His tracks and remixes have become hits, reaching the high spots in the top sales and making noise on the biggest festivals and clubs in the world. Each of his productions are supported by leading artists of the global electronic scene, such as Armin Van Buuren, Markus Schulz, Tiesto, Ferry Corsten David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia, Sander Van Doorn, Above & Beyond, to name a few.

His musical works are being released on some of the globe’s best labels, such as Armada Music – Ultra – Black Hole Recordings -Pinkstar – Spinnin Records – Baroque Records – Cr2 Records and many more. Chosen as the best producer of 2011 by Markus Schulz and Matt Darey in DJ Mag, makes KhoMha the next musical promise for today.

At the age of 12 Joey discovered the beats of Tiesto and Rank 1. He loved this music and it became his obsession. When he was 14 years old his father bought an Apple computer with the Garageband program on it. Every day Joey was busy with making music.

But then he discovered that the music was played by DJ’s with vinyl.

When he became 16 years old he got his first turntables as a present and bought a mixer. He ordered some vinyl and started to learn DJ-ing. A good friend of him learned him a lot, he lived in the same street as Joey.

Joey had some gigs in his hometown and played on the Red Bull hummer in a crowded city together with a friend. After a few gigs he know that he needed to create some own music.
Nowadays Joey is creating his own music every day under his artist name: Renvo. He also did a project as Intersonic with many releases on High Contrast Recordings in 2010, but he decided to go solo in 2011.

In 2011 he entered the Seat Next DJ competition by Armin van Buuren. After playing on A State Of Trance 500 in Den Bosch and several other events Renvo reached the final round of the competition.

Renvo produced and released the track “Breakout” together W&W, which had airplay on the Dutch radio station Radio 538, created a videoclip and played in Club Space in Ibiza. At the final battle in Amsterdam Armin van Buuren himself crowned Renvo as winner of Seat Next DJ 2011.

After the competition he played at the A State Of Trance stage on Electronic Family, Club Matrixx 10 Years Anniversary with Armin van Buuren and a lot of more events to come.
This is just the start of what we can expect from Renvo.

The duo has taken a skyrocket to the frontline of festive progressive house music with their uplifting releases from Armada Music, and their own label, Hot N Cold Recordings. Their trademark is in the high spirit and the consistent quality, not to mention the creative soundscapes and hooking melodies embodied in their massive productions.

While their debut release “In the Horizon” was an instant classic, their newest anthem, “Another Dimension” is on the verge of becoming a world wide hit. Soon it might be the time for their first artist album…

Supported by the biggest DJs including Armin Van Buuren, Tiësto, Ferry Corsten, Paul Oakenfold, Gareth Emery, W&W, Darude, Starkillers, etc and praised by their rapidly growing number of fans, it’s only a matter of short time when the two are making their way to the very top of the scene!

The Riel Inspiration: Aged just 10 years old, Sied’s introduction to dance music came via Acid House. Unknowingly piped through the walls by his neighbours, he was instantly hooked on the anomalous sounds & beats he heard…

The Riel-eases: A long-term dance fan he was, but it wasn’t until early 2006 that Sied produced his first track, ‘Fearless’. Released on Sub Traxx. 2008 he unleashed ‘What You Want’, ‘Minimal Symhony’, ‘Contrasts’ and ‘Rush’ to the world ..with the last one beeing dropped on Tiesto’s “In Search of Sunrise 7. 2008 proved to be his year and 2009 promisses a lot more !

The search was on for a spiritual label home for Sied’s music, and it didn’t take too long before Dutch super-label Spinnin’ Records signed him.

The Riel-Mixes: Re-imaginings of other producers tracks promptly followed; Armin van Buuren, Blank & Jones, Offer Nissim, Jose Amnesia being amongst them in 2008. As you can see Sied’s been lending the Riel touch to tracks from the worlds finest labels, Armada, Blackhole, Spinnin’ ,Star 69 & Adjusted among them… His remixes are high up the charts world wide and spun by the biggest dj’s on the globe.

The Rielalistic Radio Show: Following numerous radio appearances (inc. Ministry of Sound – UK, Sunshine Live Maximal, Germany & Radio 538 in The Netherlands), Sied launched his own radio show, Rielalistic. Transmitted every 4th Monday of the month on http://www.ah.fm, with re-runs on various internet and FM stations worldwide, it has immediately drawn a loyal listener-ship.

The Riel Musical Philosophy: Sied describes his brand of music as “deep, driving, warm, melodic-fuelled trance” with each track or remix “directly related to my personality, experiences and state of mind”.

The Riel Pronunciation: That’s ‘Seed’ van ‘Real’ trance-spotters and accuracy fans!

Upon the release of the global success Plummet’s “Damaged,” and the self-produced, mind-blowing main version of Tiesto’s single “Just Be” he was projected into the trance music hall of fame and has sold more than half million singles in his career so far.

Antillas can also boast an impressive amount of n.1 and top 10 hits on Beatport, which lead to him being included in the digital store’s “Best Classic Sales” / “Best Cratedigger Sale Progressive” / “Beatport Trance Favourites”. He has received full support from the likes of Paul Oakenfold, Steve Angello, Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren, Sander Van Doorn, Gareth Emery, Above & Beyond, Duderstadt, Dash Berlin, Judge Jules, Robbie Rivera, Boy George, Pete Tong, Richard Durand and many more.

Antillas is currently working on several projects with his studio partner Dankann, as well as singles featuring Emma Lock, Fiora, Lost Witness, Dino Lenny, Sarah Jane, Snap and DJing all over World. In September 2011 he joined Armada’s elite roster and he is now producing his debut solo album, which will be released worldwide via Armada Music in 2012.

Musically inclined, Christian quickly picked up the guitar, getting tips from dad. Around the age of fourteen, Christian realized he could not only sing, but sing well. He played in a few school-age bands, and in his early 20s found some like-minded friends and formed BB Mak. The three singer/songwriters went on to sell 3 million records worldwide, tour all over the world, appear on countless National television shows, and see their first smash single, ‘Back Here’ reach #1 on the American radio charts, #1 in Japan, and win accolades such as SONG OF THE YEAR from ASCAP and PRS’ Most Played Song of the Year.

When BBMak decided to go their separate ways, Christian had some time to think about what he wanted to do next. “I knew I wanted to continue to make music. I was in Los Angeles working in the studio when I heard what was then a demo on Indie 103, ‘Somebody Told Me’ by The Killers. I was completely hooked on the sound, and the use of synthesizers in a rock song.”

Going back home, Christian found himself experimenting with synths a lot, incorporating it in to the rock music he’d been making with a collective he started called The Bleach Works. One of the world’s biggest DJs, Tiësto, happened upon Christian’s MySpace page and asked to do a re-mix of one of the tracks he’d posted. Astutely, Christian declined but offered to write a song with Tiësto. “He sent me a backing track and in minutes I was able to write a song.” That song, ‘In the Dark’, Lead single off of the Grammy nominated Elements of Life album, got 5 million youtube hits and resulted in Christian joining Tiësto on a massive world tour, exposing him to other top DJs.

Meeting BT while on tour in Budapest with Tiësto led to more work, with Christian co – writing ‘Suddenly’ the lead track off of BT’s Grammy nominated These Hopeful Machines, as well as the #1 dance track ‘The Emergency’ and ‘Forget Me’ off the same album. As doors continued to open, Christian teamed up with Armin van Buuren, the #1 ranked DJ in the world, and together they wrote
‘This Light Between Us’ featured on Armin’s Mirage album. Their partnership was such a success, and the song such a smash for the DJ hitting the #1 spot in multiple countries, that Armin invited Christian on tour with him in 2010 through 2011. Somewhere between all the touring, Christian found time to write and perform ‘Love and Motion’ from Benny Benassi’s Rock n’ Rave album and has plans to do more work with Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Tiësto and BT in the coming year. It’s a genre he feels extremely comfortable with. “For dance music, I hear the beat and feel it. I find there’s more ‘space’ in dance tracks. You can play around more with dance tracks, and for me, there’s more opportunity to be creative. Melodically you can do a lot of cool things as well. I love the drama. When I team up with a DJ on a dance track, I often don’t know where the song is going to take me.”

While it seems like it could be an enormous transition to go from rock stardom to one of the most in-demand singer/songwriters in Dance music, it was seamless for Christian, who not only had the experience of performing in front of large audiences, but an appreciation for how readily the dance community has embraced him. “I’ve been getting a fantastic response from all the live shows, and love on Twitter and Facebook. When you do a show with a DJ, everyone is there for a good time, and every show is electric. There is a true sense of community and a passion for the genre of music. I feel really fortunate to be a part of it.”

Currently, Christian is recording his debut solo album for Armada Music, collaborating with artists such as Armin van Buuren, BT, Gabriel & Dresden and more.

Since their first release, ‘The Awakening’, York has been the name on everyone’s lips. Catchy guitar hooks and delicate dance textures have caused a sensation in dubs, on the radio and in the charts across Europe.

Torsten is a composer and producer since 20 years, having worked with the likes of Moby, Faithless, All Saints, Chris Rea, Tina Turner, ATB, Tarja Turunen, Jennifer Paige, Rick Nowels, Rob Davis, Asheni, Vanessa Mae, Arenico Film, Universal and many more.

After receiving Gold-and Platinum awards, the “Echo” Nomination and 3 million sold Records he is without a doubt a ‘Master of Music’.He began his musical career early in his childhood, learning the piano from the tender age of 5 when he began his classical training. Until the age of 18 classical music and theory were his life. He was teaching piano lessons as an privat teacher and even played the church organ in his home town for 3 years. In the early 90′s his orientation changed, and he discovered the rapidly growing techno/house movement. Little by little he put together his own studio and combined parts of his own musical production skills under the broad control of classical theory.

His first success came in 1992 with N.U.K.E’s ‘Nana’ which shot to number 1 in the charts in Holland, Belgium and Italy.From there Torsten began working with a variety of DJ’s; DJ’s such as Taucher with whom he created the tracks ‘Infinity’,'Atlantis’, and ‘Fantasy’, all of which went Top 100 in the German Sales charts. With DJ Taucher he was forcing the remixing of other Major Artists, after 53 Remixes 1997, he was voted the best remixer of the year by the readers of Germany’s top Raveline Magazine.His reputation began to grow worldwide, culminating in releases and chart success. With a Dj from Frankfurt called ‘Sakin’, he started the Project -Sakin and Friends- on his own Label ‘Planet Love Records’. This massive Trance Hit was since Robert Miles ‘Children’ one of the Best selling Trance Record ever in Germany. It made Gold and Platinum also in England, Denmark, Italy and sold nearly 700.000 Copies. He was nominated for the best selling national Act with the ‘Echo’.

One year later, 1999, his Project ‘York’ started to burn in the UK. With a Coverversion of Chris Reas ‘On the Beach’ he went No 3 in the British Salescharts and three times Top 30 with the follow Singles ‘The Awakening’, ‘Farewell to the Moon’ and ‘Fields of Love’ (together with ATB).

Since then he worked with many Different Writers and Producers like Rick Nowels or Rob Davis and the success continues:

Recently his Songs on Tarja Turunen¬¥s Longplay “My Winterstorm” made Platinum in Finnland, Russia, Germany and will be released in 70 Countries. His Songs “The Rain” – “Damned & Divine” and “Northern Star” were conducted in the “Remote Control” Studios of Hans Zimmer by James Dooley, the Dream Team that made Stunning Hollywood Soundtracks like Gladiator. He wrote also the B-Side for her new Single “I feel inmortal” and worked on several Tracks for her new 2010 Album “What lies beneath”.

York featured also successfully with Dj Shah on Magic Island Recordings with the common track “Sunset Road”.

This year will also see the release of one of Max’s progressive classics ‘Dusky 2010 (Does She Know Yet)’ followed by a full album of original material entitled ‘Radio’ set for release in June. If this wasn’t enough, this hardworking DJ has also launched a new radioshow called ‘Cycles’ on protonradio.com and will release the second in the Cycles compilation CD series in the fall entitled ‘Cycles 2010’. Max’s driving, rollercoaster ride of progressive and trance is tried, tested and true. If you’ve heard one of his sets before you know, if not, don’t miss it!

Early Years: Born in Eschwege, central Germany, Markus emigrated to the United States. Age 13, his dance music awakening came during the grip of the country’s then-nascent breakdance scene. His early production and DJ career roughly tracked that of the second Stateside House explosion and he caught his first production break in 1993 when he remixed Sagat’s ‘Why Is It? (F** Dat)’ for FFrr. Markus’ freshman production release followed in 1994 with the 6-track ‘Plastik Trax EP Vol 1’. Throughout the mid to late Nineties he continued to accrue acclaim with a range of releases on numerous luminary U.S. labels. In 1998 he recorded ‘You Won’t See Me Cry’ for Plastik Records (his first label), which was picked up by the UK’s Eve Records and became his first non-domestic release.

Markus Schulz – The DJ: Through his natural audience affinity, flawless key-mixing and innate tune selection, he has wowed crowds in every major metropolis. Schulz’s DJ career has run largely parallel to that of his productions. In the early noughties, having concentrated on the hinterland between trance & progressive, he began to reach audiences further and further afield. In 2004 he was signed to the David Lewis Productions agency (home to the World’s No.1 DJ Armin van Buuren) and his career took another big step forward. Now a regular fixture at the world’s biggest & most famous clubs, arenas and festivals, he lays down his unique trance-progressive vision on a weekly basis. In Europe, he’s smashed Trance Energy, Nature One, Dance Valley, Sunrise, Tomorrowland, Transmission & Pleasure Island; worked tent-pegs loose at Creamfields; gridlocked Global Gatherings all around the world and twice played all-night 8hr solo sets at Armada @ Amnesia in Ibiza. Stateside the colossal Ultra, Electric Daisy & Nocturnal Festivals have all felt Schulz pressure and yet further afield still he’s engineered floor uproar in China and Australia. He has polled 4 consecutive years inside DJ Mag’s world’s top 10, ranked as world’s #2 in the Trance Addict, FTB & Trance Podium 2010 charts and won Best American DJ at the IDMAs in 2008.

Coldharbour Recordings: Schulz’s sound notably came quickest to the ears of continental European DJs. Following the formation of the Armada group in 2005, Armin sought Markus out and asked him to start compiling tracks for a new vinyl series. The Coldharbour Sessions EPs launched in 2004 (with the first 3 releases coming out on the already established Electronic Elements label). In quick succession they began to sonically impact on dancefloors and within 12 months Coldharbour the label was born. Named after Markus’ then-production base in London’s Coldharbour Lane, its output immediately brought a new angle sound to Armada. It also became a lightning rod for a new generation of prog-inclined producers – setting in motion the careers of (amongst others) Santiago Nino, Rex Mundi, Mark Otten & Niklas Harding. With 2005 under the spell of Coldharbour’s more sophisticated, minimal, but still melodic take on the prog-trance sound, Markus struck again with the first Coldharbour Sessions mix compilation. Such has been the success of the imprint that in 2007 it was joined by a sub-label, Coldharbour Red. This, in turn, was a launch pad for Marcus Schössow, tyDi, Glenn Morrison & Evol Waves and was the point of re-entry for early Schulz side-project, Dakota (*see section below). In August 2010 celebrated it 100th release with Markus’ cover of Cass & Slide’s ‘Perception’. Seven years after its birth, Coldharbour stands at the top tier of the world’s trance & progressive labels.

M.S. Productions 2005 – 2009: Perfectly intersecting the quality/quantity axis, Markus’ own productions have been fundamental of components in marshalling clubbers and music lovers to his sound. Over the course of the last half-decade singles like ‘First Time’ & ‘Without You Near’ (2005), ‘Fly To Colours’, ‘Never Be The Same’ & ‘I Am’ (2007) ‘Perfect’ & ‘Cause You Know’ (2008) & most recently ‘The New World’ & ‘Do You Dream?’ have each played their vital part. Markus is also a keen production collaborator. In 2005 he famously teamed up with likeminded producers Gabriel & Dresden and Departure for ‘Without You Near’, did the same with Andy Moor on ‘Daydream’ and most recently on ‘Goodbye’ with Max Graham. The impact of all the singles has been catalysed by his studio albums ‘Without You Near’ (2005), ‘Progression’ (2007).

M.S. Productions 2010 – 2011 – ‘Do You Dream’: In February 2010, Schulz completed principle recording on his third long-player, ‘Do You Dream?’ The 16-track album was released on June the 15th in many key territories. Its release prompted Tilllate Magazine to say its “sonic explorations went into every conceivable angle” & that the album was “energetic” & “exhilarating”. DJ Mag said “it guides (the listener) through dreamy ambient, downbeat chords, fist-pumping prog, house and trance, as well as the odd skipping breakbeat” and went on to say “it’s hard to see why you won’t completely adore this”. On April the 1st, 2011 the album’s remix edition was released. It included track remakes from heavyweights including Ferry Corsten, Cosmic Gate & Super8 & Tab as well as core Coldharbour artists like Tucandeo, Mr Pit and Mike Foyle. The remix edition was joined by Schulz’s first DVD release in May ‘11, which documented his ‘Do You Dream?’ world tour.

Markus Schulz Pres. Dakota: Markus has only made rare use of pseudonyms throughout his career – seeing them only as valuable if they represented an outlet for something other than his ‘regular’ material. At the turn of the millennium he released 3 tracks (‘Swirl’, ‘Frozen’ & ‘Lost in Brixton’) under the Dakota alias. Over time the tracks became first points of contact for many new fans. In 2009 Schulz paid dues to that by resurrecting the guise, recalibrating its sound and directed his attentions to a whole album of material. ‘Thoughts Become Things’ was the result and it became a route diversion that branched out to embrace techno, house and other sub-genres. It swelled both Schulz’s fanbase and the range of DJ support for his music. The album justified 7 single releases that have included particular fan-favourites ‘Chinook’, ‘Johnny the Fox’, ‘Koolhaus’ & ‘Mr Cappuccino’. Such was its success in July of 2011 he followed it up with the sequel – ‘Thoughts Become Things II’. Giving it their prized Album of the Month award, MIXMAG said “With ‘Thoughts II’ Schulz’s Dakota guise could be about to take centrestage”, while DJ Mag said it contained “lush riffs at a housier tempo” and was “epic stuff”. To date it has spawned 5 singles, ‘Sinners’, ‘Sleepwalkers’, Katowice’ and the AA ‘In A Green Valley’/’Saints’.

The Global DJ Broadcast show: Now in its fifth year Schulz’s GDJB has continued to be a beacon for an always-growing throng of trance & progressive dance fans. Having begun life on Miami’s Party 93.1 station, it is now broadcast through DI.fm and Sirius/XM satellite, the Global DJ Broadcast site and over 50 other FM stations around the planet. Based on a regular format, the first show of each month is a two hour long mix from one of Schulz’s rolling World Tour gigs – ones that have of late included Medellin, Columbia, St Petersberg, Russia & Amnesia in Ibiza. Subsequent shows in the month feature Markus mixing his broad-span pick of the current electronic dance music best for an hour (which includes the forum-voted Global Selection track of the week) followed by guest mixes from both established and up-and-coming DJs.

Markus Schulz – The City Albums: Markus is also responsible for one of the longest running and most respected compilation album series in trance history. Kicking off in 2005 in Miami, its city-hopping concept has subsequently landed in Ibiza in ’06, Amsterdam in ’08 & Toronto in ’09. In 2010 it homed in on Las Vegas (for an album that Mixmag said: “managed the rarity of living up to the hype” and “ranked as his best yet”) and in February 2011 it returned to Europe to focus on Prague. Providing a microcosmic view of his sound, the albums have become cornerstones for fans CD & mp3 collections, with each new travelogue edition bringing in a fresh wave of supporters. Notably, the Amsterdam ’08 release was nominated for an IDMA award for Best Full Length DJ Mix (in the same year that Markus took home the trophy for Best American DJ).

Remixes: Markus started his remix career in the early 90s with a 30-strong volley of high-profile reworks. Over the course of the decade he re-tooled the production works of Euro dominators like The Real McCoy & Technotronic, house masters & divas including Armand van Helden & Liz Torres, legendary Nineties icons RuPaul, Bette Midler & Sandra Bernhard and fully-fledged A-listers like Madonna (on Love Don’t Live Here Anymore). As the Millennium arrived he began to work on deeper, more intrinsically electronic dance fare… In 2000 he remixed trance innovator Pablo Gargano’s ‘Absolution’, PQM’s Renaissance classic ‘The Flying Song’ and Fatboy Slim’s ‘Sunset (Bird of Prey). Satisfied that he’d found the right dance strata to focus on Markus has gone on to rewire tracks by Oceanlab, Motorcycle, Dance 2 Trance, Cosmic Gate, Nalin & Kane, Kyau & Albert, John O’Callaghan, & Space Manoeuvres amongst many, many others.

Prepared by Tim Stark.

16 Bit Lolitas claimed worldwide recognition with tracks like ‘Murder Weapon’, ‘Nobody Seems To Care’, ‘Sedna’ and remixes for the likes of Sander Kleinenberg and Armin van Buuren. Their productions are known for their patiently crafted, sophisticated sound, produced with emotion and care. The Bits & Pieces label represents tracks that create a spark upon the dance floor, delivering atmosphere as well as a killer pay-off. Next up on the label, is the new 16 Bit Lolitas E.P., ‘The Rise’ & ‘You Are An Astronaut’. Averaging 4 quality releases a year, the label lives up to the ‘quality over quantity’ rule.

Armada Music, triple award winner for ‘Best Global Record Label’ at the International Dance Music Awards, gives a warm welcome to the talented producer/DJ duo. Maykel Piron, Managing Director of Armada Music:”We’ve been keeping track of these guys for quite a while and were pleasantly surprised when we heard their latest work. The Bits & Pieces label makes a great addition to our record company and we’re really looking forward to all the good stuff that is to come from it. We are very happy to welcome them on board.”