Mr. Pit

Better known to his family and friends as Adrian Ivan, it's under the assumed name of Mr. Pit that he's spent the last 5 years delivering one ballistic track and one show-stopping DJ performance after another to the world's trance floors.

Adrian's studio journey began halfway through the last decade when he produced a clutch of well-received tunes for underground imprints like Spinnin', Armada and High Contrast. In early 2008 he composed what turned out to be his breakthrough track - the epically melodic 'Shana'. It was snapped up by Coldharbour Recordings and midway through the year became Pit's debut release on the label. In a charge led by trance overlord and Coldharbour label boss Markus Schulz, the genre's DJ hierarchy hammered it, turning it into one of the tracks of the year.

Thus begun a flourishing artist/label relationship, which, over the last 4 years, has gone from strength to strength and seen the release of 15+ tracks. Near singlehandedly putting his native Romania on the trance map, through tracks like the 'The Cube', 'Vanguard', 'Back For More', 'Unchanged' and 'Deluxe', Pit established himself as a production force to be reckoned with. Now a cornerstone of the Coldharbour label (and seen by fans as one of its key latter-day sound designers), more recently it's been the likes of 'Mosni', 'Sky Traffic', 'Stamina' and 'Overload' that's seen Mr. Pit continue to reign supreme.

From his early, erstwhile sweeping harmonic/melodic tones, Pit has future-proofed his sound, latterly introducing tougher, gritty, more floor-attacking elements to his music. This has seen the demand for his studio skills rise to yet greater levels and he's now notched releases on High Contrast Nu Breed and Armada as well as his own Well Mixed Records. In early 2012 Markus Schulz licensed both of Adrian's latest studio creations ('River Of Hearts' and 'Pole Position') to the tracklist of his City compilation 'Los Angeles '12'. Upon its release 'River Of Hearts' was described as "exhilarating" by DJ Mag (who gave it 8/10), whilst Euphoric Magazine cited it as "infectious" and said it's breakdown was "filled to the brim with emotion". Other key releases in 2012 included 'Mosni' ("definitely one of the most creative releases around at the moment" said Mixmag) and his remix of Susana's 'Home', which was hammered on Schulz's GDJB show.

In his native Romania he has established an impressive reputation behind the decks, once – one that constantly reaches further and further afield. He's smashed colossal festivals like Sunrise and Global Gathering in Poland and brought floor uproar to clubs like X2 in Indonesia, Russia's Matrix and GodsKitchen in the UK. On Sunday Feb 19th, Pit made his US DJ debut, playing the Sunday night of Markus Schulz's Los Angeles '12 release parties. He has subsequently played gigs from one coast to another in America, including clubs like D36 in New York and The Exchange in LA.