DAN MCKINLEY

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RANK	SCORE ?	GENRE	LOCATION
4962	40	Electro	Breda, NL

Dan McKinley's career is becoming a tremendous success. He is about to change the world of music as we know it, by producing and playing the best beat tracks ever! However, what makes him truly unique is his diversity. He can mix, remix and cut up all kinds of tracks, but besides this he is also able to produce great records in trance, techno, house, beats and more. Last but definitely not least, he is a true musician and can play just about any instrument. For example, he can do pretty amazing things on the keyboard and he is a saxophonist!

Born in Holland, Dan McKinley became a DJ because he had a passion to see others have fun on music. ''When I was younger, I would listen to all kinds of beat music. I would listen to the remix and the production of these tracks, and I felt like doing exactly the same thing! This music inspired me to do what I like best, make and play perfect beats and real music to dance to''. Starting out in a small caf in downtown Kerkrade in Holland at the age of 14, he got familiar with the wheels of steel. In the hardcore era he made his very first own productions. When he was 15 years old, he got his first chance to learn and perfect his craft. He became a resident DJ in the nightclub Drop Inn. Admired for this talent on such a young age, the crowd loved him. During these years, he also invested strongly in samplers, computer programs and just started working on it. This seems easy, and so it was. He turned out to be a real producing talent. Though his productions did not yet reach the big crowd, his DJ skills did.

In 2003 he was asked to perform in the Vizion (nowadays Bozzini), at the time the most popular and trendy night club of south Limburg. Talent scouts spotted him and he was invited to show his skills in Belgium at private parties. Besides these parties, as a resident in Drop Inn he also experienced playing besides some of the greatest, for example Erick E, Menno de Jong, Mark Norman, Ronald Molendijk, Robert Burns and Marcel Woods.

In 2005 he moved from Kerkrade to Breda. It didn't took him very long to arrange his first performance in Breda, since he was invited to compete against other top notch DJ's in a DJ-contest. The crowd absolutely liked his style and danced the night away! A nice fact: the DJ-contest was held in the same club (The Spock) where DJ Tiesto was a resident when he started playing.

At the moment, Dan McKinley is working hard on producing new, refreshing and moreover different and divers music to conquer Holland. He has started a collaboration with a very talented and experienced artist named VCF-1, to combine the best of two talents in their tracks. Their collaboration was crowned with the name Kynatix nd a brand new studio with high quality soft- and hardware. Continuing to explore fresh avenues, they are currently experimenting with new sounds in their studio, and producing beats themselves. "A good track needs a strong and compelling beat, a beat that catches you and sticks in your mind. A very good example of a track like this, is Wherez my Houz".

The future for Dan McKinley promises yet further success, both as the solo artist he's become, the artist in Kynatix and the DJ we know him to be. "More remixes, better tracks and more gigs, definitely," he agrees, "but it's hard to look too far into the future. I hope that within a couple of months we can realise Kynatix Records and that the year 2008 will bring new, unexpected and exciting things!" His gigs become more and more popular at online radio stations like Electro Radio and Topradio, and his first release is a fact! It will be released in May 2008 at the digital label Prompt Digital. The name of the release: 'Dan McKinley - Phenomenal EP'