Kamaya Painters is a Trance

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...

 project name used by Dutch DJ's Tijs Verwest, better known as 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...

, and Benno De Goeij

Benno De Goeij

Benno de Goeij is a Dutch trance producer. He is perhaps best known for his participation in Rank 1 with Piet Bervoets and Kamaya Painters with Tiësto...

, best known for his participation in the Rank 1

Rank 1

Rank 1 is a Dutch trance group, formed in the Netherlands in 1997. Widely regarded as one of the originators of the Dutch trance sound, the group have produced a number of dancefloor hits since their conception...

 project.

History

The first single was "Endless Wave" which was released in 1998 in conjunction with "Northern Spirit" which appeared on Magik Four: A New Adventure

Magik Four: A New Adventure

Magik Four: A New Adventure is the fourth album in the Magik series by well-known trance DJ/producer Tiësto. As with the rest of the Magik series, the album is a live turntable mix.-Track listing:# Darkstar - "Feel Me" – 5:58...

 and "Outstream". It was released on Data Records

Data Records

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 and Planetary Consciousness in 1999, "Endless Wave" also included two remixes from Tiësto's song "Theme From Norefjell", another version features remixes from "Endless Wave" which was mixed in Global Clubbing: The Netherlands

Global Clubbing: The Netherlands

Global Clubbing: The Netherlands is a DJ mix album mixed by trance producer/DJ Tiësto, released in 1998.-Track listing:#S.B. McCafferty - "Lonely Drive" – 4:44#Stone Factory - "New Sunset" – 5:29...

 and "Outstream" as a B-side. "Endless Wave" and the duo's next B-side "Cryptomnesia" were played in Live at Innercity: Amsterdam RAI

Live at Innercity: Amsterdam RAI

Live at Innercity: Amsterdam RAI is a compilation album by renowned Trance DJ/producer Tiësto.The CD came with a free VHS, which contains live footage of the Innercity party in Amsterdam.-Track listing:# Push – "The Anthem" — 6:17...

.

In 1999, "Far From Over" became the next Kamaya Painters single with "Cryptomnesia" which was included in Magik Five: Heaven Beyond

Magik Five: Heaven Beyond

Magik Five: Heaven Beyond is the fifth album in the Magik series by well-known trance DJ/producer Tiësto. As with the rest of the Magik series, the album is a live turntable mix.-Track listing:...

 and "Soft Light" as B-sides. Reef Recordings was the label releasing the "Far From Over" remixes from 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 Wavestate in 2000. A 12" vinyl

Gramophone record

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 from Data Records was released in the United Kingdom

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 which was published by Magdalena Melodies and Allure Muzik

Magik Muzik

Magik Muzik is a sub-label consisting on Electronic founded by Tiësto in 2001.-History:In 1997 with the help of Arny Bink, co-founder of Black Hole Recordings, Tiësto was able to compile various styles of electronic music like trance, techno and house. Tiësto decided to create a sub-label, known as...

. In late 2000, "Wasteland" and "Summerbreeze" were released being the third and last single from the duo, "Wasteland" appeared in Tiësto's Magik Six: Live in Amsterdam

Magik Six: Live in Amsterdam

Magik Six: Live in Amsterdam is the sixth album in the Magik series by well-known trance DJ/producer Tiësto. As with the rest of the Magik series, the album is a live turntable mix.-Track listing:...

. Since the late 2000s the duo has not released a new single under the Kamaya Painters alias, tracks like "Endless Wave" were re-released in 2004, "Far From Over" and "Wasteland" were re-released in 2007 followed by the 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...

 Kamaya Painters - The Collected Works in 2008. The songs of Kamaya Painters also appear on a large number of Trance compilation albums, including the popular Trance 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...

 by Armin Van Buuren and the Magik (series)

Magik (series)

Magik is the title given to a trance mix-compilation series by Tiësto. The series, which has had seven installments starting in 1997 and ending in 2001, has been released by Tiësto on Black Hole Recordings...

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Albums

• 2008 "Kamaya Painters - The Collected Works" a tribute album
  Tribute album
  A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...
  
   compilation
  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...
  
   by Black Hole Recordings
  Black Hole Recordings
  Black Hole Recordings B.V. is a Dutch record label founded by Tijs Verwest and Arny Bink in 1997. The label is currently distributed by E1 Entertainment Distribution, known as Koch Entertainment Distribution until January 22, 2009...
  
  for Kamaya Painters.

Singles

• 1998 "Endless Wave / Northern Spirit / Outstream"
• 1999 "Endless Wave / Theme From Norefjell (Remixes)" it contains two remixes from Tiësto's song "Theme From Norefjell".
• 1999 "Far From Over / Cryptomnesia / Soft Light"
• 2000 "Wasteland / Summerbreeze"