Blasterjaxx
Blasterjaxx is a Dutch DJ and record producer duo composed of Thom Jongkind (born 1990) and Idir Makhlaf (born 1991). The duo originated in The Hague and has been active since 2010. They mainly produce big room house and electro house music.
Blasterjaxx | |
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 Blasterjaxx (Idir Makhlaf right and Thom Jongkind left) live at Spring Awakening 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels |
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| Associated acts | |
| Website | blasterjaxx |
| Members | Thom Jongkind Idir Makhlaf |
| Past members | Leon Vielvoije |
History
In 2010, Thom Jongkind, known professionally as Scalix, formed a duo called Blasterjaxx with producer Leon Vielvoije, who left soon after joining. Jongkind then continued under the Blasterjaxx name and started collaborating with Idir Makhlaf, known professionally as Macosta. Makhlaf eventually officially joined Jongkind under the name Blasterjaxx.[3]
In 2012, the Reborn EP was released as a collaboration with D-Rashid, and contained two tracks, "Reborn" and "Where We Go." Dutch EDM producer and DJ, Laidback Luke, signed the tracks to his own label Mixmash Records. In early 2013, the group produced Loud & Proud together with Billy The Kit, with DJ Tiësto subsequently signing the track to his personal record label, Musical Freedom. Blasterjaxx remixed the Tiësto hits "Adagio for Strings" and "Love Comes Again" as well as collaborating with him on a remix of "United," the official anthem of Ultra Music Festival. Blasterjaxx has additional collaboration credits with EDM acts as Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, David Guetta, Hardwell, Afrojack, Nicky Romero, Quintino, Ibranovski and others.
Blasterjaxx's single "Faith" was a big charting hit in the Netherlands in 2013 and in Sweden in 2014. They subsequently released a collaboration with Hardwell, who edited the track "Fifteen." Blasterjaxx first entered DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs poll at #71 in 2013. 2014 saw the duo reach #13, and #19 in 2015. In June 2015 Blasterjaxx partnered with Electronic Music lifestyle brand Electric Family[4] to produce a collaboration bracelet with 100% of the proceeds being donated to the 20x20x20 Foundation.[5][6]
In September 2015, Makhlaf announced he was to cease touring, but continue to produce music with Jongkind, citing panic attacks.[7]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Perspective[8] |
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Extended plays
| Title[9] | Released | Record Label | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get Down / Dealer | 2010 | Dutch Star Records | |
| Reborn EP | 2012 | Mixmash Records | with D-Rashid |
| Koala EP | 2013 | Ones To Watch Records | |
| XX Files | 2017 | Maxximize Records | |
| XX Files [Festival Edition] | |||
| Blasterjaxx Booster Pack | as free download | ||
| IV[10] | 2020 |
Singles
| Title[9] | Year | Record Label | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| "La Vaca" | 2010 | First Class Music | |
| "Kingston" | featuring Royal Flavour | ||
| "Bambu" | Squeeze Music | with Chaosz | |
| "Afrika" | Dutch Only! Recordings | with Retrick Abigail | |
| "Like Thiz" | Squeeze Music | ||
| "Escucha" | 2011 | Dirty Dutch Music | with Carlos Barbosa |
| "Blossom" | First Class Music | ||
| "Dopenez Anthem" | |||
| "Devotion" | 2012 | ||
| "Toca Flute" | Moganga | with Carlos Barbosa | |
| "Bomberjack" | First Class Music | ||
| "FaYa" | |||
| "Bermuda" | 2013 | Peak Hour Music | |
| "Rock Like This" | Smash The House | with Dave Till | |
| "Loud & Proud" | Musical Freedom (Spinnin') | with Billy The Kit | |
| "Puzzle" | DOORN Records (Spinnin') | with Quintino | |
| "Faith" | Powerhouse Music | ||
| "That Big" | Spinnin' Records | with Yves V | |
| "Snake" | Dim Mak | ||
| "Mystica" | 2014 | Revealed Recordings | |
| "Titan" | Spinnin' Records | with Badd Dimes | |
| "Mystica (Werewolf)" | Revealed Recordings | ||
| "Astronaut" | DOORN Records (Spinnin') | with Ibranovski | |
| "Echo" | Protocol Recordings | ||
| "Rocket" | Revealed Recordings | with W&W | |
| "Legend Comes To Life" | Mixmash Records | ||
| "Gravity" | Spinnin' Records | ||
| "You Found Me" | featuring Courtney Jenaé | ||
| "Beautiful World" | 2015 | Revealed Recordings | with DBSTF |
| "No Place Like Home" | Ultra | featuring Rosette | |
| "Forever" | Dim Mak | featuring Courtney Jenaé | |
| "Bowser" | Revealed Recordings | with W&W | |
| "Ghost In The Machine" | Spinnin' Records | with MOTi featuring Jonathan Mendelsohn | |
| "Heartbreak" | Maxximize Records (Spinnin') | ||
| "Parnassia" | 2016 | with DBSTF | |
| "Soldier" | with Breathe Carolina | ||
| "The Silmarillia" | |||
| "Hit Me" | with DBSTF featuring Go Comet! | ||
| "Going Crazy" | Revealed Recordings | with Hardwell | |
| "Big Bird" | Maxximize Records (Spinnin') | ||
| "Heart Starts To Beat" | with Marnik | ||
| "No Sleep" | |||
| "Collide" | 2017 | featuring David Spekter | |
| "More" | featuring Mister Blonde | ||
| "Black Rose" | featuring Jonathan Mendelsohn | ||
| "Savage" | |||
| "All I Ever Wanted" | with Tom Swoon | ||
| "Bizarre" | with Uhre | ||
| "Narco" | with Timmy Trumpet | ||
| "Follow" | |||
| "Phoenix" | 2018 | with Olly James | |
| "1 Second" | |||
| "Rio" | |||
| "Switch"[11] | with Bassjackers | ||
| "Bigroom Never Dies"[12] | Revealed Recordings | with Hardwell | |
| "Super Friends"[13] | 2019 | Maxximize Records (Spinnin') | featuring Jack Wilby |
| "Children of Today"[14] | |||
| "Let the Music Take Control"[15] | Rave Culture | with W&W | |
| "Never Be Lonely"[16] | Maxximize Records (Spinnin') | featuring Envy Monroe | |
| "Wonderful Together"[17] | with Dbstf featuring Envy Monroe | ||
| "Hide Away"[18] | featuring Envy Monroe | ||
| "Music is Our Religion"[19] | |||
| "Blackout"[20] | |||
| "Monster"[21] | featuring Junior Funke | ||
| "Life Is Music"[22] | with Olly James | ||
| "Mthrfckr"[23] | 2020 | ||
| "Party All Week"[24] | featuring Jamez | ||
| "Alive"[25] | with Asco featuring Norah B. | ||
| "Phantasia"[26] | |||
| "Tarzan"[27] | Armada Music | with Armin van Buuren | |
| "One More Smile"[28] | Maxximize Records (Spinnin') | with Shiah Maisel | |
| "Legion"[29] | from Watch Dogs: Legion | ||
| "Rescue Me"[30] | featuring Amanda Collins | ||
| "Wild Ride"[31] | featuring Henao | ||
| "Zurna"[32] | with Zafrir | ||
| "Jingle Bell Rock"[33] | Smash The House | with Tony Junior | |
| "Bodytalk (STFU)"[34] | Maxximize Records (Spinnin') | with Raven & Kreyn | |
| "Golden"[35] | 2021 | with Gabry Ponte featuring Riell |
Remixes
| Artist | Remix | Label | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merlin Miles | Take A Bow (Blasterjaxx Remix) | Fuckin' House | 2011 |
| Tiësto | Adagio For Strings (Blasterjaxx Remix) | Magik Muzik | 2013 |
| Tiësto | Love Comes Again (Blasterjaxx Remix) | Magik Muzik | |
| Ayumi Hamasaki | Feel The Love (Blasterjaxx Remix) | Avex Trax | |
| Tom Staar | Kingdom (Blasterjaxx Remix) | Mixmash Records | |
| Quintino and Alvaro | World In Our Hands (Blasterjaxx Remix) | SPRS | |
| Afrojack featuring Spree Wilson | The Spark (Blasterjaxx Remix) | Universal Music | |
| Tiësto | United (Tiësto and Blasterjaxx Remix) | Musical Freedom | |
| Laidback Luke and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike | More (Blasterjaxx Remix) | Mixmash Records | |
| DVBBS and Borgeous | Tsunami (Blasterjaxx Remix) | SPRS | |
| Vato Gonzalez | Vamos De Rumba (Blasterjaxx Remix) | Dirty House (NL) | |
| David Guetta featuring Sam Martin | Lovers On The Sun (Blasterjaxx Remix) | What A Music Ltd. | 2014 |
| Armin van Buuren | Save My Night (Blasterjaxx Remix) | Armind | |
| Jack Eye Jones | Far East (Blasterjaxx Remix) | IBZ Records | |
| Carly Rae Jepsen | I Really Like You (Blasterjaxx Remix) | Interscope Records | 2015 |
| Tritonal featuring Chris Ramos and Shanahan | This Is Love (Blasterjaxx Remix) | Enhanced Recordings | 2016 |
| Nytrix featuring Dev | Electric Walk (Blasterjaxx Remix) | From Beyond Tomorrow Records | |
| Steve Aoki featuring Sherry St. Germain | Heaven On Earth (Blasterjaxx Remix) | Ultra Records | |
| Krewella | Marching On | Columbia | |
| Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Vs. Diplo and Kid Ink featuring Deb’s Daughter | Hey Baby (Blasterjaxx Remix) | CNR Music Belgium NV | 2017 |
| Wasback and D3fai | Flight 49 (Blasterjaxx Edit) | Warner Music Group | |
| The Chainsmokers featuring XYLØ | Setting Fires (Blasterjaxx Remix) | Columbia Records | |
| Crystal Lake | Roots (Blasterjaxx Edit) | Warner Music Group | |
| Armin van Buuren | Lifting You Higher (ASOT 900 Anthem) (Blasterjaxx Remix)[36] | Armada Music | 2019 |
| Million Voices (Blasterjaxx Remix)[37] | 2020 |
Awards and nominations
DJ Magazine top 100 DJs
| Year | Position | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 71 | New Entry | [38] |
| 2014 | 13 | Up 58 | |
| 2015 | 19 | Down 6 | |
| 2016 | 43 | Down 24 | |
| 2017 | 36 | Up 7 | |
| 2018 | 37 | Down 1 | |
| 2019 | 36 | Up 1 |
References
- Harris, Christopher (20 March 2013). "Laidback Luke Launches New Ones To Watch Record Label". Vibe. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- McMorrow, James Vincent (31 January 2014). "Day and Night's Weekly Going-out Guide". Irish Independent. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- "Ultra Music Media - Blasterjaxx". ultramusicmedia.com. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- "Electric Family | Distributing Positivity Worldwide". Electric Family. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- "Blasterjaxx Bracelet". Electric Family. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- "Donate to 20/20/20 and help a blind child see". 20/20/20 | Charity to Help Restore Vision to Blind Children & Adults. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- "Blasterjaxx Member Idir Makhlaf Will No Longer Tour, Citing Panic Attacks & Illness | RaverRafting". raverrafting.com. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- Kocur, Sarah (19 July 2019). "Blasterjaxx unveil debut album, Perspective, on Spinnin' Records". EDM.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- "Blasterjaxx Releases on Beatport". Beatport. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- "IV - EP by Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- "Switch - Single by Blasterjaxx & Bassjackers on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- Powell, Karlie (13 July 2018). "Hardwell & Blasterjaxx Deliver Massive Festival Anthem "Bigroom Never Dies"". Your EDM. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- "Super Friends (feat. Jack Wilby) - Single by Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- "Children of Today - Single by Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- "Let the Music Take Control - Single by W&W & Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- "Never Be Lonely (feat. Envy Monroe) - Single by Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- "Wonderful Together (feat. Envy Monroe) - Single by Blasterjaxx & DBSTF on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- "Hide Away (feat. Envy Monroe) - Single by Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- "Music Is Our Religion - Single by Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- "Blackout - Single by Blasterjaxx on iTunes". iTunes Store. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- "Monster (feat. Junior Funke) - Single by Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- "Life Is Music - Single by Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- "Mthrfckr - Single by Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- "Party All Week (feat. JAMEZ) - Single by Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- "Alive (feat. Norah B.) - Single by Blasterjaxx & ASCO on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- "Phantasia - Single by Blasterjaxx on iTunes". Apple Music. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- Goldenberg, Ross (17 June 2020). "Armin van Buuren recruits BlasterJaxx for nostalgic bigroom anthem, 'Tarzan'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- "One More Smile - Single by Blasterjaxx & Shiah Maisel on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- Goldenberg, Ross (1 November 2020). "Blasterjaxx retain big room crown on 'Legion', theme for newest 'Watch Dogs' game". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- "Rescue Me (feat. Amanda Collis) - Single by Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- "Wild Ride (feat. Henao) - Single by Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- "Zurna - Single by Blasterjaxx & Zafrir on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- "Jingle Bell Rock - Single by Blasterjaxx & Tony Junior on Spotify". Spotify. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- "Bodytalk (STFU) - Single by Blasterjaxx & Raven & Kreyn on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- "Golden (feat. RIELL) - Single by Blasterjaxx & Gabry Ponte on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- "Lifting You Higher (Asot 900 Anthem) [Remixes] - EP by Armin van Buuren on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- "Balance (Remixes) by Armin van Buuren on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- https://djmag.com/top-100-djs/poll-2019-blasterjaxx
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