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Name: Twan van Loon / Dance Mania Home Page: http://www.myspace.com/twann0 Member Since: Oct 14, 2001 Rank: 4623 Average Vote Received: Correct (3.90, 81 votes) last 10 days: Correct (3.77, 13 votes) Rated 949 releases, average: 4.00 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. In September 1993 I started working for a local radio station in the south of the Netherlands. First the show was called 'Bassline', but now it's named 'Dancemania' for a few years already. 'Dancemania' is a weekly show and we play all kinds of electronic dance music in it. I also worked as a DJ in local bars / clubs for over 10 years, but in in 2008 I decided to stop with that. I'm also working for Trance.nu as a contributor. I write 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 our radio show as well). In the last couple of years I did interviews with lot of well known DJ's and producers such as: Tiësto, Ferry Corsten, Paul van Dyk, BT, Geert Huinink, Bart Claessen, Breakfast, Junkie XL, Laurent Véronnez (L-Vee), Joni Ljungqvist, Gabriel & Dresden, Mark Norman, Sander Kleinenberg, André Tanneberger (ATB), Ben Liebrand, Marcel Woods, Ralph Barendse (Ralphie B / First State), Menno de Jong, Paul Moelands (Re:Locate), Rank 1, Marco V, Benjamin Bates, Jonas Steur, Marcus Schössow, Adam Sheridan, Envio, Mark Otten, Jochen Miller, Dumonde, Mojado, Cor Fijneman, DJ Dazzle, Johan Gielen, Ron van den Beuken, Eelke Kleijn, Jes Brieden, Hemstock & Jennings, Tom Harding, Joris van der Straten (C-Quence), Blank & Jones, Ernesto vs Bastian, Ronald van Gelderen, M.I.K.E. (Push) and many, many others. And last but not least, I work at Dance Therapy Productions, which is the management / bookings company of Ferry Corsten, Breakfast, Lange, Bart Claessen and Rafaël Frost. I'm taking care of the content for all websites and I'm also responsible for various things for his labels Flashover Recordings and the sublabels Moody Moon Recordings, Levare Recordings, Aleph Recordings and Boom Tsjak. My music collection: 
My vinylshelves (on the left) and on the right you can see my CD wall 
My vinyl collection (2 shelves) and on the right you see my CD wall. I am ignoring ALL MP3 requests! Normally I do NOT sell anything from my collection, unless somebody makes me an offer that I can't refuse! ;-) | |
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System F - Out Of The Blue - 24-Apr-08 05:19 AM
This track is known nowadays as one of the most famous trance classics ever. Almost everybody knows the amazing riff, the cool synthesizer lead sound and the pumping beats of this track. ‘Out Of The Blue’ also inspired a lot of other people to start making music as well!
Another true story about the Out Of The Blue white label promo’s: Paul Oakenfold has also got a white label, but for some kind of reason he did not listen to it or he lost it. When he heard about the track and knew that a friend had it, he gave him 1.500 Dutch Guldens (now about € 750,-) for it!
As we all know, this release became a huge hit world wide!
Ferry Corsten - Infinite Euphoria - 02-Feb-08 08:02 AM
I absolutely love the unique concept of this double album! Since the release I have this beauty in my collection, but this weekend a friend reminded me how beautiful this album really is! I almost forgot about it, so I played it over and over again today and I'm just not getting bored of it at all!
On this album you can find some nice combinations and "strange" transitions, like "Barber's Adagio For Strings" by William Orbit into "Smack My Bitch Up" by The Prodigy, mixed into each other! Who could ever think of that? Two tracks of totally different genres and it works perfect! Same for the beautiful unplugged version of "Cry" from Ferry's project "System F", mixed into "No One On Earth (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)" by Above & Beyond.
Note: CD 1 starts with a very special (never released) version by Moonman's "Galaxia". I believe this version was used during Ferry's wedding in May 2002.
A must have for every Ferry Corsten fan! :)
Dido - Sand In My Shoes - 21-Jan-08 10:10 AM
A must have for all Above & Beyond fans! This stunning remix makes the beautiful 'White Sand' suitable for the dance floors in clubs and at big dance festivals. I'm glad they decided to use the full vocal and not just a small part as happens too often when people remix a pop track. Also the Belgian Filterheadz brohters did a great job with their, though it was not as succesful as the Above & Beyond remix.
Hole In One - Amhran In 7th Phase - 07-Apr-07 05:09 AM
Dutchman Marcel Hol is the producer who’s behind projects such as ‘Greyhouse’, ‘Techno Matic’, ‘Organza’ and many others. But his most famous project is the ‘Hole In One’ project. The first release under this alias was in 1992 on the ‘First Hole’ EP. on the Dutch based ‘See Saw’ label. In 1997 Marcel had his biggest hit, which was the ‘Hole In One’ track ‘Life’s Too Short’. This track even became a hit in the UK charts and it got remixed by people such as ‘Atlantic Ocean’ and ‘Stretch & Vern’ for example.
In 1996 Marcel finished a track, which is really hard to describe in a certain genre. So maybe it is best described as a house / minimal / techno / progressive / trance track. Marcel decided to call this production ‘Amrad In The 7Th Phase’. This one was released later on the ‘Nutrition’ label, which is a sub-label from the Dutch ‘Essential Dance Music’ company. Besides the original version and the track ‘Notch’, you can find a remix on the B-side, which was done by Ferry Corsten under his ‘Ferr’ alias. The full name of this remix is called ‘Ferr's Subliminal Recut’. Marcel and Ferry were friends for many years and in the past the worked together in the studio and they have remixed each others track as well.
At the end of 1999 John Digweed decided to put this remix by Ferry on his ‘Global Underground 014: Hong Kong’ album, so the track got rediscovered again by many people. So ‘Nutrition’ decided to re-release it again in 2000. The title of the track was slightly changed, so this time it got ‘Amhran In 7Th Phase’ as title. On this new release you can find a new remix, which was done by Dutch producers / remixers Henri Lookers, Ronald Fiolet and DJ Bobellow (Gert-Jan Bel) under their ‘The Shrink’ alias.
Ferry Corsten - Fire - 17-Dec-06 08:28 AM
In 1990 The band Duran Duran released their album ‘Liberty’. One of the singles which was taken from this album was the synth pop track ‘Serious’. The single release of this track was also in the year 1990. The vocals on ‘Serious’ are performed by Duran Duran’s lead singer Simon Le Bon.
Early 2005 Ferry Corsten got the idea to use a small part of ‘Serious’ for a new track. So he took the first few lines of ‘Serious’ and he made his own, new version of it. When a demo version was finished, it was send to the management of Duran Duran in the US. Ferry was already in contact with them because he remixed the Duran Duran track ‘Reach Up (For The Sunrise)’ a few months before. When the band heard Ferry’s version, they really liked it a lot and they agreed that it had to be released as a single. So Ferry got the original outtakes including the full vocal parts of Simon’s voice. With the vocals, he could finish the final track in his studio. When the track was finished, Ferry gave it ‘Fire’ as title. Besides the original version and the radio edit, Ferry also made a ‘Flashover Remix’ of ‘Fire.
In April 2005 Duran Duran was in The Netherlands for some concerts in the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam. On the 13th of April Ferry had a short meeting with Simon Le Bon, just before their concert. During this conversation Simon told Ferry some things about the track ‘Serious’ and also how much he liked Ferry’s new ‘Fire’ version.
There are several versions of ‘Fire’ available. Besides the original and Ferry’s own ‘Flashover Remix’, the track was remixed by Ron van den Beuken, Bush II Bush and Robbie Rivera. I personally prefer the original version myself though.
