Know Your Artist: Afrojack EDMLI

Nick van de Wall (born 9 September 1987), commonly known by his stage name Afrojack, is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer. Afrojack regularly features in top 10 of DJ Mag Top 100 DJs. He was born and raised in Spijkenisse, Netherlands.

He developed an interest in music at an early age and learned to play the piano at the age of 5. From a single-parent household, his mother Debbie owned a local gym. After leaving school, Nick studied graphic design for a year before embarking on a career as DJ/producer.

At the age of 14, Van de Wall started DJ’ing at local pubs and clubs and earning additional income with designing websites for fellow musicians. In 2007 he released “In Your Face”, the first music record under the Afrojack name. His 2010 entry into the poll at number 19 was the highest new entry of that year’s list.

In July 2010, Afrojack created an Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1. In 2011, he was featured on Pitbull’s number 1 hit single “Give Me Everything” along with Ne-Yo and Nayer. And again in 2011, Afrojack co-produced music with many artists including David Guetta, Mike Brown and Madonna. In 2012, he was a headliner at a number of electronic dance music festivals, including Tomorrowland, Ultra Music Festival and Coachella to name a few.

His debut album, Forget the World, was released May 19, 2014 to mixed reviews. Afrojack runs his own label, Wall Recordings, which represents producers including KIIDA, Apster, D-Wayne, D.O.D, Karim Mika, and more.

Check out few of our top picks below:

1) Afrojack, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and NERVO – The Way We See The World