After 15 years in the business as one of the leading producers of his time Jeroen ‘Secret Cinema’ Verheij is still pushing boundaries. He most recently took the No.1 position in the Beatport techno charts with his latest release on Cocoon Recordings (Shake Ur Tech-Ass), and has been ruling playlists and clubs all summer with his massive Kurzweil. For Verheij, the time has now come to broaden his horizons again and thus he will be launching his record label Gem Records in December!

The philosophy behind Gem is to only sign music that will become timeless, regardless of which genre they may be categorized as now. The label showcase event Gem Sessions has just been introduced successfully to the Dutch scene with a number of sold out events, an excellent Amsterdam Dance Event show, and there are now plans for more events throughout Europe.

The first artist to be revealed on the label will be Egbert, who was discovered by Jeroen Verheij and went on to release the huge Magie (which was recently signed to Sven Vath’s Sounds Of The 10th Season compilation on Cocoon). This track also landed him a deal to release a 12” on Vath’s label in November.

GEM001 will be Egbert’s Dezelfde Weg EP, which Secret Cinema has been dropping everywhere over the summer and the crowd response has been amazing!
Side A features the hypnotic, melody driven techno slammer title track Dezelfde Weg. On the flipside is a deeper, darker track called Vette Sounds with creepy yet commanding synths over a pounding bassline driven groove.
This track has also received the Secret Cinema Remix treatment to brilliant effect!

Egbert van der Gugten appeared out of the blue in March of 2008 with his first EP Stroom on Lo-Fi Soul Recordings. After listening to Egbert’s tracks on Myspace, Jeroen Verheij was convinced the young producer had a lot of talent and invited him to join his agency. After spending some time in the studio with Verheij, he was soon performing impressive live sets at the Secret Cinema Invites events. The next step was the release of his second EP Vlammen on Michel de Hey’s EC-records in February of 2009. The title track and the B2 Magie were picked up by the world’s leading DJ’s, including Richie Hawtin and Sven Vath. Now it is time for Gem to spread the word around the worldabout this talented young artist with this new EP.

Jeroen Verheij a.k.a. Secret Cinema remains at the forefront of the techno music scene with his immaculate productions and powerful DJ and live performances. September 2009 saw the release of the Jazz Me EP on Cocoon Recordings, which also featured the massive Shake Ur Tek-Ass.

Peter Horrevorts will be responsible for the second release on Gem Records.
He already has a number of high profile releases and remixes under his belt on labels such as Underground Resistance, Ministry of Sound and Global Underground, to name a few, so this is a very exciting prospect. Also look out for Jamie Anderson, Ramon Tapia and Van Anh who will be making their first appearance on Gem soon!