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Saskia Slegers (* 1962) is owner of the disk label Djax record, was responsible for the first Hip Hop publication into the Netherlands and has as if measure Djax within the Techno scene world-wide fame attained.

Measure Djax

Measure Djax is the name, under which Saskia Slegers has world-wide appearances as DJ and as Techno and Acid Produzentin is active.

Biography

Already 1978 had it their first appearance in the Vox club in Eindhoven (the Netherlands). In its first years as DJ it played excluding Hip Hop. To their favorites Public Enemy, N.W.A., Ice T and Ice Cube belonged. It called already at that time measures Djax. Djax does not mean anything concrete, but X is Slegers favourite letter and in addition reminds the word of Wax (English mode expression for Vinyl), Trax and Sex.

1990 had it their first foreign country Gig, with a party in France, 1992 followed the international break-through with their appearance to the Mayday in Berlin. 1993 were distinguished it by the scene magazine Frontpage as DJ of the yearly.

Often she came in the most different countries with tunings and inquiries into the Top Ten of the international DJs - beside people such as Richie Hawtin, Laurent Garnier, Carl Cox, Jeff Mills, Sven etc. you for the world-wide largest parties one books. Is it for the conclusion meeting of the Loveparade (two times), the Mayday (six times) or the Nature One.

Djax record

Djax record is considered as one of the most influential disk labels within the Dance range. MTV Europe called it one of the most important labels of the nineties.

1989 had worked Saskia Slegers already many years in Plattenladen and were annoyed at the fact that there were many promising musicians to the Netherlands, which were stamped of the disk industry simply as "too unkommerziell ". Thus it created its own label Djax record. The first publication was an album of the Dutch hardcore RWSby 24K. A few months later the Sub label Djax UP Beats was brought into being and a single was published by Terrace.

On Djax UP Beats among other things Felix Housecat, Claude Young, hatch Slater and DJ Rush.1994 published Djax record by the scene magazine Frontpage as the best international label were there. 1997 received Djax record to the Dutch Silver star for the best disk label and 1999 the honor De Veer of the Dutch music industry.