Jan Vervloet has been in the forefront of the Belgian dance music scene for almost 10 years, but it all started much earlier … in the seventies !
Fooling around with daddy’s records and tapes at the age of 5 is the beginning of
a successful career. Buying a Commodore Amiga computer and spinning at local
parties is the second step.
After he graduates as an accountant he follows his heart and starts to work in a DJ shop
in Mechelen. Meanwhile he spends every second of his spare time in his little room
where his Amiga computer and Roland W-30 Workstation do the talking.
The first “Jan Vervloet” productions are born !
1992 is the real breakthrough year : doing DJ gigs in almost every well-known
club in Belgium and releasing his first record (Bis-Art : “Wrong Is Right”).
The first Top 10 record comes already a year later ! Thunderball’s “Bonzai Channel
One” is the biggest dancetrack of 1993. Result : live performances and DJ-gigs in
Belgium, Germany and Holland.
With the money he earns as a DJ he builds up a nice home-studio that becomes
his second home. Between 1994 and 1996 he releases more than 25 records
under different project names such as : Jopan, Protect System, Zone 1,
Thunderball, The Oblique … the list is endless !
To separate the commercial tracks and the more “underground” releases he uses
the pseudonym “D.-Jay Lux” for his techno stuff. With the lux-trax series he
receives international recognition in technoland (one of the “D.-Jay Lux” tracks
was even selected by Carl Cox for his F.A.C.T. compilation).
As “D.-Jay Lux” he even produces 8 tracks for Marco Bailey’s debut
album “Global Warning”.
In 1997 a weird instrumental trance tune keeps the dancefloors pumping.
Yes indeed “Afflitto”, again a Jan Vervloet production hits Europe.
To promote this track on the radio and TV he adds vocals to the track and
founds the group Fiocco. In Germany DJ “Kosmonova” picks up the Afflitto
track to reconstruct it as “Celebrate”. Between 1997 and 2000 Jan Vervloet
produces 7 “Fiocco” singles and a full-album which nearly all reached
the Gold-status in Belgium.
While doing live performances all over Europe with Fiocco Jan still manages to
find the time to start a brand new project : Scoop. The first Golden (even Platinum)
record abroad is a fact. In 2000 “Drop It” becomes the first Belgian number
one in Holland since Technotronic !
In 2001 Jan wants to focus more on his career as a DJ. To promote this he
starts the project “Neighbour DJ’s”, together with his neighbour Thierry Stevenart
(who is also a DJ) he releases “Frequency”.
Their first release becomes a real clubhit and gets even in the national sales charts !
In 2003 he remixes the track “Uninvited” of D.H.T.....The coloboration with Flor, Edmeé and Jeffrey seems to be working out great because Jan decides to produce more tracks for D.H.T.
The next D.H.T. single, a cover of Roxette’s “Listen To Your Heart” hits America’s Billboard
Hot 100 and got even into the big top 10!!
After platina status in the U.S.A. the same song gets into top 10 in France and U.K. !!!
After all these years of hard work and success Jan still is a much-wanted
DJ and producer. At this moment he is resident dj in one of the finest clubs of Belgium : Club Delite (Halen).
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