10 years ago already. 2016 felt like my real breakthrough in Hard Dance. My first really successful tracks just got released, my very first big stage performances, my first genuine album release. I found my own sound (blending industrial, mainstream and raw hardstyle), and everything started to click that year. It’s crazy how fast it went by, and how far I’ve come.
SLIDE 1 One of my actual press pics in 2016 lol 🥴
SLIDE 2 Working on our first of many collabs w/ the young Deadly Gunners. Who would’ve thought we would do Slaughterhouse together?
SLIDE 3 My first real album, LOUDER THAN A BOMB. Already back then, breaking the boundaries between genres (industrial, raw, millennium, mainstream, experimental).
SLIDE 4 Footage of my very first
@hohfestival Mainstage performance. Never played in front of so many people before.
SLIDE 5 My very first DEFQON BLACK show. The first DEFQON I played was 2007 Silver. And it looked like I was stuck in the Silver forever. My music was too wild and weird for most people. Until my album dropped. That changed everything.
SLIDE 6 Working on our 2016 collab THE NEW WORLD ORDER with the legend DELETE 🖤
SLIDE 7 I was interviewed by DJMAG about the release of my album. Finally some mainstream recognition after 14 years of working in the shadows.
SLIDE 8 On our way to HDE with
@killshotofficialdj ,
@dither_ and
@warfaceofficial .
SLIDE 9 We got our first practice baby, Mono. We adopted him from the streets of Greece at three months old and sick as a dog 🙁 but 10 years later, the old loveable guy is still with us ❤️
SLIDE 10 The insane amount of tattoos of the N-VITRAL Bomb was overwhelming back then. I am still humbled by this form of support. Blows my mind.
A lot has happened since then: even bigger stages, wilder nights, more noise around the music. I started at the bottom and very slowly built my way up. And I’m grateful for all of you that supported me along the way. But every now and then I catch myself missing the feeling that started it all.
But I promise you all one thing, this year I will go harder than ever 😎
