He is truly one of the strongholds in dance music. A generation defining artist, that reshapes our
perception of what dance music can be and he does it all with that electrifying Sander van Doorn-smile.
With two full length albums, numerous hit-singles, remixes of the worlds biggest artists, sold out gigs in all major venues and festivals worldwide, his own successful record label ‘Doorn Records’ and a weekly radio show, it’s almost impossible not to have come across the name Sander van Doorn at least once in your life.
SvD-style
Every successful artist’s story reads as a fairytale and Sander’s begins back in 2004, with the release of ‘Loaded’. The production skills he showed in his first releases ignited an earthquake in the international EDM community and catapulted him in the top-10 of biggest DJ’s worldwide. Hailed and hyped by all the big names, his typical ‘SvD-style’ productions topped the club charts worldwide and resulted in his first full length album ‘Supernaturalistic’ (2008). More big names started knocking on his door, which led to the massive collaboration with Robbie Williams (Close my Eyes) and the renowned remix of Sia’s ‘Girl on Cocaine’.
He also scored international radio hits like; ‘Love is Darkness’ and ‘Koko’ which was premiered by
Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1. 'Koko' reached the #1 position on Beatport, The Cool Cuts Chart and the DMC UK Buzz Chart. Sander continued to work hard and the fruits of his labour resulted in his second album ‘Eleve11’ (2011). This gained him even more stardom and allowed him to perfect his already infamous
live performances.
Spitting
While most artists take a short break after releasing an album, Sander kept spitting out A-class releases like ‘Chasin’, ‘Nothing Inside’, ‘What Did I Do’ with Block Party singer Kele, ‘Drink To Get Drunk’, ‘Who’s Wearing The Cap’ with Laidback Luke and ‘Kangaroo’ with youngster Julian Jordan.
In January 2013, Sander released ‘Joyenergizer’, a monster hit with a perfect balance between techy tribal intro beats, an incredible progressive melodic break and deep electro house sounds. ‘Joyenergizer’ truly offers the best of three worlds andreached the top of all Dance Charts globally;#2 in Beatport’s main chart and a #1 position in the DMC UK Buzz Chart.
In March 2013, Sander unleashed the track ‘TEN’ together with Mark Knight and Underworld, which stormed directly into the top ten in Beatport’s main chart. The beautiful artwork was done by MM (Maxim from The Prodigy). Right after playing the highly desired mainstage of Ultra Music Festival Miami in 2013, Sander’s released ‘Into The Light’, a collaboration together with DubVision and Mako, and it soured the charts making it to the #3 spot on Beatport’s mainchart. Sander's latest release is a vocalized version of ‘Neon’, his summer hit of 2013, entitled ‘Right here, Right now’, which is climbing airplay charts worldwide as we speak. With Sander playing all the big festivals around the globe, producing new tracks & with special collaborations coming up, 2014 looks like it’s going to be another really big year.