The Beauty of Silence is an

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track that was composed and produced by

Sven Maes Sven Maes (), also known as Svenson, is a Belgian DJ and trance music producer. His work, especially in partnership with fellow Belgian Johan Gielen, has produced some of trance music's biggest hits. He has been successful as a solo artist and a ...

and

Johan Gielen Johan Gielen () is a trance artist, DJ, and remixer. He was born on 23 February 1968 in the town of Mol, Belgium. Early years Johan started DJing at the age of 17 in his home country of Belgium, and during the latest 15 years has built up an ...

. The song was a huge hit in

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and was the title track for a compilation of singles released by

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. The Beauty of Silence was the theme to the 5th edition of the European dance event called

Trance Energy Energy (formerly known as Trance Energy) was a Dutch trance event featuring trance music DJs from around the world. It was organized by ID&T and was held since 1999 in various venues in the Netherlands. History The event was founded in 1999. T ...

. It has retained its popularity over the years. It has been included on the two-disc album ''Club Nation America'' by

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and Tall Paul. It is also the title track of

Svenson & Gielen Airscape is a Belgian trance act composed of Johan Gielen and formerly, Sven Maes. The group also recorded as Svenson & Gielen () and several other pseudonyms. The two man group dissolved in 2005, each going solo. In 2009, Airscape was revived by ...

's only studio album ''The Beauty of Silence''. One of the show points of this tune is the silence transitioning two passages of the tune. Trance is marked by repetitious rhythmic electronic beat and here it is played in point and counterpoint. As a result of the song's success in Japan, it was included on beatmania IIDX 7th Style as a playable song with two other songs licensed by

. Two official music videos have been made for the song. The first is of Svenson & Gielen performing to club goers attending a stadium trance festival. It can be found on ''Be Yourself Music's'' official YouTube channel. The second is a CGI animated video of Sven Maes and Johan Gielen fighting an android in a virtual arena. Official reworks of the song have been released twice on the record label High Contrast Recordings. In 2010, the '' W&W vs. Jonas Stenberg'' remix was released and in 2013, two separate remixes by Menno de Jong and Artento Divini were released.

Recordings

*Original versions * "The Beauty of Silence (Radio Edit)" - 3:03 * "The Beauty of Silence (Original Extended)" - 9:15 * "The Beauty of Silence (Johan Gielen Essential Dark Mix)" - 7:18 * "The Beauty of Silence (Pump Mix)" - 9:37 *2010 Remix * "The Beauty of Silence (W&W vs Jonas Stenberg Remix)" - 6:38 *2013 Remixes * "The Beauty of Silence (Menno de Jong)" - 6:41 * "The Beauty of Silence (Artento Divini Remix)" - 5:11 *Other versions * beatmania IIDX 7th Style Original Soundtrack - "The Beauty of Silence" - 2:00

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