Dirty Workz is a Belgian

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jumpstyle Jumpstyle is an electronic dance music, electronic dance style and music genre popular in Western Europe, originally in Belgium. Jumpstyling is often referred to as "Jumpen": a combination of the English word 'Jump' and the Dutch and German suf ...

and happy hard

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founded in 2006 by Koen Bauweraerts, also known as DJ Coone. Dirty Workz is home to many famous hardstyle acts, including

Da Tweekaz Da Tweekaz is a Norwegian hardstyle music duo consisting of Kenth Kvien and Marcus Nordli, based in Belgium since 2012. Since 2017, they have also been producing happy hardcore under the alias Tweekacore. Career Kenth Kvien and Marcus Nordli ...

and Wasted Penguinz. Dirty Workz also releases many jumpstyle releases from artists like Fenix, Dr. Rude, and

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. Dirty Workz is a sublabel of Toff Music, a larger Belgian label. Toff Music releases all the albums from the Dirty Workz artists, while Dirty Workz itself focuses on digital and

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releases. Dirty Workz is the main label and contains different sublabels: ANARCHY, DWX Bounce and DWX Update. In 2016 a new sublabel was announced within Dirty Workz known as Wolf Clan. In 2018 the happy hard sublabel Electric Fox was announced.

History

Dirty Workz was conceived and founded by

Koen Bauweraerts Koen Bauweraerts (born 30 May 1983), better known by his stage name Coone, is a Belgian hardstyle producer and DJ. Career Coone first started producing in 1998 at age 15. He released his first EP in 2002, ''Protect the Innocent''. Under th ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

. According to Bauweraerts, the goal was to create a platform that would give him complete creative freedom over his music and allow him to produce his own sounds. In 2008, he released the album ' on his label; the album reached number 13 on the

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Belgian music charts that same year. In 2009, the label organized the "Dirty Workz Deluxe" event, held on 28 November at the Lotto Arena in

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. In October 2012, the label announced the arrival of Deepack and his new EP entitled ''Anarchy''. In July 2013, Coone collaborated with American

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label, in order to further popularize his label internationally. In June 2014, Dirty Workz announced that they had signed a new notorious band from the hardstyle scene, Wasted Penguinz. In early September, it was Dr. Rude's turn to join the label.

Artists

Dirty Workz * Amentis * Bassbrain *

Coone Koen Bauweraerts (born 30 May 1983), better known by his stage name Coone, is a Belgian hardstyle producer and DJ. Career Coone first started producing in 1998 at age 15. He released his first EP in 2002, ''Protect the Innocent''. Under th ...

* Crystal Lake * Cyber *

Deepack Deepack is a hardstyle duo from the Netherlands consisting of Frank Pechler and Marcel Van Der Zwan. The two met in high school in the 1990s, and started producing together directly after they graduated. In 2001, they teamed up with Dutch Hardco ...

* Denza * Dillytek * Dr Phunk * Dr Rude * Ecstatic * Firelite * Hard Driver * Jay Reeve * Jesse Jax * JNXD * Kane Scott * Mandy * Pherato * Phrantic * Primeshock * Psyko Punkz * Public Enemies (Hard Driver &

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) * Refuzion * Sickddellz * Solstice * Sub Sonik *

Sub Zero Project Sub Zero Project is a Dutch hardstyle producer duo, consisting of Thomas Velderman (born 19 April 1996) and Nigel Coppen (born 9 March 1997), most known for making the Qlimax 2018 anthem "The Game Changer". They are the youngest Qlimax anthem m ...

* Sylence * The Elite (Alias of

, Hard Driver, Da Tweekaz) * TNT (

Technoboy Cristiano Giusberti (born December 19, 1970), known by his primary stage name Technoboy, is an Italian hardstyle DJ and producer from Bologna. Cristiano is also a manager and producer for 'The Saifam Group', a record company. He began in 1992 ...

'N' Tuneboy) * Wasted Penguinz * WDM *

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* Zatox DWX Update * Aria * Blasco * Forever Lost * Heatwavez * Horyzon * Serzo * Soren * Strixter * Synthsoldier * Wolf Clan * Rize * TALON * Teknoclash Audiophetamine * Audiofreq Electric Fox *

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* Jakka-B * Mike Enemy * Mike Reverie * *

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* Tweekacore (Alias of Da Tweekaz) * Quickdrop

References

External links

Dirty Workz on Discogs

Dirty Workz Website
Belgian record labels {{Belgium-record-label-stub