22tracks.com
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22tracks.com is an online jukebox consisting of 22 playlists of different genres, each playlist filled with 22 tracks which are refreshed every week, selected by DJs from Amsterdam & Brussels. 22tracks provides an overview of the latest music and promotes new artists.

History

22tracks.com was invented by the two Dutchmen Vincent Reinders and Gilles de Smit and launched on 22 October 2009 Hosted by De Hosting Firma & Nedzone. On 22 June 2010 the
22tracks application
Application software
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 was launched. Originally the site was based in Amsterdam but on 22 June 2011 at 22:22 the Belgium version of the site was launched in Brussels where Belgium Djs create the playlists instead of the Dutch Djs.

Amsterdam

The 22 playlists lists are curated by: Full Crate & FS Green (Beats – Soul
Soul
A soul in certain spiritual, philosophical, and psychological traditions is the incorporeal essence of a person or living thing or object. Many philosophical and spiritual systems teach that humans have souls, and others teach that all living things and even inanimate objects have souls. The...

), Tino Haenen (Contemporary
Contemporary
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), Waxfiend (Dancehall
Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...

 – Reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

), Job de Wit (Disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

 – Pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 – Rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

), Mindmapper
MindMapper
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 (Drum&Bass), DJ Gomes & Brutuzz (Dubstep), Henzel & Disco Nova (Electro
Electro (music)
Electro is a genre of electronic dance music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 drum machines, Moog keytar synthesizers and funk sampling...

), Leroy Rey & Phil Horneman (Funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

/Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

), Venz (Hiphop – Relax
Relax
Relax may refer to:In music:Albums*Relax , a 2003 album by Blank & Jones*Relax , a 2011 album by Das RacistSongs* "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood...

), Rotjoch (HiphopNL), Tom Trago & Antal
Antal
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 (House
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

), DJ Mauri (Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

), Edwin Valent (Metal
Metal
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), Djef (Originals), DJ Manie (R&B), Cool Chris (Techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...

) and MPS Pilot (Worldgroove).

Brussels

The 22 playlists lists are curated by: DJ Reedo (Afrobeat
Afrobeat
Afrobeat is a combination of traditional Yoruba music, jazz, highlife, funk and chanted vocals, fused with percussion and vocal styles, popularised in Africa in the 1970s. Its main creator was the Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who gave it its name, who used it to...

), Koen Galle (Belpop), Tarquin Billiet (Classic
Classic
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), L-Fetes (Disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

), Murdock
Murdock
-People:* Andrew Murdock, record producer* Andrew G. Murdock, botanist whose official abbreviation is "Murdock", who described the fern genus Ptisana* Colin Murdock, football player...

 (Drum&Bass), Youri van Driessche (Dub Vibes), Phonetics
Phonetics
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 & Mezzdub (Dubstep
Dubstep
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....

), Sound of Stereo (Electro
Electro (music)
Electro is a genre of electronic dance music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 drum machines, Moog keytar synthesizers and funk sampling...

), Sasha & Kurt (Electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

), On-Point & Onda Sonora (Future Beats), Lefto (Global Sounds), Fullmix & Cracksoul (Hiphop), Kong
Kong
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 & Gratts (House
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

), Ralph
Ralph
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, Kris
Kris
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 & Steven (Indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

), Joris Preckler (Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

), Nosedrip (Moody
Moody
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), Stan
Stan
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& Dynomite Soul (Originals
Originals
Originals is the first compilation album by rapper Kurupt. It was released on March 15, 2005 through 101 Distribution.-Track listing:#"1969"#"Original"#"Final Testament"#"We Bang"#"Never Give Up"#"Break Yo Back" feat. Suga Free#"Major Money"...

), Manu Lammens (Pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

), Michael
Michael
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 & Said (Rough
Rough
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), The Soul Affair (Soul
Soul
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/R&B), Deg
DEG
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(Techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...

), Funky Bompa (Tropical).

Awards

Red Herring
Red Herring (magazine)
Red Herring was a technology business magazine, which flourished during the dot com boom, with global distribution and bureaus in Bangalore, Beijing, and Paris. It also sponsored conferences designed to bring venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and technologists together. But the magazine went into...

 San Francisco May 2011: Red Herring 100 Europe Award Finalist

Dutch Startup Awards Amsterdam April 2011: Startup of the Year / Best App

Eurosonic/Noorderslag Interactive Awards Groningen January 2011: Company Award

European Venture Contest Liverpool May 2010: Winner Semi-Final

The Next Web ’10 Amsterdam April 2010: Best B2C / Overall Public Winner
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