Richard Durand
Encyclopedia
Richard Durand is a Dutch
Disc jockey
and record producer
. His real name is Richard van Schooneveld (ˈrɪ.ʃɑrt vɐn ˈsχoː.nə.ˌvəlt)
as his 'Tip For The Top in 2007' in DJ Magazine. In that same year he was placed in the DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs poll.
His first creations were tech trance singles "Make Me Scream" and "Slipping Away" on the Terminal 4 label, but his real success started with remixes of Tiësto singles "Lethal Industry
", "Flight 643
" and "Break My Fall
", and reworks of The Prodigy
's "Smack My Bitch Up
" and Snow Patrol
's "Chasing Cars
" which brought him into the playlist of DJs such as Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk
, Ferry Corsten
, Judge Jules
and Eddie Halliwell
.
In 2008, Durand remixed Fragma
's "Toca's Miracle
" and Armin van Buuren's "In And Out Of Love
". His solo productions included "Weep" featuring Skin from Skunk Anansie
on vocals, which was signed to Perfecto Records
.
In 2009 Durand remixed Art of Trance
's "Madagascar" followed by his debut artist album Always The Sun on Magik Muzik / Black Hole Recordings. The album spawned three singles "Into Something", title track "Always The Sun" and "No Way Home".
Released under Magik Muzik
Compilations
Dutch people
The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
Disc jockey
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...
. His real name is Richard van Schooneveld (ˈrɪ.ʃɑrt vɐn ˈsχoː.nə.ˌvəlt)
Biography
Starting his career in 2005, Durand was recommended by 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...
as his 'Tip For The Top in 2007' in DJ Magazine. In that same year he was placed in the DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs poll.
His first creations were tech trance singles "Make Me Scream" and "Slipping Away" on the Terminal 4 label, but his real success started with remixes of Tiësto singles "Lethal Industry
Lethal Industry
"Lethal Industry" is a single which appeared in DJ Tiësto first album. Before the album was created he release several singles to see what the popularity and the reaction of people would be about these tracks...
", "Flight 643
Flight 643
"Flight 643" is a single which appeared in DJ Tiësto's first album, In My Memory. In 2001 it was included as a B-side of "Urban Train", later released as an A-Side single; In 2006 it became B-side of "Lethal Industry" as a remix by Richard Durand...
" and "Break My Fall
Break My Fall
"Break My Fall" is a single track by Tiësto with vocals from BT in 2007 and released in July 2007. This song is off the album Elements of Life.-Formats and track listings:-Release history:-Charts:-Lyrics:...
", and reworks of The Prodigy
The Prodigy
The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...
's "Smack My Bitch Up
Smack My Bitch Up
"Smack My Bitch Up" is a song by The Prodigy, released as the band's twelfth single on 17 November 1997. It was the third and final single from the album The Fat of the Land....
" and Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol
Snow Patrol are an alternative rock band from Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Formed at the University of Dundee in 1994 as an indie rock band, the band is now based in Glasgow...
's "Chasing Cars
Chasing Cars
"Chasing Cars" is the second single from Snow Patrol's fourth album, Eyes Open. It was recorded in 2005 and released on 6 June 2006 in the US and 24 July 2006 in the UK as the album's second single....
" which brought him into the playlist of DJs such as Armin van Buuren, 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...
, 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...
, 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:...
and Eddie Halliwell
Eddie Halliwell
Eddie Halliwell is an international Trance DJ. Halliwell has held residencies at Goodgreef, Gatecrasher and Cream in Ibiza, was named DJ of the year by leading dance music magazine Mixmag in 2003 and 2005...
.
In 2008, Durand remixed Fragma
Fragma
Fragma, also known as the Fragma Project, are a German dance project, originally comprising three producers. Their most successful collaboration to date is "Toca's Miracle", which has sold over 500,000 copies and debuted #1 in the UK....
's "Toca's Miracle
Toca's Miracle
"Toca's Miracle" is a dance music single by German Eurohouse producers Fragma. It peaked at #1 in the UK charts in April 2000. The song was created by mixing the vocals of Sue Brice's "I Need a Miracle" to the instrumental track of Fragma's "Toca Me".-Original 2000 version:The original version of...
" and Armin van Buuren's "In And Out Of Love
Imagine (Armin van Buuren album)
-Credits:*Track 1, 3, 5: Guitar by Eller van Buuren.*Track 2: Vocals by Chris Jones.*Track 3: Vocals by Jaren Cerf.*Track 4: Sample vocals by Denise Rivera...
". His solo productions included "Weep" featuring Skin from Skunk Anansie
Skunk Anansie
Skunk Anansie is an English rock band whose members include Skin , Cass , Ace and Mark Richardson .Skunk Anansie formed in March 1994, disbanded in 2001 and reformed in 2009...
on vocals, which was signed to Perfecto Records
Perfecto Records
Perfecto Records is a United Kingdom based Trance record label founded by Paul Oakenfold in 1989.-History:Perfecto was founded by electronic music record producer and DJ Paul Oakenfold in 1989...
.
In 2009 Durand remixed Art of Trance
Art of Trance
Simon Paul Berry, known by his alias Art of Trance is a trance music artist from England. Berry is also known as Poltergeist or Vicious Circles, and has been a member of the trance groups Clanger, Conscious and Union Jack. In addition to his work as an artist, Berry was the co-founder and head of...
's "Madagascar" followed by his debut artist album Always The Sun on Magik Muzik / Black Hole Recordings. The album spawned three singles "Into Something", title track "Always The Sun" and "No Way Home".
Singles
Released under Terminal 4- "Make Me Scream" (2005)
- "Slipping Away" (2006)
- "Sunhump 2006" (2006)
- "Any Time" (2007)
- "For the Believers 2.0" (2007)
- "Inside My Brain" (2007)
- "Submerge" (2007)
- "Sweep and Repeat" (2007)
- "Ledged Up" (2008)
- "Predator vs. Cha Cha" (2008)
- "Weep" (2008)
Released under Magik Muzik
- "Always the Sun" (2009)
- "No Way Home" (2009)
- "Into Something" (2009)
- "Silver Key" (2009)
- "Tiger's Apology" (2009)
- "N.Y.C." (with JESJESJES is an acronym that may stand for:* Java Enterprise System, a major computer suite of the Sun Java System brand* Journalism ethics and standards* Job Entry Subsystem 2/3* Junulara Esperanto-Semajno, a yearly central European Esperanto meeting...
) (2010) - "Night and Day" (with Christian BurnsChristian BurnsChristian Burns is an English musician and the son of Tony Burns of "The Signs", a Liverpool-based rock band signed to Decca Records in the 1960s.-Career:...
) (2010) - "Xelerate" (2010)
Albums
Artist Albums- Always the Sun (2009)
- Wide Awake (2011)
Compilations
- In Search of Sunrise 8: South AfricaIn Search of Sunrise 8: South AfricaIn Search of Sunrise 8: South Africa is a compilation album by Dutch trance producer Richard Durand. It was released on May 10, 2010 by SongBird. It is the eight installment in the In Search of Sunrise compilation series, and the first not to be mixed by Tiësto, the founder of the series in 1999...
(2010) - In Search of Sunrise 9: IndiaIn Search of Sunrise 9: IndiaIn Search of Sunrise 9: India is a compilation album by Dutch trance producer Richard Durand. It was released on June 6, 2011 by SongBird. It is the ninth installment in the In Search of Sunrise compilation series...
(2011)