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Dutch DJ and record producer (born 1988)

Hardwell

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Hardwell is a Dutch DJ and producer from Breda whose catalogue connects big-room EDM with a harder techno-driven direction. Spaceman and Apollo introduce the earlier anthemic sound; REBELS NEVER DIE marks the approach he presented with his return at Ultra Miami. His work also includes remixes, vocal collaborations and releases through Revealed Recordings.

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Sanctuary and Beat Of The Drum are entry points into his 2025 output. Hardwell Presents Euphoria, launched on Tomorrowland's One World Radio that year, offers a longer listening route through his selections.

Inside the sets

Observed sample

3 qualifying official festival mixes in the observed sample.

3 sets sampledOfficial festival mixes84.6% of music entries identified

Sample dates: –

Set-to-set record overlap
38.8%Average shared identified selections when comparing every pair of sets.
Recurring main-track transitions
19%How often two records played in order also appear in that order in another set. Unknown entries break the chain; layered records do not add steps.
Outside the observed peer sample
90.4%85 of 94 identified credited track/remix names were absent from 13 qualifying sets by 6 other DJs. This is absence from this peer sample, not worldwide rarity.
Sources & how to read this

Source: Apple Music · observed sample

These are officially published mixes. They may be edited or shorter than the live performance; the comparisons describe the published selections.

Percentages describe the sampled selections, not artistic quality or mixing skill. Unidentified tracks do not establish a rare selection.

Comparison artists: Alesso, Alok, Armin van Buuren, Martin Garrix, Steve Aoki, Swedish House Mafia.

  • Cohort: Official published festival mixes. Selected window: 2025-07-20 to 2026-07-19 (365 days inclusive).
  • Each counted official published mix was checked for its complete published track listing, at least 80% fully identified visible music rows and 10 unique identified track/remix names. A complete published mix does not establish an unedited or complete live performance. One source date counts once per DJ.
  • 1 in-window source records were excluded for incompleteness, coverage, unique-track minimum, or a repeated performance date.
  • Source observations checked through 2026-10-16. This is a dated sample, not a live feed or a complete history.
  • Matching uses reviewed canonical credited artist, title and version keys, independent of platform. Aliases require manual review; unspecified versions are not certified originals and are not merged with named remixes. Ambiguous components stay unknown. Identified mashup/layer components count as selections; only explicitly established main-track order contributes transitions. A source row counts as identified only when every component is identified.
  • Set overlap averages pairwise Dice: 200 times shared unique selections divided by the combined unique-selection counts. Repeat order counts identified adjacent main-record pairs occurring in at least two distinct sets, divided by all such pair occurrences.
  • Unknown tracks are excluded from identity comparisons, never treated as rare. These metrics do not measure mixing skill, crowd response or artistic quality.
  • Dates use published mix date; publication dates must not be read as confirmed performance dates.
  • 3 reviewed source rows explicitly labelled Commentary were excluded from music identification coverage. Their positions remain sequence gaps; they never create transitions between music selections on either side. Raw source-row counts are retained in the evidence.
Born in
Breda
Country
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Active since
2008
First RA show
2007 · Zalinaz, All
On RA
427 shows in 39 countries
Released on
Ultra Records, Armada Music, Toolroom Records, Stealth Records, Spinnin' Records, Revealed Recordings
RA followers
29,509
Plays
EDMBig Room
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In our cities

  • Amsterdam33 shows · last Mar 2024 at Ziggo Dome
  • London11 shows · last Apr 2018 at O2 Academy Brixton
  • New York10 shows · last Sep 2022 at TBA
  • Sydney4 shows · last Mar 2014 at Randwick Racecourse
  • Melbourne3 shows · last Mar 2014 at Flemington Racecourse
  • Tokyo2 shows · last Sep 2017 at Odaiba Ultra Park

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