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Psyko Punkz
Background information
Birth nameWietse Amersfoort
Born19 July 1986
Utrecht, Holland
GenresHardstyle
Years active2008 - Present
LabelsDirty Workz, Shadow Mask Music, Fusion Records, Q-Dance Records, b2s Records, Zoo Records (Toffmusic)
Websitewww.psykopunkz.com

Wietse Amersfoort, better known by his stage name Psyko Punkz (born July 19, 1986), is a Dutch Hardstyle artist, who is under contract with the Belgain Hardstyle label Dirty Workz.[1] When it comes to Hardstyle, Psyko Punkz is one of the influential DJ's of the genre, thanks to his unique and hard-hitting take on the sub-genre Hardstyle.[2] Throughout his career Psyko Punkz released numerous songs on Dirty Workz, Fusion Records, Revealed Recordings, Q-Dance Records, b2s Records, Zoo Records (Toffmusic) and on his own label Shadow Mask Music.

Biography

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Wietse Amersfoort holding a special love for music that sustained him through his childhood years, he started producing music by the age of fifteen.[3] In 2008 he teamed up with counterpart member Sven Sieperda, after that, the Psyko Punkz legacy was born. Psyko Punkz quickly signed to the Belgian label Dirty Workz, and they began performing live DJ sets at some (Hard) Dance concepts worldwide including Tomorrowland, Qlimax, Hard Bass, Decibel Outdoor, Defqon.1 Festival (The Netherlands, Australia and Chile), Reverze, Mysteryland and Germany’s Nature One.[4]

In 2010, their title Bass Boom is voted "best song" at the Hard Dance Awards. The official title posted on YouTube reached 1.5 million views in 10 months and hit at the moment almost 10 million views.[5] In 2011 Psyko Punkz was ranked in the category "Best New Group" at the Hard Dance Awards. Psyko Punkz was also on the DJ Mag Top 100 several times, in 2011 at number 78 and in 2012 at number 67.[3]

In 2012 year they were selected to compose the annual anthem of Qlimax, called Fate or Fortune. In 2014, they were selected again to compose an anthem, this time for the hard dance festival Decibel Outdoor. In June 2014, the duo announced its new project called Shadow Mask Music, which is an independent label. They released the first single, Drunken Masta, soon after.

After eight years as a duo, Sven made the decision in 2016 to resign from the act, opening up Wietse to grasp the baton and continue Psyko Punkz as a solo project.[6]

In 2016, Psyko Punkz performed twice at Defqon.1. The first time as a solo act, and the second time together with his counterpart member Sven Sieperda. This was the last time they performed together. In the same year he releashed his first solo single called Spaceship, which hit almost the 5 million streams on Spotify.[7]

Psyko Punk has represented some Hard Dance concepts with official anthems for Qlimax, Decibel Outdoor, The Qontinent, Bassleader and Reverze[8] and performed at shows far away from Europe, including stops across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chili, Australia, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Dropping numerous anthems during their early years.

Grasping 2017 with such fervency, Psyko Punkz proudly released his first solo album in April, titled “Wietse.” Plain, simple and personal, this album is a summation of Psyko Punkz as an artist.[8] [9] In that year he also performed at the Defqon.1 fifteen year anniversary edition as part of the Legends set, which honours the legends of the harddance industry.

Discography

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Albums

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Year Title
2017 Wietse.[10]

Singles

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Year Title
2008 Raise Your Hands / Hardest Heartz[11]
2009 Ghostclass / 2 Follow[12]
Overclipping / Uncut[13]
Capital Of The Harder Styles (Bassleader 2009 Anthem)[14]
  • Releashed: 23 March
  • Label: Zoo Records (Toffmusic)
  • Drager: Vinyl
2010 Rock Ya Attitude / Digging For Truth[15]
Bass Mechanics / Universe[16]
BassBoom E.P.[17]
2011 The Words E.P.[18]
Dreamer[19]
2012 Let's Get Ill / Feel The Rhythm (Alpha² Remix)[20]
Beyond Belief (Official Reverze 2012 Anthem)[21]
Psyko Foundation EP[22]
Punani (Psyko Punkz Remix)[23]
Fight 4 Your Right 2 Party (Q-Base Dirty Workz Anthem 2012)[24]
Stream Of Blood EP/Phone Prank[25]
2013 Trippy Hippie (Ft. Murda)[26]
Love This Life[27]
Psyko Soldier (Psyko Punkz & Villain) (Toneshifterz Remix)[28]
Electro Bam[29]
2014 We Stay Up[30]
Back Again (Official Decibel 2014 Anthem)[31]
Back Again (Official Decibel 2014 Anthem) (B-Front & Frequencerz Remix)[31]
Drunken Masta (Ft. Dope D.O.D.)[32]
This Is Your Life (Psyko Punkz, MC Lyte, Chris Willis)[33]
Hardwell featuring Luciana - Arcadia (Psyko Punkz Remix)[34]
2015 Hit The Bong[35]
Like A Loco[36]
Doutzen (featuring Murda)[37]
Rough MF[38]
Frozen Planet (Official Bassleader 2015 Anthem)[39]
2016 Born As A Rebel[40]
After MF 2016[41]
Psyko Foundation (Tha Playah's Thrillogy Remix)[41]
Ninja (featuring Massive New Krew)[42]
Rise Of The Restless (The Qontinent 2016 Anthem)[43]
Spaceship[44]
2017 Strike Again (Psyko Punkz Remix)[45]
Play The Drum (Play The Drum EP)[46]
My Style (Play The Drum EP)[46]
The Secret (Play The Drum EP)[46]
Make The Beat Go (Play The Drum EP)[46]
Define God (Define God EP)[47]
Dance (Define God EP)[47]
Spaceship (Define God EP)[47]
Rockstar (Define God EP)[47]
Fuck The Fame (Fuck The Fame EP)[48]
Enjoy the Ride (Fuck The Fame EP)[48]
No Bad People (Fuck The Fame EP)[48]
Without The Scars (Fuck The Fame EP)[48]
Psyko Prince (Psyko Prince EP)[49]
Up And Down (Psyko Prince EP)[49]
Hiphop Mashup (as Mr. Psyko) (Psyko Prince EP)[49]
Bootje Varen (as Wietz) (Psyko Prince EP)[49]
Psyko Foundation (The Prophet Remix)[50]
Left With The Wrong (Warface Remix)[51]
Make The Fire Burn[52]
2018 Teleportation[53]
New Earth[54]

Awards and nominations

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DJ Mag Top 100

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Year Rank
2011 #78 [55]
2012 #67 [56]

Awards

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Year Rank
2010 "NR1 track Of The Year" at the Fear FM Awards with the track BassBoom [57]
"Best Song" at the Hard Dance Awards [57]
2011 "Best New Group" at the Hard Dance Awards [57]


References

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  1. ^ "Background information Psyko Punkz". Hardnews. 2018-08-21.
  2. ^ "Psyko Punkz". www.discogs.com. 2018-08-21.
  3. ^ a b "Psyko Punkz: Van een razende start tot gevestigde naam in de hardstyle". DJ Mag. 2018-08-21.
  4. ^ "Psyko Punkz Party Agenda Archive". Partyflock. 2018-08-21.
  5. ^ "Psyko Punkz - BassBoom". YouTube. 2018-08-21.
  6. ^ "Former Psyko Punk (Sven) is back with a huge new act: KELTEK!". DJmag.nl. 2018-08-21.
  7. ^ "Spotify Artist page Psyko Punkz". Spotify. 2018-08-21.
  8. ^ a b "Psyko Punkz Featured and Releases". Beatport. 2018-08-21.
  9. ^ "Psyko Punkz over zijn eerste solo album: Wietse". DJ Mag. 2018-08-21.
  10. ^ "Psyko Punkz - Wietse". Discogs. 2018-08-21.
  11. ^ "Psyko Punkz - Raise Your Hands". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  12. ^ "Psyko Punkz - Ghostclass / 2 Follow". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  13. ^ "Psyko Punkz - Overclipping / Uncut". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  14. ^ "Psyko Punkz / Fenix (2) - Capital Of The Harder Styles (Bassleader 2009 Anthem)". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  15. ^ "Psyko Punkz - Rock Ya Attitude / Digging For Truth". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  16. ^ "Noisecontrollers & Psyko Punkz - Bass Mechanics / Universe". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  17. ^ "Psyko Punkz - BassBoom EP". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  18. ^ "Psyko Punkz & Coone* - The Words". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  19. ^ "Psyko Punkz - Dreamer". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  20. ^ "Psyko Punkz - Let's Get Ill / Feel The Rhythm (Alpha² Remix)". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  21. ^ "Psyko Punkz - Beyond Belief (Reverze Anthem 2012)". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  22. ^ "Psyko Punkz - Psyko Foundation EP". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  23. ^ "DJ Mystery (3) - Punani (Psyko Punkz Remix)". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  24. ^ "Buy Various: Q Base 2012 Anthem Package at Juno Download". Juno Download. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  25. ^ "Psyko Punkz - Stream Of Blood / Phone Prank". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  26. ^ "Psyko Punkz Ft. Murda (8) - Trippy Hippie (File, MP3) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  27. ^ "Psyko Punkz - Love This Life (File, MP3) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  28. ^ "Psyko Punkz & Villain* - Psyko Soldier (Toneshifterz Remix) (File, MP3) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  29. ^ "Psyko Punkz - Electro Bam (File, MP3) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  30. ^ "Psyko Punkz - We Stay Up (File, MP3) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  31. ^ a b "Psyko Punkz - Back Again (Official Decibel 2014 Anthem) (File, MP3) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  32. ^ "Psyko Punkz Ft. Dope D.O.D. - Drunken Masta (File, MP3) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  33. ^ "Psyko Punkz | MC Lyte | Chris Willis - This Is Your Life (File, MP3) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  34. ^ "Hardwell featuring Luciana - Arcadia (Psyko Punkz Remix)". Beatport. 2018-08-21.
  35. ^ "Psyko Punkz - Hit The Bong (File, MP3) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  36. ^ "Psyko Punkz - Like A Loco (File, MP3) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  37. ^ "Psyko Punkz Ft. Murda – Doutzen". Discogs. 2018-08-21.
  38. ^ "Psyko Punkz ‎– Rough MF". Discogs. 2018-08-21.
  39. ^ "Psyko Punkz ‎– Frozen Planet (Official Bassleader 2015 Anthem)". Discogs. 2018-08-21.
  40. ^ "Psyko Punkz ‎– Born As A Rebel". Discogs. 2018-08-21.
  41. ^ a b "Psyko Punkz - After MF". Discogs. 2018-08-21.
  42. ^ "Psyko Punkz Ft. Massive New Krew ‎– Ninja". Discogs. 2018-08-21.
  43. ^ "Psyko Punkz - Rise Of The Restless (The Qontinent 2016 Anthem) (File, MP3) at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  44. ^ "Psyko Punkz ‎– Spaceship". Discogs. 2018-08-21.
  45. ^ "Donkey Rollers - Strike Again (Psyko Punkz Remix)". Beatport. 2018-08-21.
  46. ^ a b c d "Psyko Punkz - Play The Drum EP". Discogs. 2018-08-21.
  47. ^ a b c d "Psyko Punkz - Define God EP". Discogs. 2018-08-21.
  48. ^ a b c d "Psyko Punkz - Fuck The Fame EP". Discogs. 2018-08-21.
  49. ^ a b c d "Psyko Punkz - Psyko Prince EP". Discogs. 2018-08-21.
  50. ^ "Psyko Punkz ‎– Psyko Foundation (The Prophet Remix)". Discogs. 2018-08-21.
  51. ^ "Psyko Punkz ‎– Left With The Wrong (Warface Remix)". Discogs. 2018-08-21.
  52. ^ "Psyko Punkz ‎– Make The Fire Burn". Discogs. 2018-08-21.
  53. ^ "Psyko Punkz ‎– Teleportation". Discogs. 2018-08-21.
  54. ^ "Psyko Punkz - New Earth". Presave Tweematic. 2018-08-21.
  55. ^ "Psyko Punk DJ Mag Top 100 2011". DJ Mag. 2018-08-21.
  56. ^ "Psyko Punkz DJ Mag Top 100 2012". DJ Mag. 2018-08-21.
  57. ^ a b c "Psyko Punkz ADE". Amsterdam Dance Event. 2018-08-21.