Sven Van Hees

Sven Van Hees. Dj & producer from Antwerp, Belgium.

Made his mark by producing Belgium’s first ever Dance radioshow in 1985 with “Liaisons dangereuses”.

Started producing music in 1989 at Usa Import records, one of the co founders of WONKA beats, former labelmanager of the R & S subsidiary GLOBAL CUTS.

With GEMINI, released in 1999, Van Hees & a couple of his peirs practically re-invented the term Lounge & Chill Out.

The album is still considered today one of the blueprints of the whole Lounge revival.

He followed up with Calypso (2002), recorded a compilation for BLUE NOTE records in 2003 and decided to start his own label YOUR LIPS in 2005 while touring the planet.

Has released 5 albums on his label : SYNESTHESIA (2005), EXOTICA (2007) & MAVERICK (2009) & HEATWAVE (2011). Latest album BEACH BLISS was released May 2014 and marks his return to Downtempo.