DJ Jean (born Jean Engelaar,
7 May 1968) is a Dutch
disc jockey
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.
Biography
He is most popular for his space countdown themed
hard house single "
The Launch
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". He has been an influential figure in the electronic music scene since the early 1990s. He is prolific, and releases three or more
compilation
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**Compilation error
**Compilation unit
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compact disc
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s per year. DJ Jean has performed all over the world, but now plays mostly in the Netherlands. During the early 90's he had a Friday night residency is at club ''iT'' in
Amsterdam
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, before it burned down. He now hosts a radioshow at Dutch radiostation Slam!FM, every Friday and Saturday night called ''DJ Jean @ work''.
Discography
Singles
References
External links
DJ Jean's homepageDiscogs.com
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1968 births
Living people
Dutch dance musicians
Dutch house musicians
Dutch DJs
People from Veenendaal
AM PM Records artists