François Chabloz, known profesionally as Chab, is a Swiss

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record producer and

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er . Known for his

progressive trance Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that emerged from Electronic body music, EBM in Frankfurt, Germany, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and quickly spread throughout Europe. Trance music is typically characterized by a tempo between ...

style, Chabloz has an extensive history as a remixer and he has also released original material under the

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s Moogwai and Star. Artists remixed by Chab include

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, and Every Little Thing. The work of Chab has been noticed by electronic DJ

Paul Oakenfold Paul Mark Oakenfold (; born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Ma ...

and subsequently used on a trance

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of the same. In 2001, electronic music producer and DJ

Tiësto Tijs Michiel Verwest (; born 17 January 1969), known professionally as Tiësto ( , ), is a Dutch DJ and record producer. He was voted "The Greatest DJ of All Time" by ''Mix (magazine), Mix'' magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, h ...

featured Chab's work as well.

Discography

*1999 "Running Up That Hill" (with Frank Gee) *1999, 6/26 "A Night Out" (Moogwai) *2000 "Tunneling"/"The Sinus" (as Chab) *2000 "Rock Rose" (as Star) *2001 "Viola" (as Moogwai) - UK #55 *2001 "The Labyrinth" (as Moogwai) - UK #68 *2005 "5 Wishes & More" (as Moogwai) *2005 "Dub, Edits and Whisky-Coke" (as Chab)

References

External links

Official website
* Remixers Swiss trance musicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Swiss house musicians {{house-musician-stub

Discography

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