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Eelke Kleijn

Eelke Kleijn

Dutch producer and DJ

Eelke van Kleijn (born 11 June 1983) is a Dutch producer and DJ from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He is known mostly for his electronic dance music and also produces music for other media, such as television series, commercials, movie trailers and animations.

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Career

In his early career (between 2003 and 2005), he mainly produced electronic records as MI.D.O.R. and Six4Eight, and he was responsible for some of the DJ Precision releases and remixes. Kleijn's first release as Eelke Kleijn was "4.5 Billion Years" in 2003 on Segment Records. From 2005 onwards, he solely released music under his own name. His breakthrough came in 2006 when Nick Warren used the track "8 Bit Era" for his Global Underground: Paris compilation. As a result, Eelke released his first artist album Naturally Artificial on Global Underground in 2007. He remixed artists such as John Legend, Goldfish, Dave Seaman, Way Out West,[1] Hybrid, Sander Kleinenberg[2] and Nadia Ali.[3] In 2010, Eelke released his second artist album Untold Stories through Manual Music.[4]

As a DJ, Eelke has played in many venues and festivals including Mystery Land, Extrema Outdoor, Dance Valley, Sensation, Warung Brazil, Privilege Ibiza, Moonpark Buenos Aires, Balaton Sound, and several Ultra Music Festivals around the globe.[5]

Since 2010, Eelke Kleijn as a producer is also involved in composing music for animations, games, and advertisements.

He is a BBC Radio 1 'Next Hype' act for 'Stand Up', remixing John Legend and Hollywood soundtracker for Parker, Wrath Of The Titans, This Means War, and Ron Howard's Rush trailers.[6] Eelke has been performing and producing in the Before.Now.After collaboration with Dutch DJs/producers and friends Olivier Weiter, Miss Melera, and Arjuna Schiks in 2014 and 2015. Weiter and Kleijn are presenting the weekly Before.Now.After the radio show at Slam!FM with support of Miss Melera and Schiks as well.[7]

Furthering his cinematic endeavors, Eelke Kleijn released his bootleg for The Hunger Games song "The Hanging Tree" by James Newton Howard featuring Jennifer Lawrence as main character. Having also built a new studio in 2016, Eelke spent much of his time creating new music leading up to the launch of his new imprint Days Like Nights.

Discography

Studio albums

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Mix albums

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Singles

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References

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    "Way Out West remix". Beatport. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
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    "Sander Kleinenberg remix". Beatport. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
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    "Nadia Ali remix". Beatport. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
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    "Eelke Kleijn - Untold Stories (Manual Music) | DJBROADCAST". www.djbroadcast.nl. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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    "RA: Eelke Kleijn tour dates". Residentadvisor.net.
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    "Eelke Kleijn - Modern day composer". Eelke Kleijn (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
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    "Entertainment | Het laatste nieuws uit Nederland leest u op Telegraaf.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-11-05.
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    Cropper, Erin (2018-11-19). "Eelke Kleijn Talks 'Moments of Clarity', DAYS Like NIGHTS, and More". EDM Identity. Archived from the original on 2018-11-22. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
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    Evans, Steph (2020-09-03). "Eelke Kleijn shares the cinematic tracks that inspire 'Taking Flight', and his new album". Earmilk. Archived from the original on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
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    "Woodstock - Single by Eelke Kleijn on Apple Music". Apple Music. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
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    "The Hierophant - Single by Eelke Kleijn on Apple Music". Apple Music. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
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    "Medicine Remix - Single by Aiwaska on Apple Music". Apple Music. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
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    "Blue Fear (Eelke Kleijn Day Mix / Eelke Kleijn Night Mix) - Single by Armin van Buuren on Apple Music". Apple Music. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
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