Paul van Dyk

Paul van Dyk was born in Eisenhüttenstadt and grew up in East Berlin, listening to Western radio before the Wall came down. He began DJing in Berlin clubs in the early 1990s, and 'For an Angel', first released in 1994 and reworked later in the decade, carried his name well beyond Germany.

Across albums such as Out There and Back and Reflections, the latter nominated for a Grammy, he kept to melodic, uplifting trance built on long builds and bright synth leads. He founded the label Vandit to release his own work and that of younger producers, and his Politics of Dancing mix series collects the style he plays in clubs.