Richard Durand
Richard van Schooneveld (born 5 April 1976), better known as Richard Durand, is a Dutch disc jockey and record producer.
Also recorded as Richard van Schooneveld · G-Spott · L.T.R. van Schooneveld · Cyber Human
Richard Durand
- Name
- Richard Durand
- Birth Name
- Richard van Schooneveld
- Born
- 5 April 1976
- Birthplace
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Occupation
- DJ, record producer
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Fields
- trance · vocal trance · progressive trance · tech trance · uplifting trance
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• Name — Richard Durand • Birth Name — Richard van Schooneveld • Alias — Cliffhanger, Cyber Human, G-Spott, L.T.R. van Schooneveld, Out Now • Born — 5 April 1976 • Birthplace — Amsterdam, Netherlands • Genre — Trance • Occupation — DJ, record producer • Years Active — 2000–present • Label — Black Hole, Magik Muzik, SongBird, Terminal 4 • Website — http: www.richarddurand.com/
Biography
Biography
Starting his career in 2005, Durand was recommended by Tiësto as his 'Tip for the Top in 2007' in DJ Magazine. In that same year, he was placed in the DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs poll. His first creations were tech trance singles "Make Me Scream" and "Slipping Away" on the Terminal 4 label, but his real success started with remixes of the Tiësto singles "Lethal Industry", "Flight 643" and "Break My Fall", and reworks of the Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" and Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" which brought him into the playlist of DJs such as Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, Judge Jules and Eddie Halliwell. In 2008, Durand remixed Fragma's "Toca's Miracle" and Armin van Buuren's "In and Out of Love". His solo productions included "Weep" featuring Skin from Skunk Anansie on vocals, which was signed to Perfecto Records. In 2009, Durand remixed Art of Trance's "Madagascar" followed by his debut artist album Always the Sun on Magik Muzik/Black Hole Recordings. The album spawned three singles: "Into Something", "Always the Sun" and "No Way Home".
Albums
Albums
• Always the Sun (2009) • Wide Awake (2011) • Richard Durand Versus the World (2012) • The Air We Breathe (2018) • Reactivate (2022)
DJ mixes
DJ mixes
• Portrait (2013) • In Search of Sunrise series • In Search of Sunrise 8: South Africa (2010) • In Search of Sunrise 9: India (2011) • In Search of Sunrise 10: Australia (2012) • In Search of Sunrise 11: Las Vegas (2013) • In Search of Sunrise 12: Dubai (2014) • In Search of Sunrise 13.5: Amsterdam (2015)
Singles
Singles
• Year — Single — Peak positions — Album • NED • 2005 — "Make Me Scream" — — — style="text-align:left;" rowspan="11" Non-album singles • 2006 — "Slipping Away" — 62 • "Sunhump 2006" — — • 2007 — "Any Time" — — • "For the Believers 2.0" — — • "Inside My Brain" — 70 • "Submerge" — — • "Sweep and Repeat" — 58 • 2008 — "Ledged Up" — — • "Predator vs. Cha Cha" — — • "Weep" — 26 • 2009 — "Always the Sun" — — — Always the Sun • "No Way Home" — — • "Into Something" — — • "Silver Key" — — • "Tiger's Apology" — — — Wide Awake • 2010 — "N.Y.C." (with JES) — — • "Dryland" (with Phynn) — — • "Night and Day" (with Christian Burns) — — • "Xelerate" — — • 2011 — "Explode" (featuring Kash) — — • "Run to You" (featuring Hadley) — — — style="text-align:left;" Non-album single • 2012 — "Trancefusion" — — — Richard Durand Versus the World • 2014 — "Shield of Faith" (featuring Cynthia Hall) — — — style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" Non-album singles • "In Your Hands" (featuring Fisher) — — • 2018 — "The Air I Breathe" — — — The Air We Breathe • 2019 — "Vortex" (featuring Marco V) — — — style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5" Non-album singles • 2020 — "Malam" (with Dennis Shepherd and Roger Shah) — — • 2021 — "My Guiding Light" (with Christina Novelli) — — • "I Matter to You" (with Susanna) — — • 2022 — "Almost Home" (with Christian Burns) — — • "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Remixes
Remixes
• Armin van Buuren - "Wild Wild Son" (Richard Durand remix) (ft. Sam Martin) • Art of Trance - "Madagascar" (Richard Durand remix) • Ruben de Ronde & Roxanne Emery - "Gold" (Richard Durand remix) • Tiësto - "Traffic" (Richard Durand remix) • Tiësto - "Lethal Industry" (Richard Durand remix) • Armin van Buuren - "In and Out of Love" (Richard Durand remix) (ft. Sharon den Adel) • Tiësto - "Flight 643" (Richard Durand remix)
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