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Dutch electronic dance music producer and DJ (born 1987)

Afrojack

Afrojack promotional photograph
Photo: Tomorrowland · artist promotional photo

Get to know the artist

Afrojack is a Dutch DJ and producer whose catalogue links club-oriented electronic music with vocal crossover records. Take Over Control is one of his breakthrough singles, while HERO pairs him with David Guetta. The singles foreground particular collaborations; a full DJ performance offers a wider view of his selections, including music beyond the best-known records.

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Never Forget You is a concrete route into his festival-facing output. His 2025 DJ Mag interview also describes a renewed interest in digging beyond a greatest-hits set, making a full recorded performance a useful companion to the singles.

Inside the sets

Observed sample

Insufficient own sample: 1 usable sets on different dates; at least 3 are required.

1 set sampledFestival sets87.9% of track positions identified

Sample dates: –

Set-to-set record overlap
Not enough dataInsufficient own sample: 1 usable sets on different dates; at least 3 are required.
Recurring main-track transitions
Not enough dataInsufficient own sample: 1 usable sets on different dates; at least 3 are required.
Outside the observed peer sample
Not enough dataInsufficient own sample: 1 usable sets on different dates; at least 3 are required.
Sources & how to read this

Source: Linked tracklists · observed sample

Percentages describe the sampled selections, not artistic quality or mixing skill. Unidentified tracks do not establish a rare selection.

Comparison artists: Alesso, Calvin Harris, Martin Garrix.

  • Cohort: Mainstage / dance. Selected window: 2025-10-12 to 2026-10-11 (365 days inclusive).
  • Each counted source was checked for a complete recording and no incomplete/order warning, with at least 80% identified visible rows and 10 unique identified track/remix names. One performance date counts once per DJ.
  • 2 in-window source records were excluded for incompleteness, coverage, unique-track minimum, or a repeated performance date.
  • Source observations checked through 2026-10-16. This is a dated sample, not a live feed or a complete history.
  • Matching uses source-provided keys for normalized credited track/remix names, not a verified recording-identity graph. Spelling differences can reduce measured overlap; underlying compositions are not merged. Layered w/ records contribute to record overlap and coverage, not main-track sequence steps.
  • Set overlap averages pairwise Dice: 200 times shared unique selections divided by the combined unique-selection counts. Repeat order counts identified adjacent main-record pairs occurring in at least two distinct sets, divided by all such pair occurrences.
  • Unknown tracks are excluded from identity comparisons, never treated as rare. These metrics do not measure mixing skill, crowd response or artistic quality.
Born in
Spijkenisse
Country
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Active since
2007
First RA show
2007 · NDSM Docklands, Amsterdam
On RA
560 shows in 50 countries
Released on
Size Records, Strictly Rhythm, Spinnin' Records, F*** Me I'm Famous, Cherry Drop Records, LW Recordings
RA followers
22,468
Plays
EDM

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In our cities

  • Amsterdam48 shows · last Oct 2023 at Johan Cruijff ArenA
  • New York19 shows · last Aug 2024 at Brooklyn Mirage
  • London8 shows · last Nov 2018 at Ministry Of Sound
  • Sydney8 shows · last Mar 2015 at Randwick Racecourse
  • Melbourne6 shows · last Mar 2015 at Flemington Racecourse
  • Tokyo3 shows · last Aug 2023 at ZEROTOKYO
  • Singapore1 show · last Dec 2010 at Siloso Beach, Sentosa

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