Robert-Jan Mastenbroek has walked away from a record deal, a million-dollar business, and a spiritual school with 1,200 students — each time for the same reason: it wasn't how it was supposed to be.
He built Dream or Donate, the largest Dutch/Belgian crowdfunding platform — €6 million raised. Walked away from a major record deal at 21 because it meant becoming "a monkey on a stage." Became a millionaire. Then lost it. Six years in a campervan across Europe and Tenerife, building himself back from nothing — busking in the streets at 10€/hour, working his way to 750€/hour for private business events. Peak earning. Still not happy.
He got on his knees on a beach and asked Jesus to make him happy again — the way he was as a child, before the money, the status, and the noise.
What emerged was Holy Rave.
"I feel happy as a child all day, every day now. Because I know I have a father in heaven who loves me. When I walk. When I'm drinking coffee. When I'm doing my shows. A lot. A lot."
His sets combine 124–142 BPM sacred house, techno, and psytrance with live vocals, Hebrew prayer mantras, and biblical lyrics. Between tracks: a short prayer — never a sermon, always specific, always under 30 seconds. Then the next track drops.
He plays preferably for free. Because the people who might need this most are usually the ones who can't afford a ticket.
"Man — you just should have been there."
Holy Rave is not a church event. It is not a sober rave. It is wherever Robert-Jan plays. The sacred energy travels with him — into clubs, caves, beaches, living rooms, and rooftops — because the music carries it, not the venue.
The dancefloor is where people who have been searching in all the wrong places sometimes find what they were looking for — without knowing that's what happened. The cognitive dissonance is the point: 140 BPM tribal beats and a man quietly, unperformatively rooted in Jesus. People who've never set foot in a church stand on a dancefloor and feel something they can't name. Something that stays after the night ends.
| Church Worship | Regular Rave | Holy Rave | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairs | Yes | No | No |
| Long talks | Yes | No | No |
| Alcohol | No | Yes | Present, not required |
| Who it's for | Believers | Escapers | Seekers |
| What stays after | Expected | Nothing | Something they can't name |
All tracks written and produced in Tenerife. 30+ originals released independently — no label, no manager.
| Track | BPM | Style | Scripture |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renamed | 128 | Melodic Techno | Isaiah 62 |
| Halleluyah | 140 | Psytrance | — |
| Jericho | 140 | Psytrance | Joshua 6 |
| Fire In Our Hands | 130 | Melodic Techno | — |
| Selah | 130 | Handpan / Oud / Middle Eastern | Psalm 46 |
| Living Water | 124 | Organic House | John 4 |
| He Is The Light | 128 | Melodic Techno | John 8 |
Robert-Jan is an open book. His story — the €6M platform, the campervan, the busking, the beach baptism — is one of the more unusual origin stories in electronic music. Subjects he speaks to directly:
Available for interview: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday — 11:00–17:00 CET (Tenerife, Spain — UTC+1)
Format: Zoom, phone, or in-person in Tenerife
High-resolution photos, track artwork, and video footage available on request.
Email: motomotosings@gmail.com
Live footage: @robertjanmastenbroek on Instagram (1.9M views on best-performing post)
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