Amsterdam has at all times been the land of the underground thrives — purple neon lights, “enjoyable” substances, and, after all, the world’s greatest digital music. Now, probably the greatest prodigies the Village of the North has to supply is on his technique to the 305 to set Miami Music Week on fireplace.
Bestowed with the accolade of getting performed considered one of “the most effective units ever” at Membership Area, Dutch DJ/producer Mau P amassed a large fanbase of locals and out-of-towners when he debuted his first headlining tour this previous January. The 26-year-old producer — actual identify Maurits Jan Westveen — is fast to credit score his hometown as the most effective classroom the place he honed his ear for the beats he is mastered to date.
“Amsterdam gave me a lot inspiration precisely once I wanted it,” Mau P tells New Instances. “I believe it is as a result of I am from Amsterdam, I might need a special strategy to producing music and DJing. I have been to so many home events, raves, and festivals again house, simply scavenging for tracks. I now get to deliver my very own curated assortment of those songs all all over the world, mixed with my very own productions and edits. I actually really feel like I deliver one thing new to the desk, particularly within the U.S.”
Westveen, who boasts coiffed blonde hair, mushy brown eyes, and a chiseled jaw that rivals most depictions of Hercules or one other mythological hero, is feeling on high of the world along with his not too long ago introduced Wynn Las Vegas residency and his new station, XXX Radio, on Sirius XM. However when he formally started his profession at 18, he wished nothing greater than to make dance music like famed DJs Deadmau5 and Tiësto. As Mau P informed Billboard in 2022, he always questioned all through his early profession what may get him to the extent of dance music manufacturing for which he had at all times aspired.
Then, with the mainstream success “Medication from Amsterdam,” all the pieces fairly actually modified within the Dutch artist’s life.
“The tune opened up lots of doorways for me that I have been banging on for years,” he informed Billboard. “I’ve at all times questioned how the massive guys obtained to the place they’re. I used to be like, ‘Why is it not me?’ or ‘What am I doing improper?’ I suppose it is all about discovering your groove and your sound. I’m now one hundred pc impressed and comfy within the music that I make and able to give the world much more.”
The tune, launched on Lee Foss’s label Repopulate Mars, landed at primary on Beatport, the most important DJ music platform, and earned a spot on Billboard’s Greatest 50 Dance Tracks of 2022 listing alongside trade titans like Beyoncé, Diplo, and Fred Once more.
The final time he performed Miami, it was his headling debut. At a sold-out Membership Area, partygoers moved and grooved to his infectious beats, and Mau P’s generosity throughout his set usually included throwing shirts to the viewers and even sharing a cigarette with an attendee. Even women dancing on tables had their very own handmade T-shirts that learn “Mau Papi.”
“Solely DJ that ever had me staying at house from 12:30 a.m. until 10:30 within the morning,” one Mau P fanatic commented on his Instagram publish recapping that night. “You have been wonderful.”
Since then, Mau P’s affinity for the 305 has solely grown. He cites the infectious power and long-lasting nights of clubbing that make it a breeding floor for the music he is beloved for his complete life.
In reality, he thinks the Magic Metropolis is an ideal foreground for his newest touring get together collection, Baddest Habits, the place Mau has full benefit and management over each listener’s auditory sensations. He brings a touch of effervescent and scandalous underground Amsterdam power with him in each venue he sells out all over the world, and he is greater than able to ask Miami to deliver their “baddie” power to his Miami Music Week units.
“I had at all times wished to host my very own occasions and have all the pieces completed my means at a celebration. I believe we began engaged on designing levels and branding a few months in the past,” Mau says. “Thus far, all Baddest Behaviour occasions are simply me enjoying from open to shut and taking the gang on a musical journey. Miami crowds are at all times particular. I really feel very comfy enjoying there, so I at all times go a bit of loopy and check out new music or a few bizarre tracks that I discovered.”
Regardless of experiencing speedy progress, Mau P’s expertise exhibits loads of room for much more success, as implied by his greater than 200,000 Instagram followers and merchandise that bought out in solely half-hour for his final tour. Followers who’ve the pleasure of seeing him stay depart the venue praising him like born-again Christians, all of them having transformed to a brand new customary of experiencing EDM stay.
Reward him!
Miami Music Week 2024 Occasions With Mau P
Mau P’s Yard.With Andruss, Dennis Ferrer, Detlef, LF System, Sosa, and Tini Gessler. Midday Thursday, March 12, on the Kimpton Surfcomber Lodge, 1717 Collins Ave., Miami Seashore; surfcomber.com. Tickets value $100 by way of tixr.com.
Man P Presents Baddest Behaviour.11 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at Floyd, 34 NE eleventh St., Miami; floydmiami.com. Tickets value $52.21 to $97.20 by way of cube.fm.
