Geck-o

 

Geck-o is in real life Rik van Dam, born in 1989. He lives in IJsselstein, a small city in The Netherlands. His impressive studio - or better said: his bedroom is the place where he composes his masterpieces. Well, let's start with the beginning.
His love for electronic dance music developed at a young age. He learned to play the keyboard, most of the time using his favorite "techno" preset. When trance became a hype, he was hooked by it, the drive and the energy of this music gave such a nice feeling. His taste developed, and moved on to hardtrance. Tracks from Flutlicht & Shokk were his favorites, but tracks like DJ Isaac - On The Edge, DJ Stardust - Stompin' Jack Flash (Giada Remix), DJ Vortex & Arpa's Dream - Incoming (Arome Remix) and the German sounds of Überdruck and Tracid Traxx introduced him to the early sounds of hardstyle.
As the time passed by, he got deeper into the sound and learned a lot about it, listening to livesets and keeping up with new releases. In the beginning of 2007 he felt he was ready for it, and he started producing himself. Learning the basics took some time, but he developed quickly. In 2008 his music was getting serious quality, leading to his first release, on Explosive Records Italy: Hallucinating. And this was just the beginning!

In 2009, Geck-o contacted Theracords, a label that claimed to produce music from the heart. He got to know DJ Thera and discovered this claim was not a lie - this label was all about passion for the music! Geck-o did what his heart told him to do and he signed with this awesome upcoming label. Through various releases - Smasher, Alliance, Seduction, Full Force - he saw the label grow bigger and bigger, eventually leading to DJ performances in Belfast and The Netherlands.

The real breakthrough came in 2010. The label was booming this year with releases like Give Me Some Heat, Trespassing and Mindblowing Music, leading to more bookings and putting the name of Geck-o on the map. Next to the activities on Theracords, he released some remixes on good old 12" Vinyl, aswell as his track with Phrantic called The Hard Way. This one was released on the great label AVIO records and became a popular track in the hardstyle scene.

Besides producing hardstyle as Geck-o, he produces other kinds of music, not bound to rules. These projects go under the alias Geck-e, with the e of experimental.

 

 

Buy Geck-o tracks at Hardstyle.com


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Source: www.geck-o.nl