Orhan Terzi (born 28 June 1964), better known by his

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DJ Quicksilver, is a German-Turkish DJ and music producer. His stage name derives from his days taking part in DJ contests, where a mercury column would gauge audience reaction.

Early life

Terzi was born on 28 June 1964 in

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the B ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. His family moved to Hattingen,

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in the late 1960s.Aus Liebe zur Musik
, ''DerWesten'', 28 October 2009, retrieved 2010-02-06

Musical career

Early career

He began working with Tommaso de Donatis on DJ Quicksilver material, and released tracks for a variety of record labels, including Avex Trax, Positiva Records, Telstar, Edel AG, Alphabet City, and Sub Terranean.Carlson, Dean "

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, retrieved 2010-02-06

1997–1998: Breakthrough and success

In 1997 he released "

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" - a hit double A-sided single. The song became a big hit on the UK dance charts and then crossed over into pop, reaching #4 on the

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and selling enough copies to become a gold record, selling well throughout Europe. It remains his biggest single so far. Other releases include "Boombastic", which sampled the Shaggy track.

1999–2002: Other releases

In 1999 he released the track "Heart of Asia" (among others) under the alias "Watergate". In 2002, he received an ECHO nomination for "Best National Dance Act" for the single "Ameno".

Other work

Terzi has also worked as a remixer, on tracks by Ian van Dahl,

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, and The Verve ("Bittersweet Symphony").

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Quicksilver'' (1997) * ''Escape 2 Planet Love'' (1998) * ''Clubfiles One'' (2003) * ''Clubfiles Two'' (2013)

Singles

Remixes

*'' Dancemania 1'' (Compilation, 1996) *''Club Scene Volume 2'' (Compilation, 1997) *''Sonic 1'' (Compilation, 2000)

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Sonic 1
/ref> *''Equinoxe 4'' (Trance cover of Jean Michel Jarre's Equinoxe 4)

References

External links

Official Site
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