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Name: Twan
Home Page: http://www.twitter.com/twann0
Member Since: Oct 14, 2001
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Rated 1779 releases, average: 4.30
Location: Asten, the Netherlands
Profile: My interest in music already started when I was a little kid. Since the mid 80's I'm addicted to music and since the early 90's I started to collect CD's and vinyls.

From September 1993 until the January 2011 I worked for a local radio station in the south of the Netherlands called 'Siris Radio'. First the show was called 'Bassline', but after a few years we decided to name the show 'Dancemania'. 'Dancemania' is a weekly show where all kinds of electronic dance music (such as house, club, progressive and trance) is being played. Early 2011 I stopped with making radio, but my colleague is still hosting the show on a weekly basis.

I also worked as a DJ in local bars / clubs for over 10 years, but in the summer of 2008 I decided to stop with DJ-ing because the lack of time.

From July 2001 to July 2010 I also worked for Trance.nu as a contributor. I wrote news-items, party reviews, CD reviews, but most people might know me because of the many interviews that I've done for the website (plus for our radio show as well). In the last couple of years I did interviews with lot of well known DJs and producers such as:
Tiësto,
Ferry Corsten (System F / Gouryella),
Paul van Dyk,
BT,
Markus Schulz,
Geert Huinink,
Bart Claessen,
Leon Bolier,
Breakfast,
Junkie XL,
Laurent Véronnez (L-Vee / Airwave),
Arnej,
Richard Durand,
Joni Ljungqvist (JPL / LNQ),
Gabriel & Dresden,
Mark Norman,
Sander Kleinenberg,
André Tanneberger (ATB),
Ben Liebrand,
Marcel Woods,
Phynn,
Ralph Barendse (Ralphie B / First State),
Menno de Jong,
Paul Moelands (Re:Locate / Octagen),
Rank 1,
Marco V,
M.I.K.E. (Push / Plastic Boy),
Benjamin Bates,
Jonas Steur (Estuera),
Marcus Schössow,
Super8 & Tab,
Tritonal,
Adam Sheridan,
Envio,
Mark Otten,
Jochen Miller,
Dumonde,
Mojado,
Cor Fijneman,
DJ Dazzle,
Johan Gielen (Airscape),
Ron van den Beuken,
Eelke Kleijn,
Jes Brieden,
Hemstock & Jennings,
Tom Harding,
Joris van der Straten (C-Quence),
Rafaël Frost,
Lemon & Einar K,
Blank & Jones,
Ernesto vs Bastian,
Ronald van Gelderen
and many, many others.

And last but not least, I work at Dance Therapy Productions, which is the management company of Ferry Corsten. I'm taking care of everything regarding Ferry Corsten's weekly radio show Corsten's Countdown and I'm also responsible for various things for his labels Flashover Recordings. Furthermore I take care of things regarding social media and other stuff.

My music collection:

One of my vinylshelves (there is another one behind this one)


A small part from the other vinyl shelf and on the right you see my CD wall.


My CD wall.

Normally I do NOT sell anything from my collection, unless somebody makes me an offer that I can't refuse! ;-)

I will ignore all MP3 / WAV requests.

Seller Rating: 100.0% positive (260 ratings)

Buyer Rating: 100.0% positive (975 ratings)

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For sure one of the best trance tracks from 2011. Especially the Aether Mix is amazing, a very emotional track. I'm very curious to hear more from Andrew Rayel in 2012, he's definitely somebody to keep an eye on.
As far as I know, almost all releases have always been mentioned on his website. But I know for sure that he was never been embarassed about his older work.
it's not for sale, it's a promo CD used for radio promotion and Ferry gave away 3 copies via Facebook / Twitter. But it's not for sale, so very limited!
His real name is not "Wilbert van Diepenbroek", I believed it as well, but Wessel van Diepen is 100% his real name.
Sons Of Aliens - In Love E.P. Jan 23, 2011 (edited about 1 year ago)
Do you know how many tracks / remixes Ferry has done in the last 20 years? ;-) If you check his website now you can see that all his releases (incl. the Terror Traxx ones) are mentioned in the discography section. He was never embarrassed because of those releases. He even mentions in plenty of interviews that he used to produce gabber / hardcore music (and other styles) back in the days. So your info is not really correct! ;-) Anyway, check his website, all his releases are there now.
Various - Café Del Mar - Volumen Siete Dec 05, 2010 (edited about 1 year ago)
This is my favorite Café Del Mar compilation CD for sure! It has some beautiful tracks from the likes of Moby, Bent, Afterlife, Bedrock and the amazing "Easy Rider" by Deep & Wide, which is the best track on this compilation in my opinion; it's a gorgeous and very sweet / atmospheric track. Another highlight is the great remix that Nightmares On Wax (N.O.W.) did of the Bush classic "Letting The Cables Sleep". Don't forget to check out the artwork of this compilation as well, since this is really cool as well and described the sounds on this album in a perfect way!
Amazing and very energetic house track made in the little bedroom studio from Rollo (later producer of Faithless) together with his friends Felix and Red Jerry. For their track "Don't You Want Me" (released under the alias "Felix") they used a sample of the Jomanda track "Don't You Want My Love". It got signed to Hooj Choons and released in 1992. It became a huge hit worldwide and sold over 2,5 million (!!!) copies. Got re-released and covered many times, but in my opinion nothing will ever beat the original Hooj Mix.
Michael Jackson Jun 25, 2009
A very sad day in music history. Michael Jackson, The King Of Pop, died of only 50 years old. A couple of weeks before his many concerts in the O2 Arena in London. I grew up with Michael Jackson's songs, I got Thriller on LP and played it over and over, I went to his fantastic concert in Amsterdam in 1996 and bought all his albums etc. The worlds biggest and most famous entertainer ever is dead... Much too young!

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The CD starts with the great Cliff Coenraad & Thomas Hagenbeek Repimp of Cor Fijneman’s latest release ‘Disappear’. Together with the beautiful vocals of Melissa Mathes I think this is a perfect opener for this compilation. The second track is a brand new Carl B. production: ‘On Short Notice’. A nice instrumental trancey track that is followed up by the beautiful ‘Simple Pleasures’ from Belgian based producer Jonas Steur. A great production with a super sweet melody in it! The next track on the CD is a track that I’ve heard for the first time in the summer of 2008: ‘Cygnes’ from Mr Sam featuring clAud9. I loved this track from the minute I’ve heard it and I still love it! So I was happy to see this one in the tracklisting here. Next one up is a special Carl B. mash up: ‘Breathe In The Radar’, which contains First State’s ‘Off The Radar’ and Alex Kunnari’s ‘Breathe In’. The result is really cool and I think people who never heard both original tracks, have no idea that this one is actually a mash up!

After this one it’s time for 2 Carl B. collaborations; the first one is ‘Take Off’ together with Chris Renzl, a very nice and energetic trance track, followed up by ‘Orchid Blossom’, a great new production from Carl together with Joni Ljungqvist under his ‘JPL’ alias. This track was finished just in time for the compilation! And that’s good news, since ‘Orchid Blossom’ is a very nice euphoric track that shows that those 2 young Swedish producers know what they’re doing!

More energetic stuff follows with ‘Defination’ by ‘Virtual Vault’, but not straight from the beginning. First we hear a short orchestral piece and then it’s time for a lot of energy! Another beauty is ‘Sunshower’ by ‘Existone’, which is al alias of Russian producer Sergey Zarubin .’Sunshower’ is a very powerful trance track that recently was released on the ITWT label. Then we have ‘Renegades’, a collaboration between producers Thomas Sagstad and Tyler Michaud. On remix duty it’s ‘Elevation’, who delivers a great remix on this one. After ‘Renegades’ it’s time for a more tech orientated track; ‘Sticky Tape’, a cool production by Patrick Plaice and Frank Ellrich.

Track 12 on the album is a collaboration between Dutch top producers Sied van Riel and Geert Huinink. The sweet balearic guitar in ‘Sunrise’ makes me forget about the cold and wet Dutch winter we have right now! Carl decided to make a nice combination of the ‘Topher Jones Remix’ and the original version, which works out really well! Definitely one of my favorites on the album! Next one up is a track from Fred Numf, a Dutch producer who’s around in the music business for a very long time already. His contribution to the album is the track ‘Directions’, which is a vocal trance track combined with a nice guitar and some pumping beats! The last track on the album is ‘Tropical Shores’ by ‘Setrise vs Braend’. This one is a collaboration between Melle Bakker and Jens Wendel-Hansen, two new, young (both 17!!!) and very talented producers. Keep an eye on these guys! ‘Tropical Shores’ is a very warm, summer-ish track and a perfect one to end this compilation!

After various great releases and remixes for famous artists such as Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Markus Schulz and others, this CD is another highlight in the career of the young Swedish producer. Carl B. made a perfect selection of great, new tunes, mixed perfectly into 78 minutes of pure listening pleasure!

As always the CD comes with really nice artwork.. In Trance We Trust volume 13 is a beautiful, high quality mix compilation with lots of fresh and energetic tracks on it! A must have for all trance lovers! So … who said that 13 was not a lucky number?
The Brothers In Rhythm Remixes of the U2 track "Staring At The Sun" started life as a bootleg, made of a live version from a U2 concert. When the band got to hear the mixes, they decided to give approval for a promo only release. So unfortunately the mixes never got a full / official release. This 12" vinyl got released in December 2002 to promote U2's "Best Of 1990-2000" compilation.

So this vinyl is a must have for real U2 fans! :)

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