98. Brennan Heart

Brennan Heart

It's been another year in the life of a DJ for Brennan Heart (real name Fabian Bohn), but things got more extreme this time. Tours in Asia, Canada and South America suddenly made him a pi...

Style: Hardstyle.

Best known for: Vocal experiments and studio magic.

Tune of 2011: Frontliner 'Dreamdust'

Breakthrough DJ/Producer of 2011: Skrillex; the perfect introduction of a new superstar

What's the future of DJing? DJs becoming even bigger rock stars.

Favourite app? Facebook. And actually it likes me, tries to get my attention every time.”

Discovery of the year? The RED camera, what an amazing device!

Rediscovery of the year? That's one of my own: Blademasterz 'One Blade'

Awkward Moment? I ended up on the royal red carpet after a wrong turn at the airport. Rows of armed guards on both sides made the scene complete.

Style or substance? Substance. That is what I like about our scene; workers overtake the talkers.”

Pet Hate? Cat hair; it ends up in my studio equipment. Still I love cats so much I forgave them a long time ago. 

It's been another year in the life of a DJ for Brennan Heart (real name Fabian Bohn), but things got more extreme this time. Tours in Asia, Canada and South America suddenly made him a pioneer in these territories rather than just in the studio, where he'd already built a considerable rep on the hardstyle scene, with a raft of releases since the mid-2000s under aliases including Blademasterz, Coffeeshock and Superwave.

These globe-trotting, city-sequestering tours also gave him the inspiration for his new City 2 City concept, which combines the new boundaries he just set, or rather crossed, with his expertise in making fantastic music. The video of his current EP with Wildstylez 'Lose My Mind' is one of YouTube's hottest new additions and was the follow-up to his equally-successful clip 'Running Late'.
With hardstyle growing in popularity, one of its innovators looks set to enjoy ever bigger acclaim into 2012 and beyond.KRISTIAN DANDO