Focus on: Cosmic Gate(bio, disc+downloads)

by **@mr** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:57 pm

Biography::
After a chance meeting at a record label head office in Germany, Claus Terhoeven (Nic Chagall) and Stefan Bossems (Bossi) have created and inspired some of the most influential music ever to hit our dance floors over the past decade.

Today, Cosmic Gate are rated number 23 in the online directory of the worlds leading DJs at DJlist.com whilst remaining a permanent fixture, positioned for three consecutive years inside the DJ Mag top 100 confirming Cosmic Gate amongst the elite of dance music’s most famous and popular DJ duos.

During the trance boom of the late nineties no DJ set would have been complete without the sounds of Cosmic Gate. Original productions such as The Drums, Back To Earth, Exploration of Space, The Truth, Raging and the unforgettable Fire Wire, which reached #9 in the UK charts and dominated DJ record boxes, homes and car stereos across the globe for the majority of the synth filled millennium year.

In Germany the act have seen unequivocal fame with no less than seven chart top 40 singles to their name along with two artist albums ‘Rhythm & Drums’ and ‘No more Sleep’ rocketing their way into the album charts.

Success after success with their own original productions has been accompanied by an impressive repertoire of Cosmic Gate remixes, for artists including Tiesto (Urban Train), Ferry Corsten (Punk), Blank & Jones (DFF), Svenson & Gielen (Answer the Question) and Vanessa Mae (White Bird) to name but a few.

Behind the decks, Cosmic Gate can be found week in week out performing at the worlds leading clubs from Velfarre in Tokyo to Glow in Washington and from The Gallery in London to Sydney’s massive Home club. European festivals such as the legendary Nature One, Mysteryland and Trance Energy have paved the way for the Cosmic Gate DJ experience to be appreciated in full effect. Regular DJ appearances on every continent have given Cosmic Gate the chance to reach their truly global fan base.

Cosmic Gate have always been, first and foremost about their fans. The ability to adapt their musical style with the ever changing face of dance music has seen the Cosmic Gate sound develop and move on from the harder edge trance of the 90ies through to their current, more progressive yet still driving energetic music style.

In Summer 2005 Cosmic Gate released Back 2 Back vol. 2, the second part of their mix compilation series distributed through the worlds leading trance label Black Hole Recordings. A superb testament to their popularity with sales figures continuing to soar into the thousands.

Now Cosmic Gate are looking forward to release their third artist album named Earth Mover, arguably their best yet. Comprising a mixture of vocal and instrumental tracks the album combines progressive elements with trance, techno, tech-house, electro and house. The thirteen track artist album will not only include their single hits Ultra Curve, Bilingual and I Feel Wonderful (feat. Jan Johnson), it also features their latest single Should’ve Known (feat. Tiff Lacey). The longplayer Earth Mover delivers a phenomenal blend of driving cool club tracks, a certain for airplay from the worlds other leading DJs and set to edge Cosmic Gate in the same direction they have been moving throughout the past decade – right to the top.

Discography::

Single

09/2006 Should've Known Black Hole Rec
09/2005 The Drums 2005 E-Cutz
03/2005 I Feel Wonderful - Feat. Jan Johnston E-Cutz
05/2004 Different Concept EP Part 2 E-Cutz
04/2004 Different Concept EP Part 1 E-Cutz
04/2003 Human Beings Emi Music
11/2002 The Wave / Raging - Feat Jan Johnston Emi Music
06/2002 The Truth Emi Music
02/2002 Back To Earth/Hardcore Emi Music
01/2001 Exploration Of Space / Melt To The Ocean Emi Music
07/2000 Somewhere Over The Rainbow / Fire Wire Emi Music
11/1999 Mental Atmosphere Emi Music
05/1999 The Drums Emi Music

Album

09/2006 Earth Mover Black Hole Rec
07/2002 No More Sleep Emi Music
02/2001 Rythm & Drums Emi Music

Mix Album

06/2005 Back 2 Back Vol.2 E-Cutz
04/2003 Back 2 Back Emi Music

Remix

07/2004 Beam - Amun Beam Traxx
06/2004 Age Of Love - Age Of Love Alphabet City
11/2002 Svenson & Gielen - Answer The Question ID&T
07/2002 4 Strings - Diving Zeitgeist/Universal
06/2002 DuMond - God Music Fate Recordings
06/2002 Sioux - Pho E-Cutz
05/2002 Ferry Corsten - Punk Zeitgeist/Universal
05/2002 Rank 1 - Awakening ID&T
04/2002 Blank & Jones - DJs, Fans & Freaks (D.F.F.) Gang Go Music
02/2002 Miss Shiva - Dreams 2002 Sony Music
02/2002 Tiësto - Urban Train Dos Or Die
08/2001 Vanessa Mae - White Bird Dance Division
07/2001 Safri Duo - Samb Adagio Urban/Universal
05/2001 Green Court - Inside Your Gate Logport Rec
02/2001 Talla - World In My Eyes Urban/Universal
12/2000 Aquagen - Lovemachine Dos Or Die
11/2000 Balloon - Monstersound Zeitgeist/Universal
07/2000 Beam & Yanou - Sound Of Love Beam Traxx
06/2000 Der Verfall - Mussolini Maad Records
05/2000 Taucher - Science Fiction Zeitgeist/Universal
02/2000 Bossi - To The Sky X-IT Records
02/2000 U96 - Das Boot 2001 Urban/Universal
02/2000 E Nomine - E Nomine Zeitgeist/Universal
12/1999 Sash! - Adelante X-IT Records
09/1999 Beam Vs Cyrus & The Joker - Launch In Progress Emi Music
07/1999 Green Court - Follow Me Logport Rec

Live sets::

Cosmic Gate @ Club Fresh (2o.o2.2oo6)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/cosmic-gate ... 6-mp3.html

Cosmic Gate @ Trance Energy (17.o2.2oo2)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/trance_ener ... 2-mp3.html