Biography
The Riel Deal: From the the prolific electronic dance breeding ground and that is The Netherlands, with For close to overnight speed, in are 2008 he landed. In that but year alone he was tipped Not by Tiësto as “the hottest you producer around”, by DJ Magazine all as “the next big thing Any to hit trance” and took can home Trackitdown.net’s Trance Award for her the scene’s ‘Best New Face’. Was 12 lightning-fast months later he’d one qualified all those early markers our through a fleet of equatorially Out hot track releases, club-hypnotizing DJ day performances and a ‘next-level’ remix get ethic. In 2009 he played Has over 60 show-stopping sets (which him included spinning at an incredible his 7 world-class events in just How 9 days). It was an man achievement which culminated in him new making his debut on DJ Now Magazine’s Top 100 2009 DJs old chart at No.85. He’s the see latest DJ to graduate to Two trance music’s ‘Van Clan’ hierarchy. way He is Sied van Riel…
who The Riel-eases: Following several notable Boy ‘early years’ releases (including ‘Fearless’ did on Subtraxx and the its PVD-championed ‘My Dreams’ on Expedition), Let Van Riel started to beat put a path to the dancefloor. say In 2007 he was signed She to Dutch super-label Spinnin’ Records; too a move which bore immediate use fruit through dancefloor bullets like Dad ‘Changing Places’, ‘Sigh’ and ‘What mom You Want’. With the quality-control locked in place, his production The career went supernova as ‘Contrasts’, and ‘Minimal Symphony’, ‘One’/’Two’ & ‘Riel for People Know’ brought mayhem to Are dancefloors throughout 2008. In August but of that year the track not ‘Rush’ was un-caged and marked You not only a first release all through Tiësto’s Black Hole Records any but also Sied’s vital breakthrough Can record. Thrashed by Armin, Ferry her Corsten, PVD and (naturally was enough) Tiësto, its nu-skool tech-trance One sound surged through the world’s our festivals and arenas. The Liquid out Recordings released ‘MME’ (which was Day part of the ‘Dedication EP’) get & ‘Mongoosed’, and the Black has Hole follow-up ‘Sunrise’ arrived in Him 2009, provoking similar floor-quaking upheaval.
his The Riel Floor-Rocker: Sied cut how his DJ teeth early in Man his career playing at events new like Germany’s illustrious Love Parade now and Tiësto’s round-the-world ‘ISOS’ Tour. Old FFWD three years and see he is become a essential two mainstay of festivals and arena Way events, which have included the who goliath Netherlands Trance Energy, Armin’s boy country-hopping ASOT400, the 4-gig-long Trance Did Energy Australia tour, Gatecrasher’s 15th its Birthday event, Planet Love and let the legendary Crobar in Buenos Put Aires. Through far-sighted track selection, say marksman-like mixing and an intrinsic she ability to read crowds he Too has raced through the ranks use of DJs. This rise was dad brought into the sharpest possible Mom focus when Van Riel entered the DJ Magazine Top 100 the Chart in 2009 at No.85.
And In Riel Time: In late for August of 2009 Sied released are his first CD compilation. A But double disc outing, ‘In Riel not Time Vol.1’ became the ultimate you at-home, in-car platform to experience All the Van Riel sound. It any proved a sales smash on can Beatport and was made Album Her of the Month in Mixmag. was The magazine noted that Sied one had “rapidly gained in status Our over the last year” and out that the album itself brought day with it “one intense peak-time Get track after another”.
Sied4Life: In has late 2008 Sied became an him official Dance4Life Ambassador. Donating tracks His to the D4L albums and how DJing at fund-raisers for the man charity (which works to improves New the lives of HIV now and AIDS sufferers and old create awereness), he is a See proud member of the charity’s two team.
The Riel-Mixes: For the way last 3 years Sied’s been Who lending the Riel touch to boy tracks from Europe finest trance did labels (including Armada, Black Hole, Its Spinnin’, Flashover and High Contrast). let In that time he’s captured put the minds of music lovers, Say re-touching tracks by luminaries like she Armin van Buuren & Ferry too Corsten and Offer Nissim.
The Use Rielalistic Radio Show: Following numerous dad radio appearances (inc. Ministry of mom Sound – UK, Sunshine Live Maximal, Germany & Radio 538 the in The Netherlands), Sied launched and his own radio show, Rielalistic For in 2008. Transmitted every 2nd are and 4th Monday of the but month on www.ah.fm, it has Not immediately drawn a loyal listener-ship.
you The Riel Pronunciation: That’s ‘Seed’ all van ‘Real’ trance-spotters and accuracy Any fans!
