Sander Van Doorn

BIOGRAPHY AND RECORDS

Progressive House- Tech House - EDM

"I don't just want people to listen to my music... I want them to experience it".
Sander van Doorn

As a generation-defining artist that reshapes our perception of what dance music can be, Sander van Doorn is without a doubt one of the world's most essential, influential and popular DJ and Producers in dance music today. Dutch progressive trance artist Sander van Doorn was one of the most prominent DJs and electronic music producers to arise during the first half of the 2000s.

BIOGRAPHY

SOME FACTS

Sander Ketelaars better known by his stage name Sander van Doorn Sander van Doorn was born on 28 February, 1979, is a Dutch electro house DJ and record producer from Eindhoven.

When Sander van Doorn was a small boy, maybe five or six years old, his father used to tell him stories. But there was something different about these stories because they had a soundtrack.

"Looking back, I think I was already beginning to listen to music far more intensely than the average kid. Music really meant something to me. And that feeling has never really left me!"
Sander van Doorn

"My dad was a big Jean-Michel Jarre fan," remembers van Doorn. "He used to love the Equinoxe album and, every week, he would put it on the record player and tell me stories that fitted with the music. When the music was high, the story was exciting; when it was low, the story was sad. He would even break the story into two halves so he could turn the record over".

"Not only did I enjoy the stories, I was also fascinated by the music. The strange sound of the synthesiser... songs that were very different to what I heard on the radio. There was so much emotion in the music. It allowed my imagination to roam free. I could see and hear all the things that my dad talked about in the stories".

"It was fantastic. Number one, you have all the synthesisers and drum machines. When you're a kid, this is the sound that lights up a spark in your imagination. It is the sound of spaceships and flying across the sky. Then, my dad would add some words and, wow, I have a film playing inside my head. From that moment, I began to understand the power of music. The hypnotic beat and the beautiful melodies working together to make you laugh and cry".

"As I got older, I realised that I was listening to music in a different way. Different to my friends".

Sander van Doorn began his recording career in 2004, releasing numerous tech-trance hits on Oxygen Recordings. He became a regular DJ at Ibiza's Judgement Sunday and the Gallery in London, and was featured on BBC Radio One's Essential Mix in 2006. He gained recognition as a popular remixer, shifting from remixing for trance producers to pop/rock artists such as the Arctic Monkeys, whose hit "When the Sun Goes Down" was remixed by van Doorn in 2007.

Although he is known more for DJ'ing -- since 2006, he's been a regular presence on DJMag's Top 100 DJ surveys -- he has also released studio recordings, including Supernaturalistic (2008) and Eleve11 (2011). He has issued dozens of 12" releases on labels like Oxygen and his own Doorn, as well as numerous DJ mix CDs for labels like Ministry of Sound and Central Station. Among his most notable remixes are Armin van Buuren's "Control Freak," Tiësto's "Dance4Life," Yello's "Oh Yeah," Sia's "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine," and Lady Gaga's "Marry the Night."

He established his label Doorn Records in 2007, and released his debut artist full-length Supernaturalistic on Spinnin' Records in 2008. That same year, he won the award for "Best Breakthrough DJ" at the International Dance Music Awards held at the Winter Music Conference in Miami.

2008: Debut studio album

On 3 March 2008, van Doorn released his first studio album via Spinnin' Records, a Dutch electronic dance music record label. The album was titled "Supernaturalistic" consisting of 13 tracks.

2010: Headlining music festivals

In the summer of 2010, van Doorn had residency at the world-famous Amnesia nightclub in Ibiza, Spain. van Doorn headlined a lot of music festivals with Bal en Blanc 16 in Montreal, Beyond Wonderland in San Bernardino, Electric Zoo in New York City and Transmission in Prague. A month-long tour of North America, which started in April was a great success with the finale "Dusk Till Doorn" show at The Guvernment in Toronto. His tracks including "Renegade", "Daisy", "Reach Out", "Hymn 2.0" and "Daddyrock" topped the Beatport charts.

By 2010, he had become a fixture at electronic dance music festivals, and was regularly touring to packed audiences worldwide. His singles regularly topped the charts of online dance music retailer Beatport. His sophomore album, Eleve11, which included the hit single "Love Is Darkness," appeared in 2011.

He collaborated with Detroit-based soul singer Mayaeni for the 2012 single "Nothing Inside." In 2013, he started a monthly program called Identity on internet dance music radio station Digitally Imported.

His 2013 single, "Joyenergizer," was a hit, and he collaborated with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and created Project T.

Underworld, and others. In 2014, he collaborated with Martin Garrix and DVBBS for the single "Gold Skies," which was also a hit across Europe.

2015 saw the release of several more singles and collaborations, including "Phoenix" with R3hab and "Rage" with Firebeatz and Julian Jordan.

RETURN TO TRANCE

Purple Haze

The wait is over. Sander van Doorn launched his exciting new alias Purple Haze, under his Purple Haze alter ego, Spectrvm on 9 October 2017 dedicated to a "sharper, darker, rougher" sound that what he's currently known for. Rather than taking shine away from his usual SvD sounds, the new project is creating a positive, synergized feedback loop in his studio.

"Too often I've seen artists lose their focus when they try to combine too many different sounds" he says, "but at the moment I get so much creative energy from working on this project that it's actually adding to the creative flow for Sander van Doorn.

"The project will be unveiled at Ultra Music Festival, with a huge sense of anticipation building around this landmark set. These Purple Haze appearances will include a full visual accompaniment built for dark rooms and will see Sander play an extended set, going deeper into his sound and showing the Mr. Hyde to his usual Dr. Jekyll".

Armin van Buuren and Sander van Doorn 'Jonson's Play'

After years of unwavering support of one another, Armin van Buuren and Sander van Doorn have finally unveiled their first-ever collaboration titled "Jonson's Play." The two longtime friends collide for a progressive trance crossover for the ages, as van Buuren closely follows up on his "A State of Trance 2021″ mix from last month, and continues onto his relentless streak of singles this year that already includes "Battlefield," "Tell Me Why," "Let Go," "Divino," "Magico," and "Leave A Little Love."

Premiered and dubbed "tune of the week" during episode 1020 of A State Of Trance, "Jonson's Play," culminates after van Doorn first remixed his Dutch counterpart's track "Control Freak" in 2006 as well as his Above & Beyond collaboration "Show Me Love" in 2019. The milestone single exerts the two venerated producers' top-notch production capabilities, as "Jonson's Play" features propulsive basslines, dominating melodies, and an intense flair between techno and uplifiting trance mastery.

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