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RANK	SCORE ?	GENRE	LOCATION
7392	25	Hardcore	Hengelo Ov., NL

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• 2JUNXION

1972 - 1988:

June 1972, a 18 years old hippy girl gives birth to Michel "the Vinyl Junk" van den Berg at a very little village at the northern area of Holland.

At the age of four, The Vinyl Junk starts playing with his daddy's stereo equipment.

Between all the Rock, Hippy and Soul music little Vinyl Junk discovers some records produced by Kraftwerk and Jean Michel Jarre. Little Junk got infected by the sound of synthesizers and drummachines and haves this dream: a studio full of synths and drummachines to create his one tunes...

Further on, he lives a normal happy childhood.

1989 - 1990:

The Vinyl Junk, now really infected with Hip Hop, bought his first pair of turntables to become a hip hop/scratch DJ at a Hip Hop Crew "No Licence".

Another member/dancer of this crew is Erkan "mc Syco" Coscunsu.

Also in this year he found out about House. This music was made for turntables... Nobody had to explain the Junk about mixing and scratching records, he just knew what to do.

It seems that the Junk has turntablism in his genes.

1991 - 1992:

After a few years mixing and scratching at his bedroom, the Junk meets Dennis "DNS" Wissink.

DNS invites the Junk to play at one of the party's that DNS organises with some friends. The "Black Hole Acid Experience" at club Ludus (Enschede, Holland) is the debut party of The Vinyl Junk. This was a great success and the Junk became a member of this group house maniacs and starts to organise and play at a lot of party's at the eastern area of Holland.

Another member of this group is Tom "Cixx" Colenbrander. The Vinyl Junk and DJ Cixx discover that they have a similar taste about music, especially Hardcore House.

1993 - 1995:

The Vinyl Junk becomes a resident DJ at the "Jumbo Dancing" Oldenzaal Holland. This club is one of the largest in Holland at the time. The Vinyl Junk play's music from the Dutch charts, Club and Techno and some Happy Hardcore.

The Vinyl Junk and DJ Cixx discover that the music they play at party's fits good together, so they decide to form a DJ Team with one mc. This was the birth of the "Cixx DJ Team". The mc at this DJ team is mc Syco, an old friend of the Vinyl Junk from the time with "No License".

The Cixx DJ team had a lot of success in the Eastern part of Holland and in West-Germany.

They appeared on a lot of party's, Thunderdome, Night of the Hools, the famous ZAK party's and many more.

1996 - 1999:

The Vinyl Junk bought a studio and started to produce Hardcore Gabber and Hip Hop.

After a while he started to produce together with DJ Cixx. The music they made appeared on the famous Thunderdome series and a 12" (Though guys). Because of the appearance on these cd's The Vinyl Junk now has a lot of success.

Together with DJ Cixx and mc Syco he performed live on Thunderdome Hengelo and Mysteryland the indoor edition Utrecht.

As a DJ he played at Speed Razor, Mysteryland, Evolution 7 (Zurich Switzerland), Thunderdome on tour (Lille, France) and a lot more.

Nowadays the Vinyl Junk is a allround DJ who's not only playing Hardcore/Gabber. He is also able to play Techno, Acid (his alltime favourite), Oldschool and Newstyle. He also started a project together with DJ DNS who is a diehard Acid/Techno maniac.

2000 - 2001:

Symbiont, Hardcore Resurrection, Nature One and Old School Madness are a few of the massive gigs the Junk has this year.

Also The Vinyl Junk is spending a

lot of time producing Acid/Techno together with DJ DNS. About 7 tracks are ready. Enough to fill one or two 12"'s.

Further on, the Junk has together with DNS a monthly clubnight at club Innocent (Hengelo Holland). Where they experiment with Acid and Techno.

2001 - ...:

This year starts with a few tracks released on "D-Boy Projects Part IV" The Vinyl Junk produced the tracks together with DJ Cixx. A double 12" "The Fosile" also produced with DJ Cixx is coming up.

This double 12" contains all tracks not to be released yet on vinyl, and a lot of samples and scratches for the turntablists.

Hopefully the Vinyl Junk gets his Techno and Acid also on vinyl this year.

At the moment the Vinyl Junk is trying to get some contacts in the United States, Canada, Switserland and Italy for some gigs over there together with mc Syco. Stay tuned for this.....