Hardwell is the stage name of Robbert van de Corput, a DJ and producer from Breda in the Netherlands. He works in house and electronic dance music, including big room house, deep house, Dutch house, EDM, electro house and electronic.

Career

Hardwell begins releasing and performing in the 2000s and becomes one of the best-known figures in EDM. He is the label boss of Revealed Recordings and is also associated with EXTATIC Records, Gemstone Records and What Ya Need. His reputation grows through both studio releases and large-scale live sets.

He receives major recognition through DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs poll, where he is named World’s No. 1 DJ in 2013 and again in 2014. He is the youngest winner of the Top 100 DJs award. He is also described as an award-winning DJ, producer, musician and label owner.

Releases and collaborations

His best-known tracks include “Spaceman”, “Three Triangles (Losing My Religion)”, “Countdown”, “Jumper”, “Apollo” and “Dare You”. He also records “Never Say Goodbye” with Dyro and Bright Lights. He collects seven consecutive Beatport number ones in 2013.

Live performances and touring

Hardwell’s 2013 set at Miami’s Ultra Music Festival becomes especially widely watched, and his Tomorrowland performances in 2012 and 2013 also attract very large online audiences. He appears at major festivals and events including Ultra Music Festival Miami, Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas, Electric Zoo, Creamfields, UMF Europe, Coachella, EDC London, Future Music Festival, TomorrowWorld, Global Gathering, Mysteryland, Dance Valley and Sensation, including Amsterdam.

He also performs a Las Vegas residency at Hakkasan with his “Go Hardwell Or Go Home” event series. In 2013 he launches the I Am Hardwell world tour concept in Amsterdam at Heineken Music Hall, then takes the show across six continents, with dates in cities including Jakarta, Singapore, Bangalore, Mumbai, Lisbon, London, Mexico City, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Tel Aviv, Guatemala City, Manchester, Edinburgh, Belfast, Istanbul, São Paulo, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. The tour later includes North American shows and ends at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Film and media

During Amsterdam Dance Event in 2013, Hardwell presents the world premiere of an I Am Hardwell documentary at Tuschinski cinema in Amsterdam. The film gives an inside view of his rise and is shown in selected cinemas around the world.

Later activity

After a show in Ibiza in September 2018, he posts about taking an indefinite hiatus.