Tunnel Records
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Tunnel Records is a record label
Record label
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founded by DJ Dean
DJ Dean
DJ Dean is a German Euro-Trance/Hard Trance DJ, producer, and current, longtime resident DJ of the Tunnel dance club in Hamburg, Germany...
. It is based in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Germany
Germany
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.
Tunnel was once home to X-Dream
X-Dream
X-Dream are Marcus Christopher Maichel and Jan Müller ; they are also known as Rough and Rush. They are producers of psychedelic trance music and hail from Hamburg, Germany...
, a German trance
Trance music
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project.
Tunnel have been running their long standing 'Tunnel Trance Force' compilation CDs for over a decade, the first release dating 1997. The latest edition, Tunnel Trance Force 57, has been released in Germany on May 6th, 2011. The Tunnel Trance Force series is based on the current "sound of the Tunnel", i.e. the music that is played in the very famous club 'Tunnel', owned by Tunnel Records and located in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
.
Tunnel Records also publishes a number of other trance compilations such as Time Tunnel, Tunnel goes Ibiza
Ibiza
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, DJ Networx, and Best of Tunnel.
Tunnel Records was home to other artists such as DJ Dean
DJ Dean
DJ Dean is a German Euro-Trance/Hard Trance DJ, producer, and current, longtime resident DJ of the Tunnel dance club in Hamburg, Germany...
, Gollum + Hunter, DJ Yanny, Accuface, DJ Shane, DJ Shoko, Waveliner, DJ Krid-Kid, Dj C-Bass & DJ Merlin, Ziggy X, Patrick Bunton, and Gary D, among others.
Tunnel Records has two sublabels: Push Up Records
Push Up Records
Push Up Records is a sublabel of Germany-based Tunnel Records. Under its flag were released almost only 12-inch singles, from 1999 to 2003.-External links:* *...
and Red Light. Under the latter were released six editions of Tunnel Red Light, techno mixes on CD, from 1996 to 1999.
Tunnel's CDs and Vinyls can almost exclusively be ordered through amazon.de, but a limited selection of their music can also be purchased for download with programs such as iTunes
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tunnel.de is the official website to Tunnel Trance Force
Release history
Tunnel Trance Force release history:Number | Year | Mix CD1 | Mix CD2 |
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01 | 1997 | Cosmix | Planet mix |
02 | 1997 | Venus mix | Mars mix |
03 | 1997 | Space mix | Orbit mix |
04 | 1998 | Saturn mix | Jupiter mix |
05 | 1998 | Moonmix | Sunmix |
06 | 1998 | Cyber mix | Shuttle mix |
07 | 1998 | Gold mix | Diamond mix |
08 | 1999 | Light mix | Dark mix |
09 | 1999 | Lovemix | Flowermix |
10 | 1999 | Watermix | Summermix |
11 | 1999 | Milenium mix | Dark mix |
12 | 2000 | Alpha mix | Omega mix |
13 | 2000 | Cool Side mix | Fresh side mix |
14 | 2000 | Moon mix | Saturn mix |
15 | 2000 | Xmas mix | Sylvester mix |
16 | 2001 | Odyssee 2001 mix | Lost in time mix |
17 | 2001 | Sunshine mix | Refreshing mix |
18 | 2001 | ISDN mix | DSL mix |
19 | 2001 | Winter mix | Snow mix |
20 | 2002 | Celebration mix | Ceremony mix |
21 | 2002 | Cool waters mix | Hot nights mix |
22 | 2002 | Hands up mix | Jump around mix |
23 | 2002 | Frozen mix | Ice mix |
24 | 2003 | Deep blue mix | Silver acid mix |
25 | 2003 | Purple power mix | Yellow party mix |
26 | 2003 | Green Grass Mix | Yellow Dust Mix |
27 | 2003 | Red Nose Mix | White Snow Mix |
28 | 2004 | Black Velvet Mix | White Pearls Mix |
29 | 2004 | Sunrise Mix | Sunset Mix |
30 | 2004 | 30.1 Mix | 30.2 Mix |
31 | 2004 | ||
32 | 2005 | Outa Space Mix | Inner Flame Mix |
33 | 2005 | Skywalker Mix | Darth Vader Mix |
34 | 2005 | Barbarez Mix | Van Der Vaart Mix |
35 | 2005 | Cruise Mix | Flight Mix |
36 | 2006 | Miami Mix | Orlando Mix |
37 | 2006 | Saturn Mix | Venus Mix |
38 | 2006 | Wild Romance Mix | Space Trigger Mix |
39 | 2006 | Red Apple Mix | Black Pearl Mix |
40 | 2007 | Black Attack Mix (78:01) | Silver Liquid Mix (78:50) |
41 | 2007 | Summer Rain Mix | Summer Sky Mix |
42 | 2007 | Time Tunnel Mix | Time Travel Mix |
43 | 2007 | ||
44 | 2008 | ||
45 | 2008 | ||
46 | 2008 | Burning Fire Mix | Blue Space Mix |
47 | 2008 | Purple Haze Mix | White Widow Mix |
48 | 2009 | Black Attack Mix | Blue Magic Mix |
49 | 2009 | ||
50 | 2009 | ||
51 | 2009 | ||
52 | 2010 | Yellow Dust Mix | Black Power Mix |
53 | 2010 | ||
54 | 2010 | ||
55 | 2010 | ||
56 | 2011 | ||
57 | 2011 | Purple Haze Mix | White Widow Mix |
58 | 2011 | ||
59 | 2011 | ||
External links
- Tunnel Records
- Tunnel Club page on Wikipedia.de
- Discography on Discog.com
- Release history on Discog.com