PVD- Paul Van Dyk::. .DJ PROFILES

Born December 16th, 1971 in Eisenhuettenstadt, East Germany, Paul grew up in communist East Berlin. Prior to Germany's reunification, he at least had an early window to the capitalist world via the cross-border airwaves.

Birth name Matthias Paul

Born December 16, 1971 (age 36) Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg, East Germany

Genre(s) Trance, Dance, Techno

Occupation(s) Musician, producer, DJ

Instrument(s) Keyboards, Mixer

Years active 1991 - present

Label(s) MFS, Vandit

In 1998, 45RPM was re-released in the UK. To mark the event, and in homage to the defunct E-Werk, Paul released a remix of "For An Angel". Van Dyk took up a residency at Sheffield's Gatecrasher and declared himself anti-drugs, which led to home-made "No E, Pure PvD" T-shirts, also a sly note to journalists that his surname contained no "E"

Awards

1999 DJ Mag Best Producer[citation needed]

1999 Best International DJ

1999 Best international Award

1999 man of the year by Mixmag

1999 Leader of the Trance Nation

2003 Best European DJ (Miami Winter Music Conference 2003)

2003 second best trance track Paul Van Dyk - Nothing But You

2004 America’s Favorite DJ

2004 Best International DJ

2004 Best Event

2004 Best Music in a Commercial (Motorola)

2004 Mexican Oscar for his soundtrack in the film “Zurdo”

2004 Best Music Maker" by DJ magazine

2004 big winner at the Dancestar Awards

2005 WMC 2005 best track house progressive/trance: Nothing but You (Paul Van Dyk)

2005 WMC 2005 best international dj

2005 America’s Favorite DJ

2005 best dj for Dance/Electronic Album for his original album Reflections

2005 the International Dance Music Award (IDMA) for Best Euro DJ.

2005 DJ Mag No 1 DJ

2005 Best Producer Trance Awards

2005 Best Global DJ Trance Awards

2006 Best Global DJ (Miami Winter Music Conference 2006)

2006 Best record label VANDIT>

2006 Best Producer (Miami Winter Music Conference 2006)

2006 Best Global DJ, Best NuNRG/Euro Track

2006 DJ Mag No 1 DJ

2006 Best Global DJ Trance Awards

2006 Best Producer

2006 Best Mix Compilation for The Politics of Dancing 2

2006 Cross Of Merit From The City Of Berlin

2006 Best HI NRG / Euro Track for "The Other Side" (Miami Winter Music Conference 2006)

2006 B.Z.-Kulturpreis 2006

2007 Best Ortofon European DJ (Miami Winter Music Conference 2007)

2007 Best dj by trance awards

2007 Best producer by trance awards

2007 Best label vandit by trance awards

2007 2nd Best Remixer by trance awards

2007 3rd Best live act by trance awards

2007 2nd best resident by trance awards

2007 Best club night CREAM,ibiza by trance awards

2007 Best album In Between by trance awards

2007 3rd Best radio show vonyc by trance awards

2007 5th Best website by trance awards

his regular 6 hour set at “Gatecrasher” was voted as the "second best club night ever"

Best international DJ by the ministry of sound

Best international DJ by Musik Berlin, Zürich, Amsterdam, Londres, Paris, Milan, New-York, Mexico, Singapore

He’s the world number 3 DJ according to the DJ magazine. And will remain as one the best DJ’s ever. His mind-blowing music needs no more explaination. So PVD go on. .! Rock tha Pardy. !