De Man zonder Schaduw (The Man With No Shadow) – shady name for a respectable dj. Gaining notoriety as co-founder and resident of the infamous GZG raves, he is now one of Holland’s most wanted technojocks. Representing the underground with a stern smile towards the mainstream, he’s winning over crowds across the Netherlands and beyond. A matter of timing or just a captivating choice of records? Who’s to say. Somehow The Man never fails to supply magical moments.

His talents haven’t gone unnoticed. The Man has brought his musical passions to some of Holland’s most renowned clubs and festivals – highlights including main stage Mystery Land, Awakenings, Studio 80 and Trouw. Meanwhile GZG has gone legit, hosting area’s at major events like The Love Parade, and organizing it’s own festival in Amsterdam. The Man With No Shadow has become a household name for quality dance music, setting aflame the raunchiest of raveholes to some of the world’s leading events.

Most recently, The Man’s focus has become more international – especially since he became an intercontinental resident for Sensation Deluxe (2008 – 2011). Headlining the second floor of the world’s largest travelling indoor event and touring thirteen country’s – including Portugal, Denmark, Russia and Spain – has not only strengthened his determination to conquer all corners of the Earth. It also proves that a great deejay isn’t defined by his productions, but by his ability to rock any given dance floor.

Richard Gatling, born in Manhattan New York City moved with his parents to the Netherlands in the early 70s’. His father managed to get records and tapes from N.Y.C. top radio stations like 98.7 kiss FM and 107.5 WBLS with Djs’ like Frankie Knuckles and Tony Humphries. The skills of these two men with their new style, inspired Richard and at the age of 14 he was buying his first records.

Richard Gatling has been dj’ing global the past years and spinned records with guys like, Carl Craig, CJ Mackintosh, Graeme Park, Danny Rampling, Alfredo, Claudio Cocolutto, Tony Humphries, David Morales, Frankie Knuckles, George Morel, Derrick May, Jean, Dimitri, Marcello and many more.

Richard Gatling rocked in clubs and parties such as Ministry of Sound, Heaven, Hard Times, Spiral Tribe, La Rocca, Ku, Privilege, Pacha, Mambo, Red Parrot, Tavern on the Green, 1018, It, Roxy and many more. His desire is to make people dance still dominates every one of his sets and is a melting pot of new and classic dance music, while keeping his performances soulful.

Upcoming talent Tie-Cie will complete the line-up in the main-area as it promises to be a hot steamy underground techno-night in the heart of Amsterdam ...

The studio will be hosted by Studio Soulrock. At the very beginning (at Docklands 31-12-98/01-01-99 to be precise) Carlos Valdes was hit by the Electronic Music Experience. From that moment on, he started to discover what nightlife had to offer. At that time, he wanted to help organizations that impressed him, by promoting events in and around Amsterdam.

After 1.5 years, he worked for several organizations where he carried out various functions and realized it was time to get to some serious action, as he knew this was the world he wanted to work in. He started thinking of a name for his company, a difficult task, but after some puzzling around with his own name, he came up with Soulrock. Carlos backwards makes Solrac. He added some letters and left others out and there it was, Soulrock was born (October 1st 2000).

Soulrock kept expanding its activities, collaborating with various organizations, promoting artists within their booking agency and selective others, taking concepts abroad, providing news about events and scene developments. Hard work and dedication of the past brought todays company; a steady event-, bookings agency and music label.