Sub Zero Project

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Sub Zero Project

| years_active = 2013–present

| alias = SZP

| genre = {{hlist|Euphoric hardstyle|Hardstyle|Rawstyle}}

| label = {{hlist|Dirty Workz|Scantraxx|WE R Music|Q-Dance Records|Rave Culture|Spinnin' Records|Sinphony|Revealed Recordings|Tomorrowland Music}}

| origin = Netherlands

| current_members = Thomas Velderman
Nigel Coppen

| website = {{URL|http://www.subzeroproject.com|Official website}}

| image = Defqon.1 - 2017 - Sub Zero Project.jpg

| caption = Sub Zero Project at Defqon.1 2017

}}

Sub Zero Project is a Dutch hardstyle producer duo, consisting of Thomas Velderman (born 19 April 1996) and Nigel Coppen (born 9 March 1997), most known for making the Qlimax 2018 anthem "The Game Changer". They are the youngest Qlimax anthem makers in history.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

Sub Zero Project is best known for their hits ‘Darkest Hour’, ‘Our Church’, ‘Halo’ and ‘Trip To Mars’. They have performed at Tomorrowland, Electric Daisy Carnival, Defqon.1 Festival, Ultra Music Festival, Ultra Australia, Medusa Sunbeach Festival, and Qlimax.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

Sub Zero Project have worked with artists such as; Timmy Trumpet, W&W, Hardwell, Vini Vici, Coone, Da Tweekaz and Headhunterz.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

History

Nigel Coppen initially made music under the name Sub Zero. He came into contact with Thomas Velderman via YouTube; they listened to each other's tracks and then decided to work together. Velderman joined Coppen and "Project" was added to the name to clarify that it was a duo.{{cite web|title=Oprichting van het duo|url=https://partyflock.nl/artist/74816/biography|publisher=Partyflock.nl|date=6 February 2018|accessdate=30 May 2018}}{{cite web|title=#TT met Sub Zero Project: "We stappen af van dat duistere raw riedeltje" {{!}} DJ Mag NL - Living & Breathing Dance Music|url=https://djmag.nl/features/07212015-1451/tt-met-sub-zero-project-%E2%80%9Cwe-stappen-af-van-dat-duistere-raw-riedeltje%E2%80%9D#|website=Djmag.nl|accessdate=6 November 2018|language=nl}} In December 2013, at the ages of 16 and 17 respectively, Nigel and Thomas signed with the Belgian hardstyle record label Dirty Workz.

In 2017 Nigel and Thomas both graduated from the Herman Brood Academy, a production school in Utrecht, as Artist Musician Dance Producers. The same year they released "The Project", which led to them receiving widespread attention for their use of psy-style kicks with aggressive attacks, blended with hardstyle elements.{{cite web|url=https://www.hardnews.nl/en/the-project-sub-zero-project-is-promising/|title=The Project of Sub Zero Project is promising -|date=6 January 2017|website=Hardnews.nl|accessdate=13 March 2019}}

In 2018 the duo released "The XPRMNT", which as well came with a new live act featuring a change in attire. Q-Dance chose the duo to create the Qlimax 2018 anthem, titled "The Game Changer".{{cite web|url=https://www.q-dance.com/en/videos/sub-zero-project-the-game-changer-qlimax-2018-Anthem|title=Q-dance|website=Q-dance.com|accessdate=13 March 2019}} Also in 2018, the duo would make their first collab with Australian House producer Timmy Trumpet titled "Rockstar" which is one of 3 collabs..

In 2019, the duo released "The Contagion", which served as the lead track for their debut album titled Contagion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.djmag.de/einzelnews/sub-zero-project-ist-contagion-das-hardstyle-album-des-jahres/|title=Sub Zero Project: Ist Contagion das Hardstyle Album des Jahres?|last=Germany|first=DJ MAG|website=www.djmag.de|language=de|access-date=2019-11-10}} In less than three months, their debut album reached over 10 million streams on Spotify.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

In 2022, Sub Zero Project released their 2nd album titled “Renaissance of Rave”.

Sub Zero Project has made the DJ Mag Top 100 list – 95th in 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://djmag.com/top100djs|title=DJ Mag Top 100 2019 Results |work=djmag.com|access-date=2019-10-17}} 123rd in 2020, and 131st in 2021.

Discography

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! Track/Album name !! Artists !! Label !! Year !!Note

Scream EP

|Sub Zero Project

|Anarchy

| rowspan="2" |2014

|Dirty Workz's sublabel

Let's Fight EP

|Sub Zero Project

|Anarchy

|Dirty Workz’s sublabel

"Madman"

|Sub Zero Project and Atmozfears

|A² Records

| rowspan="6" |2015

"Funky S**t"

|Sub Zero Project

|Anarchy

|Dirty Workz’s sublabel

"Hell On Earth"

|Sub Zero Project and X-Pander

|A² Records

"Hit the Funk"

|Sub Zero Project

|Anarchy

|Dirty Workz’s sublabel

"This Is Madness"

|Sub Zero Project and Atmozfears

|Anarchy

|Dirty Workz’s sublabel

"Get Your Hands Up"

|Sub Zero Project

|Anarchy

|Dirty Workz’s sublabel

"Headbanger"

|Sub Zero Project and Sub Sonik

|Anarchy

| rowspan="4" |2016

|Dirty Workz’s sublabel

"Raise Your Fist"

|Sub Zero Project and Sub Sonik

|WE R Raw

|WE R's sublabel

"Let the Pistol Go"

|Sub Zero Project

|Anarchy

|Dirty Workz’s sublabel

"Meltdown"

|Sub Zero Project and Devin Wild

|Scantraxx

| rowspan="10" |

"DRKNSS"

|Sub Zero Project and Da Tweekaz

Sub Zero Project

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