Peak
The Peak started his DJ career in 1988 at a youth hostel in Germany were he played on several occasions.
Back then he was interested in the upcoming New Beat & the old electronic New Wave school, especially by artists like Front 242, Fad Gadget & The Neon Judgment.
He later on moved to Ostend / Belgium where he played at several house parties in small local clubs on a regular base.
After a period of 4 years, playing the more commercial anthems & seeing that commercialism was taking over, he decided to take a break from the DJ-ing scene.
It was in 1995 when he changed his DJ-Nick into ‘The Peak’.
This moment in his life was mostly controlled by Stanny Franssen.
He had heard this mega performer on a radio show called ‘Teknoville’ and decided that ‘Techno’ was the new tool to perform with.
From then on his DJ-career got a boost.
He started in organizing local Techno-parties and invited the more ‘known’ DJ’s in the Belgian Techno scene such as Stanny Franssen (G-Force @ that time).
In 1997 Marco Bailey heard him play and decided to book him for an upcoming party.
Since then he is booked on several occasions both within Belgium as abroad.
He shared turntables with DJ’s as ; Carl Cox, Claude Young, Umek, Ben Sims, Jay Denham, Cari Lekebusch, Speedy J., Gaetano Parisio, James Ruskin, Rino Cerrone, Danilo Vigorito, Woody McBride, Adam Jay, Henrik B, Damon Wild, W.J. Henze, Stanny Franssen, Dean Rodell, Sheela, Patrik Skoog, Marco Bailey, Redhead & many others.
In February 2002 he once again changed his DJ-Nick.
From then on it would be 'Peak'.
This nick change came together with the start of a concept of his own.
Phuzionz was born.
The idea was to get 2 styles in 2 rooms at 1 location.
Phuzionz seemed to be the logical concept name, the styles he combined were Techno & Drum ‘n’ Bass.
Under the motto ; ‘2 stylez, 2 roomz, 1 location’ he organised this project completely by himself.
The next Logical thing to do was to produce some own tracks, therefore he teamed up with Radical G.
The second Dedkob featured a track by Peak & Radical G. (Their debut)
It was once again charted by Mr. Clarke (3rd spot ! - First Dedkob was charted by Mr. Clarke as well on the 2nd spot), also Technasia, Misjah, Hardcell, Patrik Skoog, Stanny Franssen & others supported the 2nd Dedkob.
‘Fragmental Excursion’ was released on Stanny Franssen’s ‘GENETIC RECORDINGS’.
‘Tsjiktrak’ was released on the 3rd DEDKOB output & ‘Perg’ is released by Belgium’s Kroma Recordings (Soulpreacher & Xentrix). ‘
Distortik’ got released by Subsounds and features a rmx. by none other than W.J. Henze.
Peak played @ I LOVE TECHNO – 2004 for Studio Brussels ‘Switch – discover the DJ’.
How better to top off the year than playing @ one of Europe’s biggest indoor techno festival.
Since 2005 he got more interested in the minimal stream and is working on releases of his own in this genre.
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