W&W
W&W | |
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| Origin | Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands |
| Genres | Progressive House, Trance, Tech Trance |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Armada Music, Mainstage Music |
| Members | Willem van Hanegem Jr. Wardt van der Harst (Re-Ward) |
| Website | www |
W&W is a music duo from the Netherlands, consisting of Dutch Willem van Hanegem (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪ.ləm vɑn ˈɦaː.nə.ˌɣəm]) and Wardt van der Harst who is also known as Re-Ward [ˈʋɑrt fɑn dɛr ˈɦɑrst]. The first track "Mustang" was a huge success, it has been played by DJs like Armin van Buuren, Tiësto and Sander van Doorn. Willem is the son of famous Dutch football player also named Willem van Hanegem.
Biography
Wardt van der Harst & Willem Van Hanegem met during a change encounter at Trance Energy 2007. Willem and Wardt initially started out producing their own respective songs with tracks like ‘Ensure’, ‘Show my Shuffle’, ‘Origin’ & ‘Stab My Speaker’, Their serendipitous Trance Energy meet quickly resulted in their debut W&W production ‘Mustang’. ‘Dome’ & ‘Arena’ (which featured on the Armin Only DVD) followed up its freshman success and fast found the CDJs of trance luminaries like Tiësto, Ferry Corsten, Markus Schulz, Sander Van Doorn & Judge Jules. Tipped by Armin van Buuren as “the best up-and-coming production duo out there”, W&W then produced ‘Mainstage’, the Sean Tyas-remixed ‘D.N.A’ and their Ummet Ozcan collaboration ‘Synergy’. Their remixes have proved equally as popular – most notably on Armin’s ‘Rain’, ‘Remedy’ (by UK pop starlet Little Boots) and those of Sander van Doorn, Leon Bolier, Sied van Riel, & others.
Trance Energy 2008 featured Sander van Doorn playing W&W's ‘Mustang’. Galvanized by its floor-response (and defining their sounds as “big room trance with a techy edge”), W&W took up the DJ-ing. Their gigs include Poland’s Sunrise Festival, the A State Of Trance 400 gigs and a spot playing alongside Tiësto at in Kiev. Just two years further down the road from their first gigs together, they were featured in Trance Energy 2010.
Now a regular standing fixture in the trance enthusiasts listening schedule, W&W’s Mainstage radio show exports their diverse sound around the world on a monthly basis. Broadcasting on the renowned Afterhours FM (one of the world’s five most popular trance-based websites), in January of 2010 it was revamped & relaunched with a host of new elements (including regular competitions, features and interviews). Mainstage goes on Afterhours.FM on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month between 18.00 and 19.00 hours CET.
Discography
Albums:
- 2011 Impact
Compilations:
- 2010 Trance World Vol. 10
- 2012 Mainstage Vol. 1
Singles:
- 2013 W&W - Thunder
- 2013 W&W & Armin van Buuren - D# Fat
- 2013 W&W & Ummet Ozcan - The Code
- 2012 W&W - Lift Off
- 2012 W&W - White Label
- 2012 W&W - Moscow
- 2012 W&W & Marcel Woods - Trigger
- 2012 W&W & Jochen Miller - Summer
- 2012 W&W - Shotgun
- 2011 W&W - Invasion
- 2011 W&W - Cookie Jar
- 2011 W&W & Ummet Ozcan - Velicity
- 2011 W&W & Leon Bolier - Treasure Chest
- 2011 W&W feat. Emily - State of Emergency
- 2011 W&W feat. Bree - Nowhere To Go
- 2011 W&W - Search For Tomorrow
- 2011 W&W - Do Skip
- 2011 W&W - Based On A True Story
- 2011 W&W - Code Red
- 2011 W&W & Mark Sixma - Twist
- 2011 W&W - Beta
- 2011 W&W feat. Ana Criado - Three O'Clock
- 2011 W&W vs Wezz Devall - Phantom
- 2011 W&W - AK47
- 2011 W&W - Impact
- 2010 W&W vs Ben Gold - Break The Rules
- 2010 W&W vs Ben Gold - Nexgen
- 2010 W&W vs Leon Bolier - Saturn
- 2010 W&W - Alpha
- 2010 W&W - Manhattan
- 2010 W&W vs Jonas Stenberg - Alligator Fuckhouse
- 2010 W&W - D.N.A.
- 2009 W&W vs Ummet Ozcan - Synergy
- 2009 W&W - System Overload
- 2009 W&W - Mainstage
- 2009 W&W - Our Plan
- 2008 W&W - Plasma (Exclusive on Trance Yearmix 2008)
- 2008 W&W - Arena / Chronicles
- 2008 W&W - Dome
- 2008 W&W - Countach / Intercity
- 2007 W&W - Mustang / Eruption
Remixes:
- 2013 Armin van Buuren ft. Trevor Guthrie - This Is What It Feels Like (W&W Remix)
- 2013 Zedd Feat. Foxes - Clarity (W&W Bootleg)
- 2012 Dash Berlin Feat. Emma Hewitt - Waiting (W&W Remix)
- 2012 Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan Silence (W&W vs. Jonas Stenberg Remix)
- 2012 Cosmic Gate & J'Something - Over The Rainbow (W&W Remix)
- 2011 Armin van Buuren Feat. BT - These Silent Hearts (W&W Remix)
- 2011 Marcel Woods - Champagne Dreams (W&W Remix)
- 2011 J.O.C. - Botnik (W&W Remix)
- 2011 Sean Tyas - Banshee (W&W Remix)
- 2010 Svenson & Gielen - Beauty Of Silence (W&W vs. Jonas Stenberg Remix)
- 2010 Aly & Fila ft. Denise Rivera - My Mind Is With You (W&W Remix)
- 2010 Scott Mac - Damager 02 (W&W Remix)
- 2009 Little Boots - Remedy (W&W Remix)
- 2009 Orjan Nilsen - Arctic Globe (W&W Remix)
- 2009 Armin van Buuren ft. Cathy Burton - Rain (W&W Remix)
- 2009 Leon Bolier & Galen Behr - Acapulco (W&W Remix)
- 2008 Sied van Riel - Riel People Know (W&W Remix)
- 2008 M6 - Fade 2 Black (W&W Remix)