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Danny Sykes

Danny Sykes is an accomplished sound engineer with over 8 years of experience working in the industry. Serving as a sound engineer in Wisseloord studios as well as the studio manager at the Conservatory of Music Haarlem. Throughout his career, he has worked with renowned artists such as Nas the Rapper, Focus, Folamour, and unknown T, showcasing his competence and skill as a professional recording engineer. Additionally, Danny collaborates with bands and artists to help develop their sound and sonic identity as the producer for various artists such as Molton Grove, Outlaw Queen, Icarus, and Tijger Tijger to name a few, demonstrating his versatility as a producer and mixing engineer.

Beyond his professional collaborations, Danny is also the lead singer, guitarist, and producer of his band, The Ratbags. Developing his own sound in punk and alternative music scene along side his drummer and co producer Carson Ezell, recording in both Wisseloord studios and Interscope Studios, they continue to expand their artist repertoire.

Chris Marshall

Chris Marshall, born Adrian Christopher Marshall, was born and raised in St. Catherine Parish, Jamaica. He grew up surrounded by music, from jamming at home with his family after dinner to growing up and exploring the country’s many dancehalls. Sundays were a musical day in his household, where the family would come together and listen and dance to music on the radio.

Chris found himself influenced by Jamaica’s most recognizable artists like Richie Spice, Freddie McGregor, and Beres Hammond. His journey as a composer started when he bought his own computer and began experimenting with beat making. As early as high school, Chris could be found in different studios mastering his craft and bringing the sounds of the island to life with his music. The quiet and laid back artist found his voice in making music. Chris Marshall finally achieved his first success with the track that would eventually go on to become one of the best chart-toppers of 2006. Sean Paul’s “Temperature” gave Chris the credibility needed to elevate his career as a hit-maker for the modern dancehall sound that was taking over the airwaves. The song not only topped the Billboard Hot 100 Charts, but also won the 2007 Grammy Award for Dance Song of the Year. Over a decade later, Chris still puts forth the same amount of work and effort into everything he does. His goal is to continue creating music that is true to the message from his humble beginnings and the passion behind dancehall music that is heard around the world. He encourages others interested in following his footsteps to continue doing what they love and never give it up, especially if it’s music.

In 2019, Chris did a collaboration with international artist ANITTA on “Tu y Yo” which has accumulated 18 million views on YouTube and was featured on her 2019 album “Kisses.” In 2020, Chris released his first EP under Rich Music titled “Marshall Law”. His first single “iFear” featuring label mate Justin Quiles and Nigerian superstar Kizz Daniels reached 225k views on YouTube. Chris Marshall’s latest album  »Audio Therapy » was released in September of 2021 and includes his singles  »Push Back » y  »Bounce Wid It », through Rich Music Inc.

Carlos Perez D’Anda

Carlos Perez D’Anda, also known as Big Red, is a Miami-based Grammy-nominated record producer, engineer, and music executive. Alongside his distinguished education from Berklee College of Music, he brings over a decade of experience crafting multi-platinum-selling music across a wide array of genres. His collaborations range from artists such as Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, and Ariana Grande, to Swedish House Mafia, Camilo, Anitta, Luis Enrique, among many others. His heightened sense for detail and innate talent for pushing sonic boundaries, coupled with his passion for artist development and direction, have firmly established his presence as a significant driving force in both the Latin and global music scenes. Additionally, he played a key role in the design, planning, and installation of Alacran Studios, Miami’s most esteemed recording hub, which he has now led for four years as its Studio Manager & Chief Engineer.

Malik Berrabah

Malik Berrabah is owner of Wisseloord and founder of the Wisseloord Academy. His track record as a songwriter, composer, arranger and producer is rich of countless national and international records in various genres. He has contributed to the production of numerous albums, singles, television programs, etc., and regularly advises the Majors in a neutral way on the level of new musical projects in development. Malik is also Adviseur of the Amsterdam Fonds Voor de Kunst, the organisation providing state grants to the main cultural projects of the dutch capital. His love for sharing with growing talents leads him, when his schedule allows, to participate as a jury for international conservatory exams.

Since the beginning of his career 25 years ago, Malik has decided to do all his musical work under various pseudonyms in order to keep his career detached from any stylistic labels, to keep his creative freedom and to stay away from the ego games of the music industry.

Pierre-Antoine Grison

Pierre-Antoine Grison aka Krazy Baldhead is a French musician and producer, based in the Paris region. As a Live user since 2003, he has released several albums on Ed Banger Records as Krazy Baldhead. It offers a full range of services around Live: training, advice, design of tailor-made devices. He created several MIDI controllers dedicated to Live: State Of The Loop and open·control. Live is Pierre-Antoine’s favorite tool, both on stage and in the studio.

Keyboardist by training, Pierre-Antoine learned classical music from an early age; he also practiced jazz and Indian music. His musical repertoire ranges from hip-hop to electro, including house and African music. He has performed all over the world in various musical projects.

Thanks to his various experiences and his training as an engineer, he offers a full range of solutions for the performing arts, from training to the design of sets, from advice to the creation of Max for Live patches or custom-made equipment. Pierre-Antoine has designed dedicated and personalized solutions for artists like -M-, Jacques, Rone, Phoenix and Thérapie Taxi. He offers individual or group lessons, face-to-face or remotely, Live and Push demos, and shares its expertise through its consulting activities.

Ben Vedren

Ben Vedren (Reduce Records) is a singular character of today’s music scene, Ben Vedren’s work is well-recognized and highly acclaimed through his production & LIVE/DJ performances around the world. He is co-founder of Reduce Records and has been a permanent resident of the infamous club CONCRETE in Paris.

Ben has an impressive production catalog, including releases on PERLON (VillaH2H, a collaboration alongside Ricardo Villalobos & Chez Damier), Minibar, BALANCE, Concrete Music, Prospector, Eklo, 240 volts, Djebali, among others. He won a Beatport remix contest, releasing on PLANET E records his brilliant remix of the classic Carl Craig track «Bug in the BassBin». His remix of Dani Siciliano « I’m the question » on Circus Company has been strongly supported, it’s now a classic track to be heard in clubs.

Starting his career as a composer/sound-engineer in Paris, he later devoted himself to his own productions, collaborations, and teaching as a certified Ableton instructor. His first EP on Minibar (2012) « I KNOW YOU KNOW » received unanimous success and pushed him to the front of the scene. His live performances fascinate and captivate with his unique energy, groove, generosity, sensibility and uncommon talent with machines. He is an artist that has mastered the skill to make the listener experience this feeling of « WE ARE ONE ».

Ben is an experienced traveling DJ playing gigs throughout the world including EXIT festival, Mutek Montreal, Womb Tokyo, Festival des Nuits Sonores, Weather festival, Amore Festival, Trouw Amsterdam, Rex Club, Tresor, Half Baked, Stereo Montreal, Hoppetosse, Club der Visionaere, sharing regularly the decks with the world’s top DJs. In parallel, he has built several major projects outside of the club scene: a sound journey at the VILLA MEDICI (Rome), a sound installation for the Nuit Blanche Festival (Paris), a sound and light show at the Grand Palais (Paris), one for the Fêtes des Lumières (Lyon), an audio-visual show « BI-OSCILLATIONS » at CENTRE POMPIDOU (Paris) and several collaborations with designers concerning the sound of spaces and even objects.

Collaboration with other artists is a huge part of Ben’s DNA. With CHEZ DAMIER, he produces music under the project H2H (Heart 2 Heart), where they experiment with music and also teach and encourage new talents.

Nouri Avery

Noah Avery is a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He studied vocals at the Herman Brood Academy, and now writes for different artists. He believes stories are the most important part of a song and the instrumental should be a perfect fit. Noah has worked with artists such as: Wulf, De Hofnar, Miss Montreal, Thomas Nan, George Holliday, Collin Jax and Robbie Mendez.

Yori Olijslagers

Yori Olijslagers is a music producer from the Netherlands. His music is a combination of « Vibey synths and aggressive HipHop inspired drums » and he likes to take you on an electronic trip through spaces you never knew existed.

Yori previously worked with big names such as Kyteman, Willem (de opposites), Sef, PAX the humanoid, Pete Philly, Secret Rendezvous, Lisa Lois, Rilan & The Bombardiers, The Indien, Maydien, JNTHN Stein, Grayson Capps, Michael Martin Murphy, Ableton Expert.

Reaubeau

ReauBeau’s sonic journey started at the very roots of his present future bass undertakings. Due to a strong love for hiphop during his formative years, his passion spurred into the restless fiddling and fine-tuning art of conveying finer (and often ineffable) emotions through the craft of composition. His sound has emerged into a versatile blend of (future)bass and trap with a touch of euphoria.

ReauBeau’s funky, hiphop influenced productions are always spot on. With shows at festivals such as Tomorrowland, Amsterdam Dance Event, Aalborg Festival, SXSW and Distortion Festival, his tracks have been supported by radio stations worldwide, including BBC Radio1 & 1XTRA (‘ ignition mix ‘, GB), SLAM FM (NL), KISS FM (DE), Diplo’s Revolution Channel, Hardwell on Air and more.

Eventually evolving his music asperations into two new dimensions called CASUAL (Pop, Funk, Soul ) and DOWORK (Hiphop instrumentals ) His music has landed syncs with America’s Got Talent , Mercedes ,Lincoln,JBL, Adidas,Victoria’s Secret and he has composed for major game trailers like FIFA 20 / Need For Speed HEAT and Apex Legends.

Stig Rästa

Stig Rästa has been in the music industry for over 20 years, establishing him as one of the top songwriters in Estonia. He has his own solo project and is also a part of electronic music duo ‘Kisma.’ Their first single ‘We Are’ was released in 2017 by No Copyright Sounds and has been played over 7 million times on Spotify and Youtube.

In 2015, he represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest with his song ‘Goodbye to Yesterday’, which placed 7th in the final. The song has over 12 million streams on Spotify and won ‘Song of the Year’ award at Estonian Music Awards in 2016. Stig has written for many award-winning artists such as Victor Crone, Joakim Lundell, Elina Born, Traffic and Karl-Erik Taukar.

Stig co-wrote ‘Storm’ by Victor Crone, which represented Estonia in Eurovision in 2019 and kick-started Victor’s further career.The song was played over 15,000 times on Swedish radios. Stig was also the writer for ESC 2016 Estonian entry song ‘Play’ by Jüri Pootsmann.

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