When I was growing up, I said to my ex-girlfriend, 'I will not be successful until everyone in Holland knows my name.' And it worked.
Most music that comes out of Holland is basically the harder part of dance music - hip-hop, drum'n'bass.
Holland is a really small country, but with a very strong club and festival scene. Dance music has been huge in Holland since the late eighties. So there were a lot of opportunities for producers and DJs to release records and play live.
Holland is to dance music what Nashville is to country.