Humphrey Themen was born the 17th of April 1980. Humphrey is better known as thePRINCEofBEATZ, or Prince, an upcoming producer from Amsterdam. Prince was raised in a household where music of all kinds was constantly playing. His brother is a break-dancer and producer from which he learned the basics of producing. When he turned 18 his interest for producing evolved.



ThePRINCEofBEATZ started working on his brothers equipment, “the MPC60, Roland w30 and Cubase”. Nowadays he makes use of more advanced equipment such as the MPC 2000XL, Novation SL, Logic pro and the Digi002. Prince took producing as a hobby, but it was after all the positive feedback he received, he started taking producing more serious. Prince is inspired by other greats like J Dilla, Pharrel Williams and Quincy Jones.



In the year 2002 Prince signed up for the audio engineering education at the SAE institute. SAE institute is where he learned to record, arrange, edit, mix and master music. He finished this course with success and he instantly started giving beat workshops at Club Jaco for promising youths. There was a semi-professional studio present where he could easily polish his new learned skills by recording songs for the youths. Till this day on he is still working on different projects to stimulate and mentor promising youths. ..



At the start of the year 2008, Prince crossed paths with an old friend, his current manager and business partner Rowan Houtsnee. Together they decide to start a music company and so StylzMatic Music was born. Prince and Rowan sign their first artist called KaliBwoy.



Within short time they make KaliBwoy’s name rise internationally. Prince produces many songs for KaliBwoy and teaches him the finer techniques in the recording process. During this stage Prince also produces for bigger names in the Netherlands like Maikal X, better known from the band Postman. Prince and Rowan work hard to make StylzMatic Music an success and they see the company growing every day. ..



In the summer of 2008 Prince created the hit song “I can’t breathe” with Cinnamon Brown. This song received over half a million hits on MySpace and created interest with many radio stations and A&R’s in the U.S. The song brought them overseas and they made a remix of the song together with 2 rappers called “Alumni” from New York and “Regal” from Atlanta. The remix also turned out as an hit and all eyes are pointed to Prince. ..



At present day Prince released his free album called “Music Visionary” under his own company StylzMatic Music. This album cannot be categorized in any particular genre. Music Visionary is a versatile album with all music composed and produced by Prince. The power of dance, hiphop, reggae/dancehall, eclectic and more are combined to this powerful album. Some of the artists who contributed their values are KaliBwoy, Maikal X, Ollie, Ash-Lee, Cinnamon Brown and many more. ..



THEprinceOFbeatz is a very motivated and productive man working on his musical future. Prince says: “I intent to think out of the box and try to inspire all other producers internationally to do the same. Dare to take a risk when it concerns making music!”.