PAUL VAN DYK

'Paul van Dyk' (born 'Matthias Paul'; December 16, 1971 in Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg, East Germany) is one of the world's leading electronic dance music DJs and producers.

Contents

Biography

Awards

Discography

Albums

Remix

Singles & EPs

Co Production

Video

DJ Compilations

References

External links

Biography

Van Dyk grew up in East Berlin, where he kept in touch with the world beyond the Berlin Wall by secretly listening to the popular but forbidden Western radio stations RIAS and SFB and mixtapes occasionally smuggled into the country copied among school friends.
Shortly before the fall of the wall, van Dyk and his mother were given permission to leave East Germany and moved to Hamburg to live with his aunt. In 1990, van Dyk moved back to Berlin. His first appearance as a DJ was in the Tresor in March 1991. A couple more dates followed and he was soon given the chance to perform at Juergen Kramer's famous Dubmission parties in the Turbine club, together with the highly popular young resident DJ Kid Paul. The shows were called Paul vs. Paul. His mixing style drew the attention of Cosmic Baby and the two collaborated as The Visions of Shiva, on "Perfect Day" (1992) on the renowned Berlin independent label MFS (Masterminded For Success) Records, run by well known English ex-pat producer Mark Reeder and manager Torsten Jurk.
In February 1993, van Dyk and Kid Paul hosted an installment of the weekly three-hour HR3 Clubnight radio show perform for a nationwide audience on the radio. The second and final Visions of Shiva single "How Much Can You Take?" was released and van Dyk and Cosmic went their separate musical ways. By late summer, Paul released his first DJ-mix compilation "X-Mix-1 - the MFS Trip" and remixed Humate's classic trance hymn "Love Stimulation".
The growing popularity of the Dubmission parties forced a venues change, first to Cafe Moskau and then into the larger E-Werk where van Dyk began hosting regular MFS nights.
In 1994 Paul released "The Green Valley EP", "Pump This Party" and "Emergency 911". Meanwhile, MFS acquired many remixes for Paul and Reeder's close friendship with artists such as New Order gave Paul the opportunity to mix the track "Spooky" from the ''Republic'' album. After much persuasion by Reeder, he finally recorded his debut LP ''45RPM'' with Johnn Klimek and VOOV. Reeder also compiled the album's running order and design, and chose the album's title as a reflection of the 45 RPM speed typical for dance vinyl.
Reeder compiled ''Seven Ways'' which established van Dyk as a trance pioneer and was van Dyk's first real success in Britain. Reeder had successfully convinced his old friend Rob Deacon (formally of Volume) to license the album for the UK and his new Deviant label.
The singles "Forbidden Fruit" and "Beautiful Place" didn't cause a great impact at first, but with the release of ''Seven Ways'' and "Words" appearing at the height of the British superclub phenomenon, van Dyk's own material began to attract attention. "By the time they realised I was a German, it was too late!" van Dyk said.
In 1998, ''45RPM'' was re-released in the UK. To mark the event, and in homage to the defunct E-Werk, Paul released a remix of "For An Angel". Van Dyk took up a residency at Sheffield's Gatecrasher and declared himself anti-drugs, which led to home-made "No E, Pure PvD" T-shirts, also a sly note to journalists that his surname contained no "E".
Van Dyk left MFS Records and took a controlling share in the new label Vandit Records. In 2000, Paul flexed his skills with his melodic, dancefloor-friendly ''Out There And Back'', which included the hit single "Tell Me Why (The Riddle)", a collaboration with Saint Etienne. His first mix album ''The Politics of Dancing'' (2001) was followed by a world tour and a DVD release ''Global'' (2003) and the Mexican film "Zurdo", for which van Dyk composed the soundtrack.
''Reflections'' (2003) derived from van Dyk’s trips to India, was a more melancholy affair, and includes the single "Nothing But You", a collaboration with Hemmstock & Jennings. It was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Electronic Album. The mix album ''The Politics of Dancing 2'' (2005) was preceded by a single "The Other Side," a song dedicated to the victims, and their families, of the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and the subsequent tsunami that struck Thailand on December 26, 2004.
Van Dyk hosts a show on Radio Fritz every Wednesday at 20:00 GMT (7 pm London time + 1). In his latest gigs, he blurs the line between DJing and live performance engineering by utilizing two PowerBook laptops sporting Serato Scratch Live and Ableton Live software, enabling a more full-featured club experience more akin to a concert than a standard night out at a dance club. On-the-fly remixes and compositions are just some of the capabilities of this new performance method.
He is married to Natascha van Dyk, who also appears on some of his releases. The two were married in Cancún, Mexico.
Attendees of the 5th Anniversary celebration of Paul van Dyk in Central Park will have the opportunity to pre-purchase a special edition of van Dyk’s new album ''In Between'' limited to two thousand (2000) copies including a mixed version of the full album, an 8 track bonus CD and an 8 page photo anthology.^[1]
He also will embark on the In Between Tour in support of the album in August 2007. He is currently expected to announce more shows around the globe.^[2]

Awards

★ 1999 ''DJ Mag Best Producer''

★ 1999 ''Best International DJ''

★ 1999 ''Best international Award ''

★ 1999 ''man of the year by Mixmag''

★ 1999 ''Leader of the Trance Nation''

★ 2003 ''Best European DJ (Miami Winter Music Conference 2003)

★ 2003 ''second best trance track Paul Van Dyk - Nothing But You

★ 2004 ''America’s Favorite DJ''

★ 2004 ''Best International DJ

★ 2004 ''Best Event

★ 2004 ''Best Music in a Commercial (Motorola)

★ 2004 ''Mexican Oscar for his soundtrack in the film “Zurdo”

★ 2004 ''Best Music Maker" by DJ magazine

★ 2004 ''big winner at the Dancestar Awards''

★ 2005 ''WMC 2005 best track house progressive/trance: Nothing but You (Paul Van Dyk)

★ 2005 ''WMC 2005 best international dj

★ 2005 ''America’s Favorite DJ''

★ 2005 ''best dj for Dance/Electronic Album for his original album Reflections

★ 2005 ''the International Dance Music Award (IDMA) for Best Euro DJ.''

★ 2005 ''DJ Mag No 1 DJ''

★ 2005 ''Best Producer Trance Awards''

★ 2005 ''Best Global DJ Trance Awards''

★ 2006 ''Best Global DJ (Miami Winter Music Conference 2006)

★ 2006 ''Best Producer (Miami Winter Music Conference 2006)

★ 2006 ''Best Global DJ, Best NuNRG/Euro Track

★ 2006 ''DJ Mag No 1 DJ''

★ 2006 ''Best Global DJ Trance Awards''

★ 2006 ''Best Producer''

★ 2006 ''Best Mix Compilation for The Politics of Dancing 2

★ 2006 ''Cross Of Merit From The City Of Berlin''

★ 2006 ''Best HI NRG / Euro Track for "The Other Side" (Miami Winter Music Conference 2006)

★ 2007 ''Best Ortofon European DJ (Miami Winter Music Conference 2007)

★ ''his regular 6 hour set at “Gatecrasher” was voted as the "second best club night ever''

★ ''Best international DJ by the ministry of sound''

★ ''best international DJ by Musik Berlin, Zürich, Amsterdam, Londres, Paris, Milan, New-York, Mexico, Singapour

Discography

Albums

★ 1994 - ''45 RPM ''(Artist Album) ★ 1996 - ''Seven Ways'' (Artist Album) ★ 1997 - Perspective (Remix Compilation) ★ 1998 - Vorsprung Dyk Technik (Remix Compilation) ★ 1999 - Muzik Magazine-Free Mix CD (Mix Compilation) ★ 2000 - Out There and Back (Artist Album) ★ 2001 - The Politics of Dancing ★ 2002 - Zurdo - Musica Original de la Pelicula - Soundtrack ★ 2003 - ''Global'' (Mix Compilation)(DVD)

★ 2003 - ''Reflections'' ★ 2003 - "Return Of God!" MixMag Compilation (Mix Compilation) ★ 2004 - Vandit - The Sessions 03 (compiled by Paul van Dyk) (Mix Compilation) ★ 2004 - The remixes 94 - 04 (South African Release CD-Album) ★ 2004 - Re-Reflections ★ 2005 - MixMag Compilation (Mix Compilation) ★ 2005 - DJ Mag Compilation Dec 2005 (Mix Compilation) ★ 2005 - The Politics of Dancing 2 ★ 2007 - In Between (Artist Album)

Remix

★ 2007 - 2Raumwohnung (Remix: 36 Grad) ★ 2007 - Justin Timberlake (Remix: What Goes Around ... Comes Around) ★ 2006 - Depeche Mode (Remix: Martyr) ★ 2005 - a-ha (Remix: Celice) ★ 2005 - Timo Maas (Remix: Pictures) ★ 2005 - Kuffdam & Plant (Remix: Summerdream) ★ 2005 - Deep Dish (Remix: Say Hello) ★ 2004 - A ★ S ★ Y ★ S (Edit: No More Fucking Rock'n' Roll) ★ 2004 - Dino Sofos (Remix: Breathe Sunshine) ★ 2003 - Lydia Denker (Remix: One Perfect Day) ★ 2003 - Nick Lunn & YOMC pres. Techno Punk (Edit: Energize) ★ 2003 - Agnelli & Nelson pres. Ultra (Edit: Holding onto Nothing) ★ 2003 - Starchaser feat. Steve Edwards (Edit: Falling Star) ★ 2002 - Ghostland feat. Sinéad O'Connor (Remix: Guide Me God) ★ 2002 - Second Sun (Remix: Empire) ★ 2002 - Romathony (Remix: I Never Fuck) ★ 2002 - Solid Sleep (Remix: Club Attack) ★ 2002 - Cirillo (Remix: Cristallo) ★ 2001 - Rammstein (Remix: Ich will) ★ 2001 - U2 (Remix: Elevation) ★ 2001 - Alphaville (Remix: Dance With Me) ★ 2001 - Jam & Spoon feat. Rea (Remix: Be.Angeled) ★ 2001 - Members of Mayday (Remix: 10 in 01)

★ 2000 - The Thrillseekers (Remix: Synaesthesia) ★ 2000 - Underworld (Remix: Born Slippy) ★ 2000 - Saint Etienne (Remix: How We Used to live) ★ 2000 - Saint Etienne (Remix: Tell Me Why) ★ 1999 - Faithless (Remix: Bring my Family Back) ★ 1999 - Blank & Jones (Remix: Cream) ★ 1998 - Binary Finary (Remix: 1998) ★ 1997 - BT (Remix: Remember) ★ 1997 - Tenth Chapter (Remix with Carl Cox: Prolog) ★ 1997 - Curve (Remix: Chinese Burn) ★ 1997 - Denki Groove (Remix: Niji) ★ 1997 - Age of Love (Remix: The Age of Love) ★ 1997 - Qattara (Remix: Come with Me) ★ 1997 - BT (Remix with BT: Flaming June) ★ 1996 - Dina Caroll (Remix with BT: Run to You) ★ 1996 - BT feat. Tori Amos (Remix: Blue Skies) ★ 1996 - Amen (Remix: Passion) ★ 1995 - Joe T. Vanelli (Remix: Voices in Harmony) ★ 1995 - DFM (Remix: You like That?) ★ 1994 - Jens Lissat (Remix: You Can't Escape) ★ 1993 - Humate (Remix: (Love Stimulation/Curious) ★ 1993 - Joe T. Vanelli (Remix: Playing with the Voice)

Singles & EPs

★ 1994 "Pumpin"

★ 1994 "The Green Valley EP"

★ 1995 "You Like That?"

★ 1995 "Emergency (The Remixes)"

★ 1996 "Beautiful Place"

★ 1997 "Forbidden Fruit"

★ 1997 "Words"

★ 1998 "For An Angel" (PvD's 1998 E-Werk Remix) ''#28 UK''

★ 1999 "Another Way/Avenue" ''#13 UK''

★ 1999 "Namistai" (featuring BT)

★ 2000 "Tell Me Why (The Riddle)" (featuring Saint Etienne) ''#7 UK''

★ 2000 "We Are Alive" (featuring Jennifer Brown) ''#15 UK''

★ 2001 "Columbia EP"

★ 2002 "Animacion"

★ 2003 "Nothing But You" (featuring Hemstock & Jennings)''#14 UK''

★ 2003 "Time Of Our Lives (featuring Vega 4)/Connected" ''#28 UK''

★ 2004 "Crush" (featuring Second Sun)

★ 2004 "Wir Sind Wir" (featuring Peter Heppner)

★ 2005 "The Other Side" (featuring Wayne Jackson)

★ 2007 "White Lies" (featuring Jessica Sutta)

Co Production

★ "The Visions Of Shiva" (with Cosmic Baby)

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★ 1992 ''Perfect Day''

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★ 1993 ''How Much Can You Take?''

★ "Paul van Dyk vs Tilt"

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★ 1996 ''Rendezvous''

Video

★ 2003 ''Global'' (DVD)

DJ Compilations

★ 1993 ''X-MIX-1 (The MFS Trip'')

★ 1997 ''Perspective - A Collection Of Remixes 1992-1997''

★ 1998 ''Vorsprung Dyk Technik''

★ 2001 ''The Politics of Dancing''

★ 2004 ''Vandit - The Session 3: The Ibiza Session''

★ 2005 ''The Politics of Dancing 2''

★ 2006 ''10 Years GMF Berlin Compilation (Disc 2)''

References

1. Special limited edition of Paul van Dyk's 'In Between' at Central Park performances
2. http://www.paulvandyk.de

External links

★ Official Paul van Dyk website

★ Paul van Dyk Interview on Clubplanet

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★ Vandit Records

★ vonyc.com

★ Paul van Dyk's official Myspace

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★ Paul van Dyk interview at musicOMH.com

★ The DJ List: Paul van Dyk

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★ Music Videos

★ Paul Van Dyk Tracklist Archive

★ The Paul Van Dyk Interview with Clubplanet.

★ Paul Van Dyk Full Tracklist Archive