Sander Ketelaars (; born 28 February 1979), better known by his stage name Sander van Doorn () or the initials SvD, is a Dutch

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DJ and record producer from

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Background

Sander van Doorn began his recording career in 2004, releasing numerous tech-trance hits on Oxygen Recordings. He became a regular DJ at Ibiza's Judgement Sunday and the Gallery in London, and was featured on BBC Radio One's Essential Mix in 2006. He gained recognition as a popular

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er, shifting from remixing for

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producers to pop/ rock artists such as the

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, whose hit " When the Sun Goes Down" was remixed by van Doorn in 2007.

Musical style

Sander van Doorn's musical style has ranged from tech-house and

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during the mid-2000s to more vocal-driven electro-house and EDM throughout the 2010s. Despite being more known for DJing, since 2006, he's been a regular presence on DJMag's Top 100 DJ surveys. Among his most notable remixes are Armin van Buuren's "Control Freak",

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's " Dance4Life", Yello's " Oh Yeah", Sia's " The Girl You Lost to Cocaine", and

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's " Marry the Night".

History

2007: Doorn Records and Best Breakthrough DJ

He established his label Doorn Records in 2007, and released his debut album Supernaturalistic on Spinnin' Records. That same year, he won the award for "Best Breakthrough DJ" at the International Dance Music Awards held at the Winter Music Conference in

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. The first big achievement in his career was securing residencies at Judgement Sunday in

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and at the Gallery in

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. In June 2007, he presented one of Eddie Halliwell's shows on BBC Radio One. He also did an essential mix for BBC Radio One. His productions, both original work and remixes, in 2007-2008 have generally been well received in the electronic music industry and are supported by more than 50 radio stations worldwide. Notable artists he has done remixes for include Sia,

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, Depeche Mode, & many others. He also collaborated with Robbie Williams.

2008: Debut studio album

On 3 March 2008, van Doorn released his first

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via Spinnin' Records, a Dutch

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. The album was titled " Supernaturalistic" consisting of 13 tracks.

2010: Headlining music festivals

In the summer of 2010, van Doorn had residency at the world-famous Amnesia nightclub in

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. van Doorn headlined a lot of

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s with Bal en Blanc 16 in Montreal, Beyond Wonderland in San Bernardino, Electric Zoo in

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and Transmission in Prague. A month-long tour of

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, which started in April was a great success with the finale "Dusk Till Doorn" show at The Guvernment in Toronto. His tracks including "Renegade", "Daisy", "Reach Out", "Hymn 2.0" and "Daddyrock" topped the

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charts.

2011: Second studio album

On 19 September 2011, he released his second studio album titled " Eleve11" via Spinnin' Records. In 2011, he performed at Energy, Mysteryland, EDC and started a residency at worldwide Sensation festivals. He also released his first true cross-over hits 'Love is darkness' and 'Koko'. Besides that, his Dusk till Doorn compilation got its 2011 version, all of which earned him a Dutch Silver Harp award.

2012: Collaboration with Mayaeni

In 2012, his singles regularly topped the charts of online dance music retailer,

. He collaborated with

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-based

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singer Mayaeni for the single "Nothing Inside". In March 2012, Sander performed at Ultra in Miami, where he introduced his new single "Nothing Inside" featuring Mayaeni. The song topped

as well as the playlists and charts in numerous countries. In August 2012, it was announced that van Doorn and various notable

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producers would be featured on the Halo 4 remix album.

2013: Digitally Imported

In 2013, he started a monthly program called "Identity" on

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dance music radio station Digitally Imported. It became a weekly show that currently broadcasts to more than 70 radio stations globally. He also released some hit songs like "Joyenegizer", "Neon", "Project T" (with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike) and "Direct Dizko" (with

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). The program ended its broadcast after its 623rd show on 5 November 2021.

2014: Gold Skies

In 2014, he collaborated with

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and DVBBS for the single " Gold Skies". He also released " Right Here Right Now". In 2015, several more singles were released, including "Phoenix" (with R3hab) and "Rage" and collaborations with

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and Julian Jordan.

2016: The Snake 2016

Sander van Doorn started 2016 by releasing "Cuba Libre" followed by a collaboration with Gregor Salto for "Tribal". He then produced "Not Alone" inspired by the original track by

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. "Raise Your Hands Up" with Chocolate Puma was released on Musical Freedom Records before "The Snake 2016" with Fred Pellichero. He ended 2016 with "WTF", collaborating with Oliver Heldens, which was released on Heldeep Records on 28 November.

2017: Return to trance and new album

Van Doorn released an album under his Purple Haze alter ego, ''Spectrvm'', on 9 October 2017.

Discography

Albums

Charted singles

Other singles

Remixes and edits

Notes

References

External links

Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Doorn, Sander Van 1979 births Living people Dutch club DJs Dutch trance musicians Musicians from Eindhoven Dutch remixers Dutch progressive house musicians Dutch electronic dance music DJs