DJ/producer and
label owner Tom de Neef obviously likes his music to do the talking. Refusing
to be pigeonholed by people’s perception of any one persona, he has
relentlessly reinvented himself through a myriad of production monikers, including:
Plastika, TDN, Behemoth, Villanord, Gattaca, and the Bazement Freakz (with
Eddie Amador).
That’s the music that he produces at his studio in Antwerp, Belgium. His talent
and passion for DJ'ing can be heard while he's spinning at Roger
Sanchez’s Stealth parties, Hed Kandi events,... He started with Hed Kandi in 2001 and played for them at the hottest
clubs and festivals around the world. He also did a mix compilation for HK
(world series 2006) and some cool mixes (brand new heavies, Stonebridge, Full
Intention,...). However, despite such club-thumping achievements, some –
including Roger Sanchez – still think that he is ‘underrated’.
As for releases… two huge club monsters: Disco Mirror (on
Additive/Positiva) in 1997 and Disco Dancing (FFRR/London Records) in
98. With remixes for artists such as Kylie Minogue (Can't Get You Out of My
Head), Roger Sanchez (Another Chance), Kings of Tomorrow (Finally),
and Jon Cutler (It’s Yours) in the bag and he created Answer as
Plastika, which was played heavily by Pete Tong on his Radio 1 Essential
Selection show.
While a foray into tech house under the name Villanord called Futurescopewon support from Laurent Garnier and Jack de Marseille, and his tech-tinged
workouts as Behemoth found favour with the likes of X-Press 2 and D’Julz. Tom
released his tracks on illustrious labels such as Stealth, Fluential, Defected,
ID&T., eye industries and phonetic.
2007 looked very good, with the start of his new label Jacksquad and the first
release dragonfly with remixes from baggi begovic/soul conspiracy and
Onno…. The release of his Full Intention mix and a lot of other stuff coming
up! In 2008 tom did some very cool collaborations with Laidback Luke, a track
called humanoidz had several plays by Pete Tong, and all the other big
guns.
For next year Tom is planning the release of the 3rd jacksquad and he also
expects some new remixes and collaborations in 2009 including South Rulerz, DJ
Disciple and of course under his Villanord moniker. For 2010 tom has a lot of new stuff coming up, a collaboration with alan braxe
and a new ep that will see the light on tom’s own imprint ‘Jacksquad’. Remixes
are coming in and expect some cool mixes tom did for The Slacksons, Alan Braxe
‘Paradise, YDR and more to come! Watch this space!