Our story
Houseleggers is a Belgian DJ collective founded in Waterloo in 2010 by Jim Davis and Diego M, joined in 2013 by Maxime Mayeur. A collective of three DJs, but one sonic signature and one simple rule: we play as one or as two, never more. A method proven in clubs, at festivals, at corporate galas and at weddings, from Brussels to Knokke. And increasingly further afield: the Swiss resorts, Andorra, Italy, Provence, Spain and Portugal are now part of our seasons.
Waterloo / Brussels — since 2010
Year founded
DJs on the decks at most — sometimes just one
Years behind the decks
Countries played: Belgium, France, Switzerland, Andorra, Italy, Spain, Portugal
The journey
From a first Brussels residency to the big stages
2010
Two solo DJs join forces in Waterloo
Jim Davis and Diego M had each been mixing solo since 2004. In 2010 they decided to play under a single name: Houseleggers was born in Walloon Brabant. The founding bet fits in one line — as a pair you take bigger musical risks, because someone is always there to save the moment.
2011 →
You Nightclub: trained on the floor
Promoters Youstudent and DK-Events handed them the decks at You Nightclub in Brussels. A weekly residency, a packed room, a demanding student crowd: this is where the duo learned the real job — holding a dancefloor all night long, with no dead air and no safety net.
2013
Maxime Mayeur joins the collective
The collective grows to three members — but never to three DJs on the same night. Maxime brings a harder club culture and a third signature: Houseleggers can now cover two dates in the same weekend, or send whichever DJ's repertoire fits the room best. The principle stays untouched: one DJ or a duo on the decks, never more.
Spain
The tour that changed the scale
Summer residencies at Tropics and St-Tropez in Lloret de Mar: marathon sets, an international crowd, nobody on the floor speaking the same language. Proof the method travels well beyond Belgium. Corsica, at BeachC, followed.
Festivals
Day2Night, EMF, Apéros Urbains
The move to the big stages: the Day2Night main stage, EMF, the Wake Up Apéros Urbains in front of thousands at sunset, and the 24h Vélo in Louvain-la-Neuve. Sharing line-ups with Lost Frequencies, Henri PFR, Wolfpack and Mr. Belt & Wezol.
2026
Clubs, corporates, weddings — in Belgium and abroad
Today the collective splits its diary between clubs, festivals, weddings and corporate events booked by Profirst, Audeo and WePlay for Pfizer, Lenovo, Inditex and the Berlaymont — plus the Terrasse O2 at the Boitsfort Racecourse for Brussels open-airs. A growing share of those dates is played outside Belgium: the Swiss resorts of Veysonnaz, Crans-Montana, Gstaad and Champéry (Le Red), the SnowBeat Festival in Andorra, then weddings and seminars in Italy, Provence, Spain and Portugal, with our own setup in the cases. The same rigour applies to a 300-capacity club and a 1,500-guest gala — which is why the agencies keep coming back.
The collective
Three signatures, one or two DJs per date
The collective counts three DJs, but you never book all three: a booking is a single DJ or a duo. The format is set in the quote, based on the room and the crowd — and the DJ whose repertoire fits your night best is the one who takes the decks.
Jim Davis
DJ / Producer — co-founder
Co-founder, behind the decks since 2004. Jim is the architect of the sets: he draws the energy curve of a night, from a restrained warm-up to an overflowing peak-time. His home ground is early-night deep and tech-house, where an atmosphere has to be built without ever rushing the room.
Diego M
DJ / Producer — co-founder
Co-founder, six years of solo gigs before 2010. Diego has the instinct for the right moment: the track nobody saw coming, dropped exactly as the energy was about to dip. Nu-disco, vocal house, progressive — he has the widest repertoire of the three, and he is the one we send out in front of a multi-generational crowd, at a wedding or a corporate gala.
Maxime Mayeur
DJ — member since 2013
Member since 2013, the most club-facing signature of the three. Maxime pulls the collective towards tech-house and main-stage EDM: his touch is what you hear on festival peak-times, Knokke closings and resort nights, from Crans-Montana to Champéry. His arrival let us widen the diary without ever subcontracting a date.
Our method
What makes the difference when the night tips over
Fifteen years of nights taught us three things. None of them is about talent — all of them are about preparation, and they shape every set we play.
Watch before you play
A good DJ does not run through a playlist prepared in advance. He watches who is dancing, who is staying at the bar, when the average age of the crowd shifts — and builds the set live, track by track. It is the only reason we refuse to send a fixed tracklist before an event.
Cover the full spectrum
Deep house and nu-disco over drinks, tech-house as the room fills, EDM and progressive at peak-time, open format when the crowd spans generations. Versatility is not a sales pitch: it is what prevents the energy collapse deep in the night, when a single-genre DJ runs out of road.
Technical rigour
Clean transitions, controlled levels, professional gear checked before every date, early arrival for soundcheck. Perfect technique is the kind you never notice — which is exactly the point: nobody should notice the DJ, everybody should remember the night.
Frequently asked
What people ask before booking
The questions that come up most often about our history and how we work.
How many DJs actually turn up?
One or two — never three. The collective counts three DJs: Jim Davis and Diego M, who founded it in 2010, joined by Maxime Mayeur in 2013. But a booking is a single DJ or a duo. Two DJs on one floor is the useful maximum: beyond that, a set loses its coherence. The chosen format is agreed with you in the quote.
How long have the Houseleggers been active?
Since 2010. Jim Davis and Diego M had each been mixing solo since 2004 — more than twenty years behind the decks between the founders, and fifteen years of existence for the collective itself.
Where are you based and how far do you travel?
We are based in Waterloo, in Walloon Brabant, twenty minutes from Brussels. We play across all of Belgium — Brussels, Wallonia (Namur, Liège, Charleroi) and Flanders (Antwerp, Ghent, Knokke) — as well as in Luxembourg. And abroad, regularly: the Swiss resorts of Veysonnaz, Crans-Montana, Gstaad and Champéry, the SnowBeat Festival in Andorra, then weddings and corporate events in Italy, Provence, Spain and Portugal, where we travel with our own setup. Travel is included in the quote, at home as abroad, and itemised line by line.
What music do you play?
Deep house, nu-disco and tech-house for warm-ups, rooftops and cocktails; EDM, progressive and commercial for club and festival peak-times; open format for weddings and multi-generational crowds. The repertoire runs from 100 to 130 BPM, with no energy break between the phases of the night.
Which artists have you shared the stage with?
Lost Frequencies, Henri PFR, Wolfpack, Mr. Belt & Wezol, Robert Abigail, Party Harders and Loulou Players, among others — on Belgian festival line-ups and in clubs such as You Nightclub and Knokke-Out.
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