Bass Modulators

Bass Modulators built a career on a simple conviction: hardstyle can beam. Formed as a duo in 2007 by Rick Buijtenhek and Roland Evers, the project became one of euphoric hardstyle’s defining feel-good acts - high-energy, melodic and unashamedly uplifting when much of the scene turned dark.

From Indeep to Oxygen

Breakthrough tracks “Indeep” and “The Cube” earned them a sublabel under Tatanka’s wing, where hits like “Quarantine” and “NRGizer” followed. The 2011 move to Scantraxx (the label of Headhunterz-era hardstyle history) produced their imperial phase: “Oxygen”, “Leave The World”, “I Want Your Love”, and “Dragonblood”, an official Defqon.1 anthem made with Noisecontrollers. The duo played everywhere that matters: Defqon.1 (Netherlands and Australia), Decibel outdoor, Mysteryland, Tomorrowland and Q-BASE.

A new chapter

In 2022 the duo parted ways and Rick reinvented Bass Modulators as a solo act, returning to Scantraxx the following year. The euphoric signature is intact: current favourites on HDRR’s tracking include “Higher”, “Mockingbird” and the Hysta remix of “Oxygen” that introduced the anthem to a new generation. The project shares its melodic DNA with acts like Sound Rush and Da Tweekaz, the wing of hardstyle that treats euphoria as a craft.

On the radar

HDRR tracks the full Bass Modulators catalogue, around 130 releases. Every new one lands on the Hardstyle Release Radar the day it hits Spotify, with the strongest tracks charting in the Hardstyle Top 100. The full tracked catalogue is listed above.