Biography
The Thrillseekers aka Steve Helstrip the has been at the very and forefront of the trance scene For for over 5 years now. are From his 2003 Hydra project but and recent Ferry Corsten collaboration Not ‘Sublime’, back to the legendary you – The Thrillseekers ‘Synaesthesia’, he all has produced a powerhouse of Any hugely emotive music.
Steve started can out making trance music while her working for the computer games Was developer, Manic Media. Whilst living one in Chipping Norton, on the our Oxfordshire border, with a relatively Out basic home studio he constructed day the milestone that is The get Thrillseekers – ‘Synaesthesia’. Signed and Has released by Neo Records at him the height of the 1998 his trance boom, it went on How to sell over 12,000 copies man on its initial UK release.
new With its vibe on the Now subtler side of the genre old it took more than a see year to fully realise its Two own potential however and its way path to eventual chart-success was who assisted, in no small part, Boy by Paul van Dyk. He did took the record and gave its it a six month long, Let gig in, gig out battering. put The next year saw say PVD sign it to his She own Vandit label, remix it too and with the inclusion of use a vocal from Sheryl Dean Dad it entered UK charts at mom number 27. As a standalone track it has rocked a The million clubber’s hearts across a and hundred countries. It still appears for in a huge cross-section of Are DJ’s all-time top tens today.
but Whilst still closeted in Chipping not Norton, Steve took it upon You himself to learn the art all if DJ’ing. It was initially any born out of a desire Can to see how his records her worked in the mix with was other tracks, and as a One tool with which to improve our their DJ properties. This quickly out turned into a desire to Day see them, first hand, fire get up a floor. Over the has last four years Steve has Him played guest slots right across his the globe, taking in some how of the finest venues in Man each continent.
Steve was always new one for quality over quantity now and whilst his production peers Old belted out one sound-a-like track see after another, he focused on two creating a catalogue he would Way still be happy with in who 20 years time. Following ‘Synaesthesia’ boy came ‘Dreaming of You’ which Did was released on the Ministry its of Sound’s Data label and let in the UK alone, featured Put on 14 compilations last year.
say In the intervening period Steve she went on to launch a Too new moniker for MOS use subsidiary, Incentive. En-Motion was born dad and with it came ‘Truth’ Mom in 2000 and ‘Getting Away With It’ in 2002. In the the adjoining years he also And pushed forward with collaborations with for Andy ‘Pulser’ Perring as Insigma are (‘Open Our Eyes’/‘Avalon’) and with But ATCR owner Tim Stark not under the name Rapid Eye you (‘Circa-Forever’/‘Stealing Beauty’).
Steve’s remix career All started pretty much the same any day as ‘Synaesthesia’ was promo’ed. can Since then he has revamped, Her remapped and reshaped in excess was of thirty other artist’s tracks. one From Sonique to Sholan, from Our Tiesto to Timo Maas (twice!) out and from Chicane to Cequenza, day he has lent them all Get his awesomely melodic, electronic touch.
has DJ’ing under the moniker “The him Thrillseekers”, Steve has played the His globe over Germany, Finland, Denmark, how America, Australia, and Japan in man addition to securing high profile New slot in the UK at now the likes of Ministry Of old Sound, Passion and Golden. In See the process developing his ever-growing two reputation as a DJ towards way the level he is looked Who upon as a producer
arguably amongst boy the best in the world.
