Firebeatz

Firebeatz consists of Tim Smulders and Jurre van Doeselaar. The pair met whilst both were studying at the School of Arts in Tilburg, The Netherlands, where they formed a bond due to their shared musical interests. They formed Firebeatz in 2008, beginning to make music together that would soon deliver results. Tracks such as “Funky Shit,” “Where’s Your Head At” and “Miniman” all faired well on the Beatport dance charts, showing the potential of Firebeatz to create dance floor-filling EDM anthems.

Collaborating with Chocolate Puma for the track, “Just One More Time Baby,” they began to turn the heads of high profile DJs, including BBC Radio 1’s DJ Pete Tong, who played the track on his show to positive praise. The track also topped the Beatport House chart for a number of weeks. Another collaboration also brought Firebeatz big success, working together with Schella for “Dear New York,” which reached number two on Beatport’s main Top 100 chart.

The duo were not about to stop creating killer dance tracks, with “Gangster,” released in 2013, breaking into Beatport’s top 20. Tiesto also released one of their tracks on his label, Musical Freedom, releasing “Ding Dong,” a collaboration with Bobby Burns. Calvin Harris took notice of the pair, releasing their track, “Yeahhh” on his label, Fly Eye Records. He then went on to assign Firebeatz with a remix of Harris’ track, “Thinking About You,” a collaboration with Ayah Marar. Hits continued to flow, with “Max Ammo” breaking Beatport’s top 20, followed by their joint effort with Marin Garrix reaching the top spot in 2013. Firebeatz have managed to take their music to new genres through a vast number of collaborations and remixes, with artists such as Pitbull, James Blunt, Snoop Dogg, Flo Rida, Timberland, Fatman Scoop and Sean Paul. The latter of which reached the top 15 of Beatport’s main chart.