Johan Gielen
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Johan Gielen (ˈjoː.ɦɐn ˈʝi.lə(n)) is a trance
artist
, DJ, and remix
er. He was born on 23 February 1968 in the town of Mol, Belgium
. Gielen is an easily recognizable name in the Netherlands.
, Denmark
.
Besides DJ'ing, Johan is a trance producer
working with partner Sven Maes
. Johan and Sven are behind European smash hits from Airscape, Balearic Bill, Des Mitchell, Abnea, Svenson & Gielen. Furthermore, they are well known for their remixing skills which can be heard on productions by Chicane, Delerium
, Vengaboys
, Tiësto
, Scooter, Boy George a.o. They have proven that they are also capable of creating commercial dance hits, after finishing a single for Alice DeeJay
.
After nearly two years of warming up the Saturday night party people by broadcasting his weekly radio show "Lift Off" on ID&T
, he decided to leave the station in favor of Fresh FM where he hosts a weekly show called "In Session" every Saturday from 21:00 to 23:00 CET.
In 2005 Gielen was rated along with dozens of other internationally known DJs. At that time Paul Van Dyk
claimed the number one position and Gielen was placed at number 57 (in the world).
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...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, DJ, and remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
er. He was born on 23 February 1968 in the town of Mol, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. Gielen is an easily recognizable name in the Netherlands.
Early years
Johan started DJ'ing at the age of 17 in his home country of Belgium, and during the latest 15 years has built up an international fame spinning as a DJ in Japan, Australia, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, England, Northern Ireland, Israel, North Cyprus and now also as resident DJ at Club Gorgeous in CopenhagenCopenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
.
Besides DJ'ing, Johan is a trance producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
working with partner Sven Maes
Sven Maes
Sven Maes , also known as Svenson, is a Belgian DJ and trance music producer. His work, especially in partnership with fellow Belgian Johan Gielen, have produced some of trance music's biggest hits...
. Johan and Sven are behind European smash hits from Airscape, Balearic Bill, Des Mitchell, Abnea, Svenson & Gielen. Furthermore, they are well known for their remixing skills which can be heard on productions by Chicane, Delerium
Delerium
Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act, Front Line Assembly...
, Vengaboys
Vengaboys
Vengaboys are a Eurodance pop group based in Amsterdam. The brainchild of two Dutch producers Wessel van Diepen and Dennis van den Driesschen , they enjoyed commercial success in the late 1990s. They are best known for their two UK number one singles, "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" and "We're Going...
, Tiësto
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...
, Scooter, Boy George a.o. They have proven that they are also capable of creating commercial dance hits, after finishing a single for Alice DeeJay
Alice DeeJay
Alice DeeJay was an electronic music group, who achieved success from 1999 to 2002.-Members:The group consisted of record producers Pronti , Kalmani and DJ Jurgen with Marc Lee-Smith remixing and the DJ's From Mars lead singer Judith Anna Pronk...
.
After nearly two years of warming up the Saturday night party people by broadcasting his weekly radio show "Lift Off" on ID&T
ID&T
ID&T is a Dutch entertainment and medium enterprise that was founded in the early 1990s.ID&T stands for the initials of three founders of the company, Irfan, Duncan and Theo, all residents of Amsterdam...
, he decided to leave the station in favor of Fresh FM where he hosts a weekly show called "In Session" every Saturday from 21:00 to 23:00 CET.
In 2005 Gielen was rated along with dozens of other internationally known DJs. At that time Paul Van Dyk
Paul van Dyk
Matthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk is a German Grammy Award-winning Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer...
claimed the number one position and Gielen was placed at number 57 (in the world).
Albums (Solo)
- 2006 Revelations
- 2009 Tech Liberty (as DJ Don with DJ Stay Puft) [Faada]
- 2010 Now And Then (as Airscape) [Black Hole Recordings]
Singles (Solo)
- 1998 'Keep Pumpin' It Up' (as DJ Don, with The Party Zone) [Dance Opera]
- 2000 'Velvet Moods' (with Abnea) [Big Star Records]
- 2000 'We Move Like Shadows' [Telica/Big Star Records]
- 2005 'Flash/Dreamchild' [Tunes for You/Maximal Recordings]
- 2005 'For You' [Moist]
- 2005 'Show Me What You Got' [Tunes for You]
- 2006 'Physical Overdrive' [Tunes for You]
- 2007 'Revelations' [Tunes for You]
- 2007 'Magnitude' [Tunes for You]
- 2007 'Okinawa Sunset' [Tunes for You/Maelstrom]
- 2008 'Live It Up 2008' (Johan Gielen vs. Time BanditsTime Bandits (band)Time Bandits are a Dutch band from the 1980s, best known for their song "Endless Road," which was played extensively in Europe.- The band :The band was formed in 1981 by Dutch born Alides Hidding, who wrote all songs and sang lead vocals...
) [VISCO Productions] - 2009 'My Love' feat. JESJes BriedenJes Brieden is an North American singer, songwriter, producer, and frequent guest vocalist.-Early life:Jes Brieden is a singer, songwriter and producer. Born and raised in New York City, she studied art and singing in an art school. She first began experimenting with music production at her...
(as Airscape) [Tunes for You] - 2009 'Repeat The Music' [Magik Muzik]
- 2010 'These Are My People' [Magik Muzik]
- 2010 'I'm Lonely' (Johan Gielen pres. Hollis P. Monroe) [Magik Muzik]
- 2010 'Skyscraper/Mirage' (Johan Gielen vs. TetsuyaTetsuya- Possible writings :Tetsuya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:* 哲也, "philosophy, to be"* 鉄也, "iron, to be"* 哲哉, "philosophy, alas"* 徹也, "devotion, to be"* 徹矢, "penetrate, arrow"* 鉄弥, "iron, increasingly"...
) [Black Hole Recordings] - 2010 'Jonko' [Magik Muzik]
Compilations
- 2000 Academy Of Trance, Vol. 1[Big Star Records]
- 2000 In Trance We Trust 004 [In Trance We Trust/Black Hole]
- 2001 The Trance Years [Antler-Subway]
- 2002 Recorded 2 [ID&T]
- 2003 Recorded 3 [Universal Music TV]
- 2003 Trance Energy 2003 - The 10th Anniversary Edition [ID&T]
- 2007 In Trance We Trust 12 [In Trance We Trust/Black Hole]
- 2008 Techno Club, Vol. 25 [Klubbstyle Media]
- 2009 Private Party [Black Hole Recordings]
Remixes
- 1992 Transformer 2 - 'Pacific Symphony 2' (as Supercali) [Profile]
- 1993 Airscape - 'Cruising' (with Chris Inger) [Save the Vinyl]
- 1994 Dirty Harry - 'D'Bop Don't Stop' (as Don Joan) [Scorpio Music]
- 1995 Proyecto Uno - 'El Tiburon' (with Peter Ramson) [Freaky Records]
- 1995 MichèleMichelleMichelle is a given name, originally the French feminine form of Michel. It is now extensively used in English-speaking as well as French-speaking countries...
- 'I Can Feel' (as Don Joan) [BMG] - 1995 A.D.A.M ft. Amy - 'Memories and Dreams'(with Olliver Adams) [Eternal]
- 1995 A.D.A.M - 'Zombie' (with Olliver Adams) [Eternal]
- 1995 Full Option - 'Rave All Night' (as Don Joan) [PolyGram]
- 1995 U-Matic - 'Cyberspace' (as DJ Don) [Koch International]
- 1996 Pleasure Deluxe - '99 Red Balloons' (with Olliver Adams) [Eternal]
- 1996 Chris Rea - 'Girl In A Sports Car' [EastWest]
- 1996 Body Heat - 'Waves Of Life' (Don Joan's Energy Edit) [Avex Trax]
- 1998 Southside Spinners - 'Luvstruck' [District]
- 2000 Svenson & Gielen - 'The Beauty of Silence' [Insolent]
- 2002 Svenson & Gielen - 'Answer the Question' [ID&T]
- 2002 Svenson & Gielen - 'We Know What You Did...' [ID&T]
- 2002 DJ Shog - 'The 2nd Dimension' [Logport Records]
- 2002 Sensation - 'The Anthem 2002' [ID&T]
- 2004 Airscape - 'Sosei' [ID&T]
- 2004 Reeloop - 'Kamistad' [Headline]
- 2004 Dublex Inc. - 'Nifty Night' [Pulver Records]
- 2006 Dave202 - 'Inside Outside' [Muve Recordings]
- 2008 Phunk Investigation - 'Your Love' [Net's Work International]
- 2008 Per Hammar - 'Volta' (as DJ Don) [Playectra]
- 2009 Nils Van Zandt vs. Sergio Silvano ft. Chaquilo MC - 'The Beat Don't Stop' (as DJ Don) [BIP]
- 2009 Airscape ft. JES - 'My Love' [ID&T]
- 2009 Trio Infernal - 'In These Dreams' [Absolutely Records]
- 2009 Phunk Investigation - 'Shuri Shuri' [Avanti]
- 2010 Airscape - 'Cruising 2010' (Johan Gielen & Cor FijnemanCor FijnemanCor Fijneman is a Dutch producer, DJ, and remixer from Breda, Netherlands. In 2004, Cor set up a sublabel of Black Hole Recordings called "Outstanding"....
Mix) [Black Hole Recordings] - 2010 Johan Gielen pres. Hollis P. Monroe - 'I'm Lonely' (Johan Gielen & Cor Fijneman Main Mix) [Magik Muzik]
- 2010 Lost Stories presents Prayag & Rishab - 'Ashna' [Songbird]
- 2010 Ad Brown And Matt Lange Feat. Kerry Leva - 'As The Rain Falls' [Songbird]
- 2010 Loverush UK! feat. Shelley Harland - 'Different World 2010' (Johan Gielen & Cor Fijneman Remix) [Sea to Sun/Loverush Digital]
- 2011 Lost Stories - 'The Purple Cow' [Black Hole Recordings]