Matthias Paul, known professionally as Paul van Dyk is a German DJ, record producer and musician. Van Dyk was the first artist to receive a Grammy Award nomination in the newly added category of Best Dance/Electronic album for his 2003 release Reflections. He was the first DJ to be named number one by Mixmag in 2005. By 2008, he had sold over 3 million albums worldwide.
Rank 1 is a Dutch trance group founded by Piet Bervoets and Benno de Goeij in 1999. Although Piet & Benno had worked together since 1997, Rank 1 was the first project which saw them achieve commercial success beyond the Trance scene. Widely regarded as one of the originators of the Dutch Anthem Trance sound, the group have produced a number of dancefloor hits since their conception.
Binary Finary are a British trance act, originally comprising Matt Laws, Ricky Grant and Stuart Matheson. They are best known for the dance hit single "1998", especially for the Paul van Dyk and Gouryella remixes, which charted in many countries. The song was remixed numerous times under the title of the year the remix was produced, many of which were popular. In the UK, "1998" reached a peak position of No. 24 on the UK Singles Chart whereas "1999" reached No. 11.
Markus Schulz is a German DJ and record producer based in Miami, Florida. Best known for his weekly radio show titled Global DJ Broadcast that airs on Digitally Imported radio, ah.fm and other online stations, Schulz is also the founder of the label Coldharbour Recordings and Schulz Music Group (SMG), an artist management company that manages rising stars in the industry. In September 2012, Schulz was crowned America's number one DJ by DJ Times.
Signum is the name for two Dutch producers, Pascal Minnaard and Ronald Hagen, who create and remix mainly trance music. Since 2007, Signum has been Hagen's solo project.
Paul van Dyk is a German DJ and record producer.
A State of Trance 2008 is the fifth compilation album in the A State of Trance compilation series mixed and compiled by Dutch DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren. The 2 disc album was released on 29 September 2008 by Armada Music. It peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums in October 2008.
Dash Berlin is a Dutch electronic music group started in 2007 in The Hague by Eelke Kalberg and Sebastiaan Molijn. Dash Berlin were voted the seventh most popular DJs in the world according to DJ Mag in 2012; Kalberg and Molijn were record producers. Kalberg and Molijn left the group in 2019 and returned in 2021 after winning a legal dispute against Jeffrey Sutorius over the "Dash Berlin" trademark. Since 2022 Ryan Fieret is the frontman of the group.
Andrej Komatovič, widely known as Andy Blueman, is a Slovenian trance producer. His release Time to Rest was included in Armin van Buuren's trance compilation A State Of Trance 2008, and Everlasting was included in A State Of Trance Yearmix 2009. His work Florescence was also included in A State Of Trance Yearmix 2010. Five of his tracks were voted the track of the week on A State of Trance, and two of his other tracks won Trance Around the World's weekly web vote. Eleven of his tracks were voted among the greatest 1000 tracks in the history of trance music out of over 10,000 nominees in the first-ever (2010) Trance Top 1000 poll organized by Armada Music, even though he had only ever worked on 13 trance songs released by the time of the competition.
Sied van Riel is a Dutch trance music DJ and producer originally from Rotterdam but currently residing in Spijkenisse. He came into the scene in the year of 2006 with the production of his first track, "Fearless" and the following year was signed to the known label Spinnin Records. He also has a one-hour weekly radio show called Rielism that airs on Afterhours.fm every Monday.
Ørjan Nilsen is a Norwegian record producer and DJ ranked inside the Top 250 DJs in his genre by the annual DJ Mag Top 100 poll. His debut studio album In My Opinion was released in 2011, followed by No Saint Out of Me in 2013 and Prism in 2018. His discography features collaborations with Armin van Buuren, Cosmic Gate, Fingerling among others.
Masoud is an Iranian record producer, artist, and DJ living in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran. He is known for leading the electronic dance music artist community in Iran.
Armin van Buuren is a Dutch DJ and record producer.
Tempo Giusto is a Finnish trance music DJ, producer and composer. He is one of the leading names of tech trance and debuted in 2008 with the single "Agent Orange". Since then he has released music with many known electronic dance music labels such as Black Hole Recordings, Armada Music, Ultra Records and Spinnin Records. He also owns the Finland-based Echelon Records with his older brother Ima'gin. Their collaboration on "Gemini" resulted in #1 trance release on Beatport in June 2012. In 2019 Tempo Giusto's collaborative track "Mr. Navigator" with Armin van Buuren resulted in a #1 charting trance single on Beatport. In total Tempo Giusto holds 12 Beatport Top 10 trance singles. In 2019, Tempo Giusto was nominated 'Electronic Music Artist' of the year at the Emma-gaala.
Alexander Mieling better known by his stage name Alex M.O.R.P.H., is a German DJ and trance producer.
EP Delicious is the debut extended play from English rock band Peace. The extended play was first released on 7 September 2012 through Columbia Records in the United Kingdom.
Andrei Rață, better known by his stage name Andrew Rayel, is a Moldovan producer and DJ. Initially releasing his music on Armada Music, Rayel founded the label "inHarmony Music" on 22 September 2017, where his role is label chief and head of A&R.
Mark Frederik Sixma is a Dutch trance and house music producer and DJ. In his career, Sixma has worked on collaborations with Armin van Buuren, Faruk Sabanci and W&W, among others. He is best known for his hit singles "Sinfonia", "X", "Chased", and "Panta Rhei".
Danny de Graaf, who performs under the stage name David Gravell, is a Dutch DJ and trance record producer. He was voted for several IDMAs in 2015.
Mark Sherry, is a Scottish DJ and record producer with productions and remixes on Outburst Records/Techburst Records, Reset (Spinnin), Armada, Mental Asylum, High Contrast, Lange & Detox.
