Cosmic Gate is a German DJ duo consisting of

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producers Claus Terhoeven (born 1972) and Stefan Bossems (born 1967). Both hail from

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. On October 28, 2009, ''

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'' announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with

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artist Cosmic Gate placed #19, 43 spots above the group's ranking the year before. For the 2010 ''

'' Top 100 DJ Poll, Cosmic Gate moved to #24.

Career

Cosmic Gate was formed in 1999 when Terhoeven (also known as Nic Chagall) and Bossems (also known as Bossi) decided to assemble a new project in the electronic music field. Their first single was "The Drums", followed by "Exploration of Space", "Mental Atmosphere" and their "Somewhere over the Rainbow" remix using samples from the

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''. However, Cosmic Gate did not become well known until their single " Fire Wire" was released in the UK in 2001. Cosmic Gate have made many

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es for artists such as

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("Urban Train"),

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("Punk"),

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("DFF"), Israel Kamakawiwo'ole ("Somewhere Over the Rainbow"), Svenson & Gielen ("Answer the Question") and Vanessa-Mae ("White Bird"). Over the past few years, Cosmic Gate's sound has developed and moved away from the harder edge trance through to their current, more subtle yet still driving energetic music style. Since their third studio album, ''Earth Mover'', they started moving towards the Progressive Trance style. They have also led a trance podcast called Wake Your Mind Radio since 2014. In 2015, they collaborated with Armin van Buuren on the trance track "Embargo", which was featured on Van Buuren's studio album " Embrace". Two years later, they announced their seventh studio album titled "Materia", which was released on January 20, 2017. In 2018, Nic & Bossi were nominated for a Grammy Award For Best Remixed Recording for their remix of Gabriel & Dresden feat. Sub Teal "Only Road" on the Anjunabeats Label. They were the first ever trance artists to be nominated in this category.

Touring

The pair have played over 1,000 gigs, typically performing between 100 and 130 nights a year. They have played at clubs such as

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, The Guvernment, and Privilege Ibiza. They have played alongside DJs such as Armin Van Buuren,

, W&W and

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Discography

Albums

Studio albums

* '' Rhythm & Drums'' (2001) * '' No More Sleep'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2006) * '' Sign of the Times'' (2009) * '' Wake Your Mind'' (2011) * '' Start to Feel'' (2014) * ''Materia Chapter.One'' (2017) * ''Materia Chapter.Two'' (2017) * ''20 Years orward Ever Backward Never' (2019) * ''Mosaiik Chapter One'' (2021) * ''Mosaiik Chapter Two'' (2023)

Compilation albums

* '' Back 2 the Future – The Classics from 1999–2003: Remixed (2011)

DJ mixes

* ''MaxiMal in the Mix Vol. 5'' (with Tillmann Uhrmacher) (2001) * ''Technics DJ Set Volume Three'' (with DJ Shog) (2001) * ''Techno Club Vol. 14 – Talla 2XLC Welcomes Cosmic Gate'' (2001) * ''3AM Rush'' (2002) * ''Bitte Ein Beat! – Beat 3'' (2002) * ''Back 2 Back – In the Mix'' (2003) * '' Back 2 Back Vol. 2'' (2005) * ''Hard NRG 7'' (2005) * '' Back 2 Back 3'' (2007) * ''Privilege – World Biggest Club: Ibiza'' (with

) (2009) * '' Back 2 Back 4'' (2010) * ''A State of Trance 500'' (2011) * ''Trance Nation'' (2012) * ''Wake Your Mind Sessions 001'' (2015) * ''Wake Your Mind Sessions 002'' (2016) * ''Wake Your Mind Sessions 003'' (2018) * ''Trance Energy 2018'' (2018) * ''Wake Your Mind Sessions 004'' (2020)

Singles

Other Song

2016: Armin van Buuren & Cosmic Gate – "Embargo"

Remixes

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– Adelante (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999 * U96 – Das Boot 2001 (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999 * Green Court – Follow Me (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999 * Green Court – Follow Me (Cosmic Gate Edit) 1999 * Miss Shiva – Dreams (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999 * Beam vs. Cyrus and The Joker – Launch In Progress (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999 * Bossi – To The Sky (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999 * Taucher – Science Fiction (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2000 * Der Verfall – Der Mussolini (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2000 * E Nomine – E Nomine (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2000 * Aquagen – Lovemachine (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2000 * Balloon – Monstersound (Cosmic Gate Mix) 2000 * Beam and

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– Sound Of Love (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2000 * Talla 2XLC – World In My Eyes (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001 *

– DJs, Fans & Freaks (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001 *

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– Samb-Adagio (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001 * Vanessa-Mae – White Bird (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001 * Green Court – Inside Your Gates (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001 *

– Urban Train (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001 *

– Punk (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002 * Rank 1 – Awakening (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002 * 4 Strings – Diving (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002 * DuMonde – God Music (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002 * Sioux – Pho (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002 * Svenson & Gielen – Answer the Question (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002 * Age of Love – The Age of Love (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2004 * Beam – Amun (Cosmic Gate Mix) 2004 * C.Y.B – Now (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2005 * 64 Bit – Virtual Discotech 1.0 (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2005 * Cosmic Gate – Race Car Driver (Back 2 Back Mix) 2005 * Cosmic Gate – The Drums (Back 2 Back Mix) 2005 * Armin van Buuren and Rank 1 – This World Is Watching Me (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2007 *

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Meets Tenishia – Outsiders (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2007 *

featuring JES – Everything (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2007 * Cosmic Gate – Body Conflict (Cosmic Gate Club Mix) 2007 * Vincent De Moor – Fly Away (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2007 * Messler – Prepare (Cosmic Gate B2B3 Edit) 2007 * Cosmic Gate – Fire Wire (Cosmic Gate B2B3 Reconstruction) 2007 * Veracocha – Carte Blanche (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2008 * OceanLab – Sirens of the Sea (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2008 *

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– Clockwork (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2008 * Armin van Buuren featuring Cathy Burton – Rain (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009 * John O'Callaghan featuring Sarah Howells – Find Yourself (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009 * Fabio XB and Ronnie Play featuring Gabriel Cage – Inside Of You (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009 *

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featuring John McDaid – Home (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009 * Markus Schulz presents Dakota – Sin City (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009 * Kyau & Albert – I Love You (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009 * JES – Lovesong (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009 * Cosmic Gate – London Rain (Back 2 Back 4 ReDub) *

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and

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– I See You

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Main Theme ] (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2010 * Andrew Bennett featuring Sir Adrian – Run Till U Shine (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2010 * Cosmic Gate – Exploration of Space (Cosmic Gate's Back 2 The Future Remix) 2010 * Cosmic Gate – Fire Wire (Cosmic Gate's Back 2 The Future Remix) 2010 * Markus Schulz – Away (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2011 * Robbie Rivera – Departures (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2011 *

– Punk (Cosmic Gate Essential Rework) 2011 * Emma Hewitt – Colours (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2012 * Rank 1 and

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featuring Sarah Bettens – Wild and Perfect Day (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2012 * Manufactured Superstars – Calling All The Lovers (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2012 * Late Night Alumni – Sapphire (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2012 * Veracocha – Carte Blanche (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2013 * Armin van Buuren – Pulsar (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2013 * Gareth Emery – Long Way Home (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2015 * Cosmic Gate – Exploration of Space (Cosmic Gate's Third Contact Remix) 2016 * Gabriel & Dresden featuring Sub Teal – Only Road (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2018 * Gareth Emery featuring Evan Henzi – Call To Arms (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2018 * Ilan Bluestone – Frozen Ground (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2018 * Mauro Picotto – Lizard (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2019 * Rank 1 – L.E.D. There Be Light (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2019 * Armin van Buuren and Avian Grays featuring Jordan Shaw – Something Real (Cosmic Gate Remix) (2020) * Joe Smooth –

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(Cosmic Gate's No Gravity Remix) (2020) *

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and Olivia Sebastianelli – Everything Everything (Cosmic Gate Remix) (2020)

Awards and nominations

2018 Grammy nomination 'Best Remixed Recording, Non-classical' for 'Only Road' by Gabriel & Dresden.

''DJ Magazine''

Top 100 DJs Ranking

References

External links

Official site

TranceSound interview with Cosmic Gate, December 2010

Cosmic Gate ranks #39 on ''DJ Magazines Top 100 DJs list 2012

Start To Feel tour interview

Cosmic Gate ranks #69 on ''DJ Mags Top 100 DJs list 2014
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