Producer, mixing engineer, designer and youth coach from Sittard-Geleen. Self-taught, rooted in Limburg and still building.
Music started when I was eight and picked up a guitar. There was no bigger idea behind it. I simply liked making noise and slowly figuring out how songs worked.
School was a different story. I struggled with the system, dealt with attendance officers and never felt like the normal route was going to become mine. By nineteen I had very little stability and, for a while, nowhere solid to build from.
What I did have was a laptop. I made beats, watched tutorials, failed at things, tried again and spent an unreasonable amount of time learning details nobody around me cared about yet.
That period was difficult, but it also taught me something I still use every day: start with what is there and build from it.
Streams do not tell the whole story, but they do remind me how far the work travelled.
Going from having almost nothing except a laptop to seeing records I worked on reach millions of plays.
A large part of my catalogue was built close to home. Not through networking events or carefully planned industry sessions, but by making music with people I consider my brothers.
Krauw Konnekt, Slenterprise, Het VerZet and the wider Rafting Goods network connect a long list of rappers and producers. The names change from project to project, but the idea stays the same: help each other build records that could only have come from here.
My role is often behind the scenes. I produce, record, mix, help shape complete tapes and make sure artists around me get a platform. Putting Limburg on the map means very little if the people who made the scene are not standing on that map with me.
Together we built all four Polo Op Mijn Body volumes, followed by Slenter City Vol. 1, the 1.5 EP and Vol. 2: De Honger van Maas. Those tapes became a running world of their own, rooted in South-Limburg.
Eijer and I released the nine-track album Probleem together in 2019. He also appears throughout the wider Krauw Konnekt, Slenterprise and Rafting Goods story, including later Slenter City material.
Projects such as DOOK&BOO$: De Heuvels Hebben Ogen and Dookie’s TRIPLE VICE show how these Limburg connections turn into full bodies of work. TRIPLE VICE was produced entirely by me, while the wider network keeps bringing in new combinations of Limburg artists.
Krauw Konnekt works because the producers do not all sound alike. My contribution sits next to the work of people such as Sneadr and PHiN, each bringing a different part of Limburg into the same crew.
Rafting Goods connects crews from across the Netherlands. Through Slenterprise, Krauw Konnekt and Het VerZet, the South is an active part of that collective. I contribute productions alongside a wide group of producers while friends from the region appear throughout the records.
Slenter City Vol. 1 was listed among the nominees for the Limburg Pop Prize in 2023. That kind of recognition matters because it shows that local work can keep its own identity and still reach a much wider audience.
This is not the complete list. It is a selection of releases that show how long these collaborations have been developing.
A review of Dookie’s solo album and the restrained, sample-driven production behind it.
A conversation about sampling, persistence, $KEER&BOO$ and making sure music from outside the Randstad gets heard.
A look at the collective process, including one of the first verses of the weekend being recorded on a Yung Umbro beat.
I started the brand in 2017 with one white logo on a black hoodie. There was no fashion background and no large launch behind it. I simply wanted to make something that represented where I came from.
That first hoodie slowly became a cult classic in the region and beyond. Around 400 hoodies have found their way to people since then. For a producer who started by printing his own local identity on a piece of clothing, that still feels slightly unreal.
Since 2025 I have been working in youth work, coaching and talent development in Sittard-Geleen.
“Some kids grow up surrounded by opportunity. Others grow up surrounded by survival.”When society writes someone off, we start writing a different story.
I work with young people in their own environment, including those who are difficult for traditional organisations to reach. Music creates an opening, but the real work is trust, conversation and helping someone see a different route forward.
During open studio sessions in Stadbroek and Geleen I help young artists develop their sound, recording skills and confidence. Through coaching and my wider music network, promising artists can move from a hobby toward genuine opportunities.
One-to-one sessions give young people the space to work quietly on a track, learn technical skills and talk about what is happening outside the studio as well.
I am involved in the development of The Turn Up! at The Place Sittard: a platform connecting studio facilities, coaching and music projects with partners such as The Breakfast Club, Kunstbende and Pop in Limburg.
My role also includes the technical side of podcasts and media projects. Together with partners such as Out of the Box, that expertise can be used far beyond a normal music workshop.
I contribute to MDT talent programmes, PMG-focused coaching, presentations, introductory workshops, masterclasses and projects such as the Got Bars concept at Mama’s Pride.
I work with schools, municipalities, youth organisations, cultural institutions and events on music production, recording, mixing, talent development and longer coaching programmes.
Sittard-Geleen
