Ronald Hagen (Signum)
Ronald Hagen of Signum, is signed to Cloud 9 Music.
Signum is the combination of two talented producers in the European music industry; Ronald’s partner being Pascal Minnaard. Both hail from Zoetermeer, a little city near The Hague. The pair met in high school where they discovered they shared the same interest in producing music and started to work together; although they lost contact they individually continued to make music.
During this time, Pascal got a record contract at the Dutch label/agency BPM Dance. Here he made his first track, under his own name on the label 4-Play (Inside a Rainbow). For his second release, ‘Flow of Knowledge’;'The Other Side’;'Adapter’, he started working under the name Signum, on the label Jinx from former company BPM Dance.
When Ron also signed up with BPM Dance, the pair started producing together again, unaware that this would turn out to be a huge success! They released their first track ‘What Ya Got 4 Me”, in 1997 on the JINX label, this became a huge club anthem. The track was re-released in 2001 (on TidyTrax) and reached the nr.36 position in the UK Top40!!!!
The pair released other tracks under their own names, Ron Hagen & Pascal M., such as ‘Forever’, ‘Take U There’ and ‘On Stream’. Signum teamed up with British producer/DJ Scott Mac, and out of that collaboration came ‘Coming On Strong’, which also became a huge clubhit. This established their name as trance producers, resulting in being frequently asked to produce remixes, including ‘Lost Tribe- Game Master’; ‘Blank & Jones- After Love’; ‘Straydog (Dj Tiesto)- ‘Mirror’ and ‘Spacebrothers- Shine’.
After finishing all these remixes they started focusing on their own productions. They came back with ‘Solar Level’ and then even stronger with ‘First Strike’, which received support from many leading DJ’s/producers including, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Dj Tiesto, Marco V and John 00′Flemming.
Signum thought that the time was right to play their own tunes in front of crowds, and started focusing on a DJ career. In July 2001 they made their U.K. debut with a three hour set at Gatecrasher. Since this impressive debut they’ve played in U.K.’s best clubs, such as, ‘Godskitchen’, ‘Gatecrasher’, ‘Passion’, ‘Slinky’ and of course not forgetting the great festivals, ‘Global Gathering’, ‘Homelands’ and ‘Summer Sound System’.
Signing to Armada Music in 2003, Signum hit the number one spot in dance charts all over the world with productions including ‘Push Through’, ‘The Timelord’ and ‘Come Around Again’, a collaboration with vocalist Anita Kelsey, described by Ron & Pascal as the track they’ve always wanted to make.
2008 has been a busy year thus far for Signum, who have toured intheir home city Zoetermeer, Argentina, and the UK; they will also be playing in Czech Republic in October! Their latest releases, ‘Royal Flash’ and ‘Any Given Moment’ have been well received with fans and top DJ’s.
Signum’s sound of Trance, Techno, Tech-Trance, and Progressive have won many admirers around the World! Signum are becoming one of the most favourite DJ’s of the Trance crowd. And you’ll be seeing and hearing a lot of them and so their rise to the top is just beginning!!!
