Sander Kleinenberg (; born 29 December 1971) is a Dutch

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, VDJ, and

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. He founded and runs Little Mountain Recordings and THIS IS Recordings. Kleinenberg is well known for his use of

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in concerts, his "Everybody" and This Is brands of club nights and albums and his 2000 single "My Lexicon" as well as hits like "The Fruit" and "This Is Miami".

Music career

Sander Kleinenberg began DJing at a local bar in 1987 at the age of 15, playing a variety of music including rock and dance music. After sending demos to many European record labels, Kleinenberg released his first single "Bombay" in 1993 on Belgian record label Wonka Beats under the artist name ''Free Frogs'', a collaboration with several friends. The next year, he released a single on German record label Superstition. In 1996, Kleinenberg released "YDW (You Do Me Wrong)" under the moniker ''S 'N' S'' on the Dutch record label Deal Records and licensed by Strictly Rhythm. His early influences included

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, and

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. In 1999, Kleinenberg produced the first part of his thematic ''4 Seasons'' trilogy with second part the following in 2000, both on London's

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label. Kleinenberg was also becoming known worldwide with the release of his track "My Lexicon", which is now often considered a genre standard of

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. "My Lexicon" is well known for its catchy,

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y percussive melody and atmospheric chord stabs. "My Lexicon" and "Sacred" were both given a boost in popularity by their appearance on Sasha's '' Global Underground 013: Ibiza'' album. Kleinenberg was to join the Global Underground label the following year with his ''Nubreed 004'' release. In 2003, Sander Kleinenberg founded his record label Little Mountain Recordings. Its first release was the final part in Kleinenberg's ''4 Seasons'' series, which had been pushed back due to, among other things, label changes. Kleinenberg described the final installment as "rougher around the edges" rather than having the

y serenity of the first or the funkiness of the second. He also remixed

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's single "

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", which garnered him the Best Remix award at the Dancestar USA Awards. Later in 2003, Kleinenberg kicked off the introduction of his "Everybody" brand with the album ''Renaissance: Everybody'' which featured a mixture of quirky

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, and

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. Kleinenberg described the concept of "Everybody" as "a reaction to how dance music began to take itself too seriously" and that he hopes to show that dance music can be fun. He followed ''Everybody'' up the next year with a sequel, ''This Is Everybody Too'', which continued Kleinenberg's vein of "glitchy, low key techno". In 2005, Kleinenberg began a monthly residency at Crobar,

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, using it to push the "Everybody" brand. He also brought in Lee Burridge to Crobar and to work on the album ''This is Everybody! On Tour''. Kleinenberg's performances at Crobar often featured appearances from young DJs, such as Desyn Masiello. Over his career, Kleinenberg's track selection shifted from the more "lush" sounds of progressive house to a funkier

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vibe, though he prefers to define his genre simply as "house music". In 2004 he had released his track "The Fruit" and in 2006 he released "This is Miami"; both tracks reached a number one position in the

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chart. His "Everybody" brand has grown with the years and has changed to his current "This Is..." brand which was influenced by his song "This Is Miami", another version of the song which was used in the Sensation (event) is called, "This Is Sensation". The This Is club brand held residencies in clubs like

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, Discoteque in

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, Paradiso and

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and Pacha in

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After years of intensive touring Sander Kleinenberg got back into the studio to deliver his debut album '5K' in 2010. The first single of this album was "Remember When", featuring UK singer/songwriter Jamie Cullum. Together with the release of the "5K" album and the "Remember When" single, Sander launched his new music label THIS IS Recordings. In early 2012, Kleinenberg toured

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and performed in front of a large audience. On December 1, 2014, he released his single "Can You Feel It" featuring Gwen McCrae. The single has been described as "a deep and soulful intervention in the Dutch maestro’s indie dance etiquette, held together with strong production values and an inherently intimate demeanor."

Visuals and DVJing

Sander Kleinenberg is well known for his DVJing with self-created visuals and video usage in concerts. Kleinenberg explains his use of video saying that it allows for more variety among DJs and performances and that it makes concerts reflect life. Due to the complexity of mixing both audio and visual at concerts, Kleinenberg will use the club's on-site VJ or have his partner Mark Pistoire of Venga Boys fame as a VJ at his concerts using the DVJ-X1 or the newer DVJ1000. Kleinenberg first met Pistoire in 2003 when searching for a VJ for his "Everybody" events and the two performed live together for the first time in The Hague. The in-concert imagery often includes political content or trippy home videos created by Pistoire or Kleinenberg.

Discography

Studio albums

*2000: ''Tranceglobal Airways'' (

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) *2001: ''Nubreed 004'' (Boxed) *2002: ''Sander Kleinenberg: Essential Mix'' (Warner) *2003: ''Renaissance: Everybody'' (

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) *2004: ''This is Everybody Too'' (Renaissance) (

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Top Electronic Albums #11) *2005: ''This is Everybody! On Tour'' (Everybody Loves Music) *2007: '' This is... Sander Kleinenberg'' *2009: ''This is... Sander Kleinenberg 2'' *2010: ''Sander Kleinenberg Presents 5K'' *2012: ''Amnesia DJ Sessions Vol 8''

Singles

* ''Bombay'' (1993) (as Free Frogs) * ''Transporter'' (1994) (as Europe, with Raymond Heg and Kelvin Smits) * ''Sander3'' (1993) (as Sander) * ''Sander4'' (1994) (as Sander) * ''Sander5'' (1995) (as Sander) * ''Time Fax'' (1995) (as Sakan, with Khalid Ouaziz) * ''Clear Cut'' (1996) (as Rails Inc., with DJ Per) * ''It Moves'' (1996) (as MTF, with Stef Vrolijk) * ''Ydw'' (1996) (as S'n'S, with Stef Vrolijk and Axel Behrend) * ''You Do Me Wrong'' (1996) (as Sander 'n' Stef, with Stef Vrolijk) * ''Conflicts'' (1997) (as S'n'S, with Stef Vrolijk and Axel Behrend) * ''Running'' (1997) (as MTF, with Stef Vrolijk) * ''The Rhythm'' (1997) * ''Bullets'' (1998) (as Mevrouw Spoelstra, with Stefan Brügesch) * ''Dancin (1998) * ''Miks'' (1998) (as Fetzan) * ''Save The Time'' (1998) (as Sander) * ''Feelin' Good'' (1998) * ''For Your Love'' (1998) * ''4 Seasons Ep 1-3'' (1999) * ''Airtight'' (1999) (with Steve Bug) * ''Grand Bazaar'' (1999) (with Steve Bug) * ''4 Seasons EP 2-3'' (2000) * ''My Lexicon'' (2000) * ''Sacred'' (2000) * ''Observator'' (2000) * ''Penso Positivo EP'' (2000) * ''4 Seasons Part 3'' (2003) * ''Repeat to Specify' (2003)'' * ''The Fruit'' (2004) * ''My Lexicon'' (2006) * ''This is Miami'' (2006) * ''This Is Sensation (Anthem 2006)'' (2006) * ''This is Our Night'' (2009) * ''R.Y.A.N.L.'' (2010) * ''M.A.N.I.A.C.'' (2010) * ''Remember When'' (2010) (featuring Jamie Cullum) * ''The Journey'' (2011) (with Kraak & Smaak and Ursula Rucker) * ''The Healer'' (2011) * ''Closer'' (2011) (with Neil Ormandy) * ''Chemically'' (2011) (with Ryan Starr) * ''We-R-Superstars'' (2014) * ''Can You Feel It'' (2014) * ''Wicked Things'' (2015) * ''Feel Like Home'' (2016) (featuring DYSON) * ''We Rock it'' (2016) (featuring Dev) * ''Clarity'' (2016) (featuring Marseille) * ''Midnight Lovers'' (2017) (featuring S.T.R.Y.D.E.R) * ''Colours in the Sun'' (2017) (fe * ''London Girl'' (2018) (featuring Baby Sol)

Charted singles

Remixes

* 1995: Art of Silence - "West 4" * 1994: Amazone - Sangel * 1995: Amazone - "Demons" * 1997: Eye 'N Ear - "Movin' On" * 1999: Vincent de Moor - "Between 2 Fires" * 1999: Holloway & Co. - "Make You Mine" * 1999: Junkie XL - "Check Your Basic Groove" * 2000: Ashtrax - "Helsinki" * 2000: Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Welcome To The Pleasuredome" * 2000: Ben Shaw - "So Strong" * 2000: Oliver Lieb - "Subraumstimulation" * 2001: Breeder - "New York FM" * 2001: Sasha &

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- "Scorchio" * 2001: PMT - "Deeper Water" * 2001:

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- " Poor Leno" * 2001:

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- "Exhale" * 2002: Lamya - "Empires (Bring Me Men)" * 2002: Lexicon Avenue - "From Dusk Till Dawn" * 2003: Annie Lennox - "Wonderful" * 2003:

- "

" * 2003: Junkie XL - "Don't Wake Up Policeman" * 2003: BT - "

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" * 2003: Spork - "Freek Like Me" * 2004: N*E*R*D - "Maybe" * 2004:

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- " All Nite (Don't Stop)" * 2005: Usher - "Caught Up" * 2005: Kane - "Something to Say" * 2005:

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- " I've Got a Life" * 2006:

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- "Muscle Car" * 2010: Lifelike - "Love Emulator" , width="50%" valign="top" , * 2010: Kraak & Smaak - "Dynamite" * 2010: DEV ft.

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- "Bass Down Low" * 2011:

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- "T.G.I.F." * 2011: Other Lives - "For 12" * 2011: Kraak & Smaak - "Dynamite * 2011:

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- "TRON Legacy (End Titles)" * 2011: Blush ft.

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- "Undivided" * 2011: Manufactured Superstars - "Drunk Text" * 2011: Innerpartysystem - "Not Getting Any Better" * 2012: Go Back to the Zoo - "Fire In The Streets" * 2013: Kraak & Smaak - "Hit The Club" * 2013: Robin Thicke - "Give It 2" * 2013: Ilse Delange - "Blue Bittersweet" * 2014: Dino Lenny - "I'm Coming Home" * 2014: Lany - "ILYSB" * 2014: Jamie Cullum - "Everything You Didn't Do" * 2015: Halsey - "Trouble (Stripped)" * 2015:

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- "Bitch I'm Madonna" ft.

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* 2016:

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- " Starboy" ft.

* 2016: Tom Zanetti - " Darlin'" * 2017: James Vincent McMorrow - "Get Low" ; ; S'N'S Remixes * 1996: M.T.F. - "It Moves" * 1997: Mr. S Oliver - "Funkin' Down The Track" * 1996: Rainbow - "Seed, Scattered" * 1997: 2B Continued - "Laydown (I Feel U)" * 1997: Flamman & Abraxas - "Rubb It In" * 1997: Kinky Bros. - "Hot" * 1998: King Dale - "Bonus" * 1998: Vincent de Moor - "Orion City" * 1999: Three Drives on a Vinyl - "Greece 2000" ;

Mixtapes

* 2015: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #1 * 2016: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #2 * 2016: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #3 * 2016: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #4 * 2016: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe (Miami Edition) #5 * 2016: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #6 * 2016: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #7 * 2016: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #8 * 2017: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe (Ade Edition) #9 * 2017: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #10 * 2017: The Deepest Christmas Mixtape in the Universe * 2017: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #12 * 2017: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #13 * 2017: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #14 * 2017: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #15 * 2017: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #16 * 2018: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #17 * 2018: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #18 * 2018: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #19 * 2018: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #20 * 2018: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe (Roadtrip to Coachella) #21 * 2018: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #22 * 2018: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #23 * 2018: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #24 * 2018: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #25 * 2019: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #26 * 2019: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #27 * 2019: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #28 * 2019: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #29 * 2019: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe (Roadtrip to Coachella) #30 * 2019: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #31 * 2019: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #32 * 2019: The Deepest Mixtape in the Universe #33

References

External links

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Artist Site at Ultra Records
* ttp://www.laptoprockers.eu/music/p1/interview-sander-kleinenberg/ December 2010 InterviewBy Laptoprockers
April 2011 Interview
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