Born (in 1982) and raised in [bad word] started to get interested in EDM listening to the weekly mini-mixes he heard on Radio 538, at the Mark in the Dark show. In `98 his brother hooked him up with a pair of decks and a mixer and this is where the story starts!

The last couple of years he focused his career on the countries outside of The Netherlands resulting in gigs in countries like The UK, South Africa, Malta, Sweden, Estonia and France.

Since [bad word] has gone on to label manage his own label – ‘Statement’ as well as work extensively for the likes of Mondo and now Armada and Armin van Buuren.  His productions are getting support by guys like Judge Jules, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Cosmic Gate, Markus Schulz, Roger Sanchez amongst others.

With having releases on Armada, Size, Global Underground and Mondo [bad word] de Ronde is a genuine rising star in the dance scene as recently tipped by DJMAG as one to watch!