DJ WESPER  

 

DJ Wesper made the decision to start DJ-ing on New Year's Day 2006. He first started to play other artists' productions, but as he gained hardly any success, he felt that he had to do something different. After a visit to Berlin in the summer of 2006, Wesper got inspired by minimal techno of the Berlin scene and he started to compose simple loops. While playing at venues, he mixed those loops smoothly and rapidly, making a set to an inspiring sonic journey and he got the attention from several DJ's. After a series of gigs in late 2007, the attention seemed to extinguish, and DJ Wesper focused on making a music video. WIth several well-known dutch models, he completed the video by fall 2008, provoking positive feedback.

In 2009, Wesper had two performances in Nantes, France. He also organised his first nights in Amsterdam and Rotterdam under the Origin Park moniker. He also got his first netlabel release and in spring 2010, he completed a video for a funk track, rather different than the minimal tracks he used to compose. As from 2010, he organised the first series of nights, called the Origin Park Annual Meetings, where he invited talented dutch DJs as well as DJs from abroad. A new series began in 2011 called the Origin Park Cortisol Concept, in 2012 this series were now entitled the Origin Park Telson Collectors. Wesper has released sevral EP’s and a full-length album on Morninglory Music.

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With more than 150 tracks composed, with a total plaring time of more than 24 hours, Wesper proves to be a very productive DJ/composer. When it comes to his musical style throughout the years, Wesper has also composed different styles, like breakbeat, progressive house, techno, ambient...

Wesper has performed three times at Amsterdam Dance Event so far, the first edition in 2012, then in 2014 and 2018 at the Recycle Lounge Gallery Club. In 2013 Wesper played two shows in Sri Lanka. One on a beach party in Unawatuna. 

   

Wesper's mixes have been performed on radio stations in Argentina in 2014.  In November that year, Wesper's dream of performing in Lille came true, playing at the Moog Analogic Bar.

In 2015, a collaboration with supporters of football club USL Dunkerque resulted in a wicked drum'n bass track, which gained acclaim by the club. Wesper has been interviewed by the club and the track was included on the website. Wesper also recorded a video for the Bryan Ferry-esque track 'Silent Eyes'. This electro/rock song has been remixed in a very particular way by DJs, and it resulted in the 'Silent Eyes Remixes' EP. For each remix, Wesper created a video in 2016.

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Now 2016 was a very fruitful year for producing videos, one of them was a video to make promotion for the french city of Dunkirk. Wesper also experimented with timelapse images and he recorded a HD remake for the track 'Love Thing'. 

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In 2017, he made a video with an erotic touch for the track 'Night Queen II', which has been released along with a remix by Nightbob. 2017 was also a busy year of remixing tracks for other artists. In december, Wesper started to host a radio show on Dunkerque Street Radio in Dunkirk, France. 

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Malta was the very 'exotic' country where Wesper performed in 2018.  He also released 'A Woman's Heart', which was met with acclaim by the DJ scene. This track was also remixed and again, Wesper created a video for all remixes.

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In 2019, Wesper finalized a track on which he had been working on for many months : the french song 'Il Reste Le Vainqueur'. He released the track through Bandcamp and he created a video 'Bryan Ferry' style for the song. 

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In 2020, Wesper had planned to celebrate his 25th anniversary as a musician, but due to to the pandemic, all plans were dropped. Wesper did release a self-composed mix from Dunkerque Street Radio, and also a compilation of his early recordings. At the end of the year, Wesper composed new tracks, which are released as a full-length album in 2021. As a prelude, a sunny vibes feel-good ttrack 'No Escape From Summer' was released in spring 2021.   

 

Late 2021, Wesper's progressive house album "Echoes From The Ionosphere" has been released through Mystic Carousel. The tracks have been composed during the second lockdown of 2020. 

 

In 2022, when life started to get normal again after the pandemic, Wesper worked on a track containing a cynical undertone to today's politics. 'Gaaf Land' was an expression used by the dutch Prime Minister to indicate that all is fine regarding politics. Wesper used it as a cynical statement. Also, Wesper realised two music videos in a two weeks timespan. A remake from the 'Silent Eyes' video, as well as a video filmed in Belgium. Another compilation album, 'Still Rebellionaire 2010-2022' was released through Bandcamp in October 2022. The album contains non-label tracks and songs which have been accompanied by a music video.       

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