Lenzman
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name = Teije van Vliet{{Cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/lenzman|title=Lenzman · Artist Profile|accessdate=30 June 2023}}
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| origin = Amsterdam, Netherlands
| genre = {{hlist|Drum and bass|Liquid Funk}}
| occupation = {{hlist|DJ|record producer|musician|record label owner}}
| years_active = 2007–present
| label = The North Quarter, Metalheadz
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Nu:Tone|Total Science|S.P.Y|Calibre}}
| website = {{URL|http://thenorthquarter.nl/}}
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Lenzman (real name Teije van Vliet) is a drum & bass producer from Amsterdam, Netherlands who is signed to Metalheadz.{{Cite web|url=http://www.metalheadz.co.uk/artists|title=Artists - Metalheadz|website=www.metalheadz.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-10-04}} In 2016 he launched his own record label The North Quarter, which, to this day, released music by himself, Redeyes and FD.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestudentpocketguide.com/2017/07/entertainment/music/interview-lenzman/|title=Interview With Lenzman|website=www.thestudentpocketguide.com|date=20 July 2017|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.beatport.com/label/the-north-quarter/57747|title=The North Quarter Releases & Artists on Beatport|website=www.beatport.com|access-date=2017-10-04}}
His musical style can generally be categorized under the Liquid Funk subgenre.{{cite web|title=Mixmag|url=http://www.mixmag.net/words/news/lenzman-q%2526a-%20-free-track|accessdate=29 January 2013}}{{cite web|last=Lachie|first=Gordon|title=Spoonfed interview|url=http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/spooners/lachie-gordon-10143/interview-lenzman-3452/|work=Spoonfed|accessdate=29 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201014404/http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/spooners/lachie-gordon-10143/interview-lenzman-3452/|archive-date=1 February 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Artist profile|url=http://newelectro.org/a/106m/lenzman|work=New Electro|accessdate=28 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831164045/http://newelectro.org/a/106m/lenzman|archive-date=31 August 2012|url-status=dead}} At one occasion, he articulated his vision to incorporate 90s' Hip Hop into drum & bass.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6OiL5Y-dmw?t=54m23s|title=Video containing Lenzman's acceptance speech at the Drum & Bass Arena Awards 2016|last=|first=|date=|website=YouTube|access-date=2017-10-04}}
Lenzman's remix of the Children of Zeus song Still Standing was voted as Best Remix at the 2016 Drum & Bass Arena awards.{{cite web |url=https://awards.breakbeat.co.uk/2016/news/drumbassarena-awards-2016-winners/ |title=DRUM&BASSARENA AWARDS 2016: THE WINNERS |publisher=breakbeat.co.uk |date=9 December 2016 |accessdate=13 January 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://ukf.com/news/18101/18101|title=Drum&BassArena Awards 2016: The Results|date=2016-12-08|work=UKF|access-date=2017-10-04|language=en-US}}
Discography
=Albums=
- Looking At The Stars (2014)
- Golden Age EP (2016)
- All for You (2016)
- Earth Tones (2017)
- Bobby (2019)
- A Little While Longer (2021)
=Singles=
- No More Tears [with Switch] / Allure (Phuzion, 2007) {{cite web|title=Lenzman discography|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lenzman|work=Discogs|accessdate=29 January 2013}}
- I Want You / Close To me (Future Retro, 2007)
- Caught Up / The Blues (Spearhead, 2007)
- Respiration [with Submorphics] / Way Back When [with Submorphics] (Phunkfiction, 2008)
- String City (Fokuz, 2008)
- Ever So Slightly / Little Brother (Integral, 2008)
- Bright Lights / Last Day On Earth (Spearhead, 2009)
- Lonely Heart (Nu-Directions, 2009)
- Lose You [featuring Cliff] / Bear Trap [with Treez] (C.I.A. Deep Kut, 2009)
- High & Low [with Redeyes] / Thieves In The Night [with Redeyes] (Integral, 2009)
- Emeralds [featuring Jo-S] / Mesmerized (SGN:LTD, 2009)
- Sugar Hill / Memory Loss (C.I.A. Deep Kut, 2009)
- Bittersweet [featuring Riya] / Rags To Riches (SGN:LTD, 2010)
- More Than I Can Take / Silhouette (Critical Modulations, 2010)
- Fade Away [featuring Jo-S] / Flamethrower (Soul:R, 2010)
- Open Page [featuring Riya] / Coincidence [featuring Jo-S] (Metalheadz, 2010)
- Bittersweet Part 2 [featuring Riya] / Take It Back (SGN:LTD)
- Ice Cold Soul [with Switch] / Lose You VIP [featuring Cliff] (C.I.A. Records, 2011)
- Stellar [with Treez, featuring Jo-S) / Stuck (Subtitles Recordings, 2011)
- Masquerade / Masquerade (DJ Die, Interface & William Cartwright Remix) (Metalheadz Platinum, 2011)
- Narrow Margin [with Total Science and S.P.Y] (Subtitles Recordings, 2011)
- Lasers / Broken Dreams (Metalheadz, 2011)
- How Did I Let U Go [featuring Riya] / Wordsworth (Metalheadz, 2012)
- Catharsis [with Ulterior Motive] (Subtitles Recordings 2012)
- Empty Promise / Broken Dreams (Makoto Remix) (Metalheadz, 2013)
- My Tearz / Paper Faces (Metalheadz, 2014)
- Ever So Slightly (Artificial Intelligence Remix) / Clouded Judgement (Integral Records, 2014)
- Suggestions EP (with Random Movement & Kasper) (Fokuz Recordings, 2016)
- Golden Age EP (Metalheadz, 2016)
- All For You EP (The North Quarter, 2016)
- In My Mind [featuring IAMDDB] (The North Quarter, 2017)
=Remixes=
- BCee & Lomax - "Can't Say No" (Spearhead, 2008)
- BCee "Glitter Balls" (Spearhead, 2009)
- Madmen & Poets "Afraid Of Jazz" (Phunkfiction, 2009)
- Total Science featuring MC Conrad "Soul Patrol" (C.I.A. Records, 2009)
- Bachelors Of Science "The Ice Dance" (Horizons Music, 2010)
- Pendulum "The Island (Pendulum song)" (Warner Music UK / Breakbeat Kaos, 2010)
- DJ Die & Interface featuring William Cartwright "Bright Lights" (Clear Skyz / Toolroom Records, 2010)
- Heavy1 "Xiphactinus" (Demand Records, 2011)
- Delilah (musician) "Love You So" (Warner Music UK, 2011)
- Natalie Duncan "Sky Is Falling" (Verve Records, 2012)
- Total Science & S.P.Y featuring Kevin King "Past Lives" (C.I.A. Records, 2012)
- Alex Clare "Treading Water" (Island Records, 2012)
- Shapeshifter (band) "Gravity" (Truetone Recordings, 2013)
- Ever So Slightly (with Phil Tangent, Artificial Intelligence Remix) / Clouded Judgement (Integral, 2014)
- Ice Cold Soul / Conversations (Remixes) (C.I.A. Records, 2014)
- LSB "Hurting" (Spearhead Records, 2015)
- Artificial Intelligence "What You Had" (Metalheadz, 2015)
- Calculon & Dave Owen feat. Christina Tamayo "Ben Carlos" (Rubik Records, 2015)
- Random Movement "I Stayed Around" (Fokuz Recordings, 2016)
- Submorphics "Burning Love" (V Records, 2016)
- Children of Zeus feat. DRS "Still Standing" (The North Quarter, 2016)
- Ulterior Motive "Stay" feat. James Sunderland (The Fourth Wall Remix EP, 2016)
- Macca & Loz Contreras "Better World" (Fokuz Recordings - 2017 Recap, 2017)
- Redeyes "What She Wants" (Modern Soul 3 LP Sampler, 2017)
- Amy Steele "The Wolves" (Mixtape Collection Vol 13, 2017)
- Calculon & Dave Owen "Ben Carlos" (The Rubik Files Vol. 1, 2018)
- BCee feat. Thomas Oliver "Black Sky" (Northpoint Remixes, 2018)
- T.R.A.C. feat. Submorphics "Higher Ground" (Life in Motion. 2018)
- Tali, Roy Green & Protone "Paper Wasp" (Fokuz Recap 2019, 2019)
- Ill Truth & Satl feat. Charli Brix "In Your Soul" (Summetry Vol. 1, 2019)
- Azekel "Don't Wake the Babies" (Quarter To Quarter, 2020)
- Goldie "The Ballad Celeste" (Metalheadz, 2020)
- Redeyes "Late Night Jam" (The North Quarter, 2020)
=Production=
References
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External links
- {{Discogs artist|artist=lenzman|name=Lenzman}}
- {{Rolldabeats artist|artist=lenzman|name=Lenzman}}
- [http://www.fabriclondon.com/artist/view/Lenzman Lenzman Profile, Fabric London]
- [http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/lenzman Lenzman Profile, Resident Advisor]
- [http://thenorthquarter.nl Official website of The North Quarter]
- [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC81BpzDCkfvp86EYi6KFETA Official YouTube channel of The North Quarter]
- [https://open.spotify.com/user/thelenzman/playlist/0wl7MGZyYsdWfZRhUdNenj Weekly updated Spotify playlist maintained by Lenzman]
- [https://archive.today/20130408224109/http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.php?t=709304&mode=article Tali speaks with Lenzman, Dogsonacid.com]
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Category:Musicians from Amsterdam