Radical Redemption

Joey van Ingen (born 17 September 1990, Denekamp), known professionally as Radical Redemption, is a Dutch hardstyle DJ and record producer. He is most known for producing rawstyle, a darker subgenre of Hardstyle.

He has released eight studio albums as a solo artist, and another three as part of supergroup Minus Militia. He is also popular within the scene for his Brutal saga, and his Orchestra of Eternity, the latter of which is set to become an album at some time during 2026. He is currently part of the rawstyle trio "Marshals of Mayhem".

Due to a prolonged legal battle, Radical Redemption left his old record label and booking agent in 2022, and started his own record label, Redemption Records in 2023. The matter was settled out of court in early 2025.

He has played at several festivals such as Defqon.1, Dominator and Loudness. His most notable performances have been at Intents and Supremacy. He has collaborated with many others artists in the hard dance scene, including but not limited to Angerfist, Showtek, D-Sturb, Maddix, D-Block & S-Te-Fan, Crypsis and Noisecontrollers.

Personal life As a child, Joey van Ingen was always interested in music. He is the son of Marga Bult (who represented the Netherlands in Eurovision 1987), and Jan van Ingen, who was an event manager and booking agent. When he was 10, he started drumming, then in high school, he played in various bands, including Stille, which became his most important project. A YouTube channel still exists with uploads from a teenage van Ingen playing rock songs on the drums.

van Ingen grew up in Denekamp, and began to listen to hardcore throughout his teenage years. He maintains that his introduction to hard dance music was via hardcore, not originally hardstyle, which was the less popular genre at the time. His favourite hardcore artist while growing up was Angerfist, who also originated from the same village. He later became more interested in hardstyle, until the genre shifted to more melodic sounds.

Unlike his mother, van Ingen has no children of his own, a decision he made witnessing his own mother's career in music and TV presenting as a child. He still lives in Twente, the same region from which he grew up. He believes that living in the countryside where he grew up helps him stay grounded, reminds him of his roots, and allows him to remain connected to a community which has fostered plenty of hard dance talent. before passing away after unsuccessful rounds of chemotherapy in 2021.

Career

Career Origins Radical Redemption mainly produces rawstyle, a popular sub-genre of hardstyle, as well as associated hard dance genre hardcore. Prior to producing music, he was a club DJ in Lattrop, the same town where his mother first gained attention as a church singer.

Events & Performances Throughout his career, Radical Redemption has been well known in the scene for hosting parties. Throughout the latter half of the 2010s, he hosted a series of events, the first pair at the Heineken Music Hall, and the latter three at "The Radical Dome", a self named venue in Breda:

2015: The One Man Army (album event) 2017: The Road to Redemption (album event)

His events typically featured performances from fellow Minus is More record mates, and sometimes included the rare appearance of "Denekamps Gespuis", a short lived hard-dance supergroup containing artists from Denekamp (Angerfist, Crypsis, Dyprax and Radical Redemption).

DJ Mag Top 100 In 2014, Radical Redemption entered the DJMag Top 100 DJs for the first time, polling at number 64. Throughout the mid-2010s, he continued to be voted in the 60s-70s, peaking at No. 44 in 2017.

Albums

Foundational Albums (2012-15) In the early years of his career, Radical Redemption released three albums: Annihilate (2012), The Spell of Sin (2013) and The One Man Army (2015). The Spell of Sin, his second studio album, contained 28 tracks, with the tracklist transitioning from raw hardstyle into hardcore. This album also included his first collaboration with Angerfist, his teenage idol. The One Man Army has been described as monumental and a masterpiece, forging Radical Redemptions reputation with its military aesthetic and hard, heavy kickdrums. The album contained 45 tracks in total, including 11 hardcore tracks which raise the BPM, and remixes from other popular artists within the scene. The eponymous event, held at the Heiniken Music Hall, was described by those within the scene as one of the best hardstyle events of 2015.

Middle Albums (2017-20) The Road to Redemption was released in 2017, and would mark his third consecutive year hosting his own event. While the event featured several recurring guests, artists such as Act of Rage, D-Sturb, Warface and Regain also featured on the lineup. The event was also moved to Breepark in Breda, with a higher capacity than Heiniken Music Hall, following consecutive years of sold out events. 2017 also saw one of the first occasions where Radical Redemption would work with a live orchestra, whom produced the anthem for The Road to Redemption event.

A year later, he would return to Breepark to present his next album and event: Command and Conquer. This marked the fifth solo album he had worked on in six years, not including the two albums he had worked on with Minus Militia. Upon reflection in 2020, Radical Redemption mentions that his fifth solo album was not his favourite, and that some of the tracks feel quite forced.

2020 also saw his final full release at long-time label Minus is More, dropping The Chronicles of Chaos at the end of the year. The album contained 19 tracks, including "D.A.D", a tribute to his father after the unsuccessful conclusion of his chemotherapy, and "Brutal 6.0 (Radical Redemption Remix)", which was the first track from the Brutal saga to have an officially released remix.

No Retaliation was broken up into three albums: No Retaliation Pt 1: The Solos, No Retaliation Pt 2: The Collaborations, and No Retaliation Pt 3: The Orchestra of Eternity. The three disc cases were designed with the letters "D", "A", and "D" in the background, a final dedication to his father who had supported him throughout much of his career.

Musical Projects

Brutal Saga The Brutal saga is one of the longest ongoing sagas of songs by any hard dance artist. Radical Redemption described Brutal as a saga he started to be more experimental with his sounds, vocals, kicks and arrangement. He has explained that he doesn't start consciously working on a Brutal track, but rather waits until something comes along which strikes him as deserving of a place in the saga.

Aside from a limited edition 12" vinyl with the first 10 Brutal tracks, released in commemoration of "Brutal X", there has been no official release of "Brutal 1.0". The track has only ever been performed on one occasion, at The One Man Army album show. The other 11 Brutal tracks have been released officially, either as singles, or as tracks within albums.

Orchestra of Eternity Radical Redemption & his Orchestra of Eternity was a live performance which he started working on throughout the Covid lockdown, and was designed to be a different experience to his regular high energy, highly danceable DJ sets. It was also the final collaborative project he conceived with his father before his father's passing. He has always maintained an interest in orchestral music and movie soundtracks, with his favourites being Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Hauschka and Alan Menken. Most Wanted also legally represented Radical Redemption's record label at the time, Minus is More. 50% of Most Wanted was acquired by ID&T in 2019, and subsequently came under ownership of entertainment conglomerate Superstruct in 2021.

Departure from Most Wanted & Legal Case During the covid lockdowns, Radical Redemption came up with a new live musical concept, involving a live orchestra and several time-coded drones to blend hardstyle, classical music, and the best of modern technology into one experience. Radical Redemption & his Orchestra of Eternity was presented to fans at Intents Festival in May 2022, but failed to make any other appearances during the festival season. Court documents reveal that Radical Redemption originally covered the expenses of this new show (also including commissioning artwork, photography and videography) and was expected to have these reimbursed by Most Wanted at some point in the future. Radical Redemption alleges that the agency did not promote his new show adequately, and therefore were not supporting him in generating a sustainable income stream from the performance. Most Wanted did not agree to reimbursing him for all the costs he had incurred, and he felt they were not supporting his development as an artist, preferring him to "just playing [sic] records with his USBs". Since the ID&T shareholding commenced, he felt that the circumstances at Most Wanted had changed and was therefore justified in terminating his booking contract.

In early 2023, Radical Redemption joined booking agent Anna's Agency, which hosts other notable EDM talent, such as Hardwell, Maddix, Cosmic Gate, W&W and Yellow Claw. Following this, Most Wanted sued Radical Redemption on the grounds that they had an exclusive agreement to manage his bookings, and wanted him to return to the agency and pay extensive damages, resulting in his assets being seized as the case was heard. In April 2023, a judge ruled in his favour and made clear to Most Wanted that they could not force an artist to continue to play for them against his own will, and ordered them to cover legal costs. However, Radical Redemption was still liable for some damages as a result of the premature contract termination, which he never contested, and the parties would have to come to a financial settlement out of court.

Throughout the entire experience, Radical Redemption expressed an interest in educating new artists about the business side of the music, and claimed the industry needed to make some fundamental changes.

Collaborations

Rawstyle Groups

Minus Militia At Hard Bass 2014, Radical Redemption performed alongside fellow rawstyle producer Chain Reaction and long time collaborator Crypsis for the first time. The new group, named Minus Militia, premiered their upcoming album later that same year at the first edition of Supremacy, for which they also produced the anthem. Their debut album, Legion of Strength, was released at the end of 2014.

It is reported that Minus Militia had fourteen performances together in 2014 and 2015, including the aforementioned performances at Hard Bass and Supremacy, as well as sets at Masters of Hardcore, Intents Festival and Defqon.1. A magazine review of Supremacy's 2015 edition commented that "... at each festival, you see at least 100 Minus Militia shirts", highlighting their popularity amongst the rawstyle community during this time. The trios activity eventually slowed down to accommodate the release of Radical Redemption's third album, The One Man Army. Towards the middle of 2016, they announced they would resume performing together. Their social media pages did not see any activity past 2021, leaving many to fear that the trio was officially over. Radical Redemption's departure from Minus Militia due to legal disputes made a return increasingly unlikely. However, in 2026, Minus Militia returned for a once-off performance at the debut Supremacy Classics event, over a decade after they produced the anthem for the original edition of Supremacy.

Marshals of Mayhem In 2025, Radical Recemption started the group Marshals of Mayhem, along with MC Nolz & Ukrainian rawstyle producer, Unresolved. Their collaborative work on this track was seen as the genesis point for the Radical Redemption's decision to start the collaborative creative project. Since their 2025 debut, the group seldom play together, although at time of writing, they have released two more singles and performed as a trio on a few occasions.

Pop Collaboration with Flemming At Intents Festival in 2025, Radical Redemption premiered a collaboration with Dutch popular singer Flemming: "Spiegel Aan De Wand" ("Mirror on the Wall"). The song was dedicated to the passing of his father, and the lyrics discuss the importance of their relationship, not only for him personally but also for the development of his career.

The track was subsequently released in February 2026 with an accompanying music video, and it was announced the single would also be part of Flemming's upcoming album, Samen Is Leuker Dan Alleen. While the album contained another EDM collaboration, with DJ Hardwell, "Spigel Aan De Wand" was Flemming's first time releasing music in collaboration with a hard dance artist. Following its release, the track peaked at No. 93 on the Dutch music charts Top 100 Songs.

Discography

Albums

Singles