Frans Vander Hoek

Founder of Into the vein records, Mexican with Dutch influences, was born in Mexico City and lives in Chile where he has been a DJ since 2008.
In his career he has shared stage and done Warmups for Djs such as Pan-Pot, Matador, Green Velvet, Bart Skills, Sven Vath, Dubfire, Apollonia, Christian Smith, Layton Giordani, Valentino Kanzyani, Julian Jeweil, Barem, Carlo Lio, Cristian Varela, D-Unity, Recondite, Matt Sassari, Mark Reeve, 16 Bit Lolitas, Popof, Guy J , Marco V, Tocadisco, Francisco Allendes, among others.

He has performed in Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Peru and in the most important clubs and festivals of Chile like Mysteryland Chile, Creamfields Chile, Magik Garden, Club AM Mexico, Casona de Camana Lima, Generator Barcelona, El Kiff Barcelona, Club del sol Sunshine, Club La Feria, Santiago Beats, Club Room Chile, Microclub, Moonflower Festival, Open mind fest, Montemapu Festival, Arkana Festival Cusco, Kokopelli Cusco, among others. During the summer of 2009 he had a residency at Open and Central Bar in Pucón.
As a producer, the journey starts in 2011 when he travels to Argentina and takes a music production course at SONICA, Buenos Aires.
He has several releases which have been charted in various Beatport´s TOP 100 lists. One of them was "New Domain", which reached number 5 (Hype Melodic House & Techno) and 20 (Melodic House & Techno).
In 2015 he obtained second place in an international remix competition for the track "Cells", from German duo, "Pan-Pot".