Steve Helstrip, known by the stage name The Thrillseekers, is an English DJ and record producer. His debut single was "Synaesthesia", released in 1999. Helstrip has worked under the guises of En Motion, Insigma, Rapid Eye and Hydra. He also works in remixing, having remixed work by Tiësto,

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, Ferry Corsten, Timo Maas, Sonique,

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, Blank & Jones, and

Seb Fontaine Seb Fontaine (born Jean-Sebastien Douglas Fontaine; 14 July 1970) is an English electronic music producer and DJ. Biography Fontaine had his first DJ gig at Crazy Larry's on the Kings Road, London, but he soon progressed to residency at the Frid ...

. He owns his own record label, 'Adjusted Music'.

Career

Helstrip started out making trance music while working for the computer games developer Manic Media. Whilst living in Chipping Norton, on the Oxfordshire border, he recorded "Synaesthesia" with a home studio. When released by Neo Records in 1999, the single sold over 12,000 copies on its initial release and was heavily supported by musicians including Paul van Dyk and Paul Oakenfold. Besides the original instrumental version, Helstrip released in 2000 a club version with vocals written and performed by Sheryl Deane. This version, known as "Synaesthesia (Fly Away)", peaked at #28 in the UK Singles Chart and was featured in the 2001 film '' The 51st State''. The follow-up single was "Dreaming of You", which was released on

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in July 2002. Helstrip is a DJ and has performed at

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, Creamfields,

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and Gatecrasher. In 2004, The Thrillseekers entered DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs poll, before going on to break into the top 50 (landing at no. 45) in 2006. Following the collapse of Neo Records, Helstrip took charge of his catalogue by launching his own label Adjusted Music. With demand for re-releases of "Synaesthesia" and "Affinity" (which originally came out under his Hydra moniker), both tracks were brought back out in 2004. As well as releasing his own records, Helstrip also sought out fresh talent for Adjusted. He signed the club hits "Safe to Dream" by the Russian act, Evolve, and "Alone Again" by the transatlantic duo Deep Voices. His remix of the former was followed by the "By Your Side" release. The track was championed by Paul van Dyk and Pete Tong. Artist collaborations have played an important part in Helstrip's production career. Immediately following the success of "Synaesthesia", Helstrip went on to launch a new moniker for the

subsidiary, Incentive. En-Motion was born with "Truth" in 2000, and "Getting Away with It" followed in 2002. In the adjoining years he also formed collaborations with Andy "Pulser" Perring as Insigma and with Tim Stark under the name Rapid Eye. In late 2005, The Thrillseekers released the mix album, '' Nightmusic Volume 1'', and ''Volume 2'' appeared in 2007. This led to a five-month world tour of Thrillseekers. A week before the

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, Helstrip was on a week-long tour in Japan. Shortly after the earthquake, Helstrip produced a track called "Song for Sendai" released on 8 April 2011. The song was available exclusively through Beatport, and it was announced that all proceeds from the track would be donated to the Japanese Red Cross. The track was played on Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance, Above & Beyond's Trance Around the World, and many other trance radio shows. On 25 July 2016

Future Sound of Egypt ''Future Sound of Egypt'' (often abbreviated as FSOE) is the title of a weekly radio show (every Wednesday at 22:00 (CET), 9pm (UK Time), 4pm (EST)) hosted by Egyptian trance DJs and producers Aly & Fila. The show takes the format of a two-h ...

released "Amber", the first single from Hydra since Affinity (2003). It reached 1# on Beatport Trance and 27# on Beatport Main. Amber is the first single from his debut album ''Escape'', which was released on 2 December 2016 through the same label. Helstrip worked from 2017 to 2019 on an album project titled "Altered State" under his Hydra alias. The project was launched wit
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which created a large interactive following via social media and support of Helstrip's production work. The album "Hydra - Altered State" would be released on 13 December 2019. Publication magazine Mixmag quoted Steve Helstrip "Setting the bar ridiculously high ... 9/10"

Discography

Studio albums

* 2016: ''Escape'' * 2019: ''Hydra - Altered State''

Hydra - Altered State - Disc 1

* 1. Standing on the edge of space * 2. Chemistry * 3. Take me with you * 4. All that matters * 5. After the rain * 6. Crystalline * 7. Aurelia * 8. The Thrillseekers Ft. Fisher - The Last Time (Hydra's Altered State Mix)

Hydra - Altered State - Disc 2

* 1 Where Oceans Meet (Part I) * 2 Where Oceans Meet (Part II) * 3 Where Oceans Meet (Part III) * 4 Where Oceans Meet (Part IV) * 5 Where Oceans Meet (Part V) * 6 Where Oceans Meet (Part VI) * 7 Pinter Moment

DJ Mixes

*2005: '' Nightmusic Volume 1'' *2007: '' Nightmusic Volume 2'' *2008: ''

Nightmusic Volume 3 Steve Helstrip, known by the stage name The Thrillseekers, is an English DJ and record producer. His debut single was "Synaesthesia", released in 1999. Helstrip has worked under the guises of En Motion, Insigma, Rapid Eye and Hydra. He also w ...

'' *2013: ''Techno Club Vol. 41'' (with Talla 2XLC)

Singles

As ''The Thrillseekers'': * 1999 "Synaesthesia" eo- UK #83 * 2000 "Synaesthesia (Fly Away)" eo- UK #28 * 2002 "Dreaming of You" (with Alexis Strum) ata Records- UK #48 * 2002 "Escape" djusted* 2004 "NewLife" djusted* 2005 "By Your Side" djusted* 2005 "Sublime" (with Ferry Corsten)

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* 2007 "Waiting Here For You" (featuring Aruna) djusted* 2008 "The Last Time" (featuring Fisher) djusted* 2008 "City of Angels" djusted* 2010 "Savanna" rmada* 2010 "Effectual" (vs M.I.K.E.) rmada* 2011 "Song for Sendai" (Tribute of Japan Tsunami 2011) djusted* 2012 "Angel" (featuring Fisher) djusted* 2012 "Everything" (featuring Stine Grove) djusted* 2013 "Anywhere With You" (featuring Stine Grove) djusted* 2013 "When All Else Fails" djusted* 2013 "Daydream" (with York & Asheni) djusted* 2013 "Fracture" (with Talla 2XLC) etsuo* 2014 "Like They Used To" (vs Standerwick) djusted/ ho's Afraid Of 138?!* 2014 "Find You" djusted* 2014 "This Is All We Have" djusted* 2014 "All The Little Things" (vs Sam Mitcham) djusted* 2015 "They'll Never Know" (vs Sam Mitcham) djusted* 2015 "Es Vedra" (vs

Aly & Fila Aly & Fila are an Egyptian trance music duo made up of Aly El Sayed Amr Fathalah (Aly) and Fadi Wassef Naguib (Fila). They host an Internet radio show called Future Sound of Egypt, and are the founders of the label of the same name. The duo has ...

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* 2016 "Just Because" djusted* 2016 "Halcyon 2016"

* 2017 "Stay Here With Me" (with

Shannon Hurley Shannon Hurley is an American singer and songwriter. She was born in South Bend, Indiana and currently lives and works in Los Angeles. She was voted by ''Rolling Stone'' as one of the top 25 artists on Myspace in 2006. Music from her 2007 debut ...

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As ''Rapid Eye'': *1999 "Alderaan" TCR*1999 "H.E.I.G.H.T.S." TCR*2000 "Never Going Back" TCR*2002 "Circa Forever" TCR*2003 "Stealing Beauty" TCR*2004 "Santa Cruz" TCR*2004 "Absolut" TCR As ''Insigma'': *2000 "Insigma/Evolution" TCR*2000 "Open our Eyes" TCR*2003 "Avalon" TCR As ''En-Motion'': *2000 "Truth" DJ*2002 "Getting Away With It" ncentive As ''Hydra'': *2003 "Affinity" (featuring Tiff Lacey) iscover*2016 "Amber"

As ''Morpheus'': *2003 'Signs/Magnetica' aptivating Sounds

Remixes

As ''The Thrillseekers'': *1999 Free Radical - "Unity Theme" TCR*1999 Force Majeure - "Redemption" dditive Three*1999 Rapid Eye - "Alderaan" (as Thrillseekers v. Rapid Eye) TCR*1999 Alice Deejay - "Back In My Life" ositiva*1999 Silhouette - "Cant Wait To Find Love" eo*1999 Cequenza - "Cequenza" (as Rapid Eye v. Thrillseekers) pot On*1999 Compulsive - "Movin'"

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*1999 Digitale - "New York Doll" 2K*1999

- "Saltwater (Ambient Mix)" travaganza*1999 Taskforce - "Touch Me" 2K*2000 Blank & Jones - "Beyond Time" ang Go*2000 Rhythm of Life - "You Put Me In Heaven With Your Touch" travaganza*2000 Ascension - "Someone"

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*2000 Chicane - "Autumn Tactics" travaganza*2000 Tiesto &

pres. Alibi - "Eternity" andit/Armind*2001 Vincent de Moor - "Fly Away" irgin*2001 Orinoko - "Island" ositiva*2002 En Motion - "Getting Away With It (Instrumental Mix)" ncentive*2002 Chicane - "Saltwater 2002 (House Mix)" travaganza*2002 Matt Schwartz pres. Sholan - "Can You Feel (What I'm Going Thru)" inistry of Sound*2003

Jan Johnston Jan Johnston (born 13th October 1968, Salford, England) is an English professional singer & songwriter, best known for collaborating with some of the world's top trance music DJs and producers. Career In the early 1990s, she was signed to Co ...

- "Calling Your Name" latipus*2003 Alizée - "A Countre Courant" niversal*2003 Alizée - "J'en Ai Marre" (as Soft Skin) niversal*2003 Hydra - "Affinity" iscover*2004 Usual Aspect - "Mr Blue" otion Recordings*2004 Ferry Corsten - "Sweet Sorrow"

*2004 Rapid Eye - "Circa Forever" (Ambient Mix) TCR*2004 8 Wonders - "The Morning After" omatic Sense*2004 Witness of Wonder - "Emotions in Motion" TCR*2004 Evolve - "Safe To Dream" djusted*2004

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feat Delline Bass - "Need To Feel Loved" ositiva*2005 Pulser - "Square One" TCR*2005

Lange Lange may refer to: People *Lange (surname), a German surname * Lange (musician) (born 1974), British DJ * Lange (Brazilian footballer) (born 1966), Brazilian footballer Companies * Lange (ski boots), a producer of ski boots used in alpine (dow ...

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Kirsty Hawkshaw Kirsty Hawkshaw (born 26 October 1969) is an English electronic music vocalist and songwriter. In addition to her work as a solo artist, she is known as the lead vocalist of early 1990s dance group Opus III, and her collaborative work with oth ...

- "Sincere for You" (re-released 2008) djusted*2005 Ferry Corsten vs. The Thrillseekers - "Sublime"

*2009

Solarstone Richard Mowatt, commonly known by his stage name Solarstone (formerly spelled Solar Stone), is an Irish trance DJ and producer based in Wales. The music project Solarstone was founded as a trio, and also used the pseudonyms Young Parisians, Liq ...

ft. Elizabeth Fields - "Part of Me" olaris*2009 Chicane - "Poppiholla" rmada*2010 Arcane Science - "Still Feel (You Here)" djusted*2011

John O'Callaghan John O'Callaghan may refer to: * John O'Callaghan (Medal of Honor) (1850–1899), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * John O'Callaghan (politician) (died 1913), secretary of the United Irish League * John O'Callaghan (musician), Irish ...

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Audrey Gallagher Scheer was an alternative metal Alternative metal (also known as alt-metal) is a genre of heavy metal music that combines heavy metal with influences from alternative rock and other genres not normally associated with metal. Alternative meta ...

- "Bring Back The Sun" ubculture*2011

- "I Don't Own You" rmada*2020

- No Ordinary Morning odena Records As ''En-Motion'': *1998 York - "Farewell To The Moon" ositiva*1998 Aurora - "Hear You Calling" dditive*1999 The Thrillseekers - "Synaesthesia" eo*1999 Starparty "I'm In Love" ncentive*2000 Sonique - "It Feels So Good" erious*2000 Free Radical - "Surreal" TCR*2004 The Thrillseekers - "Synaesthesia 2004" (Re-edit) djusted As ''Rapid Eye'': *1999 Cequenza - "Cequenza" pot On*1999 Compulsive - "Movin" pot On*2000 Timo Maas - "Der Sheiber" erfecto*2000 Blank & Jones - "The Nightfly" ang Go*2000 Gee Motion - "Blue Angel" erfecto*2002 Rapid Eye - "Circa Forever" TCR*2004 Rapid Eye - "Absolut" TCR

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thrillseekers, The 1973 births English DJs English electronic musicians English record producers English trance musicians Living people Musicians from York Remixers Electronic dance music DJs