Headhunterz & Wildstylez

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Headhunterz & Wildstylez · Headhunterz and Wildstylez are two Dutch hardstyle producers who in 2008 started the project Project One together. Wildstylez's real name is Joram Metekohy, born in 1983. He first made hardstyle under the name Seizure and released his first solo record at the end of 2007 on Scantraxx Reloaded, Headhunterz's sub-label. That is where the two producers met.

Their first joint release, Blame It on the Music / Project 1, came out in early 2008 and was a hit. That gave them the incentive to make an entire album. In less than three months, roughly one track a week, they made the album Headhunterz & Wildstylez Present: Project One. It was released on 25 July 2008 on CD and digitally. Tracks such as Life Beyond Earth and The Art of Creation became dance-floor classics in the hardstyle scene. A tour and several compilations followed.

In 2009 came Tonight, the collaboration with Noisecontrollers, which later finished high in the Q-dance polls for the best hardstyle tracks. Wildstylez later founded labels of his own, including Lose Control Music, and in 2018 he started the label Art of Creation with Headhunterz.

Hardstyle combines a hard, distorted kick drum with a melodic, often euphoric lead. The duo belongs to the generation that established this Dutch genre at large festivals such as Defqon.1.

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  Blame It On the Muzic · Headhunterz & Wildstylez, 2008
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