Who: Merdeka
Joël (aka Merdeka), has always had a strong feeling and an enormous passion for music. This passion erupted when he was just a little kid. After an experimenting crusade of 8 years it began to reap rewards in 2012. This same year he performed at the Solar Weekend Festival. Here he experienced the feeling to stand before a large crowd and realized that there was nothing else he would rather do than entertain a crowd to the fullest of possibilities. Since then, a lot has changed for him. as For example, he shared the stage with artists like Alex Do, Bart Skils, Benny Rodrigues, Darko Esser, Detroit Swindle, Dense & Pika, De Sluwe Vos, Etapp Kyle, Michel de Hey and Joran van Pol amongst others. Further he managed to play at venues like the Paradiso and the Studio 80 (closing set headroom) in Amsterdam. In January 2014 he was handpicked by Michel de Hey himself as one of the winners of the Kweekvijver contest. In his spare time he either dedicates his time to the musical sounds in his home studio or you can find him behind the decks, where his love and input lays in his journey for music. The distinctive sound of Merdeka entails a lot of tones as sharp as a blade. info/bookings: merdeka_@live.nl