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I started at a young age in a local pop-music stage, moved to two major dutch clubs (Waakzaamheid & RoXY) and with the years I matured as a lighting operator/designer and are currently working mainly as an operator for ID&T. Since I'm in the business for 18 years now I've got experience with almost everything, from bands (rock/blues/pop) to theatre and lately big rave events which I liked the most. From which you can see nice pictures on this page. I'll try to put some more pictures and background information with them since there are huge gaps at the moment and keep the list as up to date as possible. That can't be hard since I still find great joy in my work in the entertainment lighting industry!
For more information you can contact me via by email: bas [at] ritbit [dot] com or MSN messenger: basvanritbergen [at] hotmail [dot] com.

After all these great years I had enough of the Lighting and decided to retire from my Lighting carreer in March 2008.

Below an overview of some of the events or venues where I did my thing, there was much more but i cannot recall everything:
Past Events & Rave's:
* Club de Waakzaamheid '95-'99 Koog a/d Zaan (NL) (Resident LJ)
* DanceValley '98, Spaarnwoude (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* DanceValley '99, Spaarnwoude (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Club RoXY '97-'99 Amsterdam (NL) (Resident LJ)
* MysteryLand 2000, Busloo (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Impulz 2000, Ahoy, Rotterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* InnerCity 2000, RAI, Amsterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Dutch Dimension 2001, Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam (NL) (Trouble Shooter)
* Massive 2001, Beursgebouw Eindhoven (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Shockers 2001, RAI, Amsterdam (NL) (Trouble Shooter)
* 4-Elements 2001, Ahoy, Rotterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* MysteryLand 2001, SixFlags Holland (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Sensation 2001, Amsterdam Arena (NL) (Trouble Shooter)
* FFWD 2001 - MainStage, Rotterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Impulz Outdoors EuroGroove, Busloo (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Paradox @Amsterdam Studio's, Amsterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* InnerCity 2001 - DeepHouse, RAI, Amsterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Shockers 2002, RAI, Amsterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* QueensDayNight Winkel v. Sinkel, Utrecht (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Bloomingdale - BeachPop 2002, Bloemendaal aan zee (NL) (Trouble Shooter)
* Offshore 2002 (Chemistry), Bergen aan Zee (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Bloomingdale - BeachPop 2002, Bloemendaal aan zee (NL) (Trouble Shooter)
* Chesterfield LabelLand GOLD, Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam (NL) (TroubleShooter)
* Bloomingdale - BeachBop 2002, Bloemendaal aan zee (NL) (Trouble Shooter)
* MysterLand 2002 - Trance, Spaarnwoude (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Bloomingdale - BeachBop 2002, Bloemendaal aan zee (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Bloomingdale (last weekend), Bloemendaal aan zee (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Intenze 2002, Rijnhal, Nijmegen (NL) (Operator/LJ/LD)
* Microsoft Party 2002, KurHaus, Scheveningen (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Impulz 2002, Ahoy, Rotterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* InnerCity 2002, RAI Amsterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* ClubQlassics Feb.2003, Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Intenze 2003, Rijnhal, Nijmegen (NL) (Operator/LJ/LD)
* Shockers 2003, RAI Amsterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Tiesto in Concert, Gelredome (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Sensation 2003 White, Amsterdam Arena (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Sensation 2003 Black, Amsterdam Arena (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* DanceValley 2003, Spaarnwoude (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Mysteryland 2003, Floriade (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Re-opening the Lexion with Tiesto, Westzaan (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Intenze 2003, Rijnhal Nijmegen(NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Full Force 2003, MECC Maastricht (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Convertible 2003, Passagiers Term. Amsterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Innercity 2003, Amsterdam RAI (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Intenze 2004, Rijnhal (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Njoy, the Festival Urban+NightDance, SixFlags Holland (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Sensation White 2004, Amsterdam Arena (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Sensation Black 2004, Amsterdam Arena (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Ambassador, Amsterdam Arena (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Mysterland 2004, CoCoon, Floriade (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Raving Nightmare, Rijnhal (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Convertible, PTA, Amsterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* ThunderDome 2004, a decade 2004. Jaarbeurs Utrecht(NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Innercity, MGM-GrandTrance, Rai, Amsterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Trance Energy 2005, MadHouse, Jaarbeurs Utecht (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Sensation Belgie, Antwerpen (BE) (Operator/LJ)
* Luxurush 2005, Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Sensation White, Amsterdam Arena (Operator/LJ)
* Sensation Black, Amsterdam, Arena (Operator/LJ)
* Sensation Germany, Schalke Stadium (DE) (Operator/LJ)
* Tomorrowland (Belgie) (Operator/LJ)
* Mysterland 2005, Floriade (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Convertible 2005, CruiseTerminal Amsterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Innercity 2005, RAI Amsterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Trance Energy 2006, Jaarbeurs Utecht (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Sensation White Belgium 2006, Sportpaleis Antwerpen (BE) (Operator/LJ)
* Luxurush 2006, Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Sensation White 2006, Amsterdam Arena (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Sensation Black 2006, Amsterdam Arena (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Sensation White Germany 2006, Veltins Arena, Gelsenkichen (DE) (Operator/LJ)
* Sensation White Poland 2006, Hala Ludowa, Wroclaw (PL) (Operator/LJ)
* Convertible 2006, Passagiers Terminal Amsterdam (NL) (Operator/LJ)
* Sensation World Tour 2007 (Operator/LJ)
* Sensation World Tour 2008 (Operator/LJ)
Past Clubs (Resident LJ):
burst.gif (128 bytes) 3Luik, Zaandam
burst.gif (128 bytes) de Kade, Zaandam
burst.gif (128 bytes) de Waakzaamheid, Koog a/d Zaan
burst.gif (128 bytes) RoXY, Amsterdam

And some incidental events:
burst.gif (128 bytes) Arena, Amsterdam (not the soccer stadium)
burst.gif (128 bytes) Escape Venue, Amsterdam
burst.gif (128 bytes) Lexion, Westzaan (Zaanstad)
burst.gif (128 bytes) Hemkade (HK48), Zaandam
burst.gif (128 bytes) Winkel van Sinkel, Utrecht
burst.gif (128 bytes) Patronaat, Haarlem
burst.gif (128 bytes) Sinners in Heaven, Amsterdam
burst.gif (128 bytes) LoveMania Tour, Germany
burst.gif (128 bytes) TimeOut, Gemert
burst.gif (128 bytes) OffShore BeachDance, Bergen aan Zee
burst.gif (128 bytes) Hotel Igesz, Schagen
burst.gif (128 bytes) KurHaus Hotel, Scheveningen

Pictures + lightplans of Past Events:
burst.gif (128 bytes) Innercity 2000
burst.gif (128 bytes) Mystery Land 2000
burst.gif (128 bytes) Massive 2001
burst.gif (128 bytes) 4-Elements 2001
burst.gif (128 bytes) Mystery Land 2001
burst.gif (128 bytes) FFWD 2001 - MainStage
burst.gif (128 bytes) Impulz Outdoors EuroGroove
burst.gif (128 bytes) BloomingDale BeachBob 2002
burst.gif (128 bytes) Intenze 2002
burst.gif (128 bytes) Tiesto In Concert 2003

Nice video's of past events:
  ID&T Sensation Collection
  Innercity2000
  Impulz Outdoors 2001
Trance Energy Thialf 2001
  Sensation 2003 MegaMix White-edition
  Sensation 2003 MegaMix Black-edition
  Innercity 2003
Dj Tiesto - Traffic (shots from concert)
Dj Tiesto in Concert
Dj Tiesto in Concert - The Making Of
Sensation White 2004 clip
Sensation Black 2004 clip
  Mysteryland 2004
  Innercity 2004
  Trance Energy 2005
Sensation White 2005 compilatie
Sensation Black 2005 compilation
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  LJ's have Fun at Sensation Black 2004
  LJ Hiljo is tired at Sensation Black 2004
  WebCam at Sensation Black 2004 clip

After all these great years I had enough of the Lighting and decided to retire from my Lighting carreer in March 2008.

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Last Update: November 8th 2006 20:09