DJ Dean
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DJ Dean is a German Euro-Trance
/Hard Trance
DJ, producer, and current, longtime resident DJ of the Tunnel dance club in Hamburg
, Germany
. He is also the founder of the German trance label Tunnel Records
, which has released successful trance/hard trance compilations under the Tunnel Trance Force and DJ Networx franchises.
, at age 17, when he became well known in Hamburg's club scene with the music styles Hardcore
and Gabba
. After playing at Time Tunnel Rave in 1995
, he then became resident DJ of the famous club Tunnel, based in Hamburg.
In 1997
, DJ Dean set up his own studio. There he produced his first project in co-operation with Sony Music Media (a division of Sony Music Entertainment
), a mix called Tunnel Trance Force. This mix was such a success that many other Tunnel Trance Force compilations were made: no less than 46 sequels were released in more than a decade. He followed this with his third solo-album, Protect Your Ears, appearing under the Tunnel Records
Label.
His Trance Club Tunnel achieved top 10 status in the Media Control Charts
. Other successful releases were the maxi-vinyls Protect Your Ears, Play It Hard, It's a Dream, and Ballanation. His project Das Licht is also well known in the trance scene. In addition to this, he is involved in projects like Angel Beats, Barbarez, Dynamic, D's, Sylver Liquid, Impegement Syndrom, and Van Nilson, each of which covers a different style.
Euro-trance
The term Euro-trance describes all "trance"-like European imports into the American dance music market, especially those recorded in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.-Dream house:...
/Hard Trance
Hard trance
Hard trance is a subgenre of trance music that originated in Western Europe in the mid-1990s as the breakbeat hardcore production community began to diversify into new and different styles of electronic music, all influenced by UK hard house, happy hardcore and jungle/drum & bass...
DJ, producer, and current, longtime resident DJ of the Tunnel dance club in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. He is also the founder of the German trance label Tunnel Records
Tunnel Records
Tunnel Records is a record label founded by DJ Dean. It is based in Hamburg, Germany.Tunnel was once home to X-Dream, a German trance project....
, which has released successful trance/hard trance compilations under the Tunnel Trance Force and DJ Networx franchises.
Biography
DJ Dean's success began in 19921992 in music
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, at age 17, when he became well known in Hamburg's club scene with the music styles Hardcore
Hardcore techno
Hardcore techno is a type of electronic music typified by the rhythmic use of distorted and atonal industrial-like beats and samples...
and Gabba
Gabba
- Music :* Gabber , a subgenre of techno in electronic music.* Gabba , a tribute band covering the pop songs of ABBA in the punk style of The Ramones* Gabba Front Berlin, a 1990s German techno band of gabba music...
. After playing at Time Tunnel Rave in 1995
1995 in music
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, he then became resident DJ of the famous club Tunnel, based in Hamburg.
In 1997
1997 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.-January:*January 9 – David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy...
, DJ Dean set up his own studio. There he produced his first project in co-operation with Sony Music Media (a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
), a mix called Tunnel Trance Force. This mix was such a success that many other Tunnel Trance Force compilations were made: no less than 46 sequels were released in more than a decade. He followed this with his third solo-album, Protect Your Ears, appearing under the Tunnel Records
Tunnel Records
Tunnel Records is a record label founded by DJ Dean. It is based in Hamburg, Germany.Tunnel was once home to X-Dream, a German trance project....
Label.
His Trance Club Tunnel achieved top 10 status in the Media Control Charts
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...
. Other successful releases were the maxi-vinyls Protect Your Ears, Play It Hard, It's a Dream, and Ballanation. His project Das Licht is also well known in the trance scene. In addition to this, he is involved in projects like Angel Beats, Barbarez, Dynamic, D's, Sylver Liquid, Impegement Syndrom, and Van Nilson, each of which covers a different style.
Singles
- Darkness (1997)
- Friday Night (1997)
- House Nation (1997)
- It's True (1997)
- Energy (1998)
- Trust Me (1998)
- Looking So Good (1999)
- What's Wrong (1999)
- Ballanation (2000)
- Balla Nation Episode 2 (2002)
- Play It Hard (2002)
- Protect Your Ears (2003)
- Ballanation 2004 (2004)
- It's A Dream (2004)
- It's A Dream / Planet Earth (2004)
- Ballanation No.4 (2005)
- Music Is My Life (2005)
- If I Could Be You (2006)
- Kick Da Bass (2006)
- Kick Off (2006)
- Music Is My Life (2006)
- Dreamworld (2007)
- Euphoria (2007)
- Going Nowhere (2008)
- Powersystem (2008)
- Nobody Ever Knows Any More (with DJ Space Raven) (2010)
Remix
- Abmarsch (1997)
- Another Dimension (1997)
- I Know You're Out There (1998)
- Living In A Dream (1998)
- Let There Be Light (1998)
- The Access Of Trance (1998)
- Kiss (1999)
- Take Off! (1999)
- The Temple Of House (1999)
- Nevermore (2000)
- What's Up? (2001)
- Let Your Mind Fly (2001)
- Loose My Mind (2001)
- Deine Welt (2002)
- Don't Cry (2002)
- Into Your Eyes (2002)
- Ready For This? (2002)
- The Frequency (2002)
- Energizer 2002 (2002)
- Sky Is The Limit (2002)
- I Lose My Mind (2003)
- Das Omen (2003)
- Hardhouz Generation (2003)
- Taste Of Summer (2003)
- You Make My Dreams (2004)
- What's Up (2004)
- All Her Fears (2005)
- Born To Dance (2005)
- Love U More (2005)
- Por Que No (2005)
- Tranceformation (2005)
- All Her Fears (2005)
- Traveller (2005)
- The Fear (2005)
- Traum (2006)
- Stand Up! (2006)
- Angels Fly (2007)
- Hungry Animal (2007)
- Rock The Bass (2008)
- Trancemission (2008)
- Sunrise (2008)
- Laurent's Song (2008)
- Flug Auf Dem Glücksdrachen (2008)
- This Beat Is What You Need (2009)
Albums
- Balla Nation The First Album (2000)
- Balla Nation Episode 2 (2002)
- Protect Your Ears (2003)
- Eye Of A Champ (2006)
- The Projects (2008)
- Double Trouble(2011)
E.P.
- Deluxe E.P. (2001)
- Dean Project's E.P. (2006)
- Club Analysis E.P. (2007)
- Eye Of Champ E.P. (2007)
- The Projects E.P (2008)