About
Estroe's Upcoming Gigs
Friday 24 February, 2012
Nightbird label party, Simplon, Groningen, Netherlands
Saturday 25 February, 2012
Estroe & Paul Hazendonk birthday party, Vuig, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Friday 09 March, 2012
Kakadu Club, Ghelendzik, Russia
Tuesday 13 March, 2012
EevoNext hosted by Estroe show, Proton Radio, Los Angeles, United States
Sunday 08 April, 2012
Awakenings 15 year anniversary, Gashouder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tuesday 10 April, 2012
EevoNext hosted by Estroe show, Proton Radio, Los Angeles, United States
Friday 20 April, 2012
Nightbird label party, Alcatraz, Sneek, Netherlands
Saturday 05 May, 2012
Dance Department, Radio 538, Hilversum, Netherlands
Tuesday 08 May, 2012
EevoNext hosted by Estroe show, Proton Radio, Los Angeles, United States
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Estroe
Driven by emotions
“I get restless when I can’t work on my own melodies. It’s such a good outlet for my emotions”. There you have it in a nutshell. Dutch Estroe lives for her music. It’s electronic, it’s beat driven and it’s full of emotions.
Together with techno hotties like Anja Schneider, Mistress Barbara and Monika Kruse, Dutch.Estroe belongs to an elite club of female DJ’s that made it to the top. Born in Zutphen as Esther Roozendaal in 1972, raised near Amsterdam and currently living in Rotterdam, she has been dj-ing for more than ten years.
Whether it’s behind the turntables in the famous Fuse in Brussels, the Watergate in Berlin or an underground club in Tokyo, Estroe knows how to tune in and drop the right beats. She likes to play versatile, techno infused sets with room for deep undercurrents as well as pure dancefloor work. Her style is warm, subtle but at the same time very energetic. As you'll find out when you drop by at Klinch in the Amsterdam based club Melkweg, where Estroe has as residency.
Things really took off when Estroe started producing her own tracks back in 2003. In hindsight it was an unconscious response to the skull breaking beats of those days.
She learned everything there was to know about hard- and software. Her spacious Rotterdam apartment fills with laughter when Estroe thinks back of those days. “For months I tried every piece of music software I could get my hands on. Till I finally got it right. It was important for me that I could produce tracks myself, without the help of an established producer.”
In her first productions Estroe went back to the early days of Detroit techno. Back when people like Carl Craig, Kenny Larkin and the British group The Black Dog caressed their keyboards instead of beating them up.
With her sophisticated, warm and elegant style she soon appeared on the radar of dj's like Laurent Garnier, Ripperton and John Digweed. The latter was blown away by Estroe's minimalist masterpiece Driven and promply asked her for a remix on his Bedrock label. Techno don Dave Clarke has also been a long time fan of Estroe, booking her for his White Noise parties on more than one occassion.
It’s not about maximum compression, distorted hi-hats or full on bassdrums on Estroe’s delicate productions. No, it’s all about atmosphere. “I want to hit people’s emotional spot, being it comfort, peace or excitement”, she says about her music’s primary aim. But make no mistake, singles like Updraft (Mezzotinto), Beat Box Contest ( Dualblock) And Can't Sleep (Connaisseur) are clearly aimed at adventurous dancefloors worldwide.
Things are also looking bright for EevoNext, the web based techno label she manages along with Stefan ‘Terrace’ Robbers and Klaas-Jan ‘The Moderator’ Jongsma. Recently the Dutch techno trio expanded it’s wings to Dance Tunes.com and Protonradio.com, for which they produce a monthly radioshow.
EevoNext releases classics from the Dutch techno vaults but also breaks new talent. That’s where Estroe comes in. “I like to scout and coach new talent”, she admits. “I’ve been in this business long enough to know the pitfalls.”
With her debut album on Connaisseur Recordings released in November 2009 (with Miss Kittin among the confirmed guest appearances) and an in-box full of remix requests, chances are high you’ll be dancing to an Estroe tune this weekend. Things are looking bright for Estroe, hence she has given up her job last year to concentrate fully on her tunes and deejaying. “This is what I always wanted.” And trust us, this is what you want too.
@Doktor Know: Ha ha, dankje.
@Aemkay: :-)
nice one
Ha, nice track, who's it from? ;-)
Love this!!
@Wouse: ha, dat vind ik nou echt een scherp commentaar, dankjewel.
people regularly ask me: Are you more into house or into techno? Well I'm into both!!! Always have been, hope this set demonstrates that a bit.
Lovely track, what is it? ;-)
:-)
I'm a big. BIG fan of John Tejada. Will buy this one immediately
beautiful start!
Thanks guys, glad you appreciate it!
Verdorie, weer zo'n mooie track! ik begin jaloers te worden Nadia!
mooi!
vet
Thanks for making it downloadable, this one is for my I-pod/phone!
wow!
ooooh, loved this part so much!
@Sandeep: :-) dankje!
lovely
really like this one!
ook mooi
ik zou dit niet als deephouse omschrijven hoor, veel, veel te snel! (voor deephouse dan)
deze is mooi
Inderdaad een leuke track en iets wat ik zou draaien. Ik draai alleen geen ongemasterde tracks...
ok, ok, ok!
Playlist:
Sarp Yilmaz – My baby got to go - Apparel
Flip – Part of you
Larse - You broke my heart
John Sweetname - Sefarat
Marco Resman & Ruede Hagelstein - Monday
Catz 'n Dogz - I m Free(Carl Craig Remix)- Mothership
Ray Kajiok – Spark
Matthew Dear – Free to ask (SiS edit)
D0p – After Party
Vincenzo - Seduction
Scope - The Nerve Centre - Night Drive Music
erg fijn dit!
very nice athmosphere so far! :-)
echt erg mooi.
Very nice Nadia! really like it!
Thank you for all the nice comments!!
@simonlangham: Dissident - Release me (Estroe remix) to be released about a few week on Counter Intilligence.
@simonlangham: playlist is attached so it's not really difficult...
@PrincessofConfusion: I've been playing this in my sets all the time, it's one of my favourites: Patrick Chardronnet- Boggler on Connaisseur
I didn't realise that someone recorded my set, I don't even have it myself :-( But now I do. :-)
@justinberkovi: Examine - Stand Alone (Estroe remix) - Manual Music send me an email, I'll give it to you. Can also give you a cd with my new stuff when you are here in Holland?
Playlist:
TJ Kong - Haunted by water
Summer - Viridan Rainfall
The Moderator - Drifting away
Avigail - Space Invaders
Terrace - Thermal bath
Estroe - OKtober
Ian O'donovan - Beyond Alaska
Art Bleek - West Pico
Justin Berkovi - A better tomorrow
Tim Wolff- Cetris Pribus
beautiful track!
@estroe: Ik heb trouwens zelf ook een hekel aan alleen maar shuffle house uren lang, dus hier heb je je geruststelling :-)
@Doktor Know: nou ja zeg, ik kies al tijden van alles het beste en voor de eevonext proton show altijd de diepe tracks, dat kan techno, dubby, house, van alles zjjn. Als je geruststelling wilt luister je toch gewoon mijn Float festival mix, of een van de andere recente mixen? Ik draai gewoon waar ik zin in heb. (altijd al gedaan trouwens...Nederlandse hokjesgeest, pffffff!)