Geert Huinink (ˈɣɪːrt ˈɦœy̯.nɪŋk) is a Dutch electronic music producer and classical composer. The compositions that he has released by have been done under many different aliases. There is little published about the man, but his name has surfaced around some influential and respected leaders in the trance

Trance music

Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

 music scene. He has released tracks under Tiesto

Tiësto

Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...

's name and has collaborated with artists like Cor Fijneman

Cor Fijneman

Cor Fijneman is a Dutch producer, DJ, and remixer from Breda, Netherlands. In 2004, Cor set up a sublabel of Black Hole Recordings called "Outstanding"....

 and Daniël Stewart. Geert has also produced for a Dutch television show called "Meiden van de Wit" in 2002. Game soundtrack composition is another forte of his.

Dawnseekers

The Dawnseekers is one of the aliases used by Geert, along with Alco Lammers, that produced melodic and uplifting trance

Uplifting trance

Uplifting trance, often synonymous with epic trance, anthem trance, emotional trance, or euphoric trance is a term used to describe a large sub-genre of trance music. The name, which emerged in the wake of progressive trance in 1997, is derived from the feeling which listeners claim to get...

 tracks during the early 2000s. The trademark of their tracks were the use of lush strings

String instrument

A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...

 very closely resembling violins and beautiful horns combined with other orchestrated instruments. There were just a few, but euphoric tracks completed during the few years that the duo were active as the Dawnseekers. Their music was picked up by Black Hole Recordings

Black Hole Recordings

Black Hole Recordings B.V. is a Dutch record label founded by Tijs Verwest and Arny Bink in 1997. The label is currently distributed by E1 Entertainment Distribution, known as Koch Entertainment Distribution until January 22, 2009...

 and Platipus Records

Platipus Records

Platipus Records was a popular trance music record label that was based in London, UK. It was founded in 1993 by Simon Berry. The early releases were almost exclusively limited to Berry's various projects, including Union Jack, Clanger, and Art of Trance...

. The pair of Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 artists were active in remixing as well as original productions. A track originally by Art of Trance

Art of Trance

Simon Paul Berry, known by his alias Art of Trance is a trance music artist from England. Berry is also known as Poltergeist or Vicious Circles, and has been a member of the trance groups Clanger, Conscious and Union Jack. In addition to his work as an artist, Berry was the co-founder and head of...

 was redone by Dawnseekers.

Photon Project

Alco Lammers was again Geert's partner in the collaboration under the Photon Project alias. One of their major hits was with the track "Enlightenment" released in 2000. The track features a melody played by what sounds like a symphony orchestra and features a whispering sample by Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman

Gary Leonard Oldman is an English actor, voice actor, filmmaker and musician.A member of the 1980s Brit Pack, Oldman came to prominence via starring roles in British films Meantime , Sid and Nancy and Prick Up Your Ears , with his performance in the latter bringing him his first BAFTA Award...

 from the movie "Leon - The Professional"

Léon (film)

Léon is a 1994 French thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson...

. It goes:

I like these calm little moments before the storm. Can you hear it? It's like when you put your head to the grass and you can hear the growin', you can hear the insects, z-z-z-z-zah!"

"Enlightenment" stops short of 12 minutes in playing time, of which 4–5 minutes consists of soothing symphony. The B-side of this release is "Illumination". "Illumination" focuses more on the trancier part even though it also has a slight orchestrated breakdown in the middle. It clocks in at 10 minutes and 30 seconds. The track "Enlightenment" was remixed by Geert Huinink himself in 2005 and released as a free mp3 on the Internet.

A successful remix of Andain

Andain

Andain is a San Francisco-based electronic music duo. Their style incorporates a blend of acoustic instrumentation, blissful vocals, and introspective lyrics, companioned by dark electronic elements and sound design. Band members initially included producer Josh Gabriel, singer and songwriter Mavie...

's "Beautiful Things" (as Photon Project) appeared on notable compilations.

Work with Tiësto

In addition to working with Tiesto

Tiësto

Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...

's Black Hole label, Geert is also credited with writing and producing the title track for Tiesto's Elements of Life album. On Tiesto's earlier Just Be

Just Be

-Credits:* "A Tear In The Open" vocal samples from "Vocal Planet" by Spectrasonics, originally a folk song called Ailein duinn that was first featured in the movie Rob Roy.* "Forever Today" Composer: Geert Huinink & Daniël Stewart...

 release, Geert has been credited as co-composing the expansive lead track "Forever Today" as well as "A Tear in the Open". In 2001 a remix of Oceanlab

Oceanlab

OceanLab is a Vocal trance group formed in London, England, in 2000, consisting of vocalist Justine Suissa and the three members of Above & Beyond; Jono Grant, Paavo Siljamäki and Tony McGuinness.-History:...

's hit "Clear blue water" was done.

This table summarizes the work Geert has performed on Tiesto albums:

In My Memory

• "Magik Journey"

Parade of the Athletes

Parade of the Athletes

-Credits:* Mastered By: Barney Broomer for Sonic One* Written By, Composed By, Producer, Mixed By: Tiësto* Additional Producer: D.J. Waakop Reyers** "Breda 8pm" DJ Montana's edit of "Dallas 4PM" from Tiësto's debut album "In My Memory"....

• "Olympic Flame" Co-produced with Daniël Stewart
• "Victorious" Co-produced with Daniël Stewart
• "Forever Today" Co-produced with Daniël Stewart

Just Be

Just Be

-Credits:* "A Tear In The Open" vocal samples from "Vocal Planet" by Spectrasonics, originally a folk song called Ailein duinn that was first featured in the movie Rob Roy.* "Forever Today" Composer: Geert Huinink & Daniël Stewart...

• "Forever Today"
• "A Tear in the Open
  UR/A Tear in the Open
  UR and A Tear in the Open are two electronic music tracks which appeared on Tiësto's second studio album in 2004, entitled Just Be. Unlike Tiesto's other album from 2004, Parade of the Athletes, Just Be featured only unmixed tracks....
  
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Elements of Life

• "Elements of Life"

Singles

As Dawnseekers

• "Gothic Dream"
• "Protuberance"
• "Shaman's Wake Up"
• "Twister"

Remixes:

• Art of trance - "Breathe" (Dawnseekers Remix)

As Photon Project

• "Enlightenment"
• "Illumination"
• "The Inside"
• "The Outside"
• "Brainwave"
• "Thoughts"
• "11 Hours"
• "Fly"

Remixes:

• Andain - "Beautiful Things" (Photon Project Remix)
• Nickleson - "Yin" (Photon Project Remix)

As Twenty-Something

• "Mayflower"
• "Morphing Mirror"
• "Sugar rush"

Remixes:

• The Quest - C-sharp (Twenty-Something Remix)

As Headstrong

• "Escalator"
• "Noise 4 Us

As Threesome (With Cor Fijneman

Cor Fijneman

Cor Fijneman is a Dutch producer, DJ, and remixer from Breda, Netherlands. In 2004, Cor set up a sublabel of Black Hole Recordings called "Outstanding"....

)

• "Mohave"
• "Gobi"

As 2 Souls

• "In The Beginning"

As Modus Operandi

• "Sandman"
• "Promise"
• "Suburbia"

As White Russians

• "Dangerous Liaisons"
• "Tortilla Wrap"
• "Navigator "

As Divided

• Phil Collins
  Phil Collins
  Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
  
   & Phillip Bailey - Don Diablo Vs. Divided - "Easy Lover
  Easy Lover
  "Easy Lover" is a hit song performed by Philip Bailey and Phil Collins, and written by Bailey, Collins, and Nathan East. The song appeared on Bailey's solo album Chinese Wall. Collins has performed the song in his live concerts and it appears on his 1990 album Serious Hits.....
  
  " '05

See also

• Black Hole Recordings: Best of 1997-2004
  Black Hole Recordings: Best of 1997-2004
  Black Hole Recordings: Best of 1997-2004 is a compilation of tracks released by Tiësto's label Black Hole Recordings. The release is a double-disk set and includes tracks by a number of artists.-Disc one :...
  
  
• Magik Six
• Summerbreeze
  Summerbreeze
  Summerbreeze is a dance mix compilation produced by trance artist DJ Tiësto, released on October 10, 2000.-Track listing:# Aria - "Dido" [Armin van Buuren's Universal Religion Mix] — 7:46# BT - "Dreaming" [Libra Mix] — 4:50...
  
  
• Uplifting trance
  Uplifting trance
  Uplifting trance, often synonymous with epic trance, anthem trance, emotional trance, or euphoric trance is a term used to describe a large sub-genre of trance music. The name, which emerged in the wake of progressive trance in 1997, is derived from the feeling which listeners claim to get...
  
  
• Vincent De Moor
  Vincent de Moor
  Vincent de Moor is a Dutch trance artist. He is most notable for his work with the record producer Ferry Corsten under the working title, Veracocha, and for his 2001 single, "Fly Away".-Early career:...
  
  

External links

• September 5, 2005 Geert Huinink interview on Trance.nu
  Trance.nu
  Trance.nu is an independent English trance-oriented music site including news, reviews, interviews and forums.The site is notable for its compilation releases and interviews with artists such as Tiësto, Ferry Corsten and Armin van Buuren...