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RANK	SCORE ?	GENRE	LOCATION
82323	0	House, Minimal	Los Angeles, US

Haktan ONal was born in Hamburg and left Germany in 1996 to make his lifelong dream come true. He moved to Los Angeles to visit the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, which was joined by actors like, Robert de Niro, Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, James Dean, to name a few.

His love for electronic music and djing made him bring one record-case full of his favorite tracks alongside. That completely changed his life in the U.S.

Not knowing anybody in the City of Angels, he soon met the Creators of the legendary Club *Logic* and djing finally turned into a career.

After becoming resident DJ at the strongest and longest running dance club in Los Angeles, Haktan was able to take the well-educated crowd to the next level, by playing his unique and European oriented sound.

MIXER MAG, one of the US most respected electronic music magazines wrote in their August issue 2001: ... Haktan ONal became one of southern California’s most in demand DJs. Other big name DJs in Germany called him the pioneer of German electronic music in Los Angeles.

Today Haktan has played at a number of the world’s leading festivals, Clubs and Events such as Loveparade, Creamfields, Zen Festival, Mayday, Giant, Spundae, Space-Ibiza, Together as One...

In 1998 he became resident DJ of Club Deluxe in Hollywood, California, next to Christopher Lawrence. Together they played with DJs such as Paul Oakenfold, Sasha, John Digweed, Paul van Dyk, Dave Seaman...

Haktan started his DJ career after getting an electronic music mix tape from a friend. He was 15 years old when he started buying records. The music and the vibe soon got him addicted to it.

*Buying records and hanging around in record stores was my favorite thing to do after school!*

Soon he started playing at youth clubs and private parties, before he got his chance to play at a dance club.

*The first club I played was the Galaxy. I was 17 and more nervous about getting in than playing in front of that crowd.*

A number of bookings followed after that. At the age of 18 he got a major acting job, which took him away from music. Only his journey to Los Angeles brought back his first love.

In 2001, Haktan became the first artist to be signed to Timo Maas label *Four Twenty Recordings*. After teaming up with his compatriot and seasoned producer Sharam Jey and at the same time building his own Studio, Deluxe Roomz, in Los Angeles, he started to concentrate more on the production work. His first single *Bedford Street* was a big success and brought him the recognition along today’s leading DJs.

Bedford Street, the most selling 4:20 record, became record of the month at the famous radio station Groove Radio, California.

Mixer Magazine gave 10 of 10 Points for it and Pete Tong played it on his show at BBC, Radio One. He later also used it on his compilation *Twisted Beats*, just like Timo Maas on Connected, Sharam Jey on In The Mix, Sono on Top Of The Clubs, Slinky on World Class and Mark Moore on Trust The DJ.

Bedford Street also became the #1 Seller for Import in the Netherlands (Mox Music Distribution).

His follow up *Subfreakie*, includes a Timo Maas remix and became another highlight on 4:20. Recently Haktan has been working on his third Single for 4:20, which will come out soon.

In 2003 Haktan moved back to Hamburg and he got the opportunity to run one of Germanys most famous clubs. But soon he knew, that all he wanted to do is, to be is an artist.

Since than he has been working with several producers on different projects. He has also increased his talent in the studio. Haktan also found back to his love of acting and film. He has been working on the score of two movies and has started shooting his own short movies, which he is also composing on as well as doing the editing.

Many thanks to the Clubs and Events that has supported Haktan over the years.