ARTENTO DIVINI (Netherlands)

A well known artist once said: "Making and playing music is like a reflex,I just can't control it".And a reflex it is forone of Holland's former talents who is taking the world of dancemusic by storm.Many DJs have made it to the top and so didnumerousproducers. But there are only so manypeople who are skilled enough to let both DJ-ing and producing go hand in hand to create a perfect synergy. One of those artists who posesses everything a DJ/ producer needs, isArtento Divini.

At the age of 19 the young and enthousiastic Ard Schilderink discovers the world of house music after being a successful cyclist and seeing many parts of Europe. His love for four measured beats starts to grow on him and resulted in buying his very own pair of turntables. Just like every DJ he started practicing the art of mixing, whichlead to competing in several mixingcontestsand, even more important, conquering these gauntlets. In 2002 Artentoheadlined the Brazilian festival Eco System and ended up touring this country for over three months and playing smallhotspots in a.o. Manaus andother cities bordering the Amazone river.

Trying out different styles of music, slowly hissound developped into the style Divini plays nowadays. In 2006Artento and hisformer partner in crime Melvin Warningadded a new chapter to his starshooting career by producing the massive clubhit 'Divini & Warning - 4LB'. Tiësto played it at Sensation White during his30 minutessurprise-guest-performance,Armin van Buurenstarted off his set at Dance Valley 2006 playing '4LB' andSander van Doorn even usedthis'Radio 538 Dance Smash Hit'on his Dance Valley mix compilation, so the impact of this first release was extremely big.Their second single 'Chaib' was dedicated to a special friend who sadly past away afterbeing involved ina diving accident at the island of Curaçao. Artento Divini: "He lives on in our hearts, also through this record".

At some point Divini and Warning bothdecided topick up their solo careers again and seperated ways.Soon Artento's first solorelease hadreached the cd-wallets of many renowned DJs. 'Pulse' was released on 2Play Records and even Eddie Halliwell played this track on his BBC 1 radioshow. But the biggest solo-hit till now was yet to come. 'Reflex' has really established Artento Divini's name within the scene; Sander van Doorn's DOORN Records picked upthis future classic release and made itget stuck at the number two spot of theBeatport-charts for several weeks. Even Australia and New-Zealand will be Reflexed, Central Station has signed this belter exclusively for named territory. Some comments on this release were:

Ferry Corsten: "Played it in my radioshow!"
Sander van Doorn: "This is massive, creates mayhem on the dancefloors."
Paul Oakenfold: "Stormer, very nice tune!"

'Reflex' has just hit the shelves in cd-single format, so you know where to find it now.

Dutch superstar DJ Jochen Miller and Artento Divini teamed up in the studio for the Emporium anthem 2008, which was signed by Dedicated Records. 'One Way' was created for one of Holland's biggest festivals (Emporium) and the success of this track made them decide to collaborate on more productions. Their bootlegs of a.o. 'David Guetta - Love Is Gone' and 'One Republic - Apologize' were very well received on the dancefloor and of course brand new material was due soon. The follow up of 'One Way' was released on the 19th of January and has been played by the big guys over and over again the last couple of months. Their 'Artento Divini vs Jochen Miller' project will slightly differ from the Divini & Miller sound; 'No Backup' is not as trancy as their other tracks, but once Reset releases this quality production, you will witness the damage it will do throughout the scene. Both 'Many Years' and 'No Backup' will be out in October/ November of 2008.

Artento's remixes have also become very popular, his rebuild of 'Jochen Miller - Lost Connection'' was played by Marco V who started off his set with this one at Sensation White 2008. The Divini remix 'Fausto - Lupara' and the original mix have been released by Marco V's In Charge label and the near future will show that Divini has got some more remixtricks up his sleeve. Also his bootlegs have become enormously popular, Depeche Mode's 'Personal Jesus' and 'Hide U' by Kosheen were given the Artento treatment and both go down a storm on the dancefloor.

High Contrast has also picked up the skills of Divini and decided to sign him for a range of new releases. The first one will be called 'Deep Down', a track you will definitely hear in Artento Divini's set during ID&T's leading trance event Trance Energy. Divini will be playing at the High Contrast stage next to a.o. Rank 1 and Judge Jules.

The sound of Artento Divini can be described as a mixture of minimal rhythms, trancy influences and rough driving sounds. Divini: "My creative brain seems unstoppable, it just goes on and on and on. Like someone once said: 'It's like a reflex, I just can't stop it'. So maybe I've come down with the same desease as that guy, who knows...

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