Woody van Eyden has got no music in
his blood. In his case, there must be blood flooding through
his music somewhere. From his birth on, July 1963 in Weert
(NL), he is fascinated by music and being surrounded by a
very musical family adds to that. At the age of 15, he is
already DJ-ing at discotheque Joy in the Dutch city Roermond.
As one of the youngest DJs in the country he wins various
DJ-contests, becomes regional champion in 1981 and South Dutch
DJ champion in 1982. Nevertheless he successfully finishes
his study for retail trade buyer with two years of Marketing
training. But its obvious, Woody prefers a musical career
and turns his hobby into his profession.
In Summer 1984 Woody travels to Ibiza and turns discotheque
Angels into a public magnet with his fully energizing DJ-style.
After this successful international debut, he spends four
months in Belgium and three months in the UK. He spins the
decks at well known clubs and further developes his technical
skills. Next Summer, Woody returns to the Balearic island
as the resident DJ of club Extasis.
Woody van Eyden decides to settle in Germany and is celebrated
in several German clubs with his mixture of bursting trance,
Balearic beat and elegant, funky house grooves. His name on
the flyer is a guarantee, first to fill the house and later
that night to bring the house down! Woody becomes resident
in several clubs, makes DJ tours all over Europe, and begins
to organize Acid and Techno parties with DJs from the UK being
flown in to Germany. In this way, Woody van Eyden establishes
himself as party planner. At the same time he benefits from
his Marketing training and becomes responsible for booking
and management of various DJs.
In the mean time, Woody fulfills another dream by completing
a production under his own name. In 1987 his debut track,
Party All Night by Deejay Woody, sees the light. A rap song
with the music and the lyrics written by himself.
Not getting away (nor wanting to get away!) from the Balearic
Islands, Woody combines his spinning and managing talents
in 1994 on Mallorca. He gets a residency at the legendary
Riu Palace, and is also responsible for all Riu-parties in
the next four years. Under his supervision, 68 DJs and 12
live acts are brought to the Riu Palace, and many of these
parties are broadcast by Dutch and German television. Unnecessary
to say (but this is a bio, so we do) that Woody also turns
the tables himself at all these events.
In 1993 Woody van Eyden becomes acquainted with Andr Tanneberger
(later known as ATB), and an extremely successful co-operation
follows. First of all, Woody becomes a member of Sequential
One, a rave sextet that hits the dance and sales charts several
times. So from that moment on, he also inspires his fans on
CDs. Andr and Woody develop a warm friendship and together
with Uli Spacekid Poeppelbaum they found their own label in
1996 Clubbgroove Records (Bochum, Germany). The three work
together (for and with each other) as producers and remixers.
And so Woody is, with other co-producers, responsible for
the megasuccess of ATBs tophit Killer. Additionally Woody
signs – among others various topacts for Clubbgroove,
such as Rank 1, Bad Habit Boys, Alex Morph and others. For
thirteen years Woodys Music and Artist agency has been occupied
with all management tasks and bookings for ATB.
DJ demands for Woody van Eyden increase, resulting in bookings
from Malta to Miami, from Scheveningen to Sydney and from
Russia to Abu Dabi. His quality to bring euphoria to a packed
floor of party people is nowadays recognized and respected
all over the world.
The list of productions for which the active Dutchman is
responsible, is as convincing as it is long. Therefor the
list is added separately to this bio. One release deserves
highlighting: the charity project United Deejays in favor
of the hurricane victims of tornado Mitch (1998). For this
project, Woody was responsible for producing the main version
together with Andr Tanneberger. In addition, his name is also
demanded as a remixer. Just to quote only a few examples from
his extensive remix-list, Woody improves ATBs Don’t
Stop and also puts his hands at songs of the Outhere Brothers,
Andy Moor, Bad Habit Boys and Solarstone.
In July 2003 Woody celebrates his 25 year anniversary as
a DJ. 1300 friends, VIPs and guests (all dressed in 70s look)
throw him a huge party at club Mudia Art in Essen (Germany).
Especially for this occasion, his debut production Party All
Night is remixed by friends and performed live.
In the same year Clubbgroove activities come to an end, but
a new label is born: Fenology Records. This purely trance
oriented label becomes a highly successful platform for Alex
M.O.R.P.H.s releases and Woodys own productions. His Unfinished
Symphony reaches the number 1 position of the German, the
Dutch and other dance and sales charts. Other recent top tunes
are SI-N+R-JE and The One. In his studio he produces for artist
like Scirocco, ATB (various album tracks and remixes over
the years), SQ1 and Talla2XLC (singles Manifesto, Carry Me,
and remixes for Alex M.O.R.P.H.s Consequense and for the uplifting
trancer and chart breaker New Harvest).
one further remarkable item, is the founding of the School
for Engineering and Audio Producing (SEAP) in 2004, growing
to an international well renowned institute. Ehm.. did we
say last item? No way. We do not want to skip the fact that
Woodys Music&Artist Agency also creates award winning
websites like www.atb-music.com and www.alexmorph.com, other
artist and label websites (CJstone, Fenology, Phattucini)
and developes software (i.e. an on-line bookings manager and
an e-news programme).
In Sept 2005, his co-operation with ATB stops. Even this
good, long and very successful period must come to an end,
Woody says. And the reason is clear: Woody wants to focuss
entirely on his Back 2 Back career with Alex M.O.R.P.H. DJing,
remixing and producing together. And entirely means entirely,
so Woody also quits the SEAP institute. His continues his
artist booking, management and multi media activities. And
the tag-team-combination Woody&Alex grows to a hell of
an act! Resulting in bookings, releases, but above all: pounding
dancefloors all over the world.
Woody van Eyden. A busy man, who hardly has time for his
hobbies, but who lives for his passion: music. And whos success
has a simple reason. Like he says himself: I live my dream
and not dream my life.
