Darude

Darude (Virtanen City) (June 17th 1975) is a producer of dance and electronic music - techno and DJ of Eura in Finland. Beginning in 1999 with individual the Sandstorm and the album Before the Storm , Darude is known throughout the world for its progressive and uplifté style.

Biography

Before Darude pro

Virtanen began its career as musician amateur during his years college, creating music with software of tracker. As its interest in the production of music grows quickly, it was directed towards professional effects. At the time of one evening coed, Virtanen played several times the song Rude Servant boy of the Swedish artist Leila K. From where its nickname " Hard Boy" , which quickly became " Da Rude" , which inspired its name of scene " Darude".

Virtanen continued the production of electronic music during its technical higher learning, carrying out time with other of the demonstrations for the radio stations as from 1997, and offering its music to be downloaded on MP3.com. In 1999, it gave a demonstration of Sandstorm which revealed it. Virtanen then signed with the label JS16' S 16 Inch Records and very quickly after Sandstorm was on sale in the individual vats.

Beginning and continuation among the pro

Sandstorm was a hit in Finland, became platinum disc and kept the first place of the " " Finish Dance Chart" " during 17 weeks consecutive! After being become the third individual one in the United Kingdom (becoming thus the first Finnish artist to carry out this exploit), Sandstorm was sold with the neighborhoods of 2 million specimens in the world, and was the disc vinyl more sold in 2000.

Quickly afterwards, Darude published its album Before the Storm , sold with 800.000 copies in the world, went up to the Finnish boxoffice, and gained three Grammy Finnish awards. Before the Storm was produced by JS16.

The second individual one of Darude, Happy Feel the , followed the success of its groin in the charts, arriving fifth at the box office of the United Kingdom (the " The U.K. Individual chart"). The following pieces, Out off Control and Out off Control (Back for More) (a remix, with the voices of Tammie Marie), did not reach the success of its first two individual.

Parallel to its rounds, Darude works in studio on a third album since spring 2006.

The first diffusions of the new title Such me , first piece of its 3rd album began in Finland at the beginning of March. Mid-April, the individual fate in Finland and arrives directly 1st of the sales like good number of its elder.

Discography

Albums

2000: " Before the Storm"
2002: " Before the Special Storm Edition"
2003: " Rush"

Individual

1999: " Sandstorm "
2000: " Happy Feel the "
2000: " Out off Control"
2001: " Out off Control (Back for More) "
2003: " Music"
2003: " Next to You"
2007: " Such Me"

Remixes

2000: Rising Star - " Touch Me (Darude Remix) "
2000: Rising Star - " Touch Me (Darude' S Sandstorm Mix) "
2000: Blank and Jones - " Beyond Time (Darude vs. JS16 Remix) "
2000: DJ Alligator - " Blow My Sandstorm Whistle (Darude vs. DJ Alligator Mix) "
2000: Boom! - " Servant boy Versus Girls (Darude vs. JS16 Remix) "
2000: Barcode Brothers - " Dooh Dooh (Darude vs. JS16 Remix) "
2000: JDS - " Nine Ways (Darude vs. JS16 Remix) "
2000: Waldo' S People - " No-Man' S-Land (Darude vs. JS16 Remix) "
2000: Waldo' S People - " 1000 Ways (Darude vs. JS16 Remix) "
2000: ATB - " The Fields off Coils (Darude Remix) "
2000: Bleachin' - " Peakin' (Darude vs. JS16 Shorts Version) "
2000: Bleachin' - " Peakin' (Darude Long vs. JS16 Version) "
2001: Safri Duet - " Played A-Live (The Bongo Song) (Darude vs. JS16 Remix) "
2001: The Thrillseekers - " Synesthesia (Darude vs. JS16 Remix) "
2002: DJ Alligator Project - " Lollipop (Darude vs. JS16 Remix) "

External bonds

Darude' S official site
16 Inch Records
Blue Chip Records
Official JS16 site
Supplements Darude discography one Discogs
The DJ List: Darude

Zh-yue: Darude

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