Gerald Malke (5 December 1963 – 1 September 2016), known professionally as Gary D, was a German

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producer and DJ, known for the trance compilations ''D.Trance''.

Career

Early career

Gary D. started out playing as a DJ at the age of 16 in 1980. In his first years, he mostly played

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. It wasn't until 1988 when Gary D. started to get more involved with

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such as,

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and

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, which in the same year he released his first

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"Ecstasy" under alias "Acid Syndrome". As a DJ, Gary D. performed often at a club in

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called 'Unit Club' from 1988 up until its closure in 1994. He later moved to another club called 'Tunnel', which hosted most of the German and International events like,

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, and Energy.

As a trance producer and DJ

In 1991, Gary D. released his first trance EP, "Identity E.P." with five singles on it, which was released on Container Records, the label on which he released many singles before switching to Tunnel &

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. Under Bonzai, Gary released two well known

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anthems, "Kinetic Pressure" and "Overload". In late 1995, he and two others from

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Germany came up with an idea to create a trance compilation, which came out to be "D.Trance", which grew into a big success. Gary D. released more than 40 D.Trance compilations as of 2009. Gary added a third disc, which compiled all the tracks from the first discs into one

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. From 1996 to 2016, he also released five solo albums. In 2000, he created "D. Techno" a harder style compilation.

Shift to hardstyle

In 2001, Gary took a different direction with his career, and started to release more techno, and adopted

kind of music to his DJ sets. From 2003-2005 he played in many gigs in the

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and played in large venues with up to 25,000 people.

Death

He died from

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Discography

Albums

*''WORKS'', 1995, CONTAINER RECORDS, GARY D. PROJECT SAMPLER *''BANG!'', 1997, DJ`S PRESENT *''D.SIGNALS'', 1999, DJ`S PRESENT *''STRIKE!!!'', 2001, DJ`S PRESENT *''FOUR'', 2004, EDM

12" singles

*''IDENTITTY E.P.'', 1991, CONTAINER RECORDS *''93 E.P.'', 1993, CONTAINER RECORDS *''OH JA BITTE'', 1993, CONTAINER RECORDS *''SLAMMIN`'', 1994, CONTAINER RECORDS *''SLAMMIN`(REMIXES)'', 1994, CONTAINER RECORDS *''ANAL INTRUDER E.P.'', 1994, RADIKAL RECORDS – US RELEASE *''LOVE IS AN OCEAN'', 1995, CONTAINER RECORDS PROMO ONLY RELEASE *''ANAL INTRUDER'', 1995, EVOLVER RECORDS *''ICE MACHINE HEAD'', 1995, EVOLVER RECORDS *''KINETIC PRESSURE'', 1996, BONZAI RECORDS, BELGIUM *''TIMEWARP'', 1996, BONZAI RECORDS, BELGIUM *''D.TRANCE ANTHEM'', 1996, DJ`S PRESENT *''CAN`T DO WITHOUT IT'', 1997, DJ`S PRESENT *''TAKE CONTROL'', 1997, DJ`S PRESENT *''PARADISE E.P.'', 1997, BIT MUSIC, SPAIN *''DONNERGOTT'', 1999, DJ`S PRESENT *''STEP FORWARD'', 1999, DJ`S PRESENT *''DIE HERDPLATTE 2000°'', 2000, DJ`S PRESENT *''SPRINGWORLD 2001'', 2000, DJ`S PRESENT *''MY HOUZZE'', 2001, DJ`S PRESENT *''ELEVATE YOUR MIND'', 2002, DJ`S PRESENT *''D.TRANCE ANTHEM 2002'', 2002, DJ`S PRESENT *''B.A.S.S. KICK DOWN'', 2003, EDM *''RAISE YOUR HANDS'', 2004, EDM *''FOUR IZ THE NUMBER'', 2004, EDM *''STUPID MUTHAFUCKAZ'', 2006, DTRAXX RECORDINGS *''GOOD SHIT'', 2007, DTRAXX RECORDINGS *''HARDSTYLEBASS'', 2007, DTRAXX RECORDINGS *''HIGHER STATE OF HAPPINESS'', 2008, TUNNEL RECORDS

References

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