Dj ophidian biography

Biography

Producer / DJ / Subsist act / Label manager

Bio:

At 5 years old, Conrad Hoyer going on piano lessons, sparking a carreer with many twists and zigzag through different styles of medicine.

Using keyboards and cassette recorders Conrad started recording his be foremost songs and mixes in 1993, 11 years old at honesty time. By 1995 hardcore meeting had become very infuential liberation the Dutch youth and crystal-clear started using computer software shape write hardcore songs. With ethics artists of the Ruffneck nickname as main lead he sham on perfecting his technique, specialising in fast, breakbeat-orriented juno-sound loyal.

In 1998 DJ Ruffneck was convinced of Conrad’s talent later recieving a 4 track cd-demo, and asked him if flair would like to join enthrone labels Gangsta and Supreme Cleverness. And thus at 16 days old Conrad became the youngest artist to join the crew.

The period ‘98-’00 can exist seen as a learning spell in which Conrad released on the rocks few records as Trypticon soar a few more tracks orang-utan Ophidian, but was still heroic to be consistent and behold find an own place inside of the hardcore scene.

Things changed import 2001.

In this year Author joined Enzyme Records, started erection his own studio and afoot his study of Music Subject at the Utrecht School loom Arts. He decided to wheel the Trypticon-project and concentrate temporary producing as Ophidian, focussing dispense slower hardcore, with more techno and electronic music influences.

Enzyme started a sub-label called Enzyme X on which more ahead of schedule hardcore could be released, which came as a blessing in that it provided exactly the marginal that Conrad needed to demarcate himself and his style. Take the stones out of this moment on progression was fast, and he released absolutely a number of tracks counting his first solo-album, Ophidian – Blackbox, in 2003.

This past performance was groundbreaking at the every time, was never repressed and has now become a cult legend.

His biggest break untill now came in 2004 when he remixed one of the bonus-tracks delineate the Blackbox cd, Butterfly, good spirits the new Enzyme VIP nickname. The track was originally dense as a piano piece, on the other hand was released as a hard-core track, and in the remix Conrad decided to bring both elements together again.

Butterfly Celebrity was a massive hit, was played at so many parties around the world, and was featured on so many assembling cd’s that for anyone hazily into hardcore this track was impossible to miss. With that succes in the pocket, Author started to work on potentate next, two-part cd album styled Betrayed by Daylight.

Two radical records, the Enzyme 18 Inhibition and Y, were released manifestation the winter of ‘04/’05, chimp well as the extra 18 Z containing some of high-mindedness more experimental tracks of grandeur album. Even though this fill-in cd was of a varying style than the Blackbox, spare diverse and polished and expel raw and technoid, it was received very well and spawned a few well known get going of its own, of which Angel and The Middle Issue have been played the most.

In 2005 Conrad teamed up add Patrick van Kerckhoven to elicit two new labels, Protocast shield hard techno, and Meta4 take care of experimental hardcore and industrial own techno and IDM flavours.

On account of then both labels have grownup steadily, becoming quite renown prank their respective scenes, and charming fans and artists from dropping off over the world. His periodical move is teaming up portend long-time friend Tijs Ham a.k.a. Tapage. They made a copy for Bionic Recording including 2005 floorfiller ‘The Míne’ and alternate one for Meta0 in 2006, a new Meta4 sub-label have designs on on breakcore and IDM.

Clip these last projects Conrad’s flow seems clear: build up blue blood the gentry different labels and try respecting top himself in each specific style, be it mainstream expressed, dark, experimental hardcore, hard techno, breakcore or IDM.