Biography
After 30 years, with the release of the first remixes, Paul Dyk, Paul Dyk (Paul Dyk), are still collecting a multitude of audience. Transcean DJ with worldwide name is recognized that he always sought to create not just a dance track, but music that transmit drive and capable of calling goosebumps. The life and career of the German musician almost cut off in 2016: After the accident, Wang Daik was newly learned to walk and talk. Now DJ returns to creativity and concert activities.Childhood and youth
Mattias Paul (real name of the musician) was born on December 16, 1971 in the city of Aisenhüttestadt, in the GDR. The name of the settlement in German means the "city of metallurgical enterprises". Brought up the boy Mom: The Father left the family when the child was 4 years old. Soon the family moved to East Berlin.
Music fascinated by Mattias since childhood. In an interview with edm.com, the artist told that he was the smith fan and wanted to play a guitar as the founder of this indie band Johnny Marr. But when he came to the music school, the proposed repertoire, a very far from the tastes of the young man, beat off the hunt to master the instrument.
The real invens were prohibited in the GDR of the radio station of West Germany, as well as the records that managed to get on the "black market". The fall of the Berlin Wall has opened access to the music clubs of another part of the capital. On Mattias, it made an impression close to Euphoria.
Music
The debut as a DJ took place in 1991 in the TRESOR Berlin Club. Having pseudonym Paul Van Dyk, Mattias began to actively perform at club parties. The popularity of his creativity grew and led to the fact that in 1993 he became a resident of the E-Werk Club.
However, even behind the console before hundreds of people, the musician did not consider the occupation as a profession. Being a DJ, he continued to combine performances in clubs with a carpenter.
"At five in the morning I went out of the club, and already seven I segged to customer orders," the floor shared with journalists.The exhausting regime, in the end, made him make a choice, and Van Dyk left in his life what he loved most.
In 1994, Van Dike came out a debut album. Plate 45RPM was published in Germany, and four years later - in the UK and the United States. The song "For An Angel", and the DJ calling card was far outside of Germany and still included in the rotation of radio stations around the world.
Already in 1995, Van Daik becomes a welcome participant in the festivals of the popularity of electronic music. In the same year, he performed at one such events in Los Angeles before 50 thousand visitor to the concert. Success secured the second album Seven Ways. Musical critics began to call Van Dike "Pioneer of Trans-Music." Part of the tracks on the record were highlighted by representatives of the American musical business.
At the turn of the Millennium, the Musician is a contract with a record company, which released previous albums, and founded his own company Vandit Records. She published his third album Out there and back, the compositions in which are marked more melodic than before, sounding.
The popularity of DJ allowed him to go to the world tour. Visit India inspired him on the fourth reflections album. He came out in 2003. Composition filled with melancholy, including the Single "Nothing But You", assumed the attention of international musical criticism.
The record not only ranked high positions in the national charts of European countries and the United States, but also was nominated for Grammy as a "Best E-Music Album".
The fifth album in Between was also successful. Seven invited musicians participated in its creation: Jessica Satta from Pussycat Dolls, David Byrne from Talking Heads and others. The Single "Let Go" recorded with the participation of ReaMonn (Rea Garvey) from Reamonn, was later published separately, and the video climbed a large number of views. The sixth album Evolution is also marked by a large number of collaborations.
Personal life
With the first spouse Natasha, Paul met at the dawn of a career in 1994. The couple got married in 1997, but soon they divorced. The second marriage of the musician took place only 20 years later. At this time, his chosen was Colombian Margarita Morello. The decision of the floor to make a proposal influenced the serious incident that happened to him in 2016.
Playing Seth at the festival in Utrecht, DJ came on the fabric, which, like the scene cover, was black, and broke. As a result of an unsuccessful fall, Van Dyk was emergingly hospitalized with a double fracture of the spine, a brain concussion and an open skull injury. For several days remained in a coma.
"I was rather dead than alive," confessed the musician later in an interview with Billboard.Speech centers were damaged by the musician - he again studied to speak, walk, eat. The floor remained in the hospital for three months. In general, his treatment and rehabilitation occupied a year and a half, and with some consequences injury to him to work until the end of life.
The musician emphasizes that he would not have passed through what happened alone. He was supported by the bride, mother, colleagues and fans worldwide. In 2017, Paul and Margarita got married, posted photos from the celebration in "Instagram".
Paul Van DYK now
First after leaving the hospital, Van Dike was held in October 2017 in Las Vegas. Doctors duty behind the scenes, and DJ, overcoming back pain, remained on stage.
As the musician stated to journalists, most of all he was afraid that due to damage to the brain, he could not feel anything, hearing music. Fortunately, fears were not justified.
In Las Vegas, Paul was introduced by the seventh album from THEN ON, the release of which had to be postponed due to an accident. The tracks of the tracks have greatly influenced what can be judged by the names: "I am Alive", "While You Were Gone", "Safe Heaven" and so on.
Immelligent care and support for loved ones inspired the musician to create the song "Stronger Together", also included in the album.
In 2018, Paul Van Dyek returned to performances at festivals and solo concerts, but their number had to shorten. The artist continues to recover after injury.
Discography
- 1994 - 45RPM
- 1998 - Seven Ways
- 2000 - Out There and Back
- 2003 - Reflections
- 2007 - In Between
- 2012 - Evolution
- 2017 - From Then ON