Without doubt the hottest new trance
DJ / producer to emerge from Holland this past year is Richard
Durand. Recommended by the mighty Tiësto as his 'Tip
For The Top in 2007' in DJ Magazine a year ago, Richard has
responded with a string of stunning productions and remixes
in recent months, including official reworks of Tiësto's
'Lethal Industry', 'Flight 643' and 'Break My Fall', Armin
van Buuren's 'In And Out Of Love' plus a DJ diary that has
exploded due to demand from high profile shows and festival
appearances, culminating in Richard Durand rising to #66 in
the DJ Magazine Top 100 poll in 2008.
The Richard Durand sound is trance, techno and tough electro
in a unique package that's both dynamic and devastating. Having
made his mark as a solo producer with the big tech trance
bombs 'Make Me Scream' and 'Slipping Away' on the Terminal
4 label, the 2007 follow-ups 'Sweap And Repeat' and 'Submerge'
and remixes of Tiesto vs BT 'Break My Fall' and Fragma 'Toca's
Miracle' found playlist support from the biggest DJ names
on the planet including as Paul van Dyk, Tiësto, Armin
van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Judge Jules and Eddie Halliwell
to name but a few.
However, what really sets Richard Durand apart from other
leading producers are his exclusive and massively in demand
reworks of big dance tunes from right across the dance spectrum.
Once given a Richard rework, tracks such as Prodigy 'Smack
My Bitch Up', Audio Bully's 'The Things', Snow Patrol 'Chasing
Cars' and Binary Finary '1998' are brought bang up to date
in a storming tech trance fusion. It’s a winning formula
that’s been setting dancefloors on fire and making Richard
Durand a buzz name.
Not content with being one of the most in demand producers
on the planet, Richard Durand is also one of the most technically
accomplished DJs in dance music today. Utilising 4 x CD decks
and effects units, his DJ sets are a whirlwind journey of
cutting edge tunes, big samples, slick mixing and technical
wizardry behind the decks. Add to the equation his undoubted
ability to work a crowd into a frenzy and a clear passion
about his music and the people in front of him on the dancefloor
and you have all the right ingredients for a truly devastating
DJ package and a legend in the making.
The proof of Richard Durand’s show-stopping sets and
crowd pulling DJ status is confirmed by his DJ diary exploding.
He’s performed at Dance Valley, Planet Love, Coloursfest,
Revolution, RMI Trance Xplosion, Summer Of Love, Tunnel Electrocity
and Dance Planet festivals around Europe, plus leading UK
club brands such as Godskitchen, Gallery, Gatecrasher, Inside
Out, Lush, Syndicate and Passion. Elsewhere around the globe
he's rocked dancefloors from Melbourne to Mongolia and China
to Canada this past year with the reactions from each new
territory seemingly louder and more lively than the last!
Richard Durand’s rapidly rising status is confirmed
by his recent charting up 25 places to #66 in the 2008 DJ
Magazine Top 100, a coveted Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1,
the new single 'Weep' (feat. Skunk Anansie), remixes for Armin
van Buuren 'In And Out Of Love' and Art Of Trance 'Madagascar',
plus a standout summer residency at Judgement Sundays in Ibiza.
