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__**Paul Van Dyk**__



Paul Van Dyk (Mattius Paul) was born December 16th, 1971 in Eisenhuettenstadt, East Germany. In 2006 was voted the number 1 DJ from a list of 100 DJs from around the world by DJmag for the second consecutive year in a row. Beating out other trance DJ's Armin Van Buuren who was second and Tiesto who was third, and has been consistently voted in the top 5 since 1999. He was also voted “America’s Favorite DJ” for 2004 by BPM Magazine and was the big winner at the 2004 Dancestar Awards, taking home 3 awards: Best International DJ, Best Event and Best Music in a Commercial (Motorola). He also won the Mexican Oscar for his soundtrack in the film Zurdo in March 2004.



__Discography__

 * Albums**
 * 1994 - //45 RPM// (Remixes Per Minute)
 * 1994 - //Pumpin//
 * 1994 - //The Green Valley EP//
 * 1995 - //Emergency (The Remixes)//
 * 1996 - //Seven Ways//
 * 2000 - //Out There And Back//
 * 2001 - //Columbia EP//
 * 2001 - //The Politics of Dancing//
 * 2002 - //Zurdo: Musica Original de la Pelicula// (Soundtrack)
 * 2003 - //Global//
 * 2003 - //Reflections//
 * 2005 - //The Politics of Dancing 2//

Singles

 * 1994 - "For An Angel"
 * 1996 - "Beautiful Place"
 * 1997 - "Forbidden Fruit"
 * 1997 - "Words"
 * 1998 - "For An Angel" (PvD's 1998 E-Werk Remix) //#28 UK//
 * 1999 - "Another Way/Avenue" //#13 UK//
 * 1999 - "Namistai" (with BT)
 * 1999 - "Tell Me Why (The Riddle)" (featuring Saint Etienne) //#7 UK//
 * 2000 - "We Are Alive" (featuring Jennifer Brown) //#15 UK//
 * 2002 - "Animacion"
 * 2003 - "Nothing But You" (featuring Hemstock & Jennings)//#14 UK//
 * 2003 - "Time Of Our Lives (featuring Vega 4)/Connected" //#28 UK//
 * 2003 - "Buenaventura"
 * 2004 - "Crush" (featuring Second Sun)
 * 2004 - "Wir Sind Wir" (with Peter Heppner)
 * 2005 - "The Other Side" (featuring Wayne Jackson)

Co Production

 * "The Visions Of Shiva" (with Cosmic Baby)
 * 1992 - //Perfect Day//
 * 1993 - //How Much Can You Take?//

Video

 * 2003 - //Global// (DVD)

DJ Compilations

 * 1993 - //X-MIX-1 (The MFS Trip//)
 * 1997 - //Perspective - A Collection Of Remixes 1992-1997//
 * 1998 - //Vorsprung Dyk Technik//
 * 2001 - //The Politics of Dancing//
 * 2005 - //The Politics of Dancing 2//

Reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Dyk http://www.thedjlist.com/djs/PAUL_VAN_DYK/ [|www.paulvandyk.de/]