Vicetone

Vicetone
Background information
Origin Netherlands Groningen, Netherlands
Genres Progressive house, electro house
Years active 2012–present
Labels Protocol Recordings, Monstercat, Spinnin Records, Armada Music, Revealed Recordings, Ultra Records, Dim Mak Records
Associated acts Nicky Romero, Krewella, Nervo, Kat Nestel
Website www.vicetone.com
Members Ruben Den Boer
Victor Pool

Vicetone is a DJ and production duo formed by Ruben Den Boer (born January 22, 1992) and Victor Pool (born July 9, 1992), from the Dutch city of Groningen. In 2013, they were voted into the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs list for the first time at 60th as a new entry.[1] Later in 2014, they went up 24 places on the list, coming 36th.[2] In 2015, they fell 14 places to 50th.[3] To date, there are in total over 50 million listens on their SoundCloud page,[4] as well as over half a million likes on their Facebook page.[5]

Biography

Both listeners of electronic music since childhood, Victor and Ruben met at 15 years of age in school, where they shared their musical tastes and different songs they heard. Influenced by artists like Eric Prydz and Swedish House Mafia, they began to produce their own music. In early 2012, they began making house music, specifically progressive house. That same year, they signed to Monstercat, and released their song "Heartbeat" with Collin McLoughlin, which was very well received by the public.[6] To date, they have remixed the likes of world-renowned artists such as Adele, Calvin Harris, Maroon 5, and Zedd. In July 2013, they went on the Nothing Toulouse: North American Tour by Nicky Romero, where they performed as a supporting act for him, and, in October, they were also part of the Protocol Recordings ADE 2013 Label Night line-up. In November of that year, they joined the duo of Australian producers Nervo on their #NERVOnation tour in Mexico.

In 2014, Vicetone opened the year with releases on Spinnin' Records, including their tracks "Lowdown" and "Ensemble". They also had other high profile releases on Nicky Romero's Protocol Recordings and Hardwell's Revealed Recordings. They also performed at the 2014 edition of the Ultra Music Festival.[7] Their major breakthrough that year, however, came with the release of their first Beatport #1 overall charting track "Let Me Feel", that was a collaboration with Nicky Romero.[8] Later that year, they performed at the TomorrowWorld festival in Atlanta.[9] Vicetone also announced that they had also composed the single "United We Dance" as the soundtrack for the 2014 Ultra Music Festival aftermovie, which they then released on Ultra Records.[10] For their final track of 2014, Vicetone released their track "What I've Waited For" through Monstercat.

To start off 2015, Vicetone released their vocal progressive track "No Way Out", a collaboration with vocalist Kat Nestel, which marked the third track they released through the Spinnin' Records main imprint, after "Lowdown" and their remix of Cash Cash's "Overtime". Following the success of their Ultra Music Festival aftermovie anthem, they released the festival's 2015 anthem "Follow Me" featuring JHart on February 17th 2015.[11] Later in 2015, the duo released two more singles with Kat Nestel titled "Angels" and "Nothing Stopping Me," both on Ultra Music, released a remix for a song from the popular game League of Legends called "Project Yi" and they did a remix of a track called "Colors" by Hardwell and Tiësto.

To start off 2016 they released a new track on Spinnin' Records called "Pitch Black", a track that was long awaited by a lot of fans. They also announced that their first ever EP will be released soon. Vicetone performed live at Miami (OH) University on April 21, 2016.

Discography

Singles

Year Title Artist(s) Label Album
2012 "Harmony" Vicetone Monstercat N/A
2013 "Heartbeat" Vicetone feat. Collin McLoughlin
"Stars" Vicetone feat. Jonny Rose Armada Trice
"Tremble" Vicetone Protocol
"Chasing Time" Vicetone feat. Daniel Gidlund Armada Trice
2014 "Lowdown" Vicetone Spinnin'
"White Lies" Vicetone feat. Chloe Angelides Protocol
"Ensemble" Vicetone Doorn
"Heat" Revealed
"Let Me Feel" Nicky Romero and Vicetone feat. When We Are Wild Protocol
"United We Dance" Vicetone Ultra
"What I've Waited For" Vicetone feat. D. Brown Monstercat
2015 "No Way Out" Vicetone feat. Kat Nestel Spinnin'
"Follow Me" Vicetone feat. JHart Ultra
"Angels" Vicetone feat. Kat Nestel
"Nothing Stopping Me" Vicetone Records
"Catch Me" Vicetone Dim Mak
"I'm On Fire" Spinnin'
2016 "Pitch Black"
"Bright Side" Vicetone feat. Cosmos & Creature Aurora EP
"Don't You Run" Vicetone feat. Raja Kumari
"Siren" Vicetone feat. Pia Toscano
"The Otherside" Vicetone
"Green Eyes"

Remixes

Unreleased

References

  1. ↑ "Top 100 DJs 2013". DJ Mag. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
  2. ↑ "Top 100 DJs 2014". DJ Mag. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
  3. ↑ "Top 100 DJs 2015". DJ Mag. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
  4. ↑ "Vicetone Soundcloud" Check |url= value (help). Soundcloud. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  5. ↑ "Vicetone Facebook" Check |url= value (help). Facebook. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  6. ↑ "Dutch Duo Vicetone Set The Bar High for Aspiring Talent". Beatport News. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
  7. ↑ "Ultra Adds Additions to Lineup". EDM.com. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
  8. ↑ "Nicky Romero & Vicetone's "Let Me Feel" Tops Beatport". Beatport News. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
  9. ↑ "TomorrowWorld Lineup". TomorrowWorld. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
  10. ↑ "Vicetone Release United We Dance". Thump. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
  11. ↑ "Ultra Music Festival Reveal Vicetone Anthem "Follow Me"". YourEDM. Retrieved 2015-02-20.
  12. ↑ "Vicetone revealed they are working on a new project with Youngblood Hawke". reddit.com. Retrieved 2016-02-13.

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