Jeffrey Sutorius
Dash Berlin Reveal New Frontman Following Four-Year Legal Battle
Legendary dance music outfit Dash Berlin are officially returning with a new frontman. Former frontman Jeffrey Sutorius left the group back in 2018 after a highly publicized split with his Dash Berlin bandmates, Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg. All parties reportedly made amends shortly after, but Sutorius ultimately departed for good after losing a trademark dispute in 2021. Sutorius, who now performs as a solo artist, had alleged that Molijn and Kalberg registered the Dash Berlin trademark behind his back and revoked his access to the group’s social media accounts, leading to a “negative influence on [his] health.” But with the dust beginning to settle, Dash Berlin are now pressing forward with their new frontman, Ryan Fieret of Dutch DJ duo Syzz. Fieret’...
Claude VonStroke, SOFI TUKKER, More Announced on Groove Cruise Orlando 2022 Lineup
Groove Cruise Orlando has been cleared to set sail. The beloved rave voyage will embark from Port Canaveral, Florida for an epic 96-hour tour of the seas with over 50 artists and nine stages January 20-24, 2022. After over a year of being couped up indoors, this will be the perfect opportunity to relish in the beauty of Mother Earth while listening to some of the best that electronic music has to offer. Claude VonStroke, CloZee, Ferry Corsten, Gorgon City, SOFI TUKKER, Dombresky, John Summit, Walker & Royce, and many more are all confirmed to throw down on the high seas from aboard Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas. Groove Cruise veterans will know that from the moment you set foot on the deck, there is nonstop entertainment like rock climbing, laser tag, water slid...
“So Much Bigger Than Trance”: Jeffrey Sutorius on Mental Health and Post-Dash Berlin Future
There’s something to be said about memorable trance records. The records with the soaring melodies that lift your spirit to the heavens only to break your fall with each impassioned lyric. The records that gush your memory banks with rapture, reconnecting flashbacks with a blissful serotonin rush. Presiding over some of the most monumental trance tracks that evoke those feelings is Jeffrey Sutorius, the former frontman of Dash Berlin. Former Dash Berlin frontman Jeffrey Sutorius performing live. Jeffrey Sutorius (via Facebook) Performing as one of the most recognizable artists in the electronic music space, Sutorius was the public face of the Dash Berlin trio, a role he embraced as his bandmates, Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg, worked behind the scenes. However, following a tumu...
Dash Berlin Are Searching for a New Frontman
In search of a new frontman after the ouster of Jeffrey Sutorius, iconic trance outfit Dash Berlin have opened the auditions to the public. The group split up back in 2018 after an ugly legal dispute, with former frontman Sutorius citing “mismanagement” and “neglect” at the hands of his Dash Berlin bandmates, Eelke Kalberg and Sebastiaan Molijn. What followed was a lengthy and bitter trademark battle between the three men that eventually came to an end last month, when Sutorius announced that the group’s trademarks were officially transferred to his former group-mates, calling the move “very unfair.” Jeffrey Sutorius performing as Dash Berlin at ASOT600 Live during Miami’s Ultra Music Festival 2013. Ultra Music Festival S...
Jeffrey Sutorius Loses Dash Berlin Trademark Battle
Following a long and often bitter trademark battle, Dash Berlin frontman Jeffrey Sutorius has lost the dispute and must refrain from using the iconic trance group’s name. In a statement shared today, March 29th, Sutorius announced that the Dash Berlin trademarks have officially been transferred to his former group-mates, writing that the decision “feels very unfair.” “Unfortunately, it has been sentenced last week that the Dash Berlin trademarks must be transferred to my former partners in Dash Berlin and that as of March 17th I cannot use the name Dash Berlin, as I’ve done in the past 13 years, any longer,” Sutorius’ statement reads. “I know this seems weird and to me personally it feels very unfair, but it is something that I have...
