 × DJ |
| Geslacht | man |
| Geboortedatum | |
| Leeftijd | 40 |
| Herkomst | Nederland  |
| Genres | drum & bass |
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Biografie
Cerberus (Wouter Schrijvershof) started his electronic music journey in 1994 when the Dutch hardcore scene was becoming commercial. He soon got bored with the standard hardcore sound and came across the (infamous) Ruffneck black album and Ravers Night part VII. He discovered that he not only loved the uptempo juno sounds with the famous 909 kick but also that there was something else in the background which he loved. It was not until 2004 that he truly discovered what that hidden sound was, it was the amen break.
In the late summer of 2005 he found his chance to buy his own dj equipment. Being helpt by a friend, DJ Invite, his first records were techno records. Dispite that, it was not for long before drum & bass started to interest him more though. At first it was the harder tunes that blew his mind, but after visiting a Ichione party, a Bassbin labelnight in Amsterdam, he got much respect for the deeper sounds of the genre. That night has haunted him eversince and being bored with the heavier sounds quite easily he started to focus on buying more of the Bassbin oriented sound.
In december 2007 he was invited to do an own weekly show on Jungletrain.net, a drum & bass internet radiostation. The Jungletrain crew granted him a own show based on a demoset, his time spend in the chatroom and that he had done previous shows as a guest. A few months prior to that he was 1 out of 4 DJs the Utreg Massive selected for their DJ Contest night in Oktober 2007, his first night playing for a sold out venue. With an own show on the much respected radio station the gigs started to take off. Since 2008 there were multiple DJ sets throughout the country with sets ranging from opener till closer, proofing the diversity of his sets.
A typical set consists of a nice buildup, long blends and various subgenres put together. Blending old, new, forthcoming, known and lesser known together creates a set where there is the joy of recognition and the joy of discovering something you never heard before and might want to hear more often. A combination of educating the crowd but also giving them what they came for. This format has proven to work both on the radio and on the dancefloor.
Being a diverse DJ also bears its fruit with b2b sessions, some live b2b sets include the ones like Silvahfonk, Phuture-T, The Watcher and most recently Arnicus. They all indicated that performing b2b with a diverse DJ is a blessing since they have no limits of what they can play themselves.
To conclude, to Cerberus diversity is key. The goal is to get the listener to explore the drum&bass genre more. It doesn't matter if that is an online listener or someone on the floor. The music should be challenging enough to want more after the set is done.
In the late summer of 2005 he found his chance to buy his own dj equipment. Being helpt by a friend, DJ Invite, his first records were techno records. Dispite that, it was not for long before drum & bass started to interest him more though. At first it was the harder tunes that blew his mind, but after visiting a Ichione party, a Bassbin labelnight in Amsterdam, he got much respect for the deeper sounds of the genre. That night has haunted him eversince and being bored with the heavier sounds quite easily he started to focus on buying more of the Bassbin oriented sound.
In december 2007 he was invited to do an own weekly show on Jungletrain.net, a drum & bass internet radiostation. The Jungletrain crew granted him a own show based on a demoset, his time spend in the chatroom and that he had done previous shows as a guest. A few months prior to that he was 1 out of 4 DJs the Utreg Massive selected for their DJ Contest night in Oktober 2007, his first night playing for a sold out venue. With an own show on the much respected radio station the gigs started to take off. Since 2008 there were multiple DJ sets throughout the country with sets ranging from opener till closer, proofing the diversity of his sets.
A typical set consists of a nice buildup, long blends and various subgenres put together. Blending old, new, forthcoming, known and lesser known together creates a set where there is the joy of recognition and the joy of discovering something you never heard before and might want to hear more often. A combination of educating the crowd but also giving them what they came for. This format has proven to work both on the radio and on the dancefloor.
Being a diverse DJ also bears its fruit with b2b sessions, some live b2b sets include the ones like Silvahfonk, Phuture-T, The Watcher and most recently Arnicus. They all indicated that performing b2b with a diverse DJ is a blessing since they have no limits of what they can play themselves.
To conclude, to Cerberus diversity is key. The goal is to get the listener to explore the drum&bass genre more. It doesn't matter if that is an online listener or someone on the floor. The music should be challenging enough to want more after the set is done.
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