Joris Voorn is a producer and DJ from Rotterdam, Netherlands. Raised in a musical family, music naturally became an intrinsic part of Voorn’s life from an early age. Electronic music first caught his attention in the mid-90’s, and he started DJ’ing in 1997. After developing a more focused interest in house and techno, Joris invested in the versatile MC-303 Groovebox and began to experiment with synth sounds and drumloops.
In the end of 2000 Joris began building a small studio to produce his own music, which led to his first release called ‘muted trax pt.1’ on Keynote. His first EP was massive success, filling the record boxes of Carl Craig, Laurent Garnier, DJ Rush and Technasia. In 2003 ‘Lost memories Pt.1’ was released on Technasia’s SINO label and was followed by ‘Lost memories Pt.2’ containing the anthem ‘Incident’ which was heard on dancefloors around the world.
After the success of ‘Incident’, Voorn released his debut cd album called ‘Future History’ on the Sino label. Encompassing 3 years of ideas and inspiration, the cd contains 20 diverse tracks, a seamless soundscape that represents his arrival as one of the most relevant techno producers of this time.
In the summer of 2005 Joris Voorn’s new personal outlet called ‘green’ saw the light of day. ‘A dedicated mind’ was released as the first EP, which garnered success globally. He also completed his debut DJ mix CD for the Fuse club in Belgium. After Dave Clarke, DJ Hell and Technasia, Fuse presented Joris Voorn to mix part 4 of their international residents dj mix albums. The mix contained over 40 tracks of timeless techno music mixed with the help of the Ableton Live for its endless mixing and editing possibilities.
In 2006 the sophomore release under Voorn’s Green label, named ‘MPX_309’, was a crossover techno work that was played out by techno, minimal, house and trance DJs. During the same year Voorn created his second album, released worldwide in June 2007. This new piece of work called ‘From a deep place’ featured many different styles of electronic music, ranging from atmospheric interludes to broken beats, house and deep soulful techno.
The focus point of the ‘From a deep place’ CD has been the listener rather than the dancer and was received enthusiastically by the electronic music community. Some of the works were edited to more dj friendly tracks for the vinyl release of the album. During the summer of 2007 Joris has been touring with his new live performance in support of his album release.
2008 will be an exciting year, Joris has been focusing on remixes for the artists Slam, Robert Babicz, Nic Fanciulli and Jerome Sydenham (Ibadan Records), which will be released before the summer.
As a DJ and live performer Joris Voorn has joined an elite group of international dj’s whose musical talent has acquired global appeal. He has performed across Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Australia, Russia, Brazil, Colombia, Israel, Detroit, Chicago and New York.
Rejected:
Together with friend Edwin Oosterwal the ‘Rejected’ record label was established at the end of 2006. Their first EP as Rejected featured the two tracks ‘SL3’ and ‘Cliché’ and became an instant success and was played out by almost every self-respecting dj around the globe. With Rejected Joris is working on a more club oriented contemporary sound instead of deep electronic music excursions.
In mid 2007 the second EP was released, featuring a crossover techhouse track called ‘Let’s go juno’ and a driving minimal track called ‘Lost’. Both tracks appealed to a wide audience and established Rejected’s name even more.
Summer 2008 will be the season for Rejected’s first-ever live performance at the awakenings festival in Amsterdam. Besides that they will be touring around Europe for their intense and highly funky dj sets.
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Discography
releases:
muted trax pt.1 keynote 05
muted trax pt.2 keynote 09
muted trax pt.3 keynote 11
line 3/4 line 3/4
the way things appear.. wolfskuil 001
the first sound EP sound architecture 001
lost Memories Pt.1 sino 09
lost Memories Pt.2 sino 10
future history cd album sino 101 cd
future history vinyl album sino 101
a dedicated mind green 01
club wire [limited release] green wire limited
coming from the shower after a late night with a faled.. green 02
when it was day we made it night green 03
from a deep place cd album green 101 cd
from a deep place vinyl album green 101 3x12”
remixes:
dj hansz & jan liefhebber - skyline [funcked’ up rework] highland limited
aja - your light [evidential dub] poussez!
pascal feos - flashed back [Classic ’89 rework] p.v.records
alexander kowalski - days of the liar kanzleramt
vince watson - intuitions bio
justin berkovi – rising music man
secret cinema – see myself [remix + dub] ec records
paul mac – return to the fountain [dark science mixes] ingoma
kage – scape illumina
vamp circus – need you [dark science remix] phont
len faki – b-east roller len series
paul kalkbrenner – press on b-pitch control
kevin saunderson – bassline planet e
jimpster – dangly panther [joris voorn black panther mix] freerange
skylark - movin’ [joris voorn remix] saved records
slam – ghost song [joris voorn remix] soma quality recordings
robert babicz – dark flower [joris voorn magnolia mix] audiomatique
jerome sydenham – nagano [joris voorn remix] ibadan
rejected releases:
for the people / dec trec rejected 000
sl3 / cliché rejected 001
let’s go juno / lost rejected 002
deetron – life soundtrack [rejected remix] music man
district one – the shining [rejected remix] 100% pure
jeroen verheij – chicago [rejected rotterdam rework] rejected 003