DJ Chosen Few
DJ Chosen Few | |
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| Born | Michel François Prijt 5 February 1972 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 14 October 2025 (aged 53) |
| Occupations | DJ, music producer |
Michel François Prijt (5 February 1972 – 14 October 2025), better known by his stage name DJ Chosen Few, was a Dutch DJ and music producer.[1]
Prijt was considered a pioneer of the Dutch electronic dance music scene.[2]
Life and career
Born in Amsterdam on 5 February 1972, Prijt grew up in a poor neighborhood southeast of the city.[3] Around 1984, he became a graffiti artist and began composing hip-hop music[4] and breakbeat. In 1993, he collaborated with DJ Dano and DJ The Prophet for his first booking outside the Netherlands, which occurred in Austria. He then grew his fanbase, playing hardcore music around festivals, such as Mysteryland,[5] Mayday,[6] Thunderdome,[7] and Hellraiser.[8] In 1997, he mixed the album Flashpoint for the group Fear Factory as part of the record label Mokum Records.[9][10] In 2008, he mixed The Last City on Earth for the music festival In Qontrol.[11]
DJ Chosen Few died on 14 October 2025, at the age of 53.[12]
Discography
Studio albums
- In the Name of the DJ (1998)
EPs
- Freedom / Wicked (1993)
- Chosen Anthem (1993)
- Take Me 2 the Top (1994)
- Fuck You Up (1994)
- Party! / After Hourz (1994)
- Feel the Dream (1994)
- Love Me Bad (1995)
- Bring the Beat Back (1996)
- Ø Chøsen (1996)
- Tegen de gevestigde orde EP (2003)
- Kold Dayz (2004)
- Day One (2005)
- Ëбаный Хардкор (2005)
- Chosen Paradize (2006)
- Mokum World Wide (2007)
- Da Funky Beatz (2008)
- Legendary (2009)
- Walk in the Dark (2015)
- Fucking Hardcore (2017)
References
- ^ "Hardcore-legende DJ Chosen Few op 53-jarige leeftijd overleden". Skoften (in Dutch). 15 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ May, Tanner (8 September 2003). "Chosen Few: Master of hardcore". Inthemix. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ "Chosen Few". The DJ List. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (2012). Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture. Catapult. ISBN 1593764774.
- ^ "Mystery Land · The European Dance Festival". Partyflock (in Dutch).
- ^ "Eclips vs OGP · presents Mayhem". Partyflock (in Dutch).
- ^ "Thunderdome". Partyflock (in Dutch).
- ^ "Hellraiser". Partyflock (in Dutch).
- ^ "Chosen Few". Party Flock (in Dutch).
- ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry (2005). New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Zonda Books. ISBN 0-9582684-0-1.
- ^ "In Qontrol - The Last City On Earth". Partyflock (in Dutch).
- ^ "Addio a Dj Chosen Few, leggenda del panorama hardcore olandese e mondiale". Radio Città Aperta (in Italian). 14 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.