2019 has been a year to take stock for one of the world’s busiest DJs: Hardwell did what very few DJs ever do and took some extended time off to “just be me”. It has allowed him to focus on his health, his family and his friends and to have fun in the studio playing around making music with no pressure or expectation.
Mladen Solomun has come a long way over the past decade. Emerging from the deep house scene of Hamburg, his adopted hometown — his family had moved there from the former Yugoslavia when he was a kid — Solomun founded the Diynamic label back in 2005. Initially, it served as a platform for local artists like Stimming, Kollektiv Turmstrasse and H.O.S.H, and their early, string-soaked melodic house EPs provided a sweet alternative to the robotic minimalism of that period. Solomun also pushed this sound in his own productions and DJ sets, and this distinctive, singular style has led him to become an increasingly popular international DJ.
