Research - About Signum

Signum is the name for two European producers, Pascal Minnaard and Ronald Hagen. They are producers who create and remix mainly trance music.

Originally they both lived in The Netherlands. In 2008, Pascal Minnaard moved to Norway with his fiance. Both Hagen and Minnaard still work together with the aid of digital technology and share projects together to create Signum tracks and DJ sets.

Their first notable mainstream success was in 1997 with "What Ya Got 4 Me" (This is the song myself and Ashley are using for our music video). This record was released on the Jinx record label, becoming a club anthem. This song was re-released in 2001 and entered the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. With their success of "What Ya Got 4 Me", they continued to remix tracks and produce material including; "Forever", "Better Off Alone", "Take U There" and "On Stream". A lot of their work in this period did well in dance and club charts.

Their next big achievement came when they collaborated with the British producer / DJ Scott Mac, to create "Coming On Strong", which was a hit in the club industry. After this, they went to do remixes for ATB and Alice DeeJay.

Their DJ debut was in July 2001 at Gatecrasher, and they went on to play at various dance venues including 'Godskitchen', 'Gatecrasher', 'Passion' and 'Slinky'. They also played at several music festivals that year. Since their debut, that have played in the countries including Australia, Spain, Japan, Ibiza, Canada and Malaysia.

They were signed to Armada Music in the summer of 2003, and released their first single "Push Through". In 2004 Signum teamed up with female vocalist Anita Kelsey, and created "Come Around Again", This track was another success. From a interview with Signum they quoted "This is the track we have always wanted to make".

Signum also produce music under another alias 'D-Factor'. In 2008 Signum featured in the Top 100 in the DJ magazine's awards, finishing at #72 on the list.