Dirk Adamiak (born 1970), better known by his stage name Blutonium Boy, is a
hardstyle
Hardstyle is an electronic dance genre that emerged in the late 1990s, with origins in the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy. Hardstyle mixes influences from techno, new beat and hardcore.
Early hardstyle was typically written at 140 BPM (''be ...
producer and DJ from
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
. He started playing as a DJ in 1988.
Career
In 1986, Blutonium Boy began his DJ career in a small club in southern Germany, which he left in 1988. In the same year he played in front of 2,500 visitors and received the first booking requests from abroad. In 1997, he founded the record label ''Blutonium Records'', where he released his first work ''Dreams in my Fantasy'', as DJ Session One. The worldwide marketing via EastWest (Warner) with airplay on
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helped him to the breakthrough.
In the following years Blutonium Records developed into the Blutonium Media Germany Group, which has now published more than 170 works with several sub-labels and operates a social network for musicians under the name ''Blupile''.
In November 2008
EMI Germany released a best-of-hardstyle, which includes four mixed CDs from the repertoire of Blutonium Records. In collaboration with EMI, a series of hardstyle compilations under the name ''Blutonium Presents Hardstyle'' was released in Germany and Australia.
In the summer of 2009, Blutonium Boy announced that his career as a hardstyle DJ temporarily paused. His compositional Hardstyle series is directed by the Dutch Hardstyle duo
Showtek
Showtek is a Dutch electronic dance music duo consisting of two brothers from Eindhoven, Sjoerd (born 6 April 1984) and Wouter Janssen (born 20 August 1982). The duo regularly manages to reach the top of multiple music charts and work with artis ...
. ''Hardstyle Vol. 18'' was the last compilation he created.
Since July 17, 2012, Blutonium Boy has officially returned and released the single ''Hardstyle Instructor is back'' with this date and was also responsible for the compilation ''Hardstyle 10 Years'' released on November 23, in 2013 the compilation series ''Hardstyle with Hardstyle Vol 26'', which was previously continued by
Showtek
Showtek is a Dutch electronic dance music duo consisting of two brothers from Eindhoven, Sjoerd (born 6 April 1984) and Wouter Janssen (born 20 August 1982). The duo regularly manages to reach the top of multiple music charts and work with artis ...
, is continued.
On June 21, 2013 Blutonium Boy played in
EDC (Las Vegas) on the BassCon stage
Blutonium Records
Adamiak founded Blutonium Records in 1996, which up to 2011 produced 160 releases. Blutonium Records later became a division of Blutonium Media Germany, with 6 sublabels. The sublabels are Blutonium Traxx, Dance 2 Trance, Pumping Trance, Q-Asar, Trianon Records and BAM Recordings. Since Blutonium Records isn't producing
trance
Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...
anymore, but hardstyle, the production of trance is in the hands of the sublabels. In December 2005 Blutonium Records released its 100th vinyl.
Blutonium Boy vs. DJ Neo - Rockin' / Hardstyle Instructor Part 3
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Discography
Albums
* Hardstyle Dimension
* Essential Of Hardstyle Vol. 1-5
* Essential Of Hardstyle Vol. 6
* Early Hardstyle 100 Vol. 1
* Hardstyle Is My Life
Singles and EPs
* Brainshooter
* Trancin Your Mind
* Higher Level (feat. DJ Neo)
* Go Burn A Fatty Ass (feat. Thomas Trouble)
* Make It Loud
* Hardstyle Nation (feat. DJ Neo)
* Hardstyle Instructor
* Paranoid (feat. DJ Virus)
* Follow Me
* Hardstyle Instructor Part 2
* Hard Creation (feat. DJ Virus)
* Floorkilla (feat. DJ Pavo)
* Bullshit (feat. Max B. Grant)
* Legalize (feat. John Ferris)
* Make It Louder
* Alarma (feat. Thomas Trouble)
* Acid & Bass
* Hardstyle And Acid (feat. John Ferris)
* Hardstyle Rockers / Supreme (feat. DJ Pila)
* Inferno / To The Bassline (feat. Romeo Must Die)
* This Is My Floor (feat. DJ Pavo)
* Acid Over Sydney / Back
* In Touch With Tomorrow / Kick This M.F.
* Dark Angel (Remix EP)
* Dark Angel / Hardstyle Instructor Returns
* Blackout / Fear (feat. Luna)
* Use Me / XTC
* Hardstyle Superstar / eBeat
* Sound Like This / Euphobia
* Play This Song PTS
* Echoes 2009 (feat. Pavo)
* All Your Bass 2010 (feat. Flarup)
* USMHF
* Make It Loud 2012 (incl. Headhunterz
Willem Rebergen (born 12 September 1985), better known by his stage name ''Headhunterz'', is a Dutch DJ and music producer. Rebergen is also a voice actor. He has done dubbing for several movies and TV series. He started his career in 2005 ...
Remix)
* New York New York / Survivor
* US Hardstyle MF**
* Hardstyle Instructur Is Back
* Holding Out For A Hero (feat. Bonnie Tyler)
* Dancing For Love
* I AM (feat. Raw Editors & Audionator)
* Reverze Bass
* Spooky Melo
* Where Did I Go (feat. Eric Bazilian)
* Dancing For The Love (feat. Eric Bazilian)
* Hard Sound (feat. Daniele Mondello)
* Hard As Hell (feat. Daniele Mondello)
* Believe In Me (feat. Bonnie Tyler)
* Everything (feat. Haddaway)
* Wild Wild Baby (feat. Haddaway)
* Sentenced
* Rock The Dolls
* Echoes 2K14 (feat. Eric Bazilian)
* Drop That Shit
* Fantasize
* Turn On The Radio (feat. Express Viviana)
* Who Is It (feat. Psytrex DJ)
* Explosion
* Hardstyle MC (feat. Danielle Mondello)
* Hardstyle & Acid Rekick (feat. Audionator)
* Brainshooter 3000
* Turn Up The Bass (EDM/Bigroom)
* Superchords
* U Got 2 Let The Bass Kick
* Holding Out For A Hero 2K15 (feat. Bonnie Tyler & Van Snyder)
* Breaking Up (feat. Chris Crusher)
* Can You Hear Me?
* Twisted (feat. Van Snyder) (EDM/Bigroom)
* Just Boof It
* Dirty Drop (EDM/Bigroom)
* Your Time (EDM/Bigroom)
Compilations
* Blutonium pres. Hardstyle Vol. 1-2
* Blutonium pres. Hardstyle Vol. 3-4
* Blutonium pres. Hardstyle Vol. 5-7
* Blutonium pres. Hardstyle Vol. 8-10
* Blutonium pres. Hardstyle Vol. 11-13
* Blutonium pres. Hardstyle Vol. 14-15
* Blutonium pres. Hardstyle Vol. 16-18
* Blutonium & DMW pres. Hardstyle Vol. 19-21
* Blutonium & DMW pres. Hardstyle Vol. 22-24
* Blutonium & DMW pres. Hardstyle Vol. 25
* Blutonium & DMW pres. 10 Years Hardstyle
* Blutonium pres. Hardstyle Vol. 26
* Blutonium pres. Hardstyle Vol. 27
Blutonium Boy Remixes
* Yoji Biomehanika - Monochroma (Blutonium Boy Remix)
* Mo-Do - Eins Zwei Polizei (Blutonium Boy Remix)
* Raveboy - Dancing Through The Night (Blutonium Boy Remix)
* Audionator - The Devil Inside (Blutonium Boy Remix)
* Headhunterz
Willem Rebergen (born 12 September 1985), better known by his stage name ''Headhunterz'', is a Dutch DJ and music producer. Rebergen is also a voice actor. He has done dubbing for several movies and TV series. He started his career in 2005 ...
and Crystal Lake - Live Your Life (Blutonium Boy Remix)
* Van Snyder - Athens (Blutonium Boy Remix)
References
External links
Blutonium Media website
BluPile website
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German DJs
German record producers
Hardstyle musicians
Living people
1970 births
Electronic dance music DJs