b. Andreas Tanneberger, Freiberg, Germany. Recording under the abbreviation ATB, Tanneberger, who had worked as a remixer for acts such as the Outhere Brothers and Haddaway, came to fame in July 1999 when his melodic trance single "9pm (Till I Come)"…

Dutch DJ remixer and producer Carlo Resoort aka 4 Strings achieved his first British hit in 1999 with Turn It Around by Alena Formerly known as Taska Topcat Square and Carlos he chose the moniker of 4 Strings before releasing Day Time a clubdance son…

Highly regarded by both DJ Magazine and ultra-loyal fans DJ Tisto due in part to his legendary six-hour energetic live sets has been elevated to mythical status as one of the worlds foremost trance DJs A native of Breda Netherlands born Tijs Verwest …

Bizarrely, Ian Van Dahl is not the name of a person but the name of a project that involves two Belgian producers, Christophe Chantzis and Erik Vanspauwen and a female vocalist Annemie Coenen, who fronts the act and co-writes the songs. The Ian Van D…

Enigma started out as, indeed, a riddle wrapped in a mystery. Their first album, 1990's MCMXC A.D., had little by way of credits, causing many to wonder just who were these Gregorian-chanting chill-mongers were. Enigma turned out to be songwriter/pro…

Rhys Fulber is best known for his work with Delerium and Front Line Assembly while also highly regarded for his production for the likes of Sarah Brightman Josh Groban POD and Mudvayne After spending nearly two decades as a part of electronicas pione…

Based in Copenhagen Denmark DJ Encore is a Danish producer engineer songwriter and mix master who is known for his partnership with vocalist Engelina who is also Danish Encore who was born Andreas Hemmeth in Copenhagen in 1979 specializes in a high-t…

Belgian electronica threesome Lasgo emerged in 2001 making their debut with Something a clubdance single simultaneously released in Belgium and Spain Assembled by MC Peter Luts DJ David Vervoort aka Dave McCullen and singer Evi Goffin their self-prod…

Diminutive, bald-headed Richard Melville Hall, better known as Moby, achieved greater mainstream success than any other electronica artist by virtue of his willingness to adapt electronic dance music to a well formed pop sensibility. From the '90s on…

The honey-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan has ascended from modest success in the U.S. and her native Nova Scotia to international stardom. Her music is accessible enough for the masses, yet serious enough to strike a strong chord w…

b. Brian Transeau, Maryland, USA. Arguably the most accomplished and recognizable of the largely anonymous trance set, Transeau made a huge mid-90s impact with releases such as "Loving You More" and "Embracing The Sunshine" for Perfecto Records. As w…

Blank Jones deliberately simple dance music dominated the top of Germanys dance charts during the countrys late-90s trance explosion After a chance meeting at the PopKomm music conference one-time record clerk Piet Blank and Ratinger Hofs resident D…

A progressive trance DJ and producer whose cinematic sound is influenced by synth pioneers like Klaus Schulze and Jean-Michel Jarre Armin van Buuren enjoys worldwide recognition and a frantic schedule that takes him all over the globe Born on Decembe…

DJ, promoter, and recording artist, Paul Oakenfold is one of the most popular and successful DJ's in the history of dance music. As one of the chief purveyors of the late 1980s UK rave culture sound--a mix of techno, trance, and house--Oakenfold was …

b. Roberto Concina, 3 November 1969, Fluerier, Switzerland. Miles, aka Roberto Milani, was born to Italian parents and later moved to Italy. As a child he learned the piano and began DJing when he was 13. Four years later he took his first job at a l…

Spanish disc jockey and producer DJ Sammy became involved in entertainment while working for a local technohouse radio station After graduating with a degree as a sound technician DJ Sammy recorded Life Is Just a Game in 1996 His track Prince of Love…

The Bristol collective known as Massive Attack arose out of the acid house scene of late-1980s England to become one of the 1990s' greatest innovators. The group has literally changed the face of music every time out. They invented "trip-hop" on thei…