Background: Hailing from the flatlands of Dordrecht, Southern Holland, Daniel Wanrooy has been influencing the playlists of some of the world’s top DJs for over 6 years.
Both as one half of highly-lauded duos Progression & Odyssee and as a standalone artist, his evocative, imaginative music has successfully cross-bred virtually every sub-genre of trance.
Beginnings: EDM life for Daniel started in the early 90’s when he began messing around with electronic instruments. Experimenting with the first Tracker programs, he learned to make music by the well-traversed method of trial and error! Age 24 he signed his debut single ‘Roda Summers’ to Ton ‘Three Drives’ T.B.’s well-respected Massive Drive label. Launching his production career in earnest, it garnered plays from Armin, Rank 1 & Misja Helsloot among many others.
Progression & Odyssee PT 1: 2004 though proved to be Daniel’s big, graduating year as he banded together with fellow friend & producer Robin van de Wiel… Pooling resources as well as knowledge they released several tracks before launching a second act under the name Progression. Touting around various Dutch labels, they were snapped up by Fundamental Recordings. The 12” ‘Purify’ & ‘Ocean Green’ (2004) were quickly followed by ‘Indeep Sounds’ & ‘Sands of Time’ in 2005.
Progression & Odyssee PT 2: It was around this time that Daniel flew unmistakably onto the radar of über trance talent-spotter Tiësto. Over the last three years, the luminary’s has used an unprecedented 4 tracks of Daniel’s work on his mega-selling ‘In Search of Sunrise’ series. In 2005 Odyssee moved over to Black Hole with the pair licensing the double-header ‘Frontline’ & ‘Evolution’. In tandem, they also moved Progression over its sub-label I.T.W.T. (In Trance We Trust) with ‘Superstitious’ and subsequently onto Magik Muzik for ‘Technophobia’ & ‘Loving Memories’ in 06.
Progression – The Album: Staying true to the act’s name (and completing the circuit of Tiësto’s labels) Progression unleashed their debut long-player ‘Different Day, Different Light’ in 07 on Black Hole. Marked up by MTV as “two hours of fascinating music”, it received a huge reception from press and DJs alike.
Daniel Wanrooy - the DJ: A wish to see his tracks working from the perspective of the DJ booth along with a desire to travel the globe prompted Daniel to take the DJing plunge in 2003. DJ dates have given him an invaluable POV, increasing his knowledge of how to make his music even more floor-effective. He cut his teeth at an I.T.W.T. party at Backstreet in Eindhoven and has subsequently warmed up for Tiësto, spun at the legendary Heineken Hall in Amsterdam & played to 15,000 strong crowds across Europe. He now DJ’s regularly in the UK, as well as dates right across the world.
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Daniel Wanrooy - Endless Moments (Black Hole)
Daniel Wanrooy - Army of One (Black Hole)
Daniel Wanrooy - Phantasmagoria (Black Hole)
Daniel Wanrooy - Wonderful Wonderful (Black Hole)
Daniel Wanrooy - Ocean Terrace (Black Hole)
Daniel Wanrooy - Pretoria (Black Hole) (incl. Christopher Vassilakis remix)
Daniel Wanrooy - Ocean Terrace
Daniel Wanrooy - Showtime
Daniel Wanrooy & René Havelaar - Bittersweet
Daniel Wanrooy ft. Melissa Mathes - What you want
Daniel Wanrooy & Mark Green - Buzz
Daniel Wanrooy - City Nights (Black Hole)
Daniel Wanrooy - Damage (Black Hole)
Daniel Wanrooy & T.O.M. - Colorado (incl Sunny LAX remix)
Daniel Wanrooy - Sunshine
Daniel Wanrooy - Three Bridges
Daniel Wanrooy - Paradise Drive
Daniel Wanrooy - A Fine Day
Daniel Wanrooy - Torquay Beach
Daniel Wanrooy - Jet Set
Daniel Wanrooy - Dominca
Daniel Wanrooy - Maybe Tomorrow
Progression - Technophobia
Progression - Loving memories
Progression - Different Day, Different Light
Progression - Different Day, Different Light (Reward remix)
Odyssee - Frontline
Odyssee - Evolution
Inbox - Points of departure
Inbox - Freelancer
Inbox - Snapshot
Inbox - Sound or silence
Progression - Superstitious
Progression - Red alert
High Contrast Recordings:
Daniel Wanrooy & René Havelaar - Moonpatrol
Spinnin' Records:
Daniel Wanrooy & René Havelaar - 5th Avenue (Low Pass mix)
Daniel Wanrooy & René Havelaar - 5th Avenue (High Pass mix)
Daniel Wanrooy & René Havelaar - B52
Daniel Wanrooy - To the horizon and back
Daniel Wanrooy - To the horizon and back (Ron van den Beuken remix)
Daniel Wanrooy - Phenomena
Daniel Wanrooy - 90 Degrees
Daniel Wanrooy - Avalanche
Daniel Wanrooy - Avalanche (Ron van den Beuken remix)
Leon Bolier & Daniel Wanrooy - Lust
Remixes:
Leon Bolier & W&W - Saturn (Daniel Wanrooy remix)
Tigran Oganezov - Orko (Daniel Wanrooy Remix)
Thrillseekers - Savanna (Daniel Wanrooy remix) (Armada)
Fast Distance & Amex - Searide (Daniel Wanrooy remix)
Michael Jay Parker - Identity (Daniel Wanrooy remix) (Lange Recordings)
The White Dwarf - Cosmic Collisions (Daniel Wanrooy remix) (Convert Rec.)
The Crystal Method - Come Back Clean (Daniel Wanrooy & Mark Green remix) (Black Hole)
Alex Kunnari & Heiki L - Rising (Daniel Wanrooy & Mark Green remix) (Black Hole)
Space Rockerz - Weather the storm (Daniel Wanrooy) (In Trance We Trust)
JES - Lovesong (Daniel Wanrooy & Mark Green remix) (Black Hole)
Kris O'neill - Paid My Douche (Daniel Wanrooy remix) (Black Hole)
Taste Experience - Summersault (Daniel Wanrooy Ibizamix)
Ton TB - Dreammachine (Daniel Wanrooy remix) (Black Hole)
Airscape ft. Jes - My Love (Daniel Wanrooy & Mark Green remix) (Tunes for you)
Ron van den Beuken vs. George Acosta - WOH (Daniel Wanrooy remix) (Spinnin')
Ben Preston - False Alarm (Daniel Wanrooy and Mark Green remix)
Carlo Calabro feat. Tiff Lacey - Heart of Stone (Daniel Wanrooy remix) (Fektive)
Ton TB - Static Bullet (Odyssee remix) (Black Hole)
Carl B - Just a thought (Just a Daniel Wanrooy remix) (In Trance We Trust)
Deadmau5 - Arguru (Progression remix)(Songbird)
Ron van den Beuken - Slash (Daniel Wanrooy remix) (Spinnin)
San - Nothing remains the same (Daniel Wanrooy remix) (Fektive)
Ishido - 22 (Daniel Wanrooy remix) (Bonzai)
strong>Baroque:
Daniel Wanrooy - Gradient
Fundamental Recordings:
Progression - Ocean green
Progression - Purify
Progression - Sands of time
Progression - in deep sounds
Lost Language:
Odyssee - 2 worlds collide
Odyssee - Dreamcatcher
Fektive Records:
Daniel Wanrooy - La Maddalena
Daniel Wanrooy - Blossom
Ora records:
Daniel Wanrooy & Gabriel Batz - Endless Waves (Beach Mix)
Daniel Wanrooy & Gabriel Batz - Endless Waves (Club Mix)
Gesture Music:
Odyssee - Maya
Odyssee - Yucatan
Odyssee - 2morrow
Odyssee - Cruise control
Odyssee - Behind the falls
Odyssee - a cool breeze after
Novascape:
DJ RV vs. Odyssee - Sleepless
DJ RV vs. Odyssee - Sleepless (misja helsloot remix)
Compilation CD:
In Trance We Trust 14, mixed by Daniel Wanrooy:
01. Daniel Wanrooy ft. Melissa Mathes - What You Want
02. JPL - Summer Skin
03. Ben Preston - Why We Run ft. Susie
04. Space Rockerz - Zegema Beach
05. Smart Apes - Between Us (Aurosonic Remix)
06. Leon Bolier pres. Inner Stories - Stargaze
07. Topher Jones - Barclay And Max
08. Mac & Mac - Solid Session (First State Remix)
09. Daniel Heatcliff - Phoenix
10. Richard Durand - No Way Home (Extended)
11. Reconceal - Second Chance (Amex Remix)
12. Daniel Wanrooy & René Havelaar - Bittersweet
13. Whelan & Di Scala - Cuba
14. Daniel Wanrooy - Showtime
15. Dave Schiemann - Thoughts
Artist album:
Different Day, Different Light
Disc 1:
01. Beneath The Surface (ft Manon Polare)
02. Echoes
03. Go The Distance (ft Koosje Volkers)
04. Loving Memories (Album Dub Mix)
05. Golden Gate
06. The Others
07. The Way Things Move (ft Nefesz)
08. Freq'd
09. Technophobia
10. 16
Disc 2:
01. Bell Shock
02. Stranger (ft Red)
03. Unreal
04. Electric Emotions
05. Treble
06. Hit & Run
07. Different Day, Different Light
08. Wirewood
09. Square Sky
10. Overtone
Featured on Compilations by other artists:
too many to mention, some big ones worth to mention: Euphoria, Ferry Corsten, In search of sunrise 4, In search of sunrise 5,
In search of Sunrise 6, Ibiza