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86-550: Robbert van de Corput ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɔbərt fɑn də ˈkɔrpʏt] ; born 7 January 1988), known professionally as Hardwell , is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Breda . He was voted the world's number one DJ by DJ Mag in 2013 and again in 2014. In 2022, he was ranked at number 43 in the top 100 DJs poll by DJ Mag . He is best known for his sets at music festivals, including Ultra Music Festival , Sunburn and Tomorrowland . He first gained recognition in 2009 for his bootleg of "Show Me Love vs. Be". He founded

172-569: A fortified city , it was of strategic military and political significance. Although a direct fiefdom of the Holy Roman Emperor , the city obtained a municipal charter ; the acquisition of Breda, through marriage, by the House of Nassau ensured that Breda would be at the center of political and social life in the Low Countries . Breda had a population of 184,126 in 2021; the metropolitan area had

258-604: A residentiestad (residence city). The presence of the Orange-Nassau family attracted other nobles, who built palatial residences in the old quarters of the city. The most impressive one, built by the Italian architect Thomas Vincidor de Bologna for the first Dutch prince, was the first renaissance-style palace built north of the Alps. In the 15th century the city's physical, economic and strategic importance expanded rapidly. A great church

344-579: A sugar factory, supplying its best-known products. Breda formerly housed the largest brewery in the Netherlands ( Oranjeboom ). The multinational Interbrew took over the brewery in 1995 and then closed it in 2004. Production of the Breda brand was moved to both Bremen and Leuven until 2008, when Randalls Brewery (in Guernsey) acquired the licence. Guernsey is now the only place in the world where draught Breda

430-556: A 2D Technics turntable on which Dlugosch's vinyl single can be heard. The vinyl is neon orange-colored and most types of smartphones are used to scan an activating QR code on the fold-out device. Label staff explained to the Contagious Magazine' s YouTube channel that they were motivated by creative directors who often ignore the music promotions they are sent. Kontor's compilation brands include "Kontor Top Of The Clubs" and "Kontor House of House". The Sheffield Tunes imprint

516-617: A combination of rock and big-room. The track was recorded with the British singer-songwriter Harrison Shaw and is Hardwell's first song to enter the German single charts. As a thanks for the support of his album and the celebration of two million followers on Twitter , Hardwell uploaded a video of the first two hours of the kickoff event to his new tour at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on 24 January 2015, with

602-484: A couple of years the event was free of charge to the public, due to sponsoring by a major bank. When the sponsorship ended a relative high fee was charged to enter the event. In 2024 together Breda and Tilburg host the Special Olympics National Games. The biggest national sports event aseptically for people with a mental disability. 2500 athletes competed in 21 sports. Between August 8 and 20 - 2023

688-455: A download single. Already prior to the release of the album, his podcast Hardwell On Air celebrated its 200th episode which made new animations being introduced in the video releases. Number 201 of the podcast had the subtitle "United We Are" on it and was a pure presentation of all the tracks of his album. On 23 January 2015 " United We Are " was released worldwide. The single "Sally" was released one week before on 16 January 2015, said to be

774-413: A first official release with the two-disc-record "Bubbling Beats 1", whereupon he toured through the Netherlands and appeared in a number of dance clubs. His first official single, "Play It Around", was released in 2006, and was played in German clubs. The single featured a combination of popular musical genres, as well as his own style. At the end of 2007 Hardwell released the song "Never Knew Love", which

860-690: A free download. On 29 August 2016, Hardwell released "Going Crazy" on Beatport, marking his second collaboration with Blasterjaxx . Hardwell's collaboration with Craig David called " No Holding Back " was released on 19 August 2016, which contained elements of UK Garage and deep house . In his performance at the BigCityBeats World Club Dome, Hardwell announced that his last show of the "I Am Hardwell – United We Are" world tour would be taking place on 27 August, at Hockenheimring in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Together with Big City Beats,

946-429: A population of 324,812. In the 11th century, Breda was a direct fief of the Holy Roman Emperor , its earliest known lord being Henry of Brunesheim (1080–1125). The city of Breda obtained a municipal charter in 1252. After that Breda had the rights to build fortifications. The city constructed brick walls and Roman-style gates. In 1327, Adelheid of Gaveren sold Breda to Duke Johannes III of Brabant . In 1350,

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1032-481: A record deal with the German record label Kontor Records , giving his releases wider distribution. In March 2011, Hardwell launched his own podcast, Hardwell On Air , a one-hour selection of songs by various artists. The podcast is broadcast by a number of radio stations, including Slam! in the Netherlands as well as Sirius XM in the United States . That same year, Hardwell collaborated with Tiësto to produce

1118-508: A related video which received tens of millions of views. In the fall of 2012 Hardwell reached the sixth place in the ranking list DJ Mag Top 100. On 29 January 2013, Hardwell started a bus tour through Canada, together with his colleagues Dannic and Dyro . This was done in connection with Revealed Recordings and gave the trio the name "Dutch House Mafia". Dyro and Dannic also accompanied Hardwell on his North America tour in summer 2013. The single "Apollo", released on 1 February 2013, reached

1204-514: A single. Two months later, the release of his Armin van Buuren collaboration "Off the Hook" followed. The old-school touch was praised and the song was also described as very special. Just some weeks later "Mad World", which was expected since May 2015, was released and features vocals by Jake Reese. However, the melody of Leadsound contains a melody-sample of the song "Smile with Your Eyes" by the musician Yeck Mar. In October 2015 he lost his top position of

1290-412: A special episode. Guest appearances were done by Blasterjaxx , Wiwek, Jay Hardway , Don Diablo , Suyano, and Kill The Buzz. From 2 to 3 February 2017, Hardwell made a reworked version of the song "Spaceman" available as a free download for its 5-year anniversary, which included vocals by singer Heather Bright . In the year 2012, Hardwell organised a competition for a vocalised version of the song after

1376-618: Is NAC Breda . The club plays in the Eredivisie and their home stadion is the Rat Verlegh Stadion . The club became National Champion, once in 1921. The former Cadet football association ‘Velocitas’ of the military academy won the Holdertbeker (the predecessor of the KNVB Cup ) in 1899-1900. Besides NAC there are more amateur football clubs among others; Breda also plays a big role in

1462-460: Is West Brabantian , which is very similar to colloquial Dutch . As in other cities and villages in the south of the Netherlands, 40 days before Easter the citizens of Breda celebrate Carnaval . A four day chain of foolish events, silliness, nonsensical costumes and a small beer on the side. During the event the mayor of the city, symbolically turns over the keys to the city to “ Prince Carnaval ” and his ‘Council of 11’. Breda has 4 festive monarchs,

1548-594: Is a record label based in Hamburg , Germany. The label's artist roster includes ATB , Tiësto , Armin van Buuren and Scooter . Jens Thele is the head manager of Kontor and is also the manager of Scooter. Edel SE & Co. KGaA is the largest shareholder of the company and distributes its releases in German-speaking Europe. Outside Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Kontor Records have arranged multiple distribution deals with third-party labels. Founded in 1996,

1634-469: Is a Kontor affiliate label that released the music of Scooter. Scooter's members, H. P. Baxxter and Rick J. Jordan, are company directors of Kontor Records. As of October 2013, Kontor Records is one of the numerous partners listed on the CR2 Records website, a London, United Kingdom (UK) electronic music label founded by musician Mark Brown (also known by the moniker "MYNC"). In June 2020, Kontor acquired

1720-435: Is also focused on art related to the colour red. Activities during the festival are lectures, workshops and demonstrations. The festival attracts attendance from 20 countries and was free due to sponsorship of the local government. Furthermore, some people referred to Breda as the opposite of burning man. As the festival grew bigger they needed a new spot to host the ever growing event. Breda's only professional football club ,

1806-599: Is brewed. However, the decline of industrial activity did not harm the city's economy. Nowadays, Breda is a service oriented economy based on business, trade and logistics. A growing number of international companies choose to establish their head office for Benelux operations and manufacturing in Breda. Examples of these companies are 3M Abbott Laboratories , Alfa Laval , Amgen , Dockwise , ExxonMobil , General Electric , General Motors , Krohne Oil & Gas , Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers , Scania , Texaco , and Toshiba . Also,

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1892-512: Is called ‘ Middelbaar Beroepsonderwijs ' (MBO). This type of education is called ‘Hoger Beroepsonderwijs’ (HBO) The city center contains old buildings and portions of the singels ( moats ) and the harbour. Focal point is the Grote Markt, the main square with pubs and sidewalk cafes. Park Valkenberg is a major public park, halfway between the main railway station Breda and the Grote Markt. Major historic buildings include: The spoken dialect

1978-510: Is visited by a large Polish contingent and the city of Breda reserves a special portion of the festivities for the fallen Polish soldiers. A museum and a monument honoring Maczek and the Polish 1st Armoured Division stands in the city center. General Maczek and many soldiers of his division are buried in the nearby Polish military cemetery. Breda was the site of one of the first panopticon prison establishments, Koepelgevangenis . This prison housed

2064-681: Is with around 2000 members, the largest club of its kind in the Netherlands. Beside the usual athletics sports at their own track, they offer, nordic walking , tai chi , bootcamp and parasports . And a lot more... Every year in October, the Bredase Singelloop  [ nl ] is a major road running event on the half marathon distance with a field of national and international athletes. Similar events are held in Princenhage (10 van ’t Aogje) and Haagse Beemden (Haagse Beemden Loop) although

2150-574: The Dutch Single Top 100 and US Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs . In the following years, several remixes of the song were published, as well as a mash-up with a hardstyle remix of Blasterjaxx and W&W's "Rocket" by Hardwell, which he often used for sets as an outro song. Hardwell appeared as a headliner at several festivals, including Creamfields , Electric Zoo Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival , Ultra Music Festival , and Nature One . He also performed at Tomorrowland 2012, and released

2236-573: The Dutch revolt . Thus, the baron of Breda was also Count of Nassau in the Holy Roman Empire , Prince of Orange , and (the main) stadtholder in the Dutch Republic (from 1572 to 1650, 1672–1702, 1747–1795). Breda remained part of the barony of Breda until it was captured by French revolutionary forces in 1795. The acquisition of the city by the House of Orange-Nassau marked its emergence as

2322-415: The "heart" to "hard", to make it sound more appealing. Robbert van de Corput was born in Breda, to Anneke and Cor van de Corput. At the age of four, he began taking piano lessons and attended a music school. At the age of twelve, he produced his first songs in the field of electro, while performing as a hip-hop DJ. Through his participation in various competitions, he became known in Breda's DJ scene. He

2408-554: The 51% of the company was acquired by the German larger company Edel AG , with Thele and other subscribers retaining operative roles in the company. As of 2004, the company's office overlooks the Hamburg dockland area. Edel is still the largest shareholder of Kontor Records and currently owns 66,79% of shares. The label launched the Kontor.TV YouTube channel in 2006 and music videos, playlists and preview-mixes of new releases are uploaded onto

2494-610: The Austrian Succession , which ultimately led to the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle . During the Second World War , the city was under German occupation for over four years. During Operation Pheasant Breda was liberated following a successful outflanking manoeuvre planned and performed by forces of 1st Polish Armoured Division of General Maczek on 28 October 1944. Each year during Liberation Day festivities, Breda

2580-543: The Beatport charts. The second single of the year was the second collaboration with Jake Reese titled "Run Wild", which found place on 29 February 2016. Just a month later on 29 March 2016, Hardwell published his Kura collaboration "Calavera". This track reached the first place on the Beatport charts again. At the Ultra Music Festival in 2016, he premiered the final version of his W&W collaboration. The initial version

2666-673: The DJ Mag Top 100 to the Belgian brothers Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike . A series of criticism from fans followed, mostly due to accusations of the duo's promotional campaigns for votes. During the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) in October 2015 Hardwell's second documentary "I Am Hardwell – Living The Dream", directed by Robin Piree, was premiered. Two days later, on 13 October 2015, the film went on in cinemas. On 7 November 2015 Hardwell presented

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2752-589: The European Para Championships were held in Breda. 1500 athletes from 45 country’s participated in the event. In 2011, the ParaGamesBreda received 3000 athletes from 40 country’s. In 2017 the NAC Breda Stadion was one of the hosts of the ‘Women’s European Football Championship.’ Together with Enschede , Deventer , Rotterdam , Tilburg , Doetinchem and Utrecht . The dutch women won

2838-577: The Hook" with Armin Van Buuren , as well as numerous tracks from artists who were signed to his label. In addition, there were performances at Tomorrowland Brazil and Tomorrowland. Together with DJs like Dannic, Dyro, W&W, Kill the Buzz, Headhunterz, and Julian Calor, he hosted his own "Revealed" stage, named after his record label. In September 2015, there was also a performance at the TomorrowWorld festival in

2924-654: The ID track received the unofficial title "Titan", with the demands for its publication a running gag among his fans. In an interview with DJ Mag, Hardwell promised to release his album in 2014. Many tracks from the new album were introduced by Hardwell at Ultra Music Festival 2014 as well as Tomorrowland. Hardwell and Tiësto performed a back to-back set at Tomorrowland 2014, which had more than 6 million views on YouTube as of January 2021, and announced their latest collaboration. One track featured Matthew Koma's vocals. Hardwell then devoted himself to completing his album. In September 2014

3010-520: The Night", "MusicBox" or "What We Need". On 20 May 2016, his hardstyle remix of The Chainsmokers ' and Daya 's " Don't Let Me Down ", which was produced in collaboration with Sephyx, was released as a remix-single. On 24 June 2016, Hardwell released the 7th of his Revealed compilations. In the release appeared the studio versions of his solo hardstyle debut "Wake Up Call" and the title "Going Crazy". "Wake Up Call" continued to be released on 3 August 2016 as

3096-505: The Prince of Breda, Princenhage, Haagse Beemden and the Baron of Ginneken. For the occasion the city is renamed to ‘Kielengat’. Musically, the carnaval events traditionally are enlivened by wind bands called ‘Dweilorkesten' (Mop Orchestra’s). All pubs and bars participate in the event and on Sunday and Monday a large parade of floats and foolish creations slides through the streets. The events ends on

3182-499: The USA. In July 2015, the sixth episode of his Revealed-Presents compilation was released in parallel with "Survivors", which, similar to its predecessors, gained great success. In addition, the W&;W remix of his song "Birds Fly" and his upcoming single "Chameleon" was presented for the first time. "Chameleon", a Jungle Terror collaboration with Dutch producer Wiwek followed one week later as

3268-649: The army and the civil service. The exiled Stuart Charles II of England resided in Breda for a little over a month of his time in exile during the Cromwellian Commonwealth and Protectorate , thanks to the proximity of Charles's sister Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange , the widow of Prince William II of Orange (died 1650). Based mostly on suggestions by the Parliamentarian General George Monck , Charles II's Declaration of Breda (1660) announced his conditions for accepting

3354-655: The biggest DJ-solo show in Germany, held in collaboration with the "BigCityBeats World Club Dome". It took place in Arena AufSchalke in front of a record crowd of about 40,000 attendees. The normal tickets for this concert were sold out within three days. A remix version of his studio album "United We Are" was released in December 2015. It contained the original tracklist, but all songs were remixed by different artists, including W&W, Vicetone and Frontliner. The entire tracklist

3440-539: The channel. As of February 2017, 4.5 million users are subscribed to Kontor.TV. In early 2013, the label entered into a partnership with the Spotify online music streaming service and Kontor.FM was launched in March 2013. In June 2013, Kontor garnered attention for a novel promotional campaign for the new song from artist Boris Dlugosch . The recipient of the music unfolds a device entitled "The Office Turntable" that serves as

3526-496: The charts of many European countries, including Austria , Belgium, France and the Netherlands. The singer of the song is Amba Shepherd . Shortly after, the song "Never Say Goodbye", displaying a similar style, was released. Hardwell recorded the song with his friend Dyro and the American singer Heather Bright a.k.a. Bright Lights. In April 2013, he launched his first worldwide tour entitled "I Am Hardwell." That year he performed on

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3612-643: The city again surrendered to the Spaniards, now led by Spinola ; the event was immortalized by Diego Velázquez . In the Siege of Breda of 1637 the city was recaptured by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange , after a four-month siege, and in 1648 it was finally ceded to the Dutch Republic by the Treaty of Westphalia . In 1646, Frederick Henry founded the Orange College of Breda , modelled on Saumur , Geneva , and Oxford , intending it to train young men of good family for

3698-754: The city center and the southern part of Breda. Known shopping centers are De Barones and 't Sas. Major shopping streets are the Eindstraat, Ginnekenstraat  [ nl ] , Wilhelminastraat and Ginnekenweg. A market is held on the Grote Markt every Tuesday and Friday from 09:00 to 13:00. A book and antique market is held on Wednesday from 09:00 to 17:00. Breda became since 1970 a more specific education city and student city . In 2012 there were 27,000 students registered in Middelbaar- and Hoger Onderwijs . Secondary education consists of; Some schools offer bilingual English/Dutch education. This type of education

3784-412: The city center. All other brands had to park at a dedicated parking outside the city center. At the peak over 10,000 motorcycles visited the city and attracted an audience of a 100,000 people. 2010 was the 22nd and last official edition. Due to the large number of people, the city council demanded strict security measurements for the following years. This was the moment that the volunteer organization pulled

3870-504: The complete Breda region. The tours ended on the Church square next to the Grote Kerk in the center, where, coincidentally, a rockband was playing. Redhead Day (nl; Roodharigedag) is a festival that between 2007 and 2011 took place in Breda during first weekend of September. Since 2019 the festival relocated to Tilburg . The two-day festival is a gathering of people with natural red hair, but

3956-617: The crown of England, which he was to regain a few months later in the year. The Treaty of Breda was signed in the city on 31 July 1667, bringing to an end the Second Anglo-Dutch War in which the Dutch faced the same Charles II who had been their guest. Between 1746 and 1748 it was the site of the Congress of Breda , a series of talks between Britain and France aimed at bringing an end to the War of

4042-419: The documentary, he was accompanied by the director, Robin Piree for two and a half years. His life's motto is "If you can dream it, you can do it" referring to when he was 16 years old and dreamed of being the number 1 DJ in the world. A soundtrack of the film was released separately. As the first result of his work, the track "Eclipse", which opened most of his live sets since November 2013, came up. Among fans,

4128-513: The duo W&W as well as his personal friends Dannic and Dyro . Each year, Revealed releases a compilation called "Hardwell Presents Revealed", containing tracks released by the label together with Hardwell's own new songs. On the fifth anniversary, a sampler was released containing the 100 most popular tracks, chosen by a vote through Revealed's website. The top three were " Spaceman " by Hardwell, "Burn" by KSHMR and DallasK , and "Left Behind" by Paris Blohm and Taylr Renee. In 2011, he signed

4214-436: The evening before Ash Wednesday (Shrove Tuesday). The exclusive TV channel 'BaronieTV' broadcasts the events throughout the 'Barony of Breda'. Breda hosts the following museums: The Harley Dag was one of the biggest one-day motorcycle events of Europe, held on the third Sunday of August. The American motorcycle brands Harley Davidson and Indian were the main guests of the day. Other American brands were also welcomed to

4300-502: The festival as well as the ones from the fans to the Magic Bus Charity Project, which enables children from poor backgrounds to achieve better education in cooperation with the "United We Are Foundation" and "Guestlistevents in". On 8 January 2016, the song Perfect World by the Dutch singer Maan de Steenwinkel appeared. It was released as part of the casting show The Voice of Holland , whose sixth season she won. The title

4386-488: The fief was resold to Johannes II of Wassenaar (d. 1377). In 1403, the heiress of his line, Johanna of Polanen (1392–1445), married Engelbert I of Nassau (1370–1442; his sarcophagus is in the Grote Kerk in Breda). Through her, the city came into the possession of the House of Nassau , where it remained until 1795, passing to William I of Orange (1533–1584), stadtholder of Holland , Zeeland , and Utrecht and leader of

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4472-490: The final hour being released on 26 August 2019. At the end of April in 2015, the single "Echo", sung by singer-songwriter Jonathan Mendelsohn, followed. Both the trance song and the music video received positive criticism. On the "Ultra Music Festival" 2015 Hardwell presented numerous other unpublished songs like "Mad World" with the Overijssel-based singer Jake Reese , "Survivors" with Dannic and Haris Alagic , and "Off

4558-643: The first time and jumped on number 24 as the second-highest new entry behind Skrillex . At the International Dance Music Awards 2012, he won the Best Break-Through DJ award. On 31 July 2012, the track " Spaceman " was released. It sold over half a million times in the US and was played extensively in clubs and festivals in 2012. It is said to be a song that further popularized the big room house genre. A vocal version with Mitch Crown would chart in

4644-571: The food industry is still largely represented by companies such as Anheuser-Busch InBev , Hero Group , Perfetti Van Melle and Royal Cosun  [ nl ] . Furthermore, the city is host to the headquarters of the Royal Netherlands Air Force . Because of its central location between the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam , the city also attracts logistics companies such as Van Wijngen International . Koch Media has its Benelux office in Breda. The main shopping areas of Breda are

4730-440: The growing big-room house fan base with "Countdown", which was a collaboration with American DJ MAKJ . With "Countdown", he reached the German single-charts once again. With the American singer Matthew Koma , he released the track " Dare You " at the end of 2013, which followed the success of "Apollo". In January 2014, the documentary I Am Hardwell which tells the story of his career and documents his most successful moments. For

4816-531: The guidelines of the rankings. He explained using Atmozfears as an example that production talent would not be taken into account, as Atmozfears had exceptional production skills but failed to receive a list placing. On 12 December 2016, Hardwell released "Baldadig", which was produced in collaboration with Quintino . Shortly thereafter, a reworked version of the song "Crank" from Jewelz & Sparks appeared on Revealed Recordings, produced by Hardwell under his pseudonym "HWL". On 2 January 2017, Hardwell released

4902-529: The hands of the Dutch and Maurice of Nassau , when a 68 men hand-picked force, concealed under the turf of a peat-boat, had contrived to enter the city in a daring plan devised by Adriaen van Bergen , known as the ruse with the Peat Ship of Breda . Around 1610 the construction of the Spanish Gate or "Spanjaardsgat" was started as a remembrance to that successful action. After a ten-month siege in 1624–25 ,

4988-499: The hockey department. B.H.V. Push  [ nl ] supplied high-level players to the national women and men teams of the Netherlands and played in the Hoofdklasse them self. A few of Push’s national team players for example are: Bram Lomans , Matthijs Brouwer , Thom van Dijck , Joep de Mol , Floris Wortelboer , Teun Beins , Cécile Vinke and Malou Pheninckx . Breda's athletics club , A.V. Sprint  [ nl ] ,

5074-407: The instrumental version was released, where at that time Bright sent her winning version to Hardwell. His management however, settled on Mitch Crown's "Call Me A Spaceman". Since 2015, the common version was available as a free track from Bright's site. On 10 February 2017, the song "Go Down Low" by Badd Dimes was premiered on the 300th "Hardwell on Air" episode, and released as an edit by Hardwell on

5160-407: The label originated as a club night that Jens Thele organised in Hamburg 's central business district. Kontor was rapidly established as a successful musical project for local DJs and producers, and this was followed by interest from international artists. Thele has explained: "We place great importance on long-term artist relationships and development, always looking to create album projects". In 2000

5246-523: The largest lighting installation in Germany was built, with it the light show and the design of the mainstage were described as breathtaking. As warm-up acts, Funkerman , Kill The Buzz and Dannic played from 5:00 to 08:30 pm. Hardwell played for 3 1 ⁄ 2 hours in contrast to his previous 2-hour-long shows. As guests, he brought singer Haris on stage for his upcoming single "What We Need" as well as hardstyle DJ Atmozfears for their collaboration. In spite of temperatures of more than 35 °C, free water

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5332-540: The main church remained. In July 1581, during the Eighty Years' War , Breda was captured in a surprise attack and siege by Spanish troops then under the command of Claudius van Barlaymont , whose sobriquet was Haultpenne. Although the city had surrendered upon the condition that it would not be plundered, the troops vented their fury upon the inhabitants. In the resulting mayhem, known as Haultpenne's Fury , over 500 citizens were killed. In March 1590, Breda fell back into

5418-593: The main stage at the Ultra Music Festival, toppling his Tomorrowland Liveset from the previous year from the first place of the most viewed live-DJ-sets with over 80,000 viewers. In the summer of 2013 he also appeared as headliner at Tomorrowland. Later in the summer, the single "Jumper" appeared in collaboration with the DJ duo W&W. It represents the biggest club-hit of the whole year together with Martin Garrix ' " Animals " and DVBBS ' " Tsunami ". Hardwell also adapted his style of

5504-432: The maximum distances are 10 kilometer. The equestrian sports event ‘Outdoor Brabant’ started out as ‘Military Breda’ in the woods around Galder and a Four-in-hand Combined driving competition, near the village Princenhage. Later these merged and both moved to the southwest of Princenhage where the event changed into ‘Breda Hippique’. The event consists of Dressage , Eventing , Show jumping , and Combined driving. For

5590-595: The official single charts. On 20 June 2017, Hardwell released the first version of the song "We Are One" on Taiwanese record label Eternal Music . This version was done for the Asian market and features vocals of Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai . At the end of June 2017, a track by Hardwell could be heard during the so-called "Endshow" of the Saturday of the Defqon.1 festival. The footage that

5676-465: The only German war criminals ever to be imprisoned in the Netherlands for their war crimes during the Second World War. Known as " The Breda Four ", or "Vier von Breda", they were Willy Paul Franz Lages , who was released in 1966 due to serious illness, Joseph Johann Kotalla , who died in prison in 1979, and Ferdinand aus der Fünten and Franz Fischer, who were both released in 1989 and died later

5762-409: The plug and cancelled future editions of the event. In 2011 not all people heard of the cancelling so around 400 motorcycles and their owners visited the city anyway. Supporters who did know about it came up with the idea of the ‘No(n)-Harley-Dag’. Despite the official cancelling, coincidentally several of Breda’s motor tour clubs held their annual tour on the third Sunday of August and drove through

5848-776: The record label Revealed Recordings in 2010 and a radio show and podcast Hardwell On Air in 2011. He has released 10 compilation albums through his label, as well as two documentary films. His debut studio album, United We Are , was released on 23 January 2015. On 7 September 2018, he had announced his indefinite hiatus from touring, stating that he wanted to focus more on his personal life. On 27 March 2022, he returned to touring by closing out Ultra Miami's mainstage with his second album Rebels Never Die . The pseudonym comes from an idea of his father, who translated his surname from Latin and Dutch into English, "cor" meaning "heart" in Latin and "put" meaning "well" in Dutch. However, he changed

5934-501: The release of his studio album was postponed to the beginning of 2015. At the same time, the third official single release came out of the album, "Young Again", which contains vocals from British singer Chris Jones . The song was produced similar to "Dare You", not basing on big room style, but basing on a melodious progressive house drop. As with "Dare You", the single missed the entry to the German single-charts, despite high downloads chart placements. In November 2014, Hardwell presented

6020-454: The same day. At the Ultra Music Festival on 25 March 2017, Hardwell premiered new productions with Austin Mahone , Maddix , Moksi and Henry Fong. On 12 May 2017 Hardwell released his single "Creatures Of The Night" featuring Austin Mahone. This track did not represent his typical big room style, but more of the future bass style which was very popular in 2017. In his home country, the song entered

6106-437: The same year. The municipality of Breda is divided in 11 sectors: [REDACTED] Topographic map image of the city of Breda, March 2014. Click to enlarge. Historically, economic activities were mainly industrial. Breda was a center of the food- and drink industry. Companies like Hero (lemonade), Van Melle ( Mentos ), De Faam (liquorice) and Kwatta (chocolate) are famous throughout Western Europe . Breda also had

6192-458: The single "Don't Stop the Madness" with W&W and American rapper Fatman Scoop as the third single release of his album. In December 2014 Hardwell announced the official track list and cover of the then-upcoming album, which featured collaborations with producers like Tiësto and Headhunterz as well as singers like Andreas Moe and Mr. Probz . The announcement also included previews of some of

6278-507: The song "Break the House Down", which was produced together with Kill The Buzz in December 2015. This was the first publication in the new Revealed design. For his 29th birthday on 7 January 2017, Hardwell released "Party till the Daylight" as a birthday gift for free, which marks his entry into bass house. He also announced that the 300th episode of his "Hardwell-on-Air" on 20 January 2017 would be

6364-465: The songs, including the track " Follow Me ", which was recorded in collaboration with R&B singer Jason Derulo . At the same time, he announced his second world tour called "I Am Hardwell – United We Are ". At the end of the year 2014, a minimix of the album unintentionally succeeded in the Internet and was virally distributed within minutes. In January 2015 the instrumental song "Eclipse" was released as

6450-458: The title "Show Me Love" was played by many DJs and was praised by Laidback Luke and Steve Angello. In December 2008 the two producers released the track as an official cover version of "Show Me Love". A new remix by Hardwell was contained on the single. In 2010 Hardwell founded his own record label, Revealed Recordings , or just Revealed, for the purpose of releasing electronic dance music by young talents. He contracted with EDM artists, including

6536-520: The tournament in the De Grolsch Veste in Enschede. Religions in Breda (2014) In 2014, the largest religion in Breda was Christianity , comprising 50.4% of its population. The next largest faith is Islam adhered to by 3.6% of residents. Religiously unaffiliated people made up 44.9% of the population. The ethnic make-up of Breda, in 2020, was as follows: Kontor Records Kontor Records

6622-524: The track "Zero 76", named for the telephone prefix "076" of their hometown Breda. Hardwell's successor single "Cobra" appeared on the Dutch single charts. The track was used as a theme song for the Energy festival and reached position 1 of the Beatport charts. "Encoded" followed with a similar success and was used as the intro song for his podcast. In 2011, Hardwell was ranked in the Top 100 DJs category by DJ Mag for

6708-479: Was built in Brabantine Gothic style with an elegant 97-metre-high (318 ft) tower, called Grote Kerk (main church) or also Onze Lieve Vrouwe Kerk (Church of Our Lady). In 1534 Henry III of Nassau-Breda rebuilt the modest medieval fortifications in impressive style. In 1534, a fire destroyed over nine tenths of the city, close to 1300 houses, churches, and chapels, and the town hall. Only 150 houses and

6794-465: Was influenced by the DJ and producer Tiësto , who is also from Breda. As hip-hop became an underground scene, Hardwell changed his genre to commercial electronic dance music. He started producing remixes and uploaded them on several platforms on the Internet. At the age of 14 in 2002, he was offered a record deal with the Digidance record label by Dutch producer duo Klubbheads . Three weeks later he made

6880-511: Was premiered a few weeks later on Hardwell on Air, and was released on 18 November 2016. In the DJ-Mag placements, Hardwell fell down the rankings from his previous year position, this time ranking third. In addition, Martin Garrix reached the top, with which he got the rank as the youngest number one. In the course of the controversy surrounding the 2016 DJ Mag awards, he held a statement at his ADE -performance on 21 October 2016, where he challenged

6966-434: Was premiered in 2013 and contained vocals by Harrison, but the producers who aren't satisfied with that release decided to incorporate a new version with Crunk -vocals of US rapper Lil Jon . In addition, Hardwell played his next release, "8Fifty", in collaboration with his Revealed colleague Thomas Newson . However, the release was heavily criticized since Hardwell had several alternative projects running, which included "Live

7052-449: Was presented in episode 244 of his Hardwell on Air podcast. In parallel he and Armin van Buuren each presented an action figure; this caused moderate criticism, because of the high price. On 13 December 2015, Hardwell organized a free concert entitled "The Biggest Guestlist" in Mumbai. With this performance, he earned a world record of the same name. In addition, he donated all the proceeds of

7138-490: Was produced as a collaboration with Greatski; the song placed on the official German single-charts. Remixes for Gregor Salto's and Chuckie 's "Toys Are" together with Dutch DJ and producer R3hab as well as a mix of "You Do Not Love Me" by Sidney Samson and Skitzofrenix in 2008 remained at the top of the dance charts for weeks. Also in 2008, he produced a mash-up of the tracks "Be" by Steve Angello and Laidback Luke , and " Show Me Love " by Robin S. Hardwell's bootleg with

7224-516: Was produced by Hardwell. The song went up to 31st place in the Dutch single charts. He commented on the cooperation: I've met Maan 3 weeks ago as I also followed her performances on 'The Voice Of Holland' from the beginning. I think she is a great talent and I know for sure that she will have a successful career in the music industry. She has my full support and I'm proud to be the producer of her first single 'Perfect World' "Hollywood" with Afrojack appeared on 25 January 2016 and jumped directly to #1 on

7310-433: Was renounced which led to criticism by attendees. On 13 October 2016, single " Thinking About You " was released together with singer Jay Sean . The single contained elements of pop and R&B , and was highly received on download charts. Together with Revealed colleague Kaaze, Hardwell produced a progressive house festival mix of "Thinking About You" at the end of October 2016. Hardwell's "Get Down" together with W&W

7396-407: Was used in the video revealed the official name as "Make The World Ours", and the track will subsequently confirmed by Hardwell on Twitter. This song was classified as hardstyle and received very positive feedback. Two days later, on 30 June 2017, Hardwell published it officially on his own record label. It was speculated beforehand that the track would be released on " Q-Dance ". Breda As

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