Special Request

Special Request is an electronic music project associated with the aliases Hidden Rivals, Soultrance, and Hectic. Working across breaks, float house, future garage, and modern jungle, the act is credited to Jeroen Verheij and Mirko van Dommelen. The project’s output sits in the continuum of UK-influenced club music, moving between breakbeat-driven tracks and more atmospheric, bass-led material.

Under the Special Request name and its related aliases, Verheij and van Dommelen have issued recordings through a range of dance-music outlets, including Ministry of Sound Recordings, GOLDIE, Method 808, and Hard Times, with distribution handled by gamma. The use of multiple monikers has allowed the project to present different strands of its sound, from tougher break patterns and jungle references to softer, more spacious productions aligned with future garage and float house.

Special Request is credited as a duo, with both Jeroen Verheij and Mirko van Dommelen listed as members. Their catalog is documented across the project name and its alternate identities, reflecting a practice common in electronic music where stylistic shifts and label contexts are separated by alias. The project remains identified primarily with club-oriented releases rooted in breakbeat and bass music, with modern jungle elements appearing alongside contemporary house-adjacent and garage-informed tracks.