Dash Berlin is a collaboration of
three Dutch musicians, but the
whirling dervish of a DJ that festival
crowds and the throngs at Marquee
know as Dash Berlin is Jeffrey
Sutorius. He's the perfect face for the
rousing trance act, and he knows
that the stakes for his pure-energy
performances are greater in
Vegas than anywhere else.
"The production and the elements
of shows and the quality of enter-
tainment is so high here," Sutorius
says. "You have to bring the best of
the best. And the crowd is always
fresh—there are always new people
here. No two shows are the same."
Like an ace poker player who
knows when to bet more and
when to slow things down, Dash
Berlin understands that coming in
with a plan only takes you so far.
"Deejaying is always adapting to
the atmosphere and the crowd and
catering to that and trying to read
what people are wanting," Sutorius
says. "Where do you want to go?
The story is never the same."
One allure of trance music,
which Dash Berlin and other Dutch
superstars, like Armin van Buuren
(another Marquee regular), have
dominated, is that it takes you on a
journey. It's melodic and emotional
and midtempo until it's not. And
in the case of Dash Berlin, it's
largely inf luenced by being on
the road and, of course, in Vegas.
"I've found inspiration all over
the world, met so many cultures,"
Sutorius says. "Especially on the
dance f loor. Countries like
Mexico, one of the first countries
that started embracing Dash
Berlin, have been so important for
our music. And being a resident DJ
at Marquee enables me to do so
much in terms of experimenting
more than usual."
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