Dash Berlin
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Dash Berlin is a progressive-trance project created in 2007 in The Hague, Netherlands by Eelke Kalberg and Sebastiaan Molijn http://www.laurentpons.com/dashberlineng.htm. The front man of the group is the DJ Jeffrey Sutorius http://www.dashberlin.com. Kalberg and Molijn have been contributing to the international dance scene for over ten years, with award-winning and platinum-selling hits for dance acts such as 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...

, 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...

, Candee Jay
Candee Jay
Candee Jay is a Dutch electronica artist. She is produced by Pronti and Kalmani, the production duo who worked with fellow Dutch artist, Alice Deejay.-Career:...

, Pronti & Kalmani and Solid Sessions http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dash+Berlin. They also have been working together with DJ Sander Kleinenberg on classic tracks like “This Is Miami” and “The Fruit” and remixes for major artists such as Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...

 ('Rock You Body' Remix winning the award for 'Best Remix' at the Dance Star USA Awards), Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...

, 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...

, Usher
Usher (entertainer)
Usher Terry Raymond IV , who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100...

, N.E.R.D., Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz
Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and arranger, whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads...

, Junkie XL
Junkie XL
Tom Holkenborg , better known as Junkie XL or JXL, is a Dutch musician. He uses the name JXL in cases where the term "Junkie" might cause offense. XL is for "Xpanding Limits"....

, Röyksopp
Röyksopp
Röyksopp is a Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø, formed in 1998. Since their inception, the band's line-up has included Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland....

, Mylo
Mylo
Myles MacInnes , better known by the stage name Mylo, is a Scottish electronic musician and record producer.-Career:...

, and Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox, OBE , born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s with The Tourists, with fellow musician David A...

 http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dash+Berlin.

Dash Berlin wins an IDMA award for the track 'Waiting' in the category 'Best High Energy Track' and is nominated three times at the International Dance Music Awards, during the WMC in Miami in 2009. His tracks 'Waiting' featuring Australian singer Emma Hewitt and 'Man On The Run', a collaboration with fellow Armada artists Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren are both nominated that year in the category 'Best Trance Track'. In Armin van Buurens popular radio show A State of Trance
A State of Trance
A 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...

 the 'Waiting' single was elected by the audience to the second best Trance track of the year 2009. The music video is shot in Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

 and gains over nine million views on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

.

In 2010 Dash is nominated for 'Best European DJ' at the IDMA's and enters the DJ Mag Top 100 poll at number 15. He wins the DJ Mag Top 100 Award for 'Highest New Entry', during the Magazine's ceremony at the Ministry Of Sound
Ministry of Sound
Ministry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and...

 in Londen, hosted by Boy George
Boy George
Boy George is a British singer-songwriter who was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the early 1980s. He helped give androgyny an international stage with the success of Culture Club during the 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, which is influenced by...

. On October 20, 2011 DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll for the very first time in Amsterdam, with Dash Berlin placed at #8 in the world. http://www.djmag.com/top100.

Jeffrey Sutorius was born in November 1979 in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

, The Netherlands http://www.dashberlin.com. While in high school he became a fan of electronic music and in his late teens worked in a record store and became a collector of vinyl trance music. Inspired by pioneering figures such as Sven Vath
Sven Väth
Sven Väth is a Frankfurt-based DJ who has produced an extensive range of work since his career began in 1982. From 1985, he was part of the band OFF which released the hit "Electrica Salsa" in 1986...

, Oliver Lieb
Oliver Lieb
Oliver Lieb is a German electronic music producer and DJ. Lieb is known to have more than a dozen aliases with over 200 productions and remixes in various electronic genres such as, trance, house, and techno. He has also produced tracks for other artists...

 and Sander Kleinenberg, Sutorius began mixing and producing his own music. He started performing in the Dutch underground music scene in early 2006 and within a year teamed up with fellow producers and close friends Kalberg and Molijn to form Dash Berlin http://www.dashberlin.com.

The breakthrough for Dash Berlin comes in early 2007 with “Till the Sky Falls Down”. The track shoots straight to the top of the Trance charts worldwide, due in part to Armin van Buuren who included it on the third chapter of his acclaimed “Universal Religion” mix album. Van Buuren subsequently signed Dash Berlin to the Armada Music
Armada Music
Armada Music is a Dutch record label that specializes in releasing electronic dance music, primarily trance and house, co-founded by Armin van Buuren....

 label http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dash+Berlin.

In early 2009 plans emerge to expand the Dash Berlin influence with his own label called “Aropa
Aropa Records
Aropa Records is a sublabel of Dutch record label company Armada Music. Aropa was launched in 2009 and is headed by Dutch DJ and producer Dash Berlin....

.” The first release under the new label is “Man on the Run”, a collaboration with fellow Armada artists Cerf, Mitiska, & Jaren. The track rocketes to the top of the international Trance charts and receives a nomination for ‘Best Trance Track’ at the annual Trance Awards http://www.dashberlin.com.

October 2009 brings the global release of Dash Berlin’s critically acclaimed debut album, “The New Daylight”, which containes the hits, “Till the Sky Falls Down”, “Man on the Run”, “Waiting” and “Never Cry Again”. A world tour followes beginning in January 2010 in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. He deejays all over the world and debuts at big events like 'Trance Energy
Trance Energy
Energy is a Dutch dance event featuring Electronic Dance Music DJs from around the world. It is organized by ID&T and has been held from 1999 to the present day in various venues in the Netherlands twice a year. Traditionally, there was a "small" edition and a big edition each year...

' in Utrecht
Utrecht
Utrecht is a city in the Netherlands.The name may also refer to:* Utrecht , of which Utrecht is the capital* Utrecht , including the city of Utrecht* Bishopric of Utrecht* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht...

, 'A State Of Trance 450' in Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

 and Dance Valley
Dance Valley
Dance Valley is an annual dance music festival held in the summer in Spaarnwoude, Netherlands. The first edition was in 1995 when 8.000 people attended . Dance Valley grew rapidly, both in duration and number of visitors...

 in Spaarnwoude.

In March 2010 Dash Berlin releases his first official DJ mix, double CD album entitled, “United Destination”. Dash remixes the track and the music video of 'Not Giving Up On Love' by the then number 1 DJ in the world Armin van Buuren, featuring the vocals of Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor is an English singer, songwriter, model and occasional DJ. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s, as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo, achieving widespread success in the early 2000s...

, who is an English singer, songwriter, model and occasional DJ. Another Dash Berlin remix gets delivered for Danish singer Medina
Medina
Medina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and...

 for her track 'You and I
You and I (Medina song)
"You and I" is a song by Danish electropop singer Medina. It was released in the United Kingdom on September 21, 2009 and in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on May 3, 2010. The song is an English version of the Danish song, "Kun for mig", released in late 2008 in Denmark, where it spent 52 weeks...

' which is an English version of the Danish song, "Kun for mig", released in late 2008 in Denmark, where it spent 52 weeks on the singles chart; six weeks at number one making it the best selling single of 2009 in Denmark.

The follow up to 'United Destination is released in 2011 called; "United Destination 2011" making it an annual concept. UD2011 includes two previously unreleased Dash Berlin tracks; the Dash Berlin 4AM Remix of 'Till The Sky Falls Down' and the single 'Earth Hour', from which Dash Berlin donated the proceeds to WNF. The official Dash Berlin Earth Hour
Earth Hour
Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change...

 video contains quotes from Hollywood actor Edward Norton
Edward Norton
Edward Harrison Norton is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. In 1996, his supporting role in the courtroom drama Primal Fear garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor...

 and the 'I Am Only A Child' speech by human rights activist Severn Suzuki.

In 2011 Dash Berlin reunites with Emma Hewitt on the track 'Disarm Yourself'. The music video is shot in Australia just weeks before disaster strikes. Dash Berlin and Emma Hewitt donate the proceeds of the single to the Flood Relief Fund in Australia. He remixes the track 'A&E' by UK indie band 'Morning Parade
Morning Parade
Morning Parade are a five piece band from Harlow, Essex. It comprises Steve Sparrow, lead vocals and guitar, Phill Titus, bass, Chad Thomas, guitar, Ben Giddings, piano/synths and Andrew Hayes, drums. They make rock tracks with a distinct 90s dance anthem influence.-Formation:The band have been...

' for Parlophone Records, the UK label behind artists such as 'The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

', 'Coldplay
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...

' and '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...

'.
Dash Berlin collaborates with German Trance DJ ATB on the instrumental track 'Apollo Road' and they perform the track together as a surprise act during an ATB concert in Poland, where the music video was shot. The single 'Better Half Of Me' features the vocals of New York City-based singer Jonathan Mendelsohn and is accompanied by Dash Berlin's most expensive music video so far. After the release of the 'Better Half Of Me Video' music video, Dash Berlin releases another bonus music video, this time with an acoustic piano version of the song. He performs at some of the worlds biggest festivals like; Electric Daisy Festival
Electric Daisy Carnival
Electric Daisy Carnival is an annual electronic dance music festival held in the South West United States on the last weekend of June. The event was held in Southern California from 1997 to 2010, and was moved to Las Vegas in 2011....

 in Las Vegas, A State Of Trance 500 in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

, Eurofest in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

, Mayday in Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

 and the Sunrise Festival in Kołobrzeg.

Trivia

Dash Berlin is a fan of Rob Papen synths. http://www.robpapen.com/Artist/
Next to trance, Jeffrey Sutorius has a big passion for harder house music.
Under his alter ego Jeff Bounce http://partyflock.nl/artist/6296:Jeff_Bounce.html he played jump & hardstyle tunes, and under the name Toxic http://partyflock.nl/artist/1394:Toxic.html he played hardcore and terror tracks at parties like Dominator, P.O.R.N. & Raving Nightmare.
He was nominated for Best European DJ in the year 2010.

Compilations/DJ Mixes

  • 2008 Worldwide Trance Sounds - Mixed By Dash Berlin
  • 2008 Worldwide Trance Sounds Vol. 4 - Mixed By Dash Berlin
  • 2009 Armada Night "The After"
  • 2010 United Destination 2010
  • 2011 United Destination 2011

Singles

  • 2007 Dash Berlin - Till The Sky Falls Down
  • 2009 Dash Berlin - Feel U Here
  • 2009 Dash Berlin - Surround Me
  • 2009 Dash Berlin - The New Daylight
  • 2009 Dash Berlin - The Night Time
  • 2009 Dash Berlin Featuring DJ Remy - Renegade
  • 2009 Dash Berlin Featuring Emma Hewitt
    Emma Hewitt
    Emma 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...

     - Waiting
  • 2009 Dash Berlin Featuring Idaho - To Be The One
  • 2009 Dash Berlin Featuring Rowald Steyn & Nina Deli - End Of Silence
  • 2009 Dash Berlin Featuring 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 :...

     & Secede - Believe In You
  • 2009 Dash Berlin Featuring Susana - Wired
  • 2009 Dash Berlin With Cerf & Mitiska & Jaren - Man On The Run
  • 2009 Dash Berlin - Armada Night "The After"
  • 2010 Dash Berlin - Never Cry Again
  • 2010 Dash Berlin Featuring Solid Sessions - Janeiro
  • 2011 ATB
    ATB
    ATB may refer to:*The US Reorder tone is often referred to as an ATB, for All Trunks Busy*Active Time Battle system is a feature of role-playing games*Mountain bike is an off-road bicycle...

     & Dash Berlin - Apollo Road
  • 2011 Dash Berlin - Earth Hour
  • 2011 Dash Berlin Featuring Emma Hewitt
    Emma Hewitt
    Emma 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...

     - Disarm Yourself
  • 2011 Dash Berlin Featuring Jonathan Mendelsohn
    Jonathan Mendelsohn
    Jonathan Mendelsohn is the director of general election resources for the British Labour Party. He had previously been a spokesman and lobbyist for the gambling company PartyGaming...

     – Better Half Of Me

Remixes

  • 2008 Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren - You Never Said (Dash Berlin Remix)
  • 2009 Dash Berlin Featuring Emma Hewitt - Waiting (Dash Berlin 4AM Mix)
  • 2009 Dash Berlin With Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren - Man On The Run (Dash Berlin 4AM Remix)
  • 2009 Depeche Mode
    Depeche Mode
    Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...

     - Peace (Dash Berlin Remix)
  • 2009 Medina
    Medina (singer)
    Medina Danielle Oona Valbak , known by the mononym Medina is a Danish pop, dance and R&B singer and songwriter....

     - You & I (Dash Berlin Remix)
  • 2010 Armin van Buuren vs. Sophie Ellis-Bextor
    Sophie Ellis-Bextor
    Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor is an English singer, songwriter, model and occasional DJ. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s, as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo, achieving widespread success in the early 2000s...

     - Not Giving Up On Love (Dash Berlin 4AM Mix)
  • 2010 Dash Berlin Featuring Susana - Wired (Dash Berlin 4AM Mix)
  • 2011 Dash Berlin feat. Emma Hewitt - Disarm Yourself (Dash Berlin 4AM Mix)
  • 2011 Filo & Peri
    Filo & Peri
    Filo & Peri are American DJs/trance producers, real names Domenick Filopei and Bo Pericic. Their style is best categorized as uplifting trance, but it also incorporates elements of progressive and techno.-Career:...

     Featuring Audrey Gallagher
    Audrey Gallagher
    Audrey Gallagher is a singer from Moneyglass, Northern Ireland and is born on November 21, 1969. She is best known for providing the vocals for the band Scheer and on John O'Callaghan's song "Big Sky".-After Scheer:...

     – This Night (Dash Berlin Remix)
  • 2011 First State
    First State
    First State is a project of Sander van Dien and Shane Halcon. First State has released numerous singles, remixes and albums and compilations, most of which gained recognition within the world wide Trance scene...

    Featuring Sarah Howells - Reverie (Dash Berlin Remix)
  • 2011 Morning Parade - A&E (Dash Berlin Remix)
  • 2011 Lange pres. Firewall - Touched (Dash Berlin's 'Sense Of Touch' Remix)

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