Signum (musical group)
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Signum is the name for two Europe
an producers
, Pascal Minnaard (ˈpɑs.kɑl ˌmɪ.ˈnaːrt) and Ronald Hagen (ˈroː.nɑlt ˈɦaː.ɣə(n)) They are producers who create and remix
mainly trance music
.
, a city in the Netherlands
. In 2008, Minnaard moved to Norway
with his fiance. Both Hagen and Minnaard still work together with the aid of internet
technology and share projects together to create Signum tracks and DJ
sets. Their first notable mainstream success was in 1997 with "What Ya Got 4 Me" (released on the Jinx record label
), becoming a club
anthem. This song was re-released in 2001 and entered the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart
.
Signum started out on the BPM dance
label, and stayed with them until 2003 when the label was disbanded, they then signed a contract with Armada Music
soon after.
With their success of "What Ya Got 4 Me", they continued to remix tracks and produce material including; "Forever", "Better Off Alone", "Take U There" and "On Stream". A lot of their work in this period did well in dance and club charts
. Their next big achievement came when they collaborated with the British
producer / DJ Scott Mac, to create "Coming On Strong", which again was a hit in the clubs. After this, they went to do remixes for ATB
and Alice DeeJay
.
With a large amount of remixes undertaken, they decided to start creating and performing their own material. Their DJ debut was in July 2001 at Gatecrasher
in the UK
, and they went on to play at various dance venues including 'Godskitchen
', 'Gatecrasher', 'Passion' and 'Slinky'. They also played at several music festival
s that year. Since their debut, that have played in the countries including Australia
, Spain
, Japan
, Ibiza
, Canada
and Malaysia.
They were signed to Armada Music in the summer of 2003, and released their first single "Push Through" on the "A State of Trance
" imprint. In 2004 Signum teamed up with female vocalist Anita Kelsey, and created "Come Around Again", another success, as well as being dubbed by Signum as "the track they've always wanted to make". 2005 saw a tour in Australia and New Zealand
.
Signum also produce music under another alias 'D-Factor'. In 2008 Signum featured in the Top 100 in the DJ magazine's awards, finishing at #72 on the list.
Signum's next album "For You" is set to be released on December 3, 2010, by Armada Music.
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an producers
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...
, Pascal Minnaard (ˈpɑs.kɑl ˌmɪ.ˈnaːrt) and Ronald Hagen (ˈroː.nɑlt ˈɦaː.ɣə(n)) They are producers who create and remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
mainly trance music
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...
.
Career
Originally they both lived in ZoetermeerZoetermeer
Zoetermeer is a city in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 37.06 km² . A small village until the late 1960s, it had 6,392 inhabitants in 1950...
, a city in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. In 2008, Minnaard moved to Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
with his fiance. Both Hagen and Minnaard still work together with the aid of internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
technology and share projects together to create Signum tracks and DJ
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...
sets. Their first notable mainstream success was in 1997 with "What Ya Got 4 Me" (released on the Jinx record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
), becoming a club
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
anthem. This song was re-released in 2001 and entered the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
.
Signum started out on the BPM dance
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...
label, and stayed with them until 2003 when the label was disbanded, they then signed a contract with 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....
soon after.
With their success of "What Ya Got 4 Me", they continued to remix tracks and produce material including; "Forever", "Better Off Alone", "Take U There" and "On Stream". A lot of their work in this period did well in dance and club charts
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
. Their next big achievement came when they collaborated with the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
producer / DJ Scott Mac, to create "Coming On Strong", which again was a hit in the clubs. After this, they went to do remixes for 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...
and 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...
.
With a large amount of remixes undertaken, they decided to start creating and performing their own material. Their DJ debut was in July 2001 at Gatecrasher
Gatecrasher
Gatecrasher is an international clubbing brand made famous by the Gatecrasher dance music events held at the Gatecrasher One nightclub in Sheffield, England during the late 1990s and early 2000s. The event received awards such as "Club Of The Year" at the Ericsson Muzik Magazine Dance Awards in...
in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, and they went on to play at various dance venues including 'Godskitchen
Godskitchen
Godskitchen is an international superclub brand which is associated with dance music and organises events, particularly in the UK and US. The company runs a club night of the same name at their nightclub AIR, in Birmingham, England and has an in-house music label...
', 'Gatecrasher', 'Passion' and 'Slinky'. They also played at several music festival
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
s that year. Since their debut, that have played in the countries including 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...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Ibiza
Ibiza
Ibiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and Malaysia.
They were signed to Armada Music in the summer of 2003, and released their first single "Push Through" on the "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...
" imprint. In 2004 Signum teamed up with female vocalist Anita Kelsey, and created "Come Around Again", another success, as well as being dubbed by Signum as "the track they've always wanted to make". 2005 saw a tour in Australia and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.
Signum also produce music under another alias 'D-Factor'. In 2008 Signum featured in the Top 100 in the DJ magazine's awards, finishing at #72 on the list.
Signum's next album "For You" is set to be released on December 3, 2010, by Armada Music.
Singles
- 1997 'Adaptor' [Jinx Records]
- 1998 'What Ya Got 4 Me' [Jinx]
- 1999 'Coming On Strong' [Jinx]
- 1999 'Just Do It' [Untidy Trax]
- 1999 'The Recycle' [Tidy Trax]
- 2000 'Solar Level' [Jinx]
- 2001 '5 Yards/Afterglow' [Jinx]
- 2001 'First Strike' [Jinx]
- 2002 'Cura Me' [Silver Premium]
- 2002 'Second Wave' [BPM Dance White Label]
- 2002 'Third Dimension' [Silver Premium]
- 2003 'Push Through/Sunny Changes' [A State of Trance]
- 2004 'Come Around Again' [A State of Trance]
- 2004 'Spacehopper / What Ya Got 4 Me?' [Tidy Trax]
- 2004 'The Timelord' [A State of Trance]
- 2005 'Back @ Ya / In Your Face' [A State of Trance]
- 2006 'What Ya Got 4 Me 2006 / Supersonic' [A State of Trance Limited]
- 2007 'Captured' [A State of Trance]
- 2007 'Harmonic / Cloud City' [A State of Trance]
- 2007 'Syndicate / Hit That Note' [A State of Trance]
- 2008 'Distant Signature' [A State of Trance]
- 2008 'Royal Flash / Any Given Moment' [A State of Trance]
- 2009 'Addicted' [A State of Trance]
- 2009 'Riddles In The Sand' (As Ron Hagen & Pascal M) [A State of Trance]
- 2009 'Healesville Sanctuary' (with Roger Shah) [Magic Island]
- 2010 'Ancient World' (with Roger Shah) [Magic Island]
Remixes
- 1998 ATBATBATB 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...
- '9PM (Till I Come)' [Kontor] - 1998 Alice DeejayAlice DeeJayAlice 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...
- 'Better Off Alone' [Orbit] - 1998 Travel - 'Bulgarian' [Jinx]
- 1998 Yves DeruyterYves DeruyterYves Deruyter is a Belgian DJ and artist famous for his work on Bonzai Records.-DJ-ing:Yves Deruyter started his DJ career in 1985 and has played in Belgian clubs such as Globe, Barocci, Cherrymoon, Extreme, Carat, BBC, and La Rocca. In 1991, like so many DJs, he also started an artist career....
- 'To The Rhythm' [Bonzai Records] - 1998 Kay Cee - 'Escape' [Radikal Records]
- 1999 Stray Dog - 'Mirror' [React]
- 1999 Piet Blank & Jaspa Jones - 'After Love' [Lube]
- 1999 Scooter - 'Faster Harder Scooter' [Edel Records]
- 1999 Hand's Burn - 'Good Shot' [Essential Recordings]
- 1999 Web - 'Lovin' Times' [Intercord Tonträger GmbH]
- 1999 DJ Tom Stevens vs. Fridge - 'Ouface' [Go For It]
- 2000 Crispy - 'In And Out' [Iceburg/Enjoy]
- 2000 Katana - 'Silence' [Netrecord-Z]
- 2000 The Space Brothers - 'Shine 2000' [Telstar TV]
- 2002 Futura Legend Featuring Christine - 'Restless Nature' [Jinx]
- 2003 Lost TribeLost TribeLost Tribe is an electronic music duo formed by Matt Darey and Red Jerry. The two Englishmen had both been producing and remixing trance music individually since the early 1990s....
- 'Gamemaster' [Universal Music TV/Orbit] - 2003 OceanLabOceanlabOceanLab is a Vocal trance group formed in London, England, in 2000, consisting of vocalist Justine Suissa and the three members of Above & Beyond; Jono Grant, Paavo Siljamäki and Tony McGuinness.-History:...
- 'Beautiful Together' [Anjunabeats] - 2003 Misja Helsloot - 'First Second' [First Second Records]
- 2003 Laura Turner - 'Soul Deep' [Curb]
- 2003 Delerium - 'Truly' [Nettwerk]
- 2004 Signum - First Strike (2004 Remake Edit) [EDM]
- 2004 DJ Danjo & Rob Styles - 'Duende' 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...
- 2005 Armin van Buuren - 'Serenity' [Armind]
- 2005 Kenny Hayes - 'Daybreaker' [Turbulence]
- 2006 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...
- 'Can't Sleep' [Anjunabeats] - 2007 Vincent de MoorVincent de MoorVincent de Moor is a Dutch trance artist. He is most notable for his work with the record producer Ferry Corsten under the working title, Veracocha, and for his 2001 single, "Fly Away".-Early career:...
- 'Flowtation 2007' [More Moor] - 2007 Dan Stone - 'Road Test' [Red Force Recordings]
- 2008 Ascension - 'Someone' (2008 Mix) [Mostiko]
- 2009 Re:Locate - 'Rogue' [Yakuza]
- 2009 Roger Shah & Signum - 'Healesville Sanctuary' [405 Recordings/Magic Island Records]
- 2010 Alex M.O.R.P.H. feat. Ana Criado - Sunset Boulevard [Vandit]
- 2010 Dash Berlin feat. Solid Sessions - Janeiro [Aropa]