Superstar EDM duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike team up with Sony and Tencent’s JV label, Liquid State in China

Belgian DJ superstars Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike have teamed up with Liquid State, the joint venture label co-owned by Sony Music and Tencent Music Entertainment.

As a part of the deal, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike will be collaborating with Liquid State to release “global-focused” new tracks with Asia-based artists, while also licensing their 300+ strong Smash the House track catalog, made up of sub labels including House of House, in Mainland China.

The first record to be officially released will be Dimitri Vegas’ solo single One Day I’ll Fly Away (Takis Tribute), on October 26.

Over the past 12 months, electronic music focused label Liquid State has released music from the likes of Alesso, Steve Aoki, R3HAB, Marshmello, Stray Kids, Jolin Tsai, and more.

The label reports that its records have accounted for over 1.5 billion streams globally over the last 12 months,

As prominent Djs for the last 10 years, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike have headlined events such as Tomorrowland, and founded their own label, Smash the House, back in 2010.

The duo have consistently ranked among the top names in the DJ Mag Top 100 poll year on year, placing at No.1 in 2015 and 2019, while the duo’s label has amassed over 1 billion streams since its inception.

Numerous Mainland Chinese artists have signed with Liquid State over the past few months.

This has included DJ/producer, Willim, who has collaborated with the likes of Vicetone and Syn Cole, and 16-year-old producer Crazy Donkey, whose debut track, Morsmordre, went viral in China due to a Douyin (TikTok) trend and consequently racked up 180 million streams.

The biggest success story has been from DJ duo Frogmonster, whose record Remember Our Summer, has now amassed over 1 billion streams globally. It ranked as QQ Music No.1 Electronic Record of 2020.

“Liquid State is thrilled to represent Smash The House in Mainland China.”

Victor Lee, Liquid State

Victor Lee, Managing Director of Liquid State, said: “Alongside being two of best DJ producers in the world, Dimitri and Mike are equally great as music curators and creators as they are A&R of their own labels.

“Liquid State is thrilled to represent Smash The House in Mainland China.”

”We are so excited to team up with Liquid State and showcase all the awesome things we are doing with Smash The House.”

Dimitri Vegas 

Vegas added: ”We are so excited to team up with Liquid State and showcase all the awesome things we are doing with Smash The House.

“China is a placed we have loved visiting over the last 15 years and now we are going to look at building some incredible collaborations with artists from there as well. We can’t wait. Watch this space.”

 “It’s just so incredible to be able to say our record has been streamed one billion times now.”

 Frogmonster

Frogmonster said: “It’s just so incredible to be able to say our record has been streamed one billion times now.

“We are so fortunate and thankful to the fans who have been playing this song on repeat. We could have never dreamed of this success, and we are looking forward to releasing more music soon with Liquid State.”

 Music Business Worldwide