PAUL VAN DYK
TURNS UP THE ‘VOLUME’
TODAY, JUNE 9 FOR $3.99 AMAZON FOR THREE-DAY STRETCH OF THE ‘DAILY DEAL’
In this day and age, most everyone is looking for a great deal to obtain music from their favorite artists. With that being said, Amazon MP3 is offering VOLUME, the new ‘best of’ album from electronic music trailblazer PAUL VAN DYK, for a three-day stretch as their Daily Deal. As of today, Tuesday, June 9 through Friday, June 12 at midnight VOLUME (ULTRA Records) can be purchased through the major online retailer for the astounding price point of $3.99.
VOLUME is a heavyweight two-disc anthology of songs from Paul van Dyk’s studio albums (45 RPM, Seven Ways, Out There And Back, the Grammy-nominated Reflections, In Between) and various remix productions. One disc is a mixed collection of his original works including “White Lies,” featuring the Pussycat Dolls’ Jessica Sutta, “Nothing But You” and “Time Of Our Lives” with Vega 4, whose lead singer Johnny McDaid also lends his vocals to the brand new song “Home” that was created specially for VOLUME. Also highlighted are the stellar hits “Forbidden Fruit” and “We Are Alive” plus a new mix of the van Dyk timeless classic “For An Angel.” The other disc consists of his most popular remixes of artists such as U2, Depeche Mode, New Order, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears.
In support of VOLUME, Paul van Dyk will embark on an intense tour, appearing in 17 cities in 17 days. The VOLUME tour kicks off this Thursday (June 11) in Scottsdale, AZ and will take him to Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, Detroit, Chicago, Nashville and Atlanta. The leg wraps June 27 with a headlining spot at the Electric Daisy Carnival in downtown Los Angeles, the two-day festival where over 100,000 people are expected. On August 26, van Dyk will return to New York City’s Rumsey Playfield in Central Park for another installment of his unforgettable summer in the city parties presented by Live Nation. For complete tour dates and information on Paul van Dyk, log on to www.paulvandyk.com or www.myspace.com/paulvandyk.
Check out BILLBOARD.COM’s recent feature about Paul van Dyk:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/paul-van-dyk-pumps-up-the-volume-1003981095.story
Paul Van Dyk Pumps Up The ‘Volume’
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June 05, 2009 05:26 PM ET
Gary Graff, Detroit
He’s working a new best-of compilation, a fresh remix of his first big hit, an iPhone app, a video game score and an upcoming 17 shows in 17 days North American tour. But Paul van Dyk is most excited about his next album.
“I’m pretty much in the writing phase right now,” the German electronic dance music artist tells Billboard.com. “There are about five or six things that will definitely go on the album, and maybe another 10 that could. Then again, the proper writing phase is just about to come.”
Van Dyk plans to spend July hunkering down with vocalist and co-writer Johnny McDaid, who sings on the new song “Home” from the van Dyk anthology “Volume,” which hits stores Tuesday after a two-week run online. He plans to road test some of the new ideas on his tour, which begins June 11 in Scottsdale, Ariz., but van Dyk says it’s too early to predict a direction for his sixth artist album.
“I’m constantly making music or having ideas,” van Dyk says. “Sometimes some ideas grow and other times you get bored of them. When I have a hook line or something, I’ll throw it into a certain point of my set and prepare everything so it feels natural and see how the crowd reacts, if they actually like it or if it comes across pretty lame. I do that a lot. A lot of the stuff I’ve produced in the last few years was influenced by things I played live and then recreated in the studio.”
“Volume” is a two-disc set, one of which features 13 of van Dyk’s own songs — including a 2009 remix of his 1994 hit “For An Angel” — while the other sports 11 of his remixes for artists such as U2, Depeche Mode, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. “There was so much more I would have liked to have put together on something that’s called ‘the best of,’ ” van Dyk notes. “I wish I could put, like 10 CDs together…a whole box that includes everything.”
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Van Dyk’s other recent work includes scoring EA’s new Grand Slam Tennis video game, which has piqued his interest in doing more in the gaming world. He’s also hawking an iPhone application that includes tools for DJs (“So it’s more than just a gadget,” he notes) as well as fan-friendly “fun stuff” like a virtual glow stick that changes colors when the device is shaken.
“I love what I do,” van Dyk says, “so it doesn’t really feel like a job and therefore I’m constantly taking on new challenges and new projects. They obviously keep me constantly busy, but I don’t complain. I like it like this.”