Johanna Mercker & Efde

Johanna Mercker



On the tender age of six, the parents of Johanna Mercker inspired here to take on piano lessons. After years of classical training Johanna discovered that electronic music, and especially 'house', caught her attention much longer then the weekly hours of piano study. She went on a expedition to discover this music to the fullest; trance, hardstyle, hardcore and techno.



When Johanna went to Haarlem, in the North of Holland, she started building on a extensive network in the dance scene. That's how she got friends with the DJ-hero from Haarlem: Michael 'Ille Bitch' von Lierop. After accompanying him on his many DJ-gigs throughout the Netherlands, Johanna realized that it was time to learn how to mix and DJ. Ille Bitch became her mentor and within a few weeks she had here first gig in Club Stalker. After that moment her career took a flight and it started pouring booking-requests. Within the year she played at clubs like Doornroosje, Club Rembrandt, M.S. Stubnitz, Studio 80, Club Poema and many many more. Besides mixing Johanna took on the noble art of music production.



Her style could be best described as warm, deep and groovy techno, with clear house-elements. Her incentive in music is not only to release a swing in the crowd but also to put down a sprinkling performance which is a pleasure for the ear and eye.



Efde





Efdé's passion for house music started in 1992 when is parents bought him a techno cd. From that moment on he was hooked and was listening to house almost every moment of the day. Soon he got interested in how house music was produced. Being only twelve years of age and not having a lot of money he tried to make his own tracks using two old tape decks and his fathers

cd player which had a loop function. A few years and a lot of broken

equipment later he got his first atari computer. That's when he started

being serious serious about making music. Meanwhile he also started DJing using two old turntables and a mixer he "borrowed" from a friend. All this resulted in Efdé being a well known DJ and producer in the Amsterdam scene. Under his former alias "Drrie" he released a track together with "Unders" which appeared on the latest Karottes Kitchen compilation and was played by al the big names. Besides that he played big events like Circoloco Amsterdam and underground Amsterdam clubs like Studio 80. Under his new moniker Efdé he has some releases planned for 2010 on labels like Piekup and Blabla.