DJ Quicksilver
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Orhan Terzi better known by his stage name
DJ Quicksilver is a Turkish
DJ and music producer.
column would gauge audience reaction.
He began working with Tommaso de Donatis on DJ Quicksilver material, and released tracks for a variety of record labels, including Avex Trax, Positiva, Telstar, Edel, Alphabet City, and Sub Terranean.
In 1997 they released "Bellissima" a hit double A-sided single after contributions from Alice Deejays' Marc Lee-Smith. The song became a big hit on the UK dance charts and then crossed over into pop, reaching #4 on the UK Singles Chart
and selling enough copies to become a gold record, selling well throughout Europe. It remains his biggest single so far. Other releases include "Boombastic", which sampled the Shaggy
track.
He released the track "Heart of Asia" under the alias "Watergate" in 1999
Terzi has also worked as a remixer, on tracks by Ian van Dahl, Faithless
, and The Verve
("Bittersweet Symphony").
In 2002, he received an ECHO nomination for "Best National Dance Act" for the single "Ameno".
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
DJ Quicksilver is a Turkish
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
DJ and music producer.
Biography
Terzi moved to Germany with his family in the late 1960s. His stage name derives from his days taking part in DJ contests, where a mercuryMercury (element)
Mercury is a chemical element with the symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also known as quicksilver or hydrargyrum...
column would gauge audience reaction.
He began working with Tommaso de Donatis on DJ Quicksilver material, and released tracks for a variety of record labels, including Avex Trax, Positiva, Telstar, Edel, Alphabet City, and Sub Terranean.
In 1997 they released "Bellissima" a hit double A-sided single after contributions from Alice Deejays' Marc Lee-Smith. The song became a big hit on the UK dance charts and then crossed over into pop, reaching #4 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
and selling enough copies to become a gold record, selling well throughout Europe. It remains his biggest single so far. Other releases include "Boombastic", which sampled the Shaggy
Shaggy (musician)
Orville Richard Burrell , better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American reggae singer and rapper. He is perhaps best known for his 1995 single "Boombastic" and 2000 single "It Wasn't Me"...
track.
He released the track "Heart of Asia" under the alias "Watergate" in 1999
Terzi has also worked as a remixer, on tracks by Ian van Dahl, Faithless
Faithless
Faithless were a British electronica band consisting of Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo. The group is best known for their dance songs . Faithless recorded six albums. During their career they sold over 15 million records worldwide...
, and The Verve
The Verve
The Verve were an English rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboardist Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space...
("Bittersweet Symphony").
In 2002, he received an ECHO nomination for "Best National Dance Act" for the single "Ameno".
Singles
- "Bingo Bongo" (Single, 1996)
- "I Have A Dream" / "Bellissima" (Double Single; 1997) - UKUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
#4,Germany #4, Switzerland #6, Austria #9, Ireland #2 - "Free" (Single, 1997) - UK #7,Germany #4, Ireland #3
- "Planet Love" (Single, 1997) - UK #12
- "Cosmophobia" (Single, 1999)
- "Ameno" (Single, 2000) - Germany #18, Netherlands #26, Belgium (Flanders) #6, Austria #13, Switzerland #20, Spain #12
- "Bombastic" (Single, 2001)
- "New Life" (12" Single, 2002)
- "New Life" (CD Single, 2003) - Germany #56
- "Clubfiles One" (Double Single, 2003) - Germany #34, Austria #33, Switzerland #99
- "Rising Up" (Single, 2003)
Albums
- Quicksilver (Album, 1997) - UK #26
- Escape 2 Planet Love (Album, 1998)
- Clubfiles One (Album, 2003)
Remixes
- Dancemania 1DancemaniaDancemania is a series of remix compilation albums by i-DANCE. The series deals primarily with dance music, especially eurodance. Despite its tracks have been made by various musicians from all over the world mainly from the European continent, the albums have been released exclusively in Japan.The...
(Compilation, 1996) - Club Scene Volume 2 (Compilation, 1997)
- Sonic 1 (Compilation, 2000)
- Equinoxe 4 (Trance cover of Jean Michel Jarre's Equinoxe 4)