Raoul van Grinsven (known more commonly as DJ Zany or Zany; born 11 May 1974) is a Dutch

disc jockey A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at nightclubs or music fes ...

and former member of ''Shadowlands Terrorists'', now specialising in

hardstyle Hardstyle is an electronic dance music, electronic dance genre that emerged in the late 1990s, with origins in the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy. Hardstyle mixes influences from techno, new beat and Hardcore (electronic dance music genre), har ...

. He is currently the owner of

Fusion Records Fusion Records is a Dutch record label, sub-label of Freaky Music which, at first, released hard trance and hard house records, and kept growing by releasing hardstyle. After the end of Superplastik (another sub-label of Freaky Music), the artists ...

. Zany's 2002 song ''Be On Your Way'' has been used as the "Walk on" music for professional darts player

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Biography

''Zany'' lives in

Veldhoven Veldhoven () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and town on the Gender (stream), Gender in the southern Netherlands, just southwest of Eindhoven, in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant. Topography Map of ...

, near

Eindhoven Eindhoven ( ; ) is a city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, located in the southern Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant, of which it is the largest municipality, and is also locat ...

. After training as a chef, Zany worked for ten years in an Eindhoven record store. He started as a producer of techno and trance before he started focusing on hardstyle. He has toured abroad both with the Shadowlands Terrorists and performing under his own name. From 2001, using a variety of pseudonyms, Zany produced EPs and remixes for the Fusion label. In 2002, Zany started a project under the name Donkey Rollers, which was aired at the Defqon.1 Festival as an act in 2005. In 2005, Zany gained third place at the Dutch Dance Awards.

Discography

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External links

Official homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zany, DJ 1974 births Living people People from Veldhoven Hardstyle musicians Dutch electronic dance music DJs