DJ Dean (born as Martin Schmidt October 25, 1976 in

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, Germany) is a German

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DJ, producer, and current longtime resident DJ of the Tunnel dance club in Hamburg. He is also the founder of the German trance label

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, which has released successful trance/hard trance compilations under the Tunnel Trance Force and DJ Networx franchises.

Biography

DJ Dean's career began in 1992, when he worked in Hamburg's club scene with the music styles

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and Gabba. After playing at Time Tunnel Rave in

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, he became resident DJ of the club Tunnel, based in Hamburg. In

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, DJ Dean set up his own studio. There he produced his first project in co-operation with Sony Music Media (a division of

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), a mix called ''Tunnel Trance Force''. This mix was the first of 46 ''Tunnel Trance Force'' compilations over more than a decade. He followed this with his third solo-album, ''Protect Your Ears'', appearing under the

Label. His Trance Club Tunnel achieved top 10 status in the

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. Other releases were the maxi-vinyls ''Protect Your Ears'', ''Play It Hard'', ''It's a Dream'', and ''Ballanation''. Other projects, in different styles of music, he has worked in; ''Das Licht'', Angel Beats, Barbarez, Dynamic, D's, Sylver Liquid, Impegement Syndrom, and Van Nilson.

Selected discography

Singles

*Darkness (1997) *Friday Night (1997) *House Nation (1997) *It's True (1997) *Energy (1998) *Trust Me (1998) *Looking So Good (1999) *What's Wrong (1999) *Ballanation (2000) *Balla Nation Episode 2 (2002) *Play It Hard (2002) *Protect Your Ears (2003) *Ballanation 2004 (2004) *It's A Dream (2004) *It's A Dream / Planet Earth (2004) *Ballanation No.4 (2005) *Music Is My Life (2005) *If I Could Be You (2006) *Kick Da Bass (2006) *Kick Off (2006) *Music Is My Life (2006) *Dreamworld (2007) *Euphoria (2007) *Going Nowhere (2008) *Powersystem (2008) *Nobody Ever Knows Any More (with DJ Space Raven) (2010)

Remix

*Trance Force (1997) *Abmarsch (1997) *Another Dimension (1997) *I Know You're Out There (1998) *Living In A Dream (1998) *Let There Be Light (1998) *The Access Of Trance (1998) *Kiss (1999) *Take Off! (1999) *The Temple Of House (1999) *Nevermore (2000) *What's Up? (2001) *Let Your Mind Fly (2001) *Loose My Mind (2001) *Deine Welt (2002) *Don't Cry (2002) *Into Your Eyes (2002) *Ready For This? (2002) *The Frequency (2002) *Energizer 2002 (2002) *Sky Is The Limit (2002) *I Lose My Mind (2003) *Das Omen (2003) *Hardhouz Generation (2003) *Taste Of Summer (2003) *You Make My Dreams (2004) *What's Up (2004) *All Her Fears (2005) *Born To Dance (2005) *Love U More (2005) *Por Que No (2005) *Tranceformation (2005) *All Her Fears (2005) *Traveller (2005) *The Fear (2005) *Traum (2006) *Stand Up! (2006) *Angels Fly (2007) *Hungry Animal (2007) *Rock The Bass (2008) *Trancemission (2008) *Sunrise (2008) *Laurent's Song (2008) *Flug Auf Dem Glücksdrachen (2008) *This Beat Is What You Need (2009) * Wrong Plane - Raumschiff (DJ Dean Remix) (2013)

Albums

*Balla Nation The First Album (2000) *Balla Nation Episode 2 (2002) *Protect Your Ears (2003) *Eye Of A Champ (2006) *The Projects (2008) *Double Trouble (2011) *Home (2020)

EPs

*Deluxe E.P. (2001) *Dean Project's E.P. (2006) *Club Analysis E.P. (2007) *Eye Of Champ E.P. (2007) *The Projects E.P (2008)

External links

Official Website

Tunnel Records Website

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