• Darude (Biography)

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    Ville Virtanen (born 17 July 1975), better known by his stage name Darude, is a Finnish DJ and record producer from Eura, Finland. He started making music in 1995 and released the platinum selling hit single "Sandstorm" in late 1999. His debut studio album, Before the Storm came out on 5 September 2000 and sold 800,000 copies worldwide,[1] earning Darude three Finnish Grammy Awards. It peaked at number one on Finland's Official List[3] and number 6 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart in the United States. Darude's second studio album, Rush, reached number 11 on the Billboard dance chart in 2003 and number 4 on weekly album chart in Finland.

    His third studio album, Label This! came out in 2007. Though it didn't chart as high as his previous albums, Gawker praised the album's single "In
    the Darkness" as "a floating, gossamer piece of trance music...it's tightly composed, easy to dance to, and has a soaring, undeniable hook." In 2011, he co-founded the record label EnMass Music, through which he has released a number of mix compilations related to his radio show Salmiakki Sessions. After performing at festivals such as tenth anniversary of Tomorrowland in 2014 and Future Music Festival in 2015,[9] he released his most recent studio album, Moments, on 14 August 2015, followed by a tour of the United States and Canada in September 2015. His music is characterised by its progressive/uplifting style.

    Career:

    1990s: Early years and "Sandstorm"

    Virtanen started his career as a musician while studying at Turku Polytechnic, making music using his PC's tracker software. As his interest in music production rapidly grew, he moved on to more serious production techniques. While at a classmate's party, Virtanen played the song "Rude Boy" (written by Swedish artist Leila K) several times in a row. This earned him
    the nickname "Rude Boy," which gradually morphed into "Da Rude" and then "Darude". Active in the Finnish music trance and house scene since 1995, Virtanen continued producing music into the 1990s. He began occasionally releasing demos to radio stations beginning in 1997, and offering his music
    for download on MP3.com, making him an early adopter of online file sharing
    for music promotion.

    In 1999, he gave a demo for the track "Sandstorm" to his producer,
    JS16 (Jaakko Salovaara). Virtanen signed on with JS16's 16 Inch Records label, and shortly thereafter, Sandstorm was released as a single. "Sandstorm" was
    a smash hit internationally, selling platinum and holding the No. 1 spot on the Finnish Dance Chart for seventeen consecutive weeks. After becoming the No. 3 single in the United Kingdom (becoming the first record by a Finnish artist to do so), Sandstorm eventually sold 2 million units worldwide, and was the world's biggest selling 12-inch single in 2000. The song went on to be widely featured in the media, particularly at sporting events and on soundtracks for video games and television shows. Various videos and live streams of Sandstorm had gathered some 60 million hits by December 2014, and in October 2015, the track achieved platinum sales status in the UK as it surpassed 600,000 sales
    in the UK.

    His first live gig was on December 5, 1999 in Tampere, Finland.

    2000~06: Before the Storm and Rush

    Darude's debut studio album Before the Storm was produced by JS16 (Jaakko Salovaara), and features two of JS16's remixes. The album includes several singles, including Sandstorm. The second single "Feel the Beat" had replicated the success of Sandstorm, reaching No. 1 on the singles charts in Finland for 2 weeks and No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. Before the Storm came out on September 5, 2000 and sold 800,000 copies worldwide, earning Darude three Finnish Grammy awards. It also peaked on a number of charts, including No. 1 on Finland's Official List for albums, No. 6 on the Billboard Dance/ Electronic Albums chart and No. 11 on the US Independent Albums chart. It also charted at No. 9 in Sweden, No. 14 in Norway, and No. 18 in Canada, among other rankings.

    He began a world tour in 2001, releasing Before the Storm: Australian Tour Edition in the process. 2002 saw the release of Before the Storm: Special Edition, featuring a collection of remixes of Darude's work.

    After releasing the singles "Music" and "Next to You" in early 2003,
    in July of that year both tracks were included on Darude's second album, Rush. The album reached No. 11 on the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart[5] and No. 4 on weekly album chart in Finland, while "Next to You" charted at No. 1
    on the Finnish singles chart. MacKenzie Wilson of Allmusic criticized the lack of variety between tracks but praised the release in general, writing that Darude "builds upon the dynamics of Before the Storm, raises the pressure, and fuels the flame for an electrifying dozen-track set. He's talent in keeping
    the energy at an elevated level without losing touch with the album's overall ambience is what makes him a star and an integral part of the new-millennium dance scene. His classy of mix of techno and trance is perfected into a fashionably slick spiral of synthesized heat."[5] After the release of Rush Darude maintained a heavy touring schedule, particularly the United States and Eastern Europe.

    2007~12: Label This! and EnMass Music

    His single "Tell Me" was released in Finland on April 11, 2007 and
    "My Game" on September 19, 2007. Label This! is the third studio album from Darude. Released on October 24, 2007 in Finland and on October 27 in Europe, the American edition was released in 2008, with the notable inclusion of Darude newest single, "I Ran (So Far Away)" featuring Blake Lewis, as the third track on the album. The album didn't chart as high as Darude's two previous album releases, though Gawker wrote that the album's single "In the Darkness" "is a floating, gossamer piece of trance music of the kind AraabMuzik spun into such magic on Electronic Dream. Like Sandstorm, it's tightly composed, easy to dance to, and has a soaring, undeniable hook."

    Darude was ranked No. 96 on the DJ List as of December 11, 2010] and No. 314 in the DJ Mag Top 100. He has also recently completed remixes for artists such as ATB and The Thrillseekers, with radio play from Radio 1 personalities such as Pete Tong, Judge Jules, Ferry Corsten, and Paul Oakenfold Darude co-founded the record label EnMass Music in 2011. Through EnMass Music, Darude released a DJ mix compilation titled Salmiakki Sessions Vol. 1 on December 20, 2011. The compilation is a reflection of his namesake radio mix show, and includes ten of his recent remix productions and eight of his track redone by Finnish artists and producers. Five of the tracks are previously unreleased exclusives for the compilation.[citation needed] He took part in a label showcase for EnMasse in Amsterdam in October 2012.

    2013~15: Touring and Moments

    Darude continued to tour into 2013, performing that year at the Groove Cruise out of Miami and playing two days of Tomorrowland in July 2014 in Belgium. In March 2015 he performed at Future Music Festival in Australia, playing at all five festival dates in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide
    and Perth, also playing a variety of sideshows at clubs as part of the festival

    Darude's most recent studio album, Moments, was his first full-length release in eight years. Guest artists included Caater and string band Apocalyptica, among others. The lead single from the album, "Beautiful Alien," had previously charted at No. 1 on the Finnish iTunes charts, with a music video released as well in March 2015. Moments was officially released on
    August 14, 2015 through Warner Music Finland in Europe and overseas.

    The album blends genres such as electro, progressive house, and We Rave You wrote that "Darude's ability is once again proven filling the spectrum from big-room to trance to dubstep-infused depth." The album's mixing of genres was generally well-received, and Dancing Astronaut praised the release, writing tha "Darude's return is a clear departure from what once defined him. In Moments, he steps outside the proverbial EDM box by toying around with a multitude of different styles, several of which appear simultaneously in each track." Your EDM opined that the album was "gorgeous," explaining that it "features a wide variety of influences and sounds" with "great production, atmospheres, and melodies riding alongside quaintly catchy vocals."

    Shortly following the album's release in September 2015, Darude embarked on a ten date tour of the United States and Canada, culminating in a performance at the inaugural TwitchCon, a gaming and tech convention organised by video streaming platform Twitch.tv and held in San Francisco on September
    25 and 26, 2015. With over 20,000 attendees over the weekend, Darude appeared as the headline DJ at the official afterparty, held in the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on September 26, 2015, and also featuring a performance from deadmau5. In the run up to the event, Darude appeared as a guest in the deadmau5 Coffee Run series, chatting to the Canadian DJ about various topics while being driven in deadmau5's Lamborghini Huracán supercar. deadmau5 noted that "you (Darude) and a very select few others are responsible for the influx of electronic music into North America it was 'Sandstorm'. I'm totally being serious that's what all the clubs were hitting on. That's the first time (electronic music) became less 'und erground and cool'...there wasn't anything before that."

    Awards and nominations

    Selected awards won by Darude

    2000: Finnish Grammy Awards; Best Dance / Hip Hop Newcomer
    Before the Storm; Best Debut Album
    Sandstorm; Song of the Year
    NRJ Radio Award (Sweden); Best Dance Track of the Year
    German Dance Awards; Dance Hit of the Year
    Best International Single Act
    2001: Dance Star (UK) Breakthrough Act of the Year
    2002: Golden Turntable DJ Awards Sandstorm Best Single

    Discography

    Studio albums

    Before the Storm (2000)
    Rush (2003)
    Label This! (2007)
    Moments (2015)

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