Paul Van Dyk was born in Eisenhuettenstadt in East Germany in 1971. He grew up in communist East Berlin, but had a keen interest in music from an early age and used to listen to house music on radio stations broadcasting from the other side of the Berlin Wall.
When the Wall finally came down in 1989, an underground club culture quickly evolved in Berlin and Paul started DJing around the city in clubs like Tresor.
He began producing his own records in 1992 – his first release was a collacoration with Cosmic Baby under the Visions Of Shiva monica (available on Transformed From Beyond).
Paul first achieved mass acclaim with his remix of Humate’s “Love Stimulation” which was a big club smash in 1993. Paul went on to remix many renowned artists such New Order, Sven Vath and Tori Amos (on BT’s “Blue Skies”).
The release of Pauls second album “Seven Ways” really brought his music to the masses. It was very well received by music critics across Europe and sold by the bucketful, assisted it’s big singles “Beautiful Place”, “Forbidden Fruit” and “Words”.
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