Toyax

Disc jockey

Thomas Hoeflaak (born 29 November 1981 in Haarlem), performing as Toyax, is a Dutch DJ.[1]

## Career

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Thomas Hoeflaak interest in music started in 1994, when he got in touch with trance and rave. 1999, he built his own music studio Wheaton Studios. He sent his first demo to q-dance for the Qlubtempo talentroom and got 2 months later the reply to play there. Toyax played at Nature One, Electronic Family,[2] Grotesque,[3] Defqon.1[4] and more than 300[5] parties in the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium alongside Tiesto, Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren, Carl Cox, and Ferry Corsten. He mostly takes inspiration from Marino Stephano.

In 2008 Toyax released his first track Just Before I Left on the label Tektra Music.[6]

## Singles

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* 2008: Just Before I Left (vs. Jimmy Santano)
* 2017: Melody Is Everywhere
* 2018: The Epitome Of Emotions
* 2018: It's All About Love
* 2018: Dreaming Of Summer (vs. Alexey Polozok)
* 2018: Waiting For The Summer / Heaven's Tears
* 2018: Summer Memories (vs. Terry Bones)
* 2018: Azaela (vs. Madwave)
* 2020: My Love Of My Life (with MakeFlame)

## References

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1. ^ "Toyax". Partyflock (in Dutch). 29 November 1981. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
2. ^ "DJ Toyax - Electronic Family". Electronic Family. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
3. ^ "Grotesque Indoor Festival". Partyflock (in Dutch). 9 December 2017. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
4. ^ "Das Archiv von: Defqon.1 Festival". www.festivalticker.de. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
5. ^ "NATURE ONE 2016". NATURE ONE 2016 (in German). Retrieved 2017-02-17.
6. ^ "Toyax, Jimmy Santano, - Just before I Left (Original Mix)". Discogs (in German). Retrieved 2017-02-17.

## External links

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* Toyax's Discogs
* Toyax's Facebook
* Toyax's MySpace
* Toyax's Soundcloud
* Toyax's Youtube