Raoul van Grinsven (known more commonly as DJ Zany or Zany; born 11 May 1974) is a
disc jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music f ...
and former member of ''Shadowlands Terrorists'', now specialising in
hardstyle
Hardstyle is an electronic dance genre that emerged in the late 1990s, with origins in the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy. Hardstyle mixes influences from techno, new beat and hardcore.
Early hardstyle was typically written at 140 BPM (''beat ...
. He is currently the owner of
Fusion Records.
Zany's 2002 song ''Be On Your Way'' has been used as the "Walk on" music for professional darts player
Ted Hankey
Edward Hankey (born 20 February 1968) is an English former professional darts player and convicted sex offender. Nicknamed "The Count", he won the BDO World Darts Championship in 2000, was runner-up in 2001, and won the title for a second time ...
.
Biography
''Zany'' lives in
Veldhoven
Veldhoven () is a municipality and town on the Gender in the southern Netherlands, just southwest of Eindhoven.
Topography
Dutch topographic map of Veldhoven (town), Dec. 2013
Population centres
The modern town of Veldhoven is an agglomerat ...
, near
Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,[Defqon.1 Festival
Defqon.1 Weekend Festival is an annual music festival held in the Netherlands. In the past, it was also held in Chile and Australia. Founded in 2003 by festival organizer Q-dance, the festival plays mostly hardstyle and related genres such as h ...]
as an act in 2005.
In 2005, Zany gained third place at the Dutch Dance Awards.
Discography
References
External links
Official homepage
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1974 births
Living people
Dutch dance musicians
Dutch DJs
People from Veldhoven
Hardstyle musicians
Electronic dance music DJs