Wildstylez

Joram Metekohy (born 7 January 1983), better known by his stage name Wildstylez, is a Dutch hardstyle DJ and record producer. Having previously released hardstyle records under the alias 'Seizure', Wildstylez had his first solo release in 2007 on the Scantraxx sub-label Scantraxx Reloaded.

In 2010, he started the record label Digital:Age in collaboration with Noisecontrollers. After he stopped releasing on Digital:Age, Wildstylez founded his own hardstyle label, Lose Control Music, later bringing on board fellow hardstyle producer Max Enforcer. In 2018, Wildstylez founded the label Art of Creation with long time friend and collaborator, Headhunterz.

Throughout his career, Wildstylez has made numerous collaborations with other hardstyle artists, the most notable of these being Project One, which he formed with Headhunterz in 2008. He has also collaborated on tracks with other artists such as Noisecontrollers, Brennan Heart, The Prophet, Ran-D, Alpha², Max Enforcer and D-Block & S-te-Fan.

History 2004-08: First Releases, Birth of Project One Joram Metekohy first started producing hardstyle with Ruben Hooyer in 2004 under the alias 'Seizure'. Together they had multiple releases on labels such as Sys-X Records, Blutonium Records, StraightOn Recordings and Scantraxx. In 2006, he was introduced to Scantraxx and began working on material with Alpha² that would eventually get a release on the Scantraxx sublabel Paint It Black. At the time, the three artists released their music under the name 'Outsiders'. In late 2007, having previously released on Scantraxx as Seizure, Metekohy had his first solo release as Wildstylez, "Life'z a Bitch/Missin'" on the Scantraxx sub-label run by Headhunterz: Scantraxx Reloaded.

2008 would prove to be a breakout year for Wildstylez. He had numerous releases on various Scantraxx sub-labels including Silver, Special and Reloaded, and also featured on the main label. It also saw his first collaboration with one of the most popular up and coming hardstyle artists, Headhunterz. Their first release, "Blame It on the Music/Project 1" in early 2008 proved a success and provided the impetus for the launch of a new collaborative project: Project One. Finishing in under three months producing an average of one track a week, Headhunterz and Wildstylez completed their 13-track debut album, Headhunterz & Wildstylez Present: Project One. The duo had their debut performance in the middle of 2008 at Defqon.1, and the album was released shortly after on both CD and digital formats on the 25th of July, 2008. Project One was well received in the hardstyle community with tracks such as "Life Beyond Earth", "The Art of Creation", "The Story Unfolds" and "Fantasy or Reality", all proving to be successes on the dance floor. A Project One tour followed along with 6 full-length album samplers and 1 remix sampler, all released on Scantraxx Reloaded.

2009-11: More Solo Work, Collaborations with Noisecontrollers 2009 saw Wildstylez move away from Project One and further enhance and refine the Wildstylez sound with many well received solo releases such as "Muzic or Noize", "Phantom Beat" and "Single Sound". 2009 also saw the release of one of the most popular hardstyle songs of its time, "Tonight", credited to Headhunterz & Wildstylez vs. Noisecontrollers. In 2013, "Tonight" was voted second in the Q-dance Harder Styles top 1000. Later, in 2020, Q-Dance hosted another voting competition where the Alpha2 remix of "Tonight" was voted as the fourth most popular hardstyle track of all time.

2010 saw further strong solo releases on a variety of Scantraxx sublabels, including "A Complex Situation" on Scantraxx Reloaded, "Feedback" on Scantraxx Silver, a collaboration with DJ Isaac called "Lost in Music" released on Scantraxx Special and his first appearance on the newly formed A² Records with old collaborators Alpha² with their track "Atrocious". Wildstylez also produced the anthem for the 2010 edition of the popular hardstyle festival, Defqon.1, titled "No Time to Waste". The anthem was accompanied by a hardcore and dubstyle remix on release.

Wildstylez performing at Intents Festival, 2011In 2010, Wildstylez left the Scantraxx main label and, together with Noisecontrollers, established a new hardstyle label called Digital:Age. Having worked together previously on collaborations and remixes of each other's tracks, both Wildstylez and Noisecontrollers felt they needed to leave their parent labels to take their careers to the next level.

2011 saw the first two Digital:Age releases from both Wildstylez and Noisecontrollers, titled "A Different Story" and "Stardust". Following this, Wildstylez released four solo tracks on Digital:Age, "Huh?", "Back to Basics", "Lonely" and "Into the Light". In 2012, Wildstylez produced both the Dutch and Australian Defqon.1 anthems. The Dutch anthem, "World of Madness", saw him collaborate again with Headhunterz and Noisecontrollers.

2012-14: End of Digital:Age, Popular Singles, Start of Lose Control Music In 2012, both Wildstylez and Noisecontrollers had their final releases on Digital:Age, and the label quietly stopped operations. Wildstylez went on to release on labels A² Records, Brennan Heart Music, Q-Dance Records and a collection of self-released free tracks via social media. These free releases included a bootleg remix of David Guetta & Nicky Romero's popular song "Wild One".

His 2012 track with singer Niels Geusebroek, "Year of Summer", brought Wildstylez into the mainstream dance scene in the Netherlands, with the track reaching platinum status and also receiving airtime on Dutch daytime radio stations.

At the 2012 Defqon.1 Endshow, which has long since established a reputation for debuting emotional hardstyle tracks amongst the backdrop of fireworks and laser shows, Q-Dance premiered the Wildstylez' track "Timeless" , which went on to be voted as one of the top 25 hardstyle tracks of all time.

At the beginning of 2013, a statement from Scantraxx manager Rudy Peters confirmed that Wildstylez had indeed left the Scantraxx brand after five years, also implying that Digital:Age had been a Scantraxx affiliated label when formed. In January 2013, Wildstylez had the opportunity to host his own X-Qlusive, an event concept by Q-Dance which primarily focuses on the music of a single artist and their career. Held on 19 January at the Heineken Music Hall in the Netherlands, X-Qlusive:Wildstylez was a sold-out event. Popular hardstyle artists and former collaborators Noisecontrollers, Headhunterz and Alpha² were included in the lineup. Be Yourself Music had also recently established similar partnerships with popular hardstyle artists Frontliner and Brennan Heart. In late 2013, Wildstylez had his first release on Lose Control Music with the single "Lights Go Out". Aside from Max Enforcer and Wildstylez, no other artists are signed to the label, although the label featured one-off releases from prominent hardstyle artists, such as Audiotricz, Noiseshock and Sound Rush. The duo running the label decided against signing artists in pursuit of greater artistic freedom (both for themselves and others), only choosing to release high quality productions as they saw fit. The second single from the album was a collaboration with Audiotricz titled "Turn the Music Up". Despite both artists being hardstyle artists, the track only plays at 132 BPM, a speed more associated with house and trance music. Even by his own admission, Wildstylez admitted the song might be "too slow" for hardstyle sets, but he was optimistic that it would give both hardstyle and more mainstream EDM artists an opportunity to play his music. "Turn the Music Up" was played by many prominent DJs following its release, including Tritonal, Vinai & W&W. The latter re-released the track on their own sub-label of Armada Music, Mainstage Music. He also teased a collaboration with mainstream EDM producer Hardwell, posting pictures of the duo together in a recording studio on his social media. This marked the first time the pair had officially collaborated in the studio, following Wildstylez' 2013 remix of Hardwell & Dyro's powerful vocal track: "Never Say Goodbye".

2018-Present: Collaborations with Popular DJs, Art of Creation 2018 saw the release of Wildstylez' first official collaboration with Hardwell: "Shine A Light", with vocals from pop-rock vocalist KiFi. Hardwell premiered the track as his closing song during his Ultra Miami 2018 set in March, with the song being released in June on Hardwell's Revealed Records.

Following Headhunterz' return to producing and playing hardstyle music in 2017, the duo of Project One fame formed a new label titled "Art of Creation" (sharing the name with a track from their 2008 collaborative album) at the start of 2018. Wildstylez would go on to release his first tracks on the Art of Creation label, his own EP titled Children of Drums, and remixes for Evil Activities & Endymion. Later in 2019, Art of Creation would absorb artists from Noisecontrollers' label: Spirit of Hardstyle, bringing 5 new artists onto Wildstylez' label.

In 2022, Wildstylez would return to the popular EDM scene, releasing "Typically Dutch" alongside compatriot trance artist Armin van Buuren. The song's lyrics poke fun at dutch stereotypes, discuss themes of dutch pride, and focusses on the talent which the small nation has provided to dance music. While being a slower trance track, there is an uplifting melody typical of Wildstylez' productions.

In 2023, 11 years after its release, "Year of Summer" became the first ever hardstyle track to feature in the Dutch NPO Radio 2 program Top 2000, where audiences vote for their favourite 2000 songs of all time. At the time, the track was enjoying a minor resurgence in popularity, with Niels Geusebroek performing the song live on a number of occasions. The track was voted #1756 out of the 2000 songs selected for the end-of-year radio show.

At the start of 2025, Wildstylez' hosted his very own event, returning to AFAS Live (since renamed from Heineken Music Hall) where his Q-Dance X-Qlusive event was held 12 years prior. The event featured artists from the hardstyle scene who he had previously collaborated with, and culminated in a 2 hour long special solo set. The show and special set was named "Timeless", after his 2012 hit track, to emphasise his musical catalogue's eternal presence within the hard dance community.

Discography Albums

Album titleAlbum detailsLose Control Released: 12 June 2015 Label: Lose Control Music (LCMCD001) Format: CD, download

Singles and EPs + Year Title Release details 2007"Life'z a Bitch / Missin'"Released: 28 August Label: Scantraxx Reloaded Format: Vinyl "Clubbin' / K.Y.H.U"Released: 19 November Label: Scantraxx Format: Vinyl 2008"Blame It on the Music / Project 1"Wildstylez vs. Headhunterz Released: 4 March Label: Scantraxx Reloaded Format: Vinyl & MP3, 320 kbit/s"Cold Rockking / Alive!"The Prophet (feat. Wildstylez) Released: 18 August Label: Scantraxx Silver Format: Vinyl & MP3, 320 kbit/s"Revenge / Truth"Released: 19 August Label: Scantraxx Format: Vinyl"Pleasure / LDMF (Wildstylez Remix)"Released: 8 December Label: Scantraxx Format: Vinyl 2009"Muzic or Noize / The Moon"Released: 2 March Label: Scantraxx Reloaded Format: Vinyl & MP3, 320 kbit/s"Tonight"Headhunterz & Wildstylez vs. Noisecontrollers Released: 1 June Label: Scantraxx Reloaded Format: Vinyl & MP3, 320 kbit/s"The Phantom Beat / Single Sound"Released: 8 June Label: Scantraxx Silver Format: Vinyl, digital download"Push That Feeling / K.Y.H.U (Noisecontrollers Remix)"Released: 22 June Label: Scantraxx Format: Vinyl "Spin That Shit"Wildstylez & Frontliner Released: 9 November Label: Scantraxx Special Format: Vinyl & MP3, 320 kbit/s 2010"No Time to Waste (Defqon.1 Festival Anthem 2010)"Released: 1 June Label: Q-Dance Format: Vinyl & MP3, 320 kbit/s"Atrocious"Wildstylez & Alpha² Released: 8 June Label: A² Records Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"In & Out"Released: 14 June Label: Scantraxx Reloaded Format: Vinyl & MP3, 320 kbit/s"Lost in Music"Wildstylez & Isaac Released: 15 October Label: Scantraxx Special Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Feedback / Delay Distortion"Released: 1 November Label: Scantraxx Silver Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s 2011"A Different Story"Wildstylez & Noisecontrollers Released: 1 April Label: Digital:Age Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Stardust"Wildstylez & Noisecontrollers Released: 14 April Label: Digital:Age Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Huh?"Released: 28 April Label: Digital:Age Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Breathe"Wildstylez & Alpha² Released: 9 May Label: A² records Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Back 2 Basics"Released: 12 May Label: Digital:Age Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Into the Light"Released: 2 June Label: Digital:Age Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s 2012"Lose My Mind"Wildstylez & Brennan Heart Released: 21 May Label: Brennan Heart Music Format: Mp3, 320 kbit/s"World of Madness (Defqon.1 Festival 2012 Anthem)"Wildstylez, Headhunterz & Noisecontrollers Released: 16 August Label: Q-Dance Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Year of Summer"Released: 5 November Label: Q-Dance Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Leave It All Behind" (feat. DV8 Rocks!)Wildstylez & Alpha² Released: 14 November Label:A² Records Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"True Rebel Freedom (Defqon.1 Australia 2012 Anthem)"Released: 26 November Label: Q-Dance Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"What It's Like"Wildstylez & Atmozfears Released: 3 December Label: Scantraxx Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s 2013"Timeless"/"Soundstorm"/"Forever!"Released: 18 February Label: Q-Dance Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Lights Go Out" (feat. Cimo Fränkel)Released: 15 September Label: Lose Control Music Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Lose Control" (feat. Frankie McCoy)Wildstylez & Max Enforcer Released: 30 September Label: Lose Control Music Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s 2014"Straightforward"/"Back to History (Intents 2013 Anthem)"Released: 24 June Label: Lose Control Music Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Falling to Forever"Feat. Noah Jacobs Released: 11 July Label: Lose Control Music Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s2015"Lies or Truth"Wildstylez & Brennan Heart Released: 12 October Label: WE R Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s2017"Here I Come"Coone & Wildstylez Released: 13 October Label: Dirty Workz Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Temple of Light"Released: 20 November Label: Q-dance Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s2018"Colours of the Night"Wildstylez feat. Michael Jo Released: 15 January Label: Lose Control Music Format: MP3, 320 kbit/sChildren of Drums EPReleased: 18 May Label: Art of Creation Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Shine a Light"Hardwell and Wildstylez featuring KiFi Released: 22 June Label: Revealed Recordings Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s2019"Run with the Wolves"Wildstylez and E-Life Released: 25 January Label: Art of Creation Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Wolves Cry" Wildstylez and D-Block & S-te-fan Released: 21 March Label: Art of Creation Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Into the Wild"Wildstylez featuring KiFi Released: 10 October Label: Art of Creation Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s200 Dreams EPWildstylez and Noisecontrollers Released: 5 December Label: Art of Creation Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s 2020"Exist" Wildstylez and TNT Released: 6 February Label: Art of Creation Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Adrenaline" Wildstylez and Da Tweekaz featuring Xception Released: 12 March Label: Art of Creation Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Never Bring Us Down" Wildstylez and Aftershock featuring Lxcpr Released: 23 April Label: Art of Creation Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s"Deeper Than the Ocean" Wildstylez Released: 16 July Label: Art of Creation Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s2021"Edge of Darkness" Wildstylez and Hard Driver Released: 14 May Label: Art of Creation Format: MP3, 320 kbit/s

Remixes