The brothers Wouter and Sjoerd Janssen began their musical career in
electronic music, specifically in
techno music in 2001 and subsequently moved to
hardstyle in 2003. They released their first album,
Today Is Tomorrow in 2007 under their independent label Dutch Master Works. The album was well received in the Dutch music charts, reaching 68th place, and received a score of 95/100 on
Partyflock. In 2009, their second album,
Analogue Players in a Digital World, was unveiled at the
Amsterdam Dance Event in the Netherlands and circulated by the Central Station Records. which also allows them access to rewards. The duo uses multiple aliases including but not limited to; Dutch Masters, Headliner, Lowrider, Unibass, DJ Duro, Walt, Walt Janssen, Mr. Puta, Boys Will Be Boys and Alan Misael. In 2011, the group collaborated on the album
Kiss from the Past by Allure, one of the musical projects of Dutch producer
Tiësto. In 2012, they collaborated with Tiësto again on the singles "Miami / Chasing Summers" included in the album
Club Life: Volume Two Miami, and on a single titled "Hell Yeah!". In 2012, the Showtek brothers began a series of collaborations, a project called Crazy Collabs, with producers from some of the other genres in dance music. Before the official announcement of their collaboration, they co-produced an EP with
Tiësto and
Angger Dimas entitled "We Rock" as Boys Will Be Boys. They have also worked with Tiësto,
Hardwell,
Justin Prime,
Bassjackers,
Ookay,
MAKJ, and
Noisecontrollers. Showtek also co-produced the upcoming single of
Chris Brown entitled ''Nobody's Perfect'' with
Lukas Hilbert and
David Jost. Showtek has their own podcast, which is available through their website and iTunes. In December 2013, the duo recently founded their own label "Skink", which is licensed to
Spinnin Records but isn't a sub-label. The song "We Like To Party" by Showtek was the first title to be released under the new label. In 2014, they collaborate with
Vassy and
David Guetta for the single "
Bad", which was listed for 239 weeks on 19 different music charts. In 2023, Showtek re-entered the hardstyle industry with their first public appearance on
Qlimax: Enter The Void, 15 years after their last gig. They also confirmed their upcoming hardstyle album, set to be released in 2024 to accompany their hardstyle-only set. The album, titled "360 Blue", was released on 20 June 2024. == Discography ==