The System (satellite radio)
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The System is a radio channel on WorldSpace Satellite Radio. The System's format is dance
and electronic music
.
satellite, covering the southern parts of the Asian continent and portions of the Middle East
. The format on WorldSpace is a variety of dance music from mainstream to underground to downtempo
. A number of weekly shows produced by global DJs and producers are offered.
, breaks, electronica
, and progressive
dance music. WorldSpace was referenced in sounders as the producer of the channel's content.
The System on XM featured WorldSpace-hosted shows such as The Mutant Dance Party and Subterranean, plus in-house-produced dance music news updates. It also offered the XM-exclusive Afterglow Sessions and Genetic Blueprint. A large number of weekly shows produced by global DJs and producers were offered.
, Deadmau5
, Sander van Doorn
, Alex Gold, Underworld
, Basshunter
, The Chemical Brothers
, The Crystal Method
, Überzone
, Sasha
, The Orb
, Timo Maas
, Armin van Buuren, Agnelli & Nelson
, Orbital
, Ferry Corsten
, Solarstone, Above & Beyond
, Paul Oakenfold
, Paul van Dyk
, BT
, Underworld
, The Chemical Brothers
, The Crystal Method
, Sander van Doorn
, Überzone
, Sasha
, The Orb
, Timo Maas
, Armin van Buuren, Agnelli & Nelson
, Orbital
, Ferry Corsten
, Solarstone, Above & Beyond
, Paul Oakenfold
, Paul van Dyk
, BT
, although no new programming (music and syndicated programs) was being produced.
On 2009-02-06, The System was completely discontinued on XM and was removed from DirecTV
and XM Online.
1worldspace has filed for bankruptcy and the likelihood of the channel returning to radio or continuing long term at all is slim. Alan Freed has stated that whether or not Sirius XM returns The System to satellite delivery neither he or Zoltar would be involved because they are no longer associated with WorldSpace.
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
and electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
.
The System on WorldSpace
The System is heard on WorldSpace's AsiaStar satellite channel 202. The channel is broadcast only on the AsiaStarAsiaStar
AsiaStar is an American communications satellite which is operated by 1worldspace. It was constructed by Alcatel Space and Matra Marconi Space based on the Eurostar E2000+ bus design. Launch occurred on 21 March 2000, at 23:28 GMT. The launch was contracted by Arianespace, and used an Ariane 5G...
satellite, covering the southern parts of the Asian continent and portions of the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
. The format on WorldSpace is a variety of dance music from mainstream to underground to downtempo
Downtempo
Downtempo is a laid-back electronic music style similar to ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music. The beat is sometimes made from loops that have a hypnotic feeling...
. A number of weekly shows produced by global DJs and producers are offered.
The System on XM
The System was heard in the United States and Canada as one of the then-ten dance/electronic music satellite channels operated by Sirius XM Radio, which in turn operated as one of XM Satellite Radio's then-five dance/electronic formatted offerings, broadcasting on XM channel 82, through a legacy business relationship between 1worldspace and XM. The format of The System on XM focused on tranceTrance 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...
, breaks, electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
, and progressive
Progressive electronic music
In 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...
dance music. WorldSpace was referenced in sounders as the producer of the channel's content.
The System on XM featured WorldSpace-hosted shows such as The Mutant Dance Party and Subterranean, plus in-house-produced dance music news updates. It also offered the XM-exclusive Afterglow Sessions and Genetic Blueprint. A large number of weekly shows produced by global DJs and producers were offered.
Shows
On WorldSpace, The System presents:- A State of TranceA State of TranceA State Of Trance is the title of a weekly radio show hosted by prominent trance producer DJ Armin van Buuren. First airing in March 2001 on ID&T Radio , the show takes the format of a two hour mix in which he plays new trance music, both promotional and commercially released...
- This 2-hour show is hosted by Dutch trance producer Armin van Buuren and has a large weekly audience. The show has been focused on promoting new artists and releases since its debut in 2001 on ID&TID&TID&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...
radio in the Netherlands - Trance Around the WorldTrance Around the WorldTrance Around the World is the title of a weekly radio show hosted by trance DJs Above & Beyond...
- Above & BeyondAbove & Beyond (band)Above & Beyond are a British trance music group formed in 2000 and consists of the members Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, and Finnish Paavo Siljamäki. They have their own record label Anjunabeats, which releases trance and progressive music, and they also host their own weekly radio show Trance...
(English trance DJs Jonathan Grant, Tony McGuinness and Paavo Siljamäki) are the hosts of this successful and popular 2-hour show - Anjunabeats WorldwideAnjunabeatsAnjunabeats is a British record label, started by producers Jonathan "Jono" Grant and Paavo Siljamäki in 2000 which releases trance music. The first 12" record was titled Volume One, released under Grant and Siljamäki's alias, Anjunabeats, in 2000. As the label got the name Anjunabeats, they...
- Rotating hosts James Grant, Mark Pledger, Super 8 & Tab, Oliver Smith, and Anjunabeats label guest DJs (2 hours) - Subterranean - Zoltar (2 hours)
- Nocturnal - English DJ and producer Matt DareyMatt DareyMatthew Jonathan "Matt" Darey has been a trance music producer since 1994. He is also a member of Lost Tribe with Red Jerry. He is perhaps best known for his work in the Euphoria trance series and for 'Gamemaster' and his remixes of Agnelli & Nelson's "El Niño". In 2005, his first major U.S...
's 2-hour show - VONYC Sessions - German DJ and producer Paul van DykPaul van DykMatthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk is a German Grammy Award-winning Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer...
's 2-hour show - Rush Hour - Christopher LawrenceChristopher Lawrence (DJ)Christopher Lawrence is an American DJ and producer, specializing in progressive trance music. He has released 10 mix CDs since 1997.Lawrence has an international audience and makes frequent appearances worldwide...
(2 hours)
Featured artists
TiëstoTiësto
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...
, Deadmau5
Deadmau5
Joel Thomas Zimmerman , better known by his stage name deadmau5 , is a Canadian progressive, electro, and house producer based in Toronto...
, Sander van Doorn
Sander van Doorn
Sander van Doorn Sander van Doorn Sander van Doorn (born Sander Ketelaars [] on February 28, 1979 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands is a Dutch tech trance DJ and producer...
, Alex Gold, Underworld
Underworld
The Underworld is a region which is thought to be under the surface of the earth in some religions and in mythologies. It could be a place where the souls of the recently departed go, and in some traditions it is identified with Hell or the realm of death...
, Basshunter
Basshunter
Jonas Erik Altberg , better known by his stage name Basshunter, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. He is best known for his number one hits "Boten Anna", "Dota", "Now You're Gone" and "All I Ever Wanted". Basshunter has so far released a total of six albums, two of which have...
, The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background...
, The Crystal Method
The Crystal Method
The Crystal Method is an American electronic music duo that was created in Los Angeles, California by Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland in the early 1990s. The Crystal Method's music has appeared in numerous TV shows, films, video games, and advertisements. The most prominent is the US television...
, Überzone
Uberzone
Überzone is Anaheim, California native Timothy Wiles, is an electronic musician. He has also been known as Q, named after the popular character in the James Bond series....
, Sasha
Sasha (DJ)
Sasha is a Welsh DJ and record producer. Sasha began his career playing acid house dance music in the late 1980s...
, The Orb
The Orb
Throughout 1989, the Orb, along with Martin Glover, developed the musical genre of ambient house through the use of a diverse array of samples and recordings. The culmination of its musical work came toward the end of the year when the group recorded a session for John Peel on BBC Radio 1...
, Timo Maas
Timo Maas
Timo Maas is an electronic music DJ/producer and remixer.-Career:Maas bought his first set of turntables at the age of 17, and played his very first DJ set in 1982 at a party in his friend's home...
, Armin van Buuren, Agnelli & Nelson
Agnelli & Nelson
Agnelli & Nelson is the collective name of Northern Irish music producers Christoper James Agnew and Robert Frederick Nelson, writers and producers of dance music who have worked in the genre of trance music since 1997...
, Orbital
Orbital (band)
Orbital are a British electronic dance music duo from Sevenoaks, England consisting of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll. Their career initially ran from 1989 until 2004, but in 2009 they announced that they would be reforming and headlining The Big Chill, in addition to a number of other live shows...
, 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...
, Solarstone, Above & Beyond
Above & Beyond (band)
Above & Beyond are a British trance music group formed in 2000 and consists of the members Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, and Finnish Paavo Siljamäki. They have their own record label Anjunabeats, which releases trance and progressive music, and they also host their own weekly radio show Trance...
, 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...
, 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...
, BT
BT (musician)
Brian Wayne Transeau is a classically trained and Grammy-nominated American music producer, composer, audio technician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter better known by his stage name, BT. He is an artist in the electronic genre...
Shows
On XM, The System carried many radio shows from leading DJs worldwide, including:- A State of TranceA State of TranceA State Of Trance is the title of a weekly radio show hosted by prominent trance producer DJ Armin van Buuren. First airing in March 2001 on ID&T Radio , the show takes the format of a two hour mix in which he plays new trance music, both promotional and commercially released...
- Trance Around the WorldTrance Around the WorldTrance Around the World is the title of a weekly radio show hosted by trance DJs Above & Beyond...
- European Union - Rotating hosts Menno De JongMenno de JongMenno de Jong is a DJ and producer from the Netherlands. His production & remix career has seen him record for some of Europe’s biggest trance labels and he’s the owner of lauded Dutch independent Intuition Recordings. A Podcast pioneer, he’s produced and presented the much respected and...
with Radio Intuition from the Netherlands, Miika Kuisma with Intelligent Design from Finland, Elusive with Oslo Nights from Norway and Martin Roth with Shockwave from Germany (2 hours) - Lost Episode - New York DJ Victor Dinaire's 2-hour show
- Solaris International - Solarstone/Agnelli & NelsonAgnelli & NelsonAgnelli & Nelson is the collective name of Northern Irish music producers Christoper James Agnew and Robert Frederick Nelson, writers and producers of dance music who have worked in the genre of trance music since 1997...
(2 hours) - Anjunabeats WorldwideAnjunabeatsAnjunabeats is a British record label, started by producers Jonathan "Jono" Grant and Paavo Siljamäki in 2000 which releases trance music. The first 12" record was titled Volume One, released under Grant and Siljamäki's alias, Anjunabeats, in 2000. As the label got the name Anjunabeats, they...
- Afterglow Sessions - Germany's Afterglow label produces this show with hosts including Duende, Store N Forward, Duderstadt, Haris C, and Plastic Angel (2 hours)
- Transatlantic - DJ Preach (2 hours)
- Genetic Blueprint - Kelowna - Darkwave, industrial and synthpop dance music (2 hours)
- Subterranean - Zoltar (2 hours)
- Mutant Dance Party - Zoltar (weeknights, 4 hours)
- 82 Second System Update - Music news and shows by Alan Freed
Featured artists
TiëstoTiësto
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...
, Underworld
Underworld
The Underworld is a region which is thought to be under the surface of the earth in some religions and in mythologies. It could be a place where the souls of the recently departed go, and in some traditions it is identified with Hell or the realm of death...
, The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background...
, The Crystal Method
The Crystal Method
The Crystal Method is an American electronic music duo that was created in Los Angeles, California by Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland in the early 1990s. The Crystal Method's music has appeared in numerous TV shows, films, video games, and advertisements. The most prominent is the US television...
, Sander van Doorn
Sander van Doorn
Sander van Doorn Sander van Doorn Sander van Doorn (born Sander Ketelaars [] on February 28, 1979 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands is a Dutch tech trance DJ and producer...
, Überzone
Uberzone
Überzone is Anaheim, California native Timothy Wiles, is an electronic musician. He has also been known as Q, named after the popular character in the James Bond series....
, Sasha
Sasha (DJ)
Sasha is a Welsh DJ and record producer. Sasha began his career playing acid house dance music in the late 1980s...
, The Orb
The Orb
Throughout 1989, the Orb, along with Martin Glover, developed the musical genre of ambient house through the use of a diverse array of samples and recordings. The culmination of its musical work came toward the end of the year when the group recorded a session for John Peel on BBC Radio 1...
, Timo Maas
Timo Maas
Timo Maas is an electronic music DJ/producer and remixer.-Career:Maas bought his first set of turntables at the age of 17, and played his very first DJ set in 1982 at a party in his friend's home...
, Armin van Buuren, Agnelli & Nelson
Agnelli & Nelson
Agnelli & Nelson is the collective name of Northern Irish music producers Christoper James Agnew and Robert Frederick Nelson, writers and producers of dance music who have worked in the genre of trance music since 1997...
, Orbital
Orbital (band)
Orbital are a British electronic dance music duo from Sevenoaks, England consisting of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll. Their career initially ran from 1989 until 2004, but in 2009 they announced that they would be reforming and headlining The Big Chill, in addition to a number of other live shows...
, 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...
, Solarstone, Above & Beyond
Above & Beyond (band)
Above & Beyond are a British trance music group formed in 2000 and consists of the members Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, and Finnish Paavo Siljamäki. They have their own record label Anjunabeats, which releases trance and progressive music, and they also host their own weekly radio show Trance...
, 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...
, 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...
, BT
BT (musician)
Brian Wayne Transeau is a classically trained and Grammy-nominated American music producer, composer, audio technician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter better known by his stage name, BT. He is an artist in the electronic genre...
Post Merger
On 2008-11-12, To the outrage of many, The System was removed from the XM satellite service due to Sirius XM's channel merge. However, it continued to be available on XM Online and DirecTVDirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
, although no new programming (music and syndicated programs) was being produced.
On 2009-02-06, The System was completely discontinued on XM and was removed from DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
and XM Online.
1worldspace has filed for bankruptcy and the likelihood of the channel returning to radio or continuing long term at all is slim. Alan Freed has stated that whether or not Sirius XM returns The System to satellite delivery neither he or Zoltar would be involved because they are no longer associated with WorldSpace.