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Background information | |
Birth name | Orhan Terzi |
Born | Trabzon, Turkey | June 28, 1964
Origin | Hattingen, Germany |
Genres | Techno, house, Eurodance, trance |
Occupation(s) | DJ, music producer |
Years active | 1996-present |
Labels | Avex Trax, Positiva Records, Telstar Records, Edel AG |
Website | dj-quicksilver |
Orhan Terzi (born 28 June 1964), better known by his stage name DJ Quicksilver, is a German-Turkish DJ and music producer. [1] His stage name derives from his days taking part in DJ contests, where a mercury column would gauge audience reaction. [2]
Terzi was born on 28 June 1964 in Trabzon, Turkey. His family moved to Hattingen, Germany in the late 1960s. [2]
He began working with Tommaso de Donatis on DJ Quicksilver material, and released tracks for a variety of record labels, including Avex Trax, Positiva Records, Telstar, Edel AG, Alphabet City, and Sub Terranean. [3]
In November 1996 he released "Bellissima" - a hit double A-sided single. The song became a big hit on the UK dance charts in 1997 and then crossed over into pop, reaching #4 on the UK Singles Chart and selling enough copies to become a gold record, selling well throughout Europe. [4] It remains his biggest single so far. Other releases include "Boombastic", which sampled the Shaggy track. [3]
In 1999 he released the track "Heart of Asia" (among others) under the alias "Watergate". In 2002, he received an ECHO nomination for "Best National Dance Act" for the single "Ameno". [1]
Terzi has also worked as a remixer, on tracks by Ian van Dahl, Faithless, and The Verve ("Bittersweet Symphony"). [3]
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album | ||||||||||
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AUS [5] | AUT [6] | ESP [7] | GER [8] | IRE [9] | NED [10] | NOR [11] | SUI [12] | SWE [13] | UK [14] | |||||
1995 | "Bingo Bongo" | — | 14 | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Quicksilver | ||
1996 | "Boing!" | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Single only | ||
"I Have a Dream"/"Bellissima" | 47 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 70 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 4 | Quicksilver | |||
1997 | "Free" | — | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | — | 9 | 11 | 13 | 7 | |||
"Planet Love" | — | 36 | — | 23 | 11 | 32 | 9 | 35 | 46 | 12 | Escape 2 Planet Love | |||
1998 | "Escape to Paradise" / "Timerider" | 86 | — | — | 31 | — | 88 | 14 | — | — | — | |||
1999 | "Cosmophobia" | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | Single only | ||
2001 | "Bombastic" | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Clubfiles - The Album | ||
"Ameno" | — | 13 | 12 | 18 | — | 26 | 26 | 20 | — | — | ||||
2002 | "New Life" | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2003 | "Rising Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Always on My Mind" (featuring Base Unique) | — | 38 | — | 44 | — | 66 | — | 95 | — | — | Singles only | |||
"Clubfiles One" | — | 33 | — | 34 | — | — | — | 99 | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart |
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