For some he's a new talent, for others he's an established name in the dance industry. Jan Oostdyk, born on January 12 1979, discovered his passion for music when he was seven years old. For almost seven years he has released several club hits under different aliases. His latest productions have been released under his own name Jan Oostdyk, on the High Contrast Nu-Breed Label of Be Yourself Music. Jan Oostdyk is a natural born talent. His dad bought him a piano at the age of 6. Already after one year he played the most difficult piano pieces of the biggest composers. With 12,5 years piano experience, Jan slightly discovered a love for electronic dance music. He got himself a computer with Fast Tracker software and a Roland Juno 106 synth, which he started to play around with. This was also the time he started to develop himself as a computer specialist. It showed that his knowledge for producing music was congenital and soon he earned his money as a specialist in sound studios and music computer systems. Nowadays Jan has build several music studios for big producer colleagues and having a big knowledge for every button, slider, computer, instrument, music program and plug-in. Most of all he?s a real perfectionist. Next to building studios, this multi talented chameleon created a lot of club hits and not without success. For several years he produced under different aliases, started with Hard Style and nowadays his biggest love: Trance Music. 4Strings vs. Shaine - The Way It Should Be, Georgia vs. Stimulator - We Rise and Georgia - Ode to '99 are a couple of his (co)productions, which had massive support of big jocks like: Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Sean Tyas, Ronald van Gelderen, John O? Callaghan and many more. In 2006, people of the former Club Zillion (Antwerpen - Belgium) asked him to produce a theme track for their beach parties. Interfeeling was launched that same year and became a huge dance floor hit. Next to his talent as a dj / producer, Jan Oostdyk also presents an outstanding podcast, which he broadcasts on his own website, wich will be launched early April 2009. The combination of his music choice, gives the maximal sensation what a podcast show must contain. In his podcast he only plays the best music which dominates the dance scene at that moment. His latest production Out of the Box has been released in December on the High Contrast Nu-Breed Label of Be Yourself Music. This is the kick off of Jan?s solo career. Out of the Box is a brilliant production with the distinctive Jan Oostdyk sound with catchy melodies and themes, harmonics and energetic rhythms and fills. The track already received support from Ronald van Gelderen, John O'Callaghan, DJ Choose, Dj Dean, Jon O'Bir, Kris Wilkinson, Mazza Martinelli, Stuart Millar and played on Slinky FM. Also this track was chosen by John O' Callaghan for the first cd of the Trance Energy 2009 compialtion. Mid April 2009 his next production The Beginning is scheduled for release. More info: www.janoostdyk.com