Barry Drooger, better known as Frontliner or Abject, is a Dutch Hardstyle producer and DJ. He is known for his unique and innovative style that is recognized in most of his new tracks. He also is the founder of his Label Keep It Up.
Barry started producing in 2005 under the alias Abject. Together with Headhunterz, he created the hits “Scantraxx Rootz” & “End Of My Existence”.
From 2008 on Barry produced as Frontliner, and at Scantraxx. In a short time, Frontliner got a well-known name and he played on the stages of Defqon.1, Reverze and many more. In 2012 Frontliner made the big step and left Scantraxx to found his own label “Keep It Up”. From this point on he became even a bigger name in the Hard Dance scene, with tracks like “Never Come Down”, “I’m The Melodyman” and “Halos” (featuring John Harris) he got many new fans. He also made the Q-Base Anthem in this year called “Symbols” which track got awarded as the best track/anthem of 2012 on several votings like the “Harderstate Music Awards” or “Freaqshow Top 10 Tracks of 2012”.
After all this Barry still doesn’t look at 2012 as ‘his’ year, in his opinion it’s yet to come, “2013 will be ‘my’ year” is what he said.
His discography consists of over 100 tracks including legendary Anthems like “Weekend Warriors” and “Symbols” as well as remixes for Armin van Buuren, Hardwell, Showtek and Major Lazer.
After all this success his both legs are still firmly on the ground, investing his spare time to do good whether this is by helping animals with his volunteer projects or aspiring producers by teaching them how to become a better producer. Throughout his career he remained to be one of the guys, always spending time with his fans.
When Frontliner steps behind the decks, his performance blows away crowds all over the world for the most respectable events like Electric Love, EDC, and Tomorrowland.
Recently Frontliner released a sample pack with his lifework of bass drums and effect sounds legendary EDM artists started to use them in their productions, spreading his unique sound all over the world.
While always enjoying the moment his plans for the future are clear; stealing people’s hearts through music all over the world.