Biography
Born in 1980, DJ, house addict, producer, one half of the Outrageous Okonas, but most of all, just a guy that loves good music.
Jaap always tries to mix his music with high technical skills, a good build-up and a harmonic feel, from minimal to progressive to house to techno. Constantly evolving his style, he keeps things interesting for a wide audience. On this website you can download a whole lot of mixes.
Playing at numerous events across Holland (from big ass outdoor dance festivals to intimate club nights), the number of parties Jaap plays at, is growing bigger and bigger. (Check the gig history). Some highlights are Outdoor Stereo (3 years in a row, 7000 visitors), Zandstock (5 years in a row, 3000 visitors) and a guestmix on Tiesto’s radioshow Club Life and a ‘one hour of’ mix on Radio 538 Dance Departement.
Producing solo and as the Outrageous Okona’s, together with friend and ex colleague Steven Klaver (aka Dr Dev / King of Clubs), a lot of tracks are signed and going to get a release the coming time.
Tiesto asked him to do a ’15 minutes of fame’ mix for Tiesto’s club life on radio 538, the number 1 radio station in Holland and got responses from all over the globe. Later he was asked to do a ‘one hour of’ set on Dance Department, also on Radio 538. Jaap also played on several other radio shows (on Digitally Imported, Deep FM, Planet House radio) and played a couple of sets on Frisky Radio, which is the most important progressive radiostation worldwide, well known in the international scene.
The bootleg remixes / tracks Jaap made the last couple of years, got played countless times by the world’s biggest dj’s such as Tiësto, Sasha, John Digweed, Nick Warren, Jody Wisternoff and so on.
Okay, and now for some namedropping. Jaap played before or after Don Diablo, Erick E, Marco V, Benny Rodrigues, Kraak & Smaak, Marcella, De Man Zonder Schaduw, Mason, Marnix, Ricky Rivaro, Cor Fijneman and ‘Schaamteloos DJs’ Jan and Branko!
And here are some Dj’s / Producers that supported Jaap Ligthart tracks, remixes and / or bootlegs: Sasha (UK), John Digweed (UK), Tiësto (NL), Nick Warren (UK), Eelke Kleijn (NL), Jody Wisternoff (UK), Roell Saphire (NL), Block and Crown (NL), Moussa Clarke (UK), Miss Nine (NL), Andy Newland (UK), Jules W (NL), Stefan Anion (USA), Sasha le Monnier (UK), DJ Marcus (USA), Kira (UK), Yura Popov (RU), Dingle (Northern Ireland), Jim Star (Canada), and the list goes on and on…
Expect a whole lot more of Jaap the coming years: gigs, tracks, remixes and bootlegs.