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Rutger van Bostelen, better known as M.I.D.O.R., started his musical career at the age of 12 by taking guitar lessons. His interest in electronic music grew which resulted in his first set of turntables at the age of 15. After 6 years of guitar lessons Rutger taught himself to play the piano as well. He became very interested in making his own electronic dance music and after buying a computer and his first synthesizer, he started practicing and experimenting with his new found toys. Influenced by artists such as Ferry Corsten, Marco V and Tiësto, Rutger started to write his own tracks.

In 2002 Rutger met Eelke Kleijn in a club in Amsterdam. After talking about their musical passions for a couple of hours they decided to join forces and started working together. They found themselves moving up the ladder pretty fast from then onwards.

Various releases, co operations, and remixes followed, for artists such as Lange, Talla 2XLC, Mike Koglin, Robert Nickson, Jose Amnesia, Octagen and Angel Sanchez. Their own 'After Midnight EP' on Duty Free's sub label Intensive Music was an amazing hit record, with ‘No Man’s Land’ in particular getting large support from Tiësto (playing it at his concert and often on national television). In 2005 their tracks 'Breathing' with vocalist Linn and the 'Humanize EP' on Five AM Digital again hit the spot. Major support came from all the usual suspects, including Marco V, Ferry Corsten, Armin van Buuren and Deep Dish. Besides being known for their work as M.I.D.O.R., they are also involved in projects such as 'Global Interference’, ‘Aegan’, ‘Phantom Force’, ‘Kamigawa’ and 'Kleijn & van Bostelen'.

In 2006 Rutger joined Paul Moelands (again) in the studio resulting in the track ‘Alcatraz’ which hit the global dance scene like a bomb. Featuring on Ben Liebrands Grandmix and various compilations. After the success of other tracks like ‘Flyback’, ‘Rush Hour’, ‘Metropolitan’ and ‘Activate’ Rutger and Paul started to spend more and more time together in the studio resulting in an actual Octagen & M.I.D.O.R. album hitting the shelves in the spring of 2008.

Next to his work as a producer, Rutger is an excellent DJ as well. He has played in front of immense crowds all over Europe and performed together with DJs such as John O'Callaghan, Galen Behr, Gareth Emery, Angel Sanchez, Ron van den Beuken, Brian Cross and many others.


Find out more about M.I.D.O.R.:
www.myspace.com/djmidor
www.djmidor.com

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