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Bart Claessen

Dutch DJ

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ809296
Source-derived summary

Bart Claessen (Dutch pronunciation: [bɑrt ˈklaːsə(n)]; born 22 January 1980) is a Dutch electronic dance DJ. He is best known for the trance songs "On the Move" and "Infected", both released in 2001 under the name Barthezz, which reached no. 18 and 25 on the UK Singles Chart respectively.

He has released a number of tracks under his own name, most notably "First Light" (2007) and "Madness" (2008).

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Bart Claessen” is dutch DJ. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Bart, Claessen and Dutch, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1980, 2001, 2007, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1980-01-22. For this dossier, Bart, Claessen and Dutch is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “dutch DJ” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q809296. VIAF identifies the subject as 24288441. The Library of Congress control number is no2003045408. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1980, 2001, 2007 and 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from Bart Claessen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.