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, who recognised him as an "artist of the future". He is regarded as one of the pioneers of the future bounce genre, an emerging subgenre of

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, alongside Dutch DJs

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Biography

Early life

Willemsen was born on November 27, 1996. He started playing the piano as a child at the age of 6. When he grew a little older, he learned

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during his piano lessons but would rather devise, make and play his own songs. Afterwards, he quit his lessons and started working on a laptop with an amplifier and his father's speakers. At the age of 12, he learned to DJ and produced his first

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track. At 14, he performed as a DJ in a club for 500 people, and after that was regularly booked for gigs. He lives with his sister Michelle, a news reporter.

Music career

At the beginning of his career, he released numerous remixes and bootlegs of songs such as "

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" by

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and "

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" by

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, which received over 3 million plays on

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. The remix of Harris's single was well received and was regularly played by other DJs such as Oliver Heldens at their sets. Later on, he started releasing his own songs, as well as collaborations with other artists and his first single was "Konnichiwa", which was released on January 31, 2015. On June 6, 2015, he released "Candy", a collaboration with

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(Damian Bast). Williams' single "Battlefield" under the alias WLLMS with Robby East was released on June 26, 2015. Since then, he was approached by labels and managements before signing with

. He was signed by

, who later on also released a single with him, and was managed by MusicAllStars.

2016: Sweet & Sour

On February 29, 2016, he released "Sweet & Sour", his first single through

's label Musical Freedom. The single peaked at number 6 on the

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Top 100 chart. An official music video for the song was released. On March 8, 2016, he was a guest and performed at Bij Igmar on SLAM!. During the

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in 2016,

introduced Williams to the crowd and invited him to perform on his set. On May 16, 2016, Williams released "Groovy George", a collaboration with

through Musical Freedom. An official music video for the song was released. That same month, the two were guests and had performed at Bij Igmar on SLAM!. On August 5, 2016, together with Tiësto, he released "I Want You" through Musical Freedom as a free download. The single received over 16 million plays as of March 2017. That same month, he performed at the 2016

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festival. In September, Williams remixed "Feel the Love", a single by Janieck, officially released on September 26. On October 17, 2016, he released "Take Me Down", his first single through Spinnin' Records. That same month, he performed at the

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for the first time. His remix of "Money Maker" by Throttle featuring

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and Aston Merrygold came out on November 7, 2016, was his last release for the year.

2017–2018: Mike Williams on Track

On January 5, 2017, he started his own radio show titled "Mike Williams on Track", which is a part of the weekend schedule of Dutch radio station SLAM!. Four days later, he returned to Musical Freedom and released "Bambini", his first single of the year. On March 3, 2017, he released the single "Another Night" featuring Matluck on

. An official music video for the song was also released. An acoustic version was released four weeks and five days later. On March 13, 2017, Williams announced on social media that his laptop has been stolen at Sunday night. While he was sleeping, a thief broke into his home in

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. He then woke up, but it was too late and he saw the thief running away with his laptop. The laptop had valuable data for him as a producer, prompting Williams to offer a $2000 reward to whoever helps him to get it back. On April 27, 2017, he performed at

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during SLAM! Koningsdag 2017. On May 8, 2017, he released the single "Don't Hurt" on Spinnin' Records, which featured Brēzy. An official music video for the song was also released. That same month, he was a guest again and performed at Bij Igmar on SLAM!. Shortly afterwards, Williams released an official remix for "

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", a single by

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. A month later, he collaborated with Lucas & Steve and Curbi for the single "Let's Go". The four had then hosted an episode on the Spinnin' Records radio show Spinnin' Sessions. On August 4, 2017, he and

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released the collaborative single "Feel Good". Which was in the top 50 on the Apple Music dance charts, and spent a couple of weeks on the A-list dance playlist on Apple Music. A week later, he released "Step Up", a collaboration with Tom & Jame on the sub-label Spinnin' Copyright Free Music as a free download. On September 4, 2017, he released a single with

, titled "Jetlag". On 26 January 2018 he released the single "Lullaby" with

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. In the 2017

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Top 100, Williams was voted in at number 60. On November 5 2021, He announced that he will be going on Hiatus and stated that he felt "Pressure & Stress" in his Career. In the 2018

Top 100, he was voted in at number 66.

2022: Storylines

After his hiatus in 2021, He returned with his new album Storylines with 4 New Tracks He started 2022 with his new songs, "Pretty Little Words" with "Zack Hall" "I said too Much" with Moa Lisa followed by "Here for you" with Magnificence, "Ambush" with Robbie Mendez, "Supernova" with Retrovision "Best Part Missing" followed by "When The Sun Is Gone" with RYVM.

Discography

Charting singles

Singles

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)] * 2016: "Groovy George" (with

) usical Freedom (Spinnin' Records)* 2016: "I Want You" (with

) usical Freedom (Spinnin' Records)* 2016: "Take Me Down" pinnin' Records* 2017: "Bambini" usical Freedom (Spinnin' Records)* 2017: "Another Night" (featuring Matluck) pinnin' Records* 2017: "Don't Hurt" (featuring Brēzy) pinnin' Records* 2017: "Let's Go" (with Lucas & Steve and Curbi) pinnin' Records* 2017: "Feel Good" (with

) pinnin' Records* 2017: "Step Up" (with Tom & Jame) pinnin' Copyright Free Music (Spinnin' Records)* 2017: "Jetlag" (with

) pinnin' Records* 2017: "Melody (Tip Of My Tongue)" usical Freedom (Spinnin' Records)* 2017: "You & I" (with Dastic) pinnin' Records* 2018: "Lullaby" (with

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) YB3RPVNK* 2018: "Feels Like Yesterday" (featuring Robin Valo) pinnin' Records* 2018: "Give It Up" pinnin' Records* 2018: "The Beat" pinnin' Records* 2018: "Rocket" harma Worldwide (Spinnin' Records)* 2018: "Wait Another Day" (with

) pinnin' Records* 2019: "I Got You" pinnin' Records* 2019: "I'm Not Sorry" (with

Hardwell Robbert van de Corput (; born January 7, 1988), known professionally as Hardwell, is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Breda. He was voted the world's number one DJ by '' DJ Mag'' in 2013 and again in 2014. In 2022, he was ranked at number 43 ...

) evealed Recordings* 2019: "Wait For You" (featuring Maia Wright) pinnin' Records* 2019: "Kylie" (with Dastic) pinnin' Records* 2019: "Day Or Night" usical Freedom (Spinnin' Records)* 2019: "Dynamite" (with

Nicky Romero Nick Rotteveel (; born January 6, 1989), professionally known as Nicky Romero or Monocule, is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer from Amerongen, Utrecht Province. He has worked with, and received support from DJs, such as Tiësto, Fedde le ...

featuring

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) rotocol Recordings* 2020: "Make You Mine" (featuring Moa Lisa) pinnin' Records* 2020: "Take Me There" (with Curbi) pinnin' Records* 2020: "Fallin' In" niversal Music Group* 2020: "You're The Future" (with Swacq) pinnin' Records* 2020: "Face Up To The Sun" (with

featuring Sara Sangfelt) MG*2021: "I Hope You Know" (with Jonas Aden) MG*2021: "Get Dirty" usical Freedom*2021: "Without You" (with

featuring Jordan Shaw) MG*2021: "Air" pinnin' Records*2021: "Harmony" (featuring Xillions) pinnin' Records*2022: "Pretty Little Words" (featuring Zack Hall)

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*2022: "Here for You" (with Magnificence) usical Freedom (Spinnin' Records)*2022: "I Said Too Much" Smash the House *2022: "Closing Time" (with Matluck)

*2022: "Best Part Missing"

*2022: "Supernova" (with Retrovision)

*2022: "Ambush" (with Robbie Mendez)

*2022: "When The Sun is Gone" (feat. RYVM)

*2022: "Sing Your Lullaby" (with R3HAB) YB3RPVNK*2023: "Dreams Come True" (with Tungevaag)

Remixes

* 2014:

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- "

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" (Mike Williams Future Remix) * 2014:

featuring John Newman - "

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featuring

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- " Outside" (Mike Williams Remix) * 2016:

and Oliver Heldens featuring

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- " The Right Song" (Mike Williams Remix) niversal Music* 2016: Janieck - "Feel The Love" (Mike Williams Remix) pinnin' Remixes* 2016: Throttle featuring

and Aston Merrygold - "Money Maker" (Mike Williams Remix) pinnin' Remixes* 2017:

- "

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featuring Vérité - "Trouble" (Mike Williams Remix) yb3Rpvnk* 2018:

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- "We Want Your Soul" (Mike Williams Remix) * 2019:

featuring

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and

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- "How You Love Me" (Mike Williams Remix) * 2019: Mike Williams featuring Maia Wright - "Wait for You" (VIP Mix) * 2019:

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and Daniel Blume - "Who's Got Your Love" (Mike Williams Remix) * 2020:

featuring Stevie Appleton - "Blue" (Mike Williams Remix) * 2020:

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featuring A7S - Breaking Me (Mike Williams Remix) * 2021:

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, Stray Kids and Corsak - "Going Dumb" (Mike Williams Remix)

Notes

* A "Bambini" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 9 on the Walloon Dance Bubbling Under chart. * B "Let's Go" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked on the Flemish Ultratip chart.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Mike 1996 births Dutch dance musicians Dutch house musicians Dutch DJs Dutch record producers Living people Spinnin' Records artists Future house musicians Remixers Electronic dance music DJs