The Prophet - "UIT HET HARD" book

**From illegal raves with 50 people to a spectacular farewell show for 70,000 fans on the mainstage of Defqon.1 Weekend Festival.** In the Dutch book *‘UIT HET HARD’*, DJ The Prophet candidly reveals everything about his influential career in the hard dance scene, including all the sensational stories that come with it. To capture his story as best as possible, DJ The Prophet collaborated with the most renowned author of the Dutch dance scene: **Arne van Terphoven**. Although the hardstyle genre was new to the music journalist, Van Terphoven previously wrote extensively about Multigroove, ID&T and Awakenings. For *‘UIT HET HARD’*, Van Terphoven immersed himself completely in illegal raves, hardcore and hardstyle. Van Terphoven, who previously indicated that this would be his last book about dance history, found it particularly fascinating to work with DJ The Prophet. *"It's rare to meet someone who has experienced the transformation of the dance industry so closely and played a major role as an artist, while also being deeply involved in the development of hardcore, hardstyle, ID&T, Q-dance, Multigroove, you name it."* In contrast to Van Terphoven's previous books on the music industry, which often revolved around sex, drugs and rock-'n-roll, *'UIT HET HARD'* offers a refreshing look at the business side of the hardstyle genre. The book is full of insights into how the Netherlands developed into the global epicentre of hard dance. The story of DJ The Prophet is interwoven with the evolution of ID&T, the gabber era and later Q-dance. In addition to DJ The Prophet himself, *'UIT HET HARD'* features many big names from the Dutch dance scene. From Duncan Stutterheim (ID&T) to Headhunterz, Brennan Heart, D-Block & S-te-Fan and Wildstylez. From Wouter Tavecchio (Q-dance) to Ilja Reiman (Multigroove), they all share their experiences and memories of him. **Will the book be available in other languages?** At the moment, the book is exclusively available in Dutch.