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Melon aka Jeroen Hofer moved from Basel, Switzerland, to the Netherlands In October 2006 Melon expanded his Ratio? concept with his own record at the age of two. Thanks to his parents, it became clear, at very young age, label called “Ratio?music”. The first release “Four Seasons Part 01”, a double that music is his big passion. After being the regular grammar school dj, it 12-inch including remixes by Shinedoe & Quince, got major support from the was time to go to high-school. When in first grade, he immediately started international scene and went straight to number one in the German De:Bug a band with some other students, and bought an Amiga 500, Sampler and magazine, number eight in the German Groove magazine and number two in DR 550 Drum-computer and started experimenting with electronic music and the Dutch DJBroadcast magazine. traditional instruments. After this successful debut, a remix followed for Amsterdam/New York based After a couple of years he had exploited all the possibilities of that equipment NewHsoul (House Rules Records) and remixed their single “House u wanna and decided to sell his stuff and move to Amsterdam where he attended the play” into a old-school Warehouse Dub, which also got picked up very well by school for graphic design. Once in Amsterdam he started to hang out in the people like; Funk D’Void, Mark Broom, Laurent Garnier, Michel de Hey, Djinxx, legendary club Mazzo (r.i.p.) and became a regular visitor. After partying for a Âme, Paul Mac, Dan Curtin, Rolando, Doc Martin & Ivan Smagghe. couple of years, he started to miss producing music and started to spin records as a quick solution. Within weeks he was already playing at small parties and In the meanwhile, he got invited by friends like Tobi Neumann & Ricardo founded the break-beat orientated club-night, together with three others, “The Villalobos to come and play at Robert Johnson & Panorama Bar and more Sub” at club Mazzo, in April 1998. For one year they successfully hosted the gigs abroad followed. In spring 2006, his unique blend of pure House & Techno Thursday-night with international guests like Adam Freeland, Rennie Pilgrim, got noticed by the well known German Kompakt Agency, who added him to Barry Ashworth, Freq Nasty & Laidback. their DJ roster. Now things really started happening and next to his residency in 11 and playing regulary at festivals like; Awakenings, Lowlands & 5 Days Off, From home base Mazzo, The Sub operated throughout the whole country he could be found in respected clubs all over the world. with the “Sub-Soundsystem” and organised parties in clubs like Paradiso, Nighttown, Winkel van Sinkel, Simplon, Tivoli and a couple of smaller locations In 2007 he got offered a residency by Monza-Ibiza and played his first Ibiza and underground parties. Melon became resident at the Sub Parties in season at the mega-club “Privilege” next to the other Monza club night in Paradiso and performed together with artists like; Adam Freeland, Matthew Barcelona, Berlin & Mallorca. Because of his extremely busy schedule that Buschwacka, Moloko and with a live drummer (with Melon on three decks) on year, he only found the time to release one single on his own Ratio?music. the main-stage. In October that year “Nitzi” was born and made quiet an impact. The single- sided 12-inch, limited to 500 copies, sold out three weeks before the release In the meanwhile Melon also hosted a weekly Friday-night in DJ Café date and got massive support from the international DJ scene, especially from Vaaghuyzen. In 1998 “Cheese” was born, which later turned into “Raw Meat”. the Innervisions crew who added the track to their “Secret Weapons Part 2” On this night he went back to his roots of Black Music and started playing compilation in 2008. House and Disco again, as he did back in the days. After six years this night became very notorious in Amsterdam, mostly because of Melon’s extremely Being more confident about his releases, he started to spend more time in the long solo sets (up to 13 hours) and the freaky after-parties. studio, which lead to several very successful releases in the summer of 2008 under his alias “Je Dàvu”. Both the tracks “I Zebra” (Platzhirsch) & “Music got Approximately one year later after The Sub stopped at Mazzo, Steffi (Klakson you Movin” (Bangbang!) became underground hits and ended up high in the records) & Melon started a new concept at the Mazzo. By then Melon was dance charts world wide. His edit of INXS their hit single “I Need you Tonight”, really into the rising minimal sound. To promote this new sound “Lomotion” which he released on his own & new “Raw Meat Records”, also got massive was born. But unfortunately, with guests like Ricardo Villalobos, who did his support and made him to a much requested remix artist. first Dutch gig at Lomotion, Dexter and New World Aquarium, they were a little too early and too pure with this new sound and after about a year they were Nowadays, Melon is a key figure in the Dutch music scene and with regular forced to stop. They continued with a couple of “one-offs“ in, for example, spots & recidencies at clubs like; Fabric, Watergate, Die Registratur, Hive Paradiso with Two Lone Swordsmen, but the concept slowly came to an end. Club, Panorama Bar, Robert Johnson, Hotel Shanghai, a well known artist that can be found in respected clubs from Mexico to Moscou & from Helsinki In the same period Melon also became member of Acapulco Nights. Together to Bucharest. with other resident DJ’s, Melon dressed up as a draq-queen, named Vanessa Del Rio, and toured around the country together with bizarre acts & shows, In the future more releases, remixes, mix-cd’s & even an album will follow. attending parties and festivals like Dance valley, Mysteryland, Impulz & 4 He wants to expaned his Ratio?music label as well as his Ratio?nights world Elements. Acapulco Nights also hosted two regular Friday-nights at club wide. Panama where Vanessa was one of the residents.

After some collaborations with San Proper (Rushhour) as Zwiele Doephouse and as Together with Lauhaus (Polder), Melon came up with a new concept named “Ratio?” in the summer of 2005. First he started to organise parties under this name, to promote his irrational choice of music. The first two editions where in August 2005, when he got Isolée live, next to Ark & Soundhack, for the first time to the Netherlands. One year later Ratio? found a steady spot in club 11 in Amsterdam. After a couple of successful one-offs, with live performances from The Freaks & Henrik Schwarz (both performing for the first time in the Dutch capital), the collaboration between 11 and Melon was getting very fruitful and 11 invited him to organise the 2006 new years party. In 2007, they asked him right away to start to host a monthly night, with guest like; Radio Slave, Luke Solomon, Tobi Neumann, Marcus Worgull, Soundstream feat. Tikiman live, Larry Heard, Kathy Diamond live, Maurice Fulton, Move D, I:Cube live, Sascha Funke, Carl Craig, Russ Gabriel, Derrick Carter, Mr White live, Secret Sundaze, Sebo K, 2000 and one, Kerri Chandler & a couple of solo nights, Ratio? became one of the most successful club-nights in the already legendary club.

After the closing, in June 2008, Melon couldn’t find the right spot to continue his nights in Amsterdam and took the concept abroad to start to host Ratio?nights at clubs like Watergate (Berlin) & Die Registratur (Munich). After a couple of successful nights at these clubs, more clubs followed and in 2009 Ratio? was back in Amsterdam at the already legendary club “Trouw”.

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> Melon - Four Seasons Part 01 > Kompakt Sonar Mix 2x12” Ratio?music 2006 Kompakt 2008

> Melon - Good Times, I’ll Never Forget Single Sided Lmtd 12” Ratio?music 2007 LICENSING/// > Je Dàvu - I Zebra Single Sided Coloured Lmtd 12” Platzhirsch 2008 > Melon - Spring - Groove Magazine CD #104/N°13 (Jan/Feb 2007) > Je Dàvu - Music Got You Movin - Satellite 31 - Steve Rachmad Live (DJ Magazine 2007) 12” Bangbang! 2008 - Nokia Music Recommenders (2007) - Canon CD-Rom I-Sensys (2007) > Je Dàvu - I Need You Tonight - Guy Gerber - RA.058 (Resident Advisor 2007) Lmtd 12” Raw Meat 2008 > Melon - Summer (Quince Darkness Remix) > Je Dàvu - Nr. 13 - The Loft Club Compilation Vol. 5 (Sinnamon Records 2007) Compilation Platzhirsch 2009 > Melon - Nitzi (In My Mind, So Fine) > Je Dàvu - Chaos At The Dam - Secret Weapons Part 2 Compilation (Innervisions 2008) 12” Bangbang! 2009 - Ellen Allien - Boogy Bytes Vol. 4 (BPitch Control 2008) - Babak - Bar 1 | Summer 08 (Shayan Music 2008) > Melocotón - Porneta - 3 Snapshots Tokyo mixed by Radioslave Single Sided Lmtd 12” Ratio?music 2009 > Je Dàvu - Music Got You Movin > Melon - Four Seasons Part 02 - Karotte - Karotte’s Kitchen Vol. 3 (Alphabet City 2008) 12” Ratio?music 2009 - V. Kanzyani & O. Aguilera - La Terrrazza (Circle Music 2009) - Sebo K - Watergate 04 (Watergate Records 2009)

> Je Dàvu - I Zebra REMIXES/// - Château Flight - FACT Magazine Mix (2008) - Joris Voorn - Balance 014 (EQ Recordings 2009) > NewHsoul - House... You Wanna Play - Technasia - Session 013 (6-Ryl Sessions) (Don Melon’s Warehouse Dub) House Rules 2006 > Lemon Popsicle - Awake > MHM One - Bubububadub (Don Melon’s Peanut In L.A Mix) (Don Melon’s 8 Days Late Tribal Strip Tool) Tartelet 2008 - Wollion - Inhousemovement (Fullscale Music 2008)

> Lemon Popsicle - Awake > Tapesh - Brighter Day (Don Melon’s Peanut In L.A. Mix) Rebirth 2009 (Don Melon’s Dub Club Mix) - Rebirth - ADE 2009 Sampler (Rebirth 2009) > Micro Violi - Enchanté (Je Dàvu Remix) Puzzle Traxx 2009

> Tapesh - Brighter Day (Don Melon’s Dub Club Mix) Rebirth 2009

> Sascha Dive - Black Panther (Don Melon’s Sure I Can Mix) Deep Vibes 2009

> Estroe - Late Night Thinking (Melon’s Winter Depression Mix) Connaisseur 2009

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> Melon at Voltt Loves Summer 2008 > Melon Playing in the Rain at Rockit 2008 part 01 > Melon Playing in the Rain at Rockit 2008 part 02 > Melon Playing in the Rain at Rockit 2008 part 03 > Melon Playing in the Rain at Rockit 2008 part 04 > Karotte at Love Family Park 2008 Playing “I Zebra” > Sebo K & Melon Twstd Queensday 2008 > Tobi Neumann at Ratio? 2008 > Ricardo Villalobos & Melon at Rockit 2007 > Larry Heard at Ratio? 2007 > Melon at Lowlands 2006

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> Chemistry Podcast 2008 > 3voor12 Melon Page > Shit-I-Dig Vol. 1 2003

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