Signum Biographie

Signum is the combination of two talented producers in the European music
industry. They are Pascal Minnaard, ( age 29) and Ronald Hagen (also age
29).

Both live in Zoetermeer, a little city nearby The Hague, there home base in
The Netherlands.

Pascal & Ron first met each other in high school. This was the place were
they found out that they had the same interest in making music, and started
to do some work together. Although they lost contact, they both continued
making there music.

During that time, Pascal got a record contract at the Dutch label/agency
BPM Dance. Here he made his first track, under his own name on the label 4-
Play (Inside a Rainbow).For his second release ("Flow of Knowledge"," The
Other Side"," Adapter"), he started working under the name Signum, on the
label Jinx from former company BPM Dance.

At this time Pascal met up with Ron again. Ron also signed up with BPM
Dance and they started producing together again. Not knowing that this
turned out to be a huge success. Because when they released their first
track together, in 1997 on the JINX label, called "What you got for me",
the record became a huge club anthem. And with it's re-release in 2001 (on
TidyTrax) it even got the nr.36 position in the UK Top40 !!!!

"What ya got 4 me" turned out to be, what you now a days call a true
"Trance Classic".

In de mean time they did a remix for "Travel" called "Bulgarian", which
also did well in the club charts and was well received by a lot of Dj's.
Under their own names, Ron Hagen & Pascal M.. they did other releases. Such
as: "Forever"," Take U There" and "On Stream".

British producer/DJ Scott Mac was interested in working with Signum. So
they teamed up and out of that collaboration came "Coming On Strong" which
also became a huge clubhit.This established their name as Trance producers.

After that they were frequently asked for a lot of remixes, such as:

Lost Tribe- " Game Master"(Hooj Choons )

Blank & Jones - "After Love"

ATB - " 9pm (Till i come)" (Ministery of Sound)

KayCee - " Escape " (Additive)

Straydog (Dj Tiesto) - " Mirror " (Black Hole)

Alice Deejay & DJ Jurgen - "Better of Alone" (Violent Records)

Yves the Ruyter - "To the Rythem" (Bonzai)

Spacebrothers - " Shine " (Manifesto)

And many more............

After finishing all these remixes they started focussing on their own
productions. They came back with "Solar Level " and after that even
stronger with "First Strike", which received support from many leading
DJ's/producers including, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten , Dj Tiesto,
Marco V, John 00'Flemming and many more!

This hit was soon followed by some more,"Cura Me", "Second Wave" & "Third
Dimension" , which where all released on Jinx.

(All tracks were frequently played in sets of the worlds leading Trance
Dj's!! ).

They also produced another massive track called "The Wrong Shake" under the
alias "D-Factor" Which was also being hammered by all the Top DJ's.

Pascal & Ron a.k.a. Signum thought that the time was right to play their
own tunes in front of crowds, and started focussing on a DJ career.
In July 2001 they made their U.K. debut with a three hour set at
Gatecrasher. Since this impressive debut they've played in U.K.'s best
clubs, such as, "Godskitchen", "Gatecrasher", "Passion", "Slinky" and of
course not forgetting the great festivals, "Global Gathering", "Homelands",
& "Summer Sound System". Since this debut they've visited and set crowds on
fire in many countries, such as: Australia, Spain, Japan, Ibiza, UK,
Ireland, Canada, Africa, Swiss, Germany, Mallorca and Malaysia.

2003 was the year that BPM Dance stopped existing as a record company, and
Ron & Pascal needed to find a new record company. They didn't need to
search for long, because a new company was founded in June 2003: ARMADA
MUSIC. Armin van Buuren, Maykel Piron and David Lewis joined their forces
to combine label management, publishing and artist management.

"Push Through" was the first release of Signum, on the new label called "A
State Of Trance" named after Armin's immense popular radio show, and the
beginning of a new period. "Push Through" was very well received by the
public as well as the DJ's, and has reached a couple of nr.1 positions in
Dance Charts worldwide!!

In 2004 Signum teamed up with vocalist Anita Kelsey, and out of that
collaboration came "Come Around Again", a beautiful vocal trancer, Ron &
Pascal described it as the track they've always wanted to make, Shortly
after that release "The Timelord" saw the light of day and again they had
done it, a massive trancer that was played by almost every trance DJ, "The
Timelord" was selected as Future Favourite on Armin's radio show, again
reached several nr.1 position in Dance Charts worldwide and even ended at
the nr.14 spot in the Dutch Year board, being one of the best tracks that
year!

Remixing wise, they've given Delerium - "Truly", Laura Turner - "Soul
Deep", Misja Helsloot - "First Second", Dj Danjo & Rob Styles - "Duende"
the Signum makeover, and with a lot of success....

2004 was also the year that Ron & Pascal decided to re-release "First
Strike & "Second Wave". There still was a really big demand for the
original tracks, but to release them again without something extra wasn't
an option, so the invented the "Signum Signal" guise, which was more tech-
trance orientated.

The year 2005, is already a promising year for Pascal & Ron, they've
visited Australia and New Zealand, for the Two Tribes Tour 2005 (along with
The Prodigy, Armand van Helden, Rank 1, MIKE and many more), with a massive
success and response....

They remixed the track "Serenity" of the nr.3 DJ in the world, none other
then Armin van Buuren, which will also be the official anthem for the
Sensation White 2005 party!!!!

A brand new Signum Signal will be released and or the second time they're
teaming up with vocalist Anita Kelsey....!!

And last but not least: Ron & Pascal are selecting tracks at the moment for
their first double mix compilation, to be released on ARMADA

Signum's sound of Trance, Techno, Tech-Trance, and Progressive have won
many admirers up & down the World!

We can say that Signum are becoming one of the most favourite DJ's of the
Trance crowd. And you'll be seeing and hearing a lot of them and so their
rise to the top is just beginning !!!!!!