Stuart Langelaan
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Stuart Langelaan, stage name
Lange, (born 4 June 1974) is a British
DJ
and record producer
.
with Additive Records in the UK
. Early popularity was achieved with a collection of releases attracting the attention of industry leaders such as Paul van Dyk
, Sasha
, Paul Oakenfold
and Judge Jules
.
A mixture of slow build ups and melodic choruses
gave Lange several hits
in the UK Singles Chart
. His first success was his remix
of DJ Sakin
's "Protect Your Mind", which became a club
track. This was followed by his Lost Witness
"Happiness Happening" remix
. Other remix credits include work for Faithless
and The Pet Shop Boys (the Lange remix of "New York City Boy
" featured on their PopArt album
's bonus "remix disc").
"Drifting Away" reached #9 in the UK Singles Chart in 2002, and resulted in Lange performing on the BBC One
's Top of the Pops
and also the Pepsi Chart Show. Lange was also behind the SuReaL track "You Take My Breath Away", which peaked at #15 in the UK in 2000.
Lange mixes have accumulated many appearances on compilation album
s, including two tracks on the million selling EMI
Now That's What I Call Music!
series. Other more club-orientated projects include his 'Firewall', 'LNG', and 'Vercetti' guises. In 2003, Firewall's "Sincere" was released on Armin Van Buuren's A State of Trance record label
, and was re-released on Lange’s own label, Lange Recordings.
Lange has found similar success as a club DJ, reaching #37 in the DJ Mag poll. As well as playing some of the UK's biggest clubs (including Godskitchen
, Gatecrasher
, Passion, Gallery, and Slinky), Lange regularly tours internationally. Touring has taken him to Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, China, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Ibiza, Canada and the United States
. Lange has headlined music festival
s including Australia's Summadayze (alongside Tiësto), the Popsicle festival in San Francisco, Spooky and WEMF in Canada, and Fortdance in St Petersberg performing alongside Ferry Corsten
and Tiësto
.
He released his debut album Better Late Than Never on Maelstrom and Lange Recordings in 2007. The album had one CD
of new material, and a second disc called 'History' that highlighted some of his past hits from 1998 to the present. Three singles from the album had successful releases, these were "Songless", "Angel Falls" and the most successful release was "Lange feat. Sarah Howells
- Out of the Sky". This release retained a top 10 position on the Beatport Trance Chart for a considerable time after the tracks release in October 2008, and earned Lange the nomination as one of the Beatport Top 10 selling Trance Artists in 2008.
In 2010, he released his second album, Harmonic Motion.
Singles
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:...
Lange, (born 4 June 1974) is a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
and record 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...
.
Career
Lange's career began in 1997, signing his first recording contractRecording contract
A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...
with Additive Records in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Early popularity was achieved with a collection of releases attracting the attention of industry leaders such as 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...
, Sasha
Sasha (DJ)
Sasha is a Welsh DJ and record producer. Sasha began his career playing acid house dance music in the late 1980s...
, Paul Oakenfold
Paul Oakenfold
Paul Mark Oakenfold is a British record producer and a trance DJ.-Early Career: 1979–84:Paul Oakenfold's career was set to be a chef, after having hopes of becoming part of a band. He describes his early life as a "bedroom deejay" in a podcasted interview with Vancouver's 24 Hours, stating he grew...
and Judge Jules
Judge Jules
Judge Jules is a British dance music DJ and producer, known for his DJ activities and popular radio show which achieved global success.-Education:...
.
A mixture of slow build ups and melodic choruses
Refrain
A refrain is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the "chorus" of a song...
gave Lange several hits
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
in 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 ...
. His first success was his 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 ....
of DJ Sakin
DJ Sakin
DJ Sakin is a Turkish-German dance music producer, remixer and DJ. Bozkurt started producing music and DJing in 1990....
's "Protect Your Mind", which became a club
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
track. This was followed by his Lost Witness
Lost Witness
Lost Witness is an English trance production and DJ , composed of Simon Paul . Also part of the collaboration are songwriter Edward Barton, writer of the 1983 Jane & Barton single, "It's a Fine Day" , as well as vocalist Danielle Alexander.He also recorded under the aliases Dusk Til Dawn and The...
"Happiness Happening" 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 ....
. Other remix credits include work for 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 Pet Shop Boys (the Lange remix of "New York City Boy
New York City Boy
"New York City Boy" is the second single off the album Nightlife by British music group Pet Shop Boys. In the UK, the single peaked at #14 on the UK Singles Chart...
" featured on their PopArt album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
's bonus "remix disc").
"Drifting Away" reached #9 in the UK Singles Chart in 2002, and resulted in Lange performing on the BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
's Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
and also the Pepsi Chart Show. Lange was also behind the SuReaL track "You Take My Breath Away", which peaked at #15 in the UK in 2000.
Lange mixes have accumulated many appearances on compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s, including two tracks on the million selling EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
Now That's What I Call Music!
Now That's What I Call Music!
Now That's What I Call Music! is a series of various artists compilation albums released in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Polygram /EMI/Sony Music/Virgin Records ; spinoff series were later introduced in South Africa and many other countries worldwide, including the United States...
series. Other more club-orientated projects include his 'Firewall', 'LNG', and 'Vercetti' guises. In 2003, Firewall's "Sincere" was released on Armin Van Buuren's A State of Trance record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, and was re-released on Lange’s own label, Lange Recordings.
Lange has found similar success as a club DJ, reaching #37 in the DJ Mag poll. As well as playing some of the UK's biggest clubs (including Godskitchen
Godskitchen
Godskitchen is an international superclub brand which is associated with dance music and organises events, particularly in the UK and US. The company runs a club night of the same name at their nightclub AIR, in Birmingham, England and has an in-house music label...
, Gatecrasher
Gatecrasher
Gatecrasher is an international clubbing brand made famous by the Gatecrasher dance music events held at the Gatecrasher One nightclub in Sheffield, England during the late 1990s and early 2000s. The event received awards such as "Club Of The Year" at the Ericsson Muzik Magazine Dance Awards in...
, Passion, Gallery, and Slinky), Lange regularly tours internationally. Touring has taken him to Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, China, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Ibiza, Canada and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Lange has headlined music festival
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
s including Australia's Summadayze (alongside Tiësto), the Popsicle festival in San Francisco, Spooky and WEMF in Canada, and Fortdance in St Petersberg performing alongside Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten, also known under the alias System F, is a Dutch producer of trance music, in addition to being a DJ and remixer. He also hosts his own weekly radio show, Corsten's Countdown. He routinely plays at events all over the world with crowds in excess of tens of thousands. In 2009 Ferry...
and 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...
.
He released his debut album Better Late Than Never on Maelstrom and Lange Recordings in 2007. The album had one CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
of new material, and a second disc called 'History' that highlighted some of his past hits from 1998 to the present. Three singles from the album had successful releases, these were "Songless", "Angel Falls" and the most successful release was "Lange feat. Sarah Howells
Sarah Howells
Sarah Howells is a British singer-songwriter and trance vocalist. She is also one half of the folk/indie band 'Paper Aeroplanes'.- Biography :...
- Out of the Sky". This release retained a top 10 position on the Beatport Trance Chart for a considerable time after the tracks release in October 2008, and earned Lange the nomination as one of the Beatport Top 10 selling Trance Artists in 2008.
In 2010, he released his second album, Harmonic Motion.
Discography
Albums- 2007 Better Late Than Never
- 2010 Harmonic Motion
Singles
- 1998 "The Root of Unhappiness / Obsession"
- 1999 "I Believe" (feat. Sarah Dwyer)
- 2000 "Follow Me" (feat. The Morrighan)
- 2000 "You Take My Breath Away" (as SuReal)
- 2001 "Reflections / Touched" (as Firewall)
- 2001 "Always On My Mind" (as SuReal)
- 2001 "The Way I Like It" (as S.L.)
- 2001 "Memory" (with DuMondeDuMondeDuMonde was a German trance duo, consisting of Jürgen Mutschall and Dominik De Leon .-Singles:*"Tomorrow" - UK #60 *"Fly To The Sky" with Anastasia*"See The Light" *"Just Feel Free"...
) - 2002 "Drifting Away" (feat. Skye)
- 2002 "Atacama / Summer In Space" (with Pulser as The Bass Tarts)
- 2003 "Sincere" (as Firewall)
- 2002 "Frozen Beach"
- 2003 "Don't Think It (Feel It)" (feat. Leah)
- 2003 "I'm In Love Again" (as X-odus feat. Xan)
- 2003 "I Believe 2003 / Follow Me" (feat. The Morrighan)
- 2003 "Intercity" (as LNG)
- 2004 "Kilimanjaro" (as Firewall)
- 2004 "Sincere For You" (feat. Kirsty HawkshawKirsty HawkshawKirsty Hawkshaw is a British dance/electronica/house/trance musician and songwriter. She is known for her participation as lead vocalist for the group Opus III, and her collaborative work with other musicians and producers....
) - 2004 "In Control / Skimmer" (as Vercetti)
- 2005 "Sincere 2005" (as Firewall)
- 2005 "This Is New York / X Equals 69" (with Gareth EmeryGareth EmeryGareth Emery is a trance-genre producer and DJ. In 2011 he was voted the #13 DJ in the world by DJ Mag Poll.-Background:...
) - 2006 "Bermuda / Radar" (with Mike KoglinMike KoglinMike Koglin is a German trance DJ and producer who lives in London since 1990.- Biography :1998 Mike Koglin had a huge club success with his single "The Silence", a remake of Depeche Modes "Enjoy the Silence". The song reached number 20 in the UK Top 40. He has since produced a large number of...
) - 2006 "Looking Too Deep" (as Firewall feat. Jav D)
- 2006 "Back On Track / Three" (with Gareth EmeryGareth EmeryGareth Emery is a trance-genre producer and DJ. In 2011 he was voted the #13 DJ in the world by DJ Mag Poll.-Background:...
) - 2006 "Dial Me Up"
- 2006 "Another You, Another Me" (with Gareth EmeryGareth EmeryGareth Emery is a trance-genre producer and DJ. In 2011 he was voted the #13 DJ in the world by DJ Mag Poll.-Background:...
) - 2007 "Red October"
- 2007 "Angel Falls"
- 2008 "Songless"
- 2008 "Out Of The Sky" (feat. Sarah HowellsSarah HowellsSarah Howells is a British singer-songwriter and trance vocalist. She is also one half of the folk/indie band 'Paper Aeroplanes'.- Biography :...
) - 2009 "Stadium Four" (with Andy MoorAndy MoorAndy Moor is a trance and progressive producer-DJ. He has used multiple aliases in the past and has been part of Indigo, Leama & Moor, Lewis & Moor, Tilt, Whiteroom, and Zoo DJs. He was voted 30th 2 years consecutively by DJ Magazine in 2005 and 2006 by dance music fans...
) - 2009 "Let It All Out" (feat. Sarah HowellsSarah HowellsSarah Howells is a British singer-songwriter and trance vocalist. She is also one half of the folk/indie band 'Paper Aeroplanes'.- Biography :...
) - 2009 "Happiness Happening 2009" (feat. Tracey Carmen)
- 2009 "Wanderlust" (as Firewall)
- 2010 "Under Pressure"
- 2010 "Live Forever" (feat. Emma HewittEmma HewittEmma Louise Hewitt is a singer-songwriter and trance vocalist who lives in Amsterdam.- Biography :Although Emma Hewitt had a musical background in rock music, she released her debut single in 2007 in the field of progressive house. "Carry Me Away" was a collaboration with British DJ Chris Lake...
) - 2010 "Strong Believer" (feat. Alexander Klaus)
- 2010 "Harmonic Motion"
- 2010 "All Around Me" (feat. Betsie LarkinBetsie LarkinBetsie Larkin is a vocalist, songwriter and guest writer/vocalist from New York City. Her collaboration with Ferry Corsten on "Made of Love" and "Feel You" appeared on Corsten's album "Twice in a Blue Moon". Soon after its release, it made the top 40 in the Netherlands...
) - 2011 "Electrify" (with Fabio XB as Yves Lacroix)
- 2011 "Brandalism" (as LNG)
- 2011 "Harmony Will Kick You in the Ass" (as LNG)
- 2011 "Hoover Damn" (as LNG)
- 2011 "Lange Remixed EP1: Touched (Dash Berlin's 'Sense Of Touch' Remix) / Under Pressure (Steve Brian Remix) / Angel Falls (Signalrunners Fierce Remix)"
- 2011 "Songless (Mark Sherry's Outburst Remix)" (feat. Jennifer Karr)
External links
- Lange-Music features all of the latest Lange related information. From his Discography, to his latest Top 10, to his Studio Info and Sound Clips the site is loaded with information
- Resident Advisor - Electronic Music Magazine : News, Photos, Interviews and Reviews on TechnoTechnoTechno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
, Breaks, HouseHouse musicHouse music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
, TranceTrance musicTrance 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...
and Progressive electronic musicProgressive electronic musicIn electronic dance music the term progressive is often used to denote a novel stylistic development within a specific genre of dance music. According to the DJ and producer Carl Craig, the term "progressive" was used in Detroit in the early 80s in reference to Italo Disco...