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Blasterjaxx
Blasterjaxx (Idir Makhlaf right and Thom Jongkind left) live at Spring Awakening 2014
Blasterjaxx (Idir Makhlaf right and Thom Jongkind left) live at Spring Awakening 2014
Background information
OriginThe Hague, Netherlands
Genres
Years active2010–present
Labels
MembersThom Jongkind
Idir Makhlaf
Past membersLeon Vielvoije
Websiteblasterjaxx.com

Blasterjaxx is a Dutch DJ and record production duo composed of Thom Jongkind (born 1990) and Idir Makhlaf (born 1991), originated in The Hague and active since 2010. They are mostly known for producing big room house and electro house music, being more active in the first genre.

History

Logo of Blasterjaxx

In 2010, Thom Jongkind, known professionally as Scalix, formed a duo called Blasterjaxx with producer Leon Vielvoije, who left soon after joining. Jongkind then continued under the Blasterjaxx name and started collaborating with Idir Makhlaf, known professionally as Macosta. Makhlaf eventually officially joined Jongkind under the name Blasterjaxx.[3]

In 2012, the Reborn EP was released as a collaboration with D-Rashid, and contained two tracks, "Reborn" and "Where We Go." Dutch EDM producer and DJ, Laidback Luke, signed the tracks to his own label Mixmash Records. In early 2013, the group produced Loud & Proud together with Billy The Kit, with DJ Tiësto subsequently signing the track to his personal record label, Musical Freedom. Blasterjaxx remixed the Tiësto hits "Adagio for Strings" and "Love Comes Again" as well as collaborating with him on a remix of "United," the official anthem of Ultra Music Festival. Blasterjaxx has additional collaboration credits with EDM acts as Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, David Guetta, Hardwell, Afrojack, Nicky Romero, Quintino, Ibranovski and others.

Blasterjaxx's single "Faith" was a big charting hit in the Netherlands in 2013 and in Sweden in 2014. They subsequently released a collaboration with Hardwell, who edited the track "Fifteen." Blasterjaxx first entered DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs poll at #71 in 2013. 2014 saw the duo reach #13, and #19 in 2015. In June 2015 Blasterjaxx partnered with Electronic Music lifestyle brand Electric Family[4] to produce a collaboration bracelet with 100% of the proceeds being donated to the 20x20x20 Foundation.[5][6]

In September 2015, Makhlaf announced he was to cease touring, but continue to produce music with Jongkind, citing panic attacks.[7]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details
Perspective[8]

Extended plays

Title[9] Year Record Label Additional Information
Get Down / Dealer 2010 Dutch Star Records
Reborn EP 2012 Mixmash Records with D-Rashid
Koala EP 2013 Ones To Watch Records
XX Files 2017 Maxximize Records
XX Files [Festival Edition]
Blasterjaxx Booster Pack as free download
IV[10] 2020
Welcome To Mystica[11] 2021
Mystical Chapter II[12]

Singles

Title[9] Year Record Label Additional Information
"La Vaca" 2010 First Class Music
"Kingston" featuring Royal Flavour
"Bambu" Squeeze Music with Chaosz
"Afrika" Dutch Only! Recordings with Retrick Abigail
"Like Thiz" Squeeze Music
"Escucha" 2011 Dirty Dutch Music with Carlos Barbosa
"Blossom" First Class Music
"Dopenez Anthem"
"Devotion" 2012
"Toca Flute" Moganga with Carlos Barbosa
"Bomberjack" First Class Music
"FaYa"
"Bermuda" 2013 Peak Hour Music
"Rock Like This" Smash The House with Dave Till
"Loud & Proud" Musical Freedom (Spinnin') with Billy The Kit
"Puzzle" DOORN Records (Spinnin') with Quintino
"Faith" Powerhouse Music
"That Big" Spinnin' Records with Yves V
"Snake" Dim Mak
"Mystica" 2014 Revealed Recordings
"Titan" Spinnin' Records with Badd Dimes
"Mystica (Werewolf)" Revealed Recordings
"Astronaut" DOORN Records (Spinnin') with Ibranovski
"Echo" Protocol Recordings
"Rocket" Revealed Recordings with W&W
"Legend Comes To Life" Mixmash Records
"Gravity" Spinnin' Records
"You Found Me" featuring Courtney Jenaé
"Beautiful World" 2015 Revealed Recordings with DBSTF
"No Place Like Home" Ultra featuring Rosette
"Forever" Dim Mak featuring Courtney Jenaé
"Bowser" Revealed Recordings with W&W
"Ghost In The Machine" Spinnin' Records with MOTi featuring Jonathan Mendelsohn
"Heartbreak" Maxximize Records (Spinnin')
"Parnassia" 2016 with DBSTF
"Soldier" with Breathe Carolina
"The Silmarillia"
"Hit Me" with DBSTF featuring Go Comet!
"Going Crazy" Revealed Recordings with Hardwell
"Big Bird" Maxximize Records (Spinnin')
"Heart Starts To Beat" with Marnik
"No Sleep"
"Collide" 2017 featuring David Spekter
"More" featuring Mister Blonde
"Black Rose" featuring Jonathan Mendelsohn
"Savage"
"All I Ever Wanted" with Tom Swoon
"Bizarre" with Uhre
"Narco" with Timmy Trumpet
"Follow"
"Phoenix" 2018 with Olly James
"1 Second"
"Rio"
"Switch"[13] with Bassjackers
"Bigroom Never Dies"[14] Revealed Recordings with Hardwell
"Super Friends"[15] 2019 Maxximize Records (Spinnin') featuring Jack Wilby
"Children of Today"[16]
"Let the Music Take Control"[17] Rave Culture with W&W
"Never Be Lonely"[18] Maxximize Records (Spinnin') featuring Envy Monroe
"Wonderful Together"[19] with Dbstf featuring Envy Monroe
"Hide Away"[20] featuring Envy Monroe
"Music is Our Religion"[21]
"Blackout"[22]
"Monster"[23] featuring Junior Funke
"Life Is Music"[24] with Olly James
"Mthrfckr"[25] 2020
"Party All Week"[26] featuring Jamez
"Alive"[27] with Asco featuring Norah B.
"Phantasia"[28]
"Tarzan"[29] Armada Music with Armin van Buuren
"One More Smile"[30] Maxximize Records (Spinnin') with Shiah Maisel
"Legion"[31] from Watch Dogs: Legion
"Rescue Me"[32] featuring Amanda Collins
"Wild Ride"[33] featuring Henao
"Zurna"[34] with Zafrir
"Jingle Bell Rock"[35] Smash The House with Tony Junior
"Bodytalk (STFU)"[36] Maxximize Records (Spinnin') with Raven & Kreyn
"Golden"[37] 2021 with Gabry Ponte featuring Riell
"Rulers Of The Night (10 Years)"[38] featuring Riell
"Make It Out Alive"[39] Lmg / Outfly featuring Jonathan Mendelsohn
"Dreams"[40] Maxximize Records (Spinnin') with Mariana Bo
"Our World"[41] featuring Daniele Sorrentino
"Speaker Slayer"[42]
"Flying Dutchman"[43] with Zafrir
"Liberty"[44] featuring Heleen
"Hard Rave"[45]
"Breathe Again"[46] with Blackcode featuring Robbie Rosen
"Bassman"[47] with Harris & Ford
"Insomniacs"[48] with Dr. Phunk featuring Maikki
"Saga"[49] featuring Junior Funk
"Moonlight Sonata Festival I"[50] 2021 Maxximize Records (Spinnin') Beethoven cover
"Squid Play"[51] with Cuebrick
"Dynamite (Bigroom Nation)"[52] Rave Culture with W&W
"God Mode"[53] Maxximize Records (Spinnin') with Riell
"Frozen Fire"[54]
"The Crown"[55] featuring Melissa Bonny
"Braveheart"[56]
"Rabbit Hole"[57] with Raven & Kreyn
"Shadows"[58] with Hollywood Undead
"Burn It To The Ground"[59] 2022 featuring Jay Mason
"Hasta La Vista"[60] Spinnin' Records with Gabry Ponte
"Chupa" Maxximize Records with Sevenn
"Hurricane" Spinnin' Records with Prezioso and LIZOT featuring Shibui
"Brutal" 2022 Maxximize Records with LNY TNZ featuring Jex and Jones Suave
"The Devil's Holding On" 2022 Maxximize Records featuring Diandra Faye
"Purpose" 2022 Maxximize Records with Maddix
"Superman" 2022 Armind with Armin van Buuren featuring 24H
"Stay" 2022 Maxximize Records with Marnik and LUNAX
"Out the Sky" 2022 Maxximize Records with BEAUZ
"WASABI" 2022 Dirty Workz with Da Tweekaz featuring Maikki
"Summer Jams" 2022 Spinnin' Records with Henri PFR and Jay Mason
"He's a Pirate" 2022 Maxximize Records
"Holy Water" 2022 Maxximize Records featuring Maikki
"Boten Anna" 2022 Smash the House Basshunter cover
"So High" 2022 Maxximize Records with Le Shuuk featuring Crooked Bangs
"Alice in Wonderland" 2023 Maxximize Records with Hard Lights and DJ Soda
"Elegibo (Uma Historia de Ifa)" 2023 Spinnin' Records / We Next Music with Paolo Pellegrino and Mildenhaus
"La Bomba" 2023 Armada Music / Armind with Armin van Buuren
"Money On My Mind" 2023 Spinnin' Records with Sofiloud
"Gabber Style" 2023 Maxximize Records with NIVIRO
"Nasty" 2023 Smash the House / Dim Mak Records with 3 Are Legend
"Coconut" 2023 Spinnin' Records with Prezioso and GRY
"Warriors" 2023 Maxximize Records with GISHIN and The Way
"New Generation" 2023 Maxximize Records with Le Prince

Remixes

Artist Remix Label Year
Merlin Miles Take A Bow (Blasterjaxx Remix) Fuckin' House 2011
Tiësto Adagio For Strings (Blasterjaxx Remix) Magik Muzik 2013
Tiësto Love Comes Again (Blasterjaxx Remix) Magik Muzik
Ayumi Hamasaki Feel The Love (Blasterjaxx Remix) Avex Trax
Tom Staar Kingdom (Blasterjaxx Remix) Mixmash Records
Quintino and Alvaro World In Our Hands (Blasterjaxx Remix) SPRS
Afrojack featuring Spree Wilson The Spark (Blasterjaxx Remix) Universal Music
Tiësto United (Tiësto and Blasterjaxx Remix) Musical Freedom
Laidback Luke and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike More (Blasterjaxx Remix) Mixmash Records
DVBBS and Borgeous Tsunami (Blasterjaxx Remix) SPRS
Vato Gonzalez Vamos De Rumba (Blasterjaxx Remix) Dirty House (NL)
David Guetta featuring Sam Martin Lovers On The Sun (Blasterjaxx Remix) What A Music Ltd. 2014
Armin van Buuren Save My Night (Blasterjaxx Remix) Armind
Jack Eye Jones Far East (Blasterjaxx Remix) IBZ Records
Carly Rae Jepsen I Really Like You (Blasterjaxx Remix) Interscope Records 2015
Tritonal featuring Chris Ramos and Shanahan This Is Love (Blasterjaxx Remix) Enhanced Recordings 2016
Nytrix featuring Dev Electric Walk (Blasterjaxx Remix) From Beyond Tomorrow Records
Steve Aoki featuring Sherry St. Germain Heaven On Earth (Blasterjaxx Remix) Ultra Records
Krewella Marching On Columbia
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Vs. Diplo and Kid Ink featuring Deb’s Daughter Hey Baby (Blasterjaxx Remix) CNR Music Belgium NV 2017
Wasback and D3fai Flight 49 (Blasterjaxx Edit) Warner Music Group
The Chainsmokers featuring XYLØ Setting Fires (Blasterjaxx Remix) Columbia Records
Crystal Lake Roots (Blasterjaxx Edit) Warner Music Group
Armin van Buuren Lifting You Higher (ASOT 900 Anthem) (Blasterjaxx Remix)[61] Armada Music 2019
Million Voices (Blasterjaxx Remix)[62] 2020

Awards and nominations

DJ Magazine top 100 DJs

Year Position Notes Ref.
2013 71 New Entry [63]
2014 13 Up 58
2015 19 Down 6
2016 43 Down 24
2017 36 Up 7
2018 37 Down 1
2019 36 Up 1
2020 70 Down 34
2021 61 Up 9
2022 52 Up 9
2023 58 Down 6

References

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  6. ^ "Donate to 20/20/20 and help a blind child see". 20/20/20 | Charity to Help Restore Vision to Blind Children & Adults. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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  47. ^ "Bassman - Single by Blasterjaxx & Harris & Ford on Apple Music". Apple Music. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
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  60. ^ "Hasta La Vista - Single by Gabry Ponte & Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
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External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasterjaxx

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