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Hercules & Love Affair - DJ Kicks, feat. Fierce Ruling Diva "Allemaal, Allemaal!". Release date October 29, 2012 :)

Jump-o-mentary about the visit by Patrick Jumpen and Dion to the 24th local Jumpstyle meeting in the city center of Poznan, Poland - October 20, 2012. A 4 minute introduction followed by 20 minutes of individual Jumps and styles builds up t
o a multiple climax with group Jumps of up to 40 Jumpers in formation and an after-party at the BE4 Club in nightly suburban Poznan.

We learn about the city of Poznan, get a taste of Polish culture and we see how big, active and diverse the Polish Jump-scene is. From Oldschool to Tek to Hardjump & Ownstyle: they do it all. We see how a meeting between cultures starts with a bit of tension and a need to show off, but as the day goes by, turns more and more into one big outdoor party where all teams and nationalities mingle, share and play together.

The day is initially planned as a meeting between Patrick Jumpen and Polish national team Bioharzard - but local Poznanian team Bring It Back decides to organize a local Jump meeting for the occasion: "XXIV Lokalny Zlot Jumpstyle w Poznaniu". Soon it turns into a public event where Jumpers and teams from all over Poland join for what becomes an unforgettable afternoon supported by pounding bassdrums, blue skies and an unusual 22 degrees temperature.

Things almost go wrong: Patrick can't find his passport, misses the Berlin - Warsawa - Express and ends up travelling without ID on regional trains.. He gets arrested by Polish police in Szczecin where he spends 6 hours in a holding cell. Rime - DJ/Jumper from Poznan takes control and negociates Patrick's release with the police who finally put him on a direct connection to Poznan where he arrives at 8 in the morning after 22 hours of travel and no sleep - only 2 hours before being picked up for the meeting.

Patrick wants to build bridges, visit teams, regions and countries, remove boundaries and offer new generations of Jumpers a chance to show, share and shine by opening up his network of 10k's of followers as worldwide platform to others. Being labeled "superstar" and "#1 Jumper" in 2007/2008, Patrick finds himself used as mascotte by commercial marketeers and forced into a role he did not choose. Now he seems to have found new direction as "ambassador" for today's Jumpers who have further developed the dance style.

To achieve this, Patrick launches Jump2Xpress - adopting the slogan "jump to express, not to impress". This slogan is often used in social media to ease pressure - when interaction, discussion and healthy competition between teams, regions or nationalities turn into distrust, rivalry, arguments and hostility.

Patrick continues to create tutorials on all levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced, expert) and produce new songs and albums. By recently teaming up with his original crew of Jumpers, Dion & Antwan and producers Flamman & Abraxas he is slowly picking up where they left off in 2008.

Do you want Patrick Jumpen to come to your country or city and promote your scene? See if you can find some local funding to sponsor a meeting - perhaps your tourism authority, health-, sport- or recreational organizations, even local businesses may be interested to see your city promoted in a positive light of culture, tradition, music, dance, fun, health and play!

More Patrick Jumpen videos:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpNHqTgf1b1fYtQ2p-nBP01koo0kzKud6

Patrick Jumpen Official Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/PatrickJumpenOfficial

Biohazard Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/BioHazardJumpstyleTeam

Bring It Back Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/JumpstylePoznan

Island Jumpers Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/IslandJumpers

Patrick Jumpen music downloads:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/patrick-jumpen/id255902436?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Patrick Jumpen photo-, video- & press archive:
http://www.facebook.com/PatrickJumpenLegacy

Post your Jump videos, promote your page or team:
http://www.facebook.com/jumptoexpress

Merchandise:
http://jump2xpress.spreadshirt.com/

Produced by Jeroen Flamman & Patrick J. Pereira
(c) 2012 Lower East Side Records, Amsterdam, Netherlands
info at lowereastsiderecords dot com

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jump-o-men-ta-ry (dʒʌmpəˈmɛntərɪ)
adj.
1. a factual film or programme about a Jumpstyle event, person, etc., presenting the facts with little or no fiction in an informative manner and often consisting of actual news or interviews accompanied by narration

Almost.. Almost!

Street organ in Holland playing Frozen Flame (Jeckyll & Hyde) & Holiday.. That really illustrates how big Jumpstyle was in Holland in 2007 and why that stopped so quickly: when even the street organs start playing your music it's time to move on.. Glad I'm back now though :-) The next album will be street organ unfriendly for sure :P

Like als je 'm herkent ;-)

Special thanks for these great photos to: https://www.facebook.com/patryk.zych3

After some exiting days in Poznan with very little sleep, we all arrived back home safe :-) The Jump meeting was a big success, we met more than 50 Jumpers & the weather was super! We shot hours of video and it will take a few days to edit everything, but here's already a photo with 5 members of Biohazard Team. We want to thank everybody for an unforgettable weekend!

Vannacht in Hank!

Polish Jumpers are already getting positive publicity at the Amsterdam Dance Event! One of my record company producers, DJ Abraxas, talks in an interview with national radio/tv company VPRO about our upcoming trip to Poznan and how big the scene is in Poland! :-)

Ha ha we had an original video for Have You Ever Been Mellow, but for Germany they re-edited it back in 1995. Long time no see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJkgOK-7Sj4&feature=related