Thursday 16 September 2021

Paul Van Dyk

Matthias Paul better known as Paul Van Dyk is a German born (Dec 16) Trance DJ and producer. He is best known for trance track, "For an angel", which spent 2 weeks at #1 on the UK Dance chart in September 1998. The follow up, "Another way" also reached #1 on the UK Dance chart in November 1999.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Sep 1998    8	For An Angel
Nov 1999   13	Another Way / Avenue

What happened next?
Paul Van Dyk has won a string of awards, from 1998 until 2011. He was nominated for/won over 65 titles for his work as a DJ and music producer, such as those from "DJ", "Ministry" (of Sound), "Mixmag", and "Muzik". Readers of Muzik voted his resident 6-hour sets at the Sheffield club "Gatecrasher" as the "second best club night ever". That same year at the Music Awards in London, he received the "Best International DJ Award". He moved up in DJ’s annual list of the "Top 100 DJ's Worldwide", where he was voted as number 1 DJ of the world in 2005. His singles "Tell Me Why (The Riddle)" and "We Are Alive" reached number 1 on the dance charts in several countries. His most recent release was "First contact", a collaboration with Kinetica.

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