Paul van Dyk
Artist Type: Person
Artist Born:
1971
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Artist Biography
Paul van Dyk (Matthias Paul) hails from Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany, is a leading trance DJ and is currently the world's #1 DJ (as voted for by DJ mag readers) knocking Tiesto off the top spot which he'd held for three years running.
His first production, in collaboration with Cosmic Baby as Visions of Shiva, was released in 1992. Before this, he used to do mix-tapes for his friends. In 1993 Paul's first album was released, entitled 45RPM. He also remixed the song Love Stimulation. He also did some nightclub work at a Berlin nightclub called E-Werk.
By 1997, when he released his second album Seven Ways, he'd established himself a huge fanbase and was becoming quite a popular DJ. He released three singles off the album called Forbidden Fruit, Words and Seven Ways. Each one of them was a wide success in Britain and was played in many nightclubs.
One year later in 1998 he released his 45RPM album in the UK and it reached number 1. To mark the event, Paul released his 1998 E-Werk remix of For An Angel, the track is still widely played today and is considered a dance classic.
Artist Discography
Albums
45 RPM (2002-06-17)
In Between (2007-08-14)
Out There and Back (2002-06-17)
Reflections (2003-10-20)
Seven Ways (1997)
EPs
Beautiful Place (1996)
Columbia EP (2001-10)
The Green Valley E.P. (1994-06-24)
Singles
Another Way / Avenue (1999-11-29)
Another Way / Avenue Mixed (1999-10-18)
Beautiful Place (1996)
Crush (2004-04)
Emergency: The Remixes (1995)
For an Angel (1998-08)
Forbidden Fruit (1997-05)
Forbidden Fruit, Part 1 (1997)
Forbidden Fruit, Part 2 (1997)
Nothing But You (2003-06-30)
Pumpin': Pump This Party! (1994)
Tell Me Why (2000)
The Other Side (2005-09-05)
Time of Our Lives / Connected (2003-10-06)
We Are Alive (2000-11-20)
White Lies (2007-08-20)
Wir sind wir (2004-07-12)
Words / For an Angel Remixes (1998-08-25)
Words, Part 1 (1997-10-27)
Words, Part 2 (1997-10-27)
