Three Drives
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Three Drives, also known as Three Drives on a Vinyl, is a Dutch
progressive trance duo.
and Hooj Choons
) and "Sunset on Ibiza".
Badly labelled track listings on certain compilation album
s, have resulted in some confusion over whether the true name of this artist is 'Three Drives' / 'Three Drives on a Vinyl' or 'Greece 2000'. In 1999, they released an album
named 2000, with several tracks with a "2000" theme.
Their correct name was originally 3 Drives on A Vinyl, in reference to the ability of the two band members to run three turntables at once. Confusion in the band's use of the adjectival "A" (incorrectly taken to be the indefinite article "a") has caused the name to sound meaningless when represented as '3 Drives on a Vinyl'. Therefore, early production company track listing staff, were naturally inclined to resort to the understandable 'Greece 2000' when listing the artist's name, and to assume that it was simply the track name that was odd (and despite the clear reference of 'Greece 2000' to a notion of place and time that influenced the recording). The use of the number "3" rather than the full word is less certain, but its visual echo of the special use of the letter "A" later in the name is convincingly attractive. Ongoing confusion may have led the band to a pragmatic decision to now market themselves as "Three Drives".
Fate Federation
Tangled Universe
Other aliases
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...
progressive trance duo.
Career
The duo is made up of Erik De Koning (a.k.a. Enrico) and Ton van Empel (a.k.a. Ton T.B.). Their best-known tracks are "Greece 2000" (originally released in 1997 by Massive Drive Recordings, with more mainstream releases on ZYX MusicZYX Music
ZYX Music is a German record label which was founded in 1971 by Bernhard Mikulski. Until 1992, the label's name was Pop-Import Bernhard Mikulski. The label specialized in disco and early house music. Founder Bernhard Mikulski is credited with coining the term Italo disco in the 1980s...
and Hooj Choons
Hooj Choons
Hooj Choons is a house record label formed by Alex Simons and Red Jerry in 1990. The first release was "Carnival de Casa" by Rio Rhythm Band, however, it was not until 1992's release of Felix's "Don't You Want Me", which Red Jerry and Faithless founder-member Rollo co-produced, that Hooj Choons...
) and "Sunset on Ibiza".
Badly labelled track listings on certain 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...
s, have resulted in some confusion over whether the true name of this artist is 'Three Drives' / 'Three Drives on a Vinyl' or 'Greece 2000'. In 1999, they released an album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
named 2000, with several tracks with a "2000" theme.
Their correct name was originally 3 Drives on A Vinyl, in reference to the ability of the two band members to run three turntables at once. Confusion in the band's use of the adjectival "A" (incorrectly taken to be the indefinite article "a") has caused the name to sound meaningless when represented as '3 Drives on a Vinyl'. Therefore, early production company track listing staff, were naturally inclined to resort to the understandable 'Greece 2000' when listing the artist's name, and to assume that it was simply the track name that was odd (and despite the clear reference of 'Greece 2000' to a notion of place and time that influenced the recording). The use of the number "3" rather than the full word is less certain, but its visual echo of the special use of the letter "A" later in the name is convincingly attractive. Ongoing confusion may have led the band to a pragmatic decision to now market themselves as "Three Drives".
Singles
Three Drives/Three Drives on a Vinyl- 1997 "Greece 2000 - EPGreece 2000 - EP-Info:Greece 2000 was a 1998 single released by Three Drives or Three Drives On A Vinyl, the genre of the song was Trance.-Single:French Single#"Greece 2000 " - 3:56#"Greece 2000 " - 6:06UK MAXI Single...
" - UKUK Singles ChartThe 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 ...
#44 - 1998 "Greece 2000" (Remixes) - UK #12
- 1999 "EP 2000"
- 1999 "Turkey 2000"
- 1999 "Superfunk"
- 2000 "Sunset on Ibiza" - UK #44
- 2001 "Sunset on Ibiza" (Remixes)
- 2002 "Carrera 2" - UK #57
- 2003 "Greece 2000" (2003 Remixes)
- 2004 "Signs from the Universe"
- 2004 "Air Traffic" - UK #75
- 2005 "Greece 2000" (2005 Remixes)
- 2007 "Greece 2000" (2007 Remixes)
- 2008 "Greece 2000" (2008 Remixes)
- 2008 "Together"
- 2009 "Automatic City"
Fate Federation
- 2003 "Mesmerize" / "Crime Scene"
- 2003 "Narcotic Guide" / "Mayhem"
- 2005 "Urbanoids" / "Kind Wishes"
Tangled Universe
- 2002 "Message from the Universe" / "Cosmic Synts"
- 2002 "Sparkling Message"
- 2003 "Next Victim" / "Blind Date"
- 2003 "Rain & Thunder" / "Execute Mode" / "Hyper Threading"
- 2005 "I Miss You" / "For a Reason"
Other aliases
- 1997 "Lovin'", as Love Foundation (with Marc van Dale)
- 1997 "Together", as Department 1
- 1997 "Trujacq/Good Food", as Positiv
- 1997 "Foreign Affair", as Force Full
- 1999 "Never Enough", as Love Foundation (with Marc van Dale)
- 2001 "Intensive Aqua", as Legal Traders