Barthezz

DJ & producer based in Weert, The Netherlands.
Born: January 22, 1980 (Asten, The Netherlands)
Bart Claessen started playing music at a young age. At the end of the 90's he had a small studio and with his equipment he produced his first track, "[m=45372]" as Barthezz, which was released in 2000. Next year saw the follow up, "[m=45381]". In 2003, Bart started a new project called "StereoShaker", releasing the track "[m=45394]".
After these two projects, Bart released his first track under his own name "[m=850767]" in 2004. He developed a new sound that mainly oriented towards tech trance, remixing several trance artists and became a key member at Yakuza and later Anjunabeats.
He founded friendship with fellow Dutchman Raz Nitzan and they together founded the formation Who.is, merging the millennial sound of trance with modern progressive techniques.
After his track "[r=3082328]" in 2011, he decided to move a bit further from trance with his singles at Big & Dirty and took dubstep and electro house onto the flag.
In 2014, he founded his first own label Playmo Sounds and the support of those tracks lead him to Mainstage Music too.
In 2017, he decided to retire from making music and using social media platforms.
After a 6 years hiatus, he returned to DJing, notably with a producer's set at Luminosity Festival in 2023.