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Darude

Finnish DJ and producer

Since 1975

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Fri Oct 30 San Francisco, United States · Audio SF Tickets
Sat Oct 31 Fresno, United States · Fulton 55 Tickets
Fri Nov 6 Denver, United States · The Church Denver Tickets
Sat Nov 7 San Diego, United States · Rich's Tickets
Fri Nov 20 Miami, United States · La Otra Tickets
Fri Dec 11 Rochester, United States · Photo City Music Hall Tickets
Sat Dec 12 Detroit, United States · Magic Stick Tickets
Thu Dec 31 Warszawa, Poland · WARSAW EXPO XXIwith Blasterjaxx Tickets
Fri Jan 15 Joondalup, Australia · HBF Arena Tickets
Sat Jan 16 Sydney Olympic Park, Australia · Sydney Showground Tickets
Fri Jan 22 Eatons Hill, Australia · Eatons Hill Hotelwith Boris Brejcha Tickets
Sat Jan 23 Ascot Vale, Australia · Melbourne Showgroundswith Boris Brejcha Tickets

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About

Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen (Finnish: [ˈtoniˌʋilːe ˈhenrik ˈʋirtɑnen]; born 17 July 1975), better known by his stage name Darude (), is a Finnish DJ and record producer from Eura, Satakunta. His music is characterised by its progressive/uplifting style. He started making music in 1995 and released the platinum-selling hit single "Sandstorm" in late 1999. His debut studio album, Before the Storm, was released on 18 September 2000, and sold 800,000 copies worldwide, earning Darude three Finnish Grammy Awards. It peaked at number one on Finland's Official List and number 6 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart in the United States. Darude's second studio album, Rush, reached number 11 on the Billboard dance chart in 2003 and number 4 on weekly album chart in Finland.

His third studio album, Label This! was released in 2007. Though it did not chart as high as his previous albums, Gawker praised the album's single "In the Darkness" as "a floating, gossamer piece of trance music... it's tightly composed, easy to dance to, and has a soaring, undeniable hook." In 2011, he co-founded the record label EnMass Music, through which he has released a number of mix compilations related to his radio show Salmiakki Sessions. After performing at festivals such as the tenth anniversary of Tomorrowland in 2014 and Future Music Festival in 2015, he released his most recent studio album, Moments, on August 14, 2015, followed by a tour of the United States and Canada in September 2015. He represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, alongside singer Sebastian Rejman, with the song "Look Away".

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Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen, dit Darude, est un producteur et disc jockey de Trance, dance et house progressive finlandais, né le 17 juillet 1975 à Eura.

Il lance sa carrière musicale en 1996 et fait paraître le single à succès Sandstorm à la fin de l'année 1999, suivi de l'album Before the Storm en 2000. Darude est connu à travers le monde pour son style progressiste et entraînant.

Il a représenté la Finlande, en duo avec Sebastian Rejman, au Concours Eurovision de la chanson 2019, à Tel Aviv en Israël.

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