Daniel Wanrooy /Progression /Odyssee (Black Hole)

Background: Hailing from the flatlands of Dordrecht, Southern Holland, Daniel Wanrooy has been influencing the playlists of some of the world’s top DJs for over 6 years. Both as one half of highly-lauded duos Progression & Odyssee and as a standalone artist, his evocative, imaginative music has successfully cross-bred virtually every sub-genre of trance.
Beginnings: EDM life for Daniel started in the early 90’s when he began messing around with electronic instruments. Experimenting with the first Tracker programs, he learned to make music by the well-traversed method of trial and error! Age 24 he signed his debut single ‘Roda Summers’ to Ton ‘Three Drives’ T.B.’s well-respected Massive Drive label. Launching his production career in earnest, it garnered plays from Armin, Rank 1 & Misja Helsloot among many others.
Progression & Odyssee PT 1: 2004 though proved to be Daniel’s big, graduating year as he banded together with fellow friend & producer Robin van de Wiel… Pooling resources as well as knowledge they released several tracks before launching a second act under the name Progression. Touting around various Dutch labels, they were snapped up by Fundamental Recordings. The 12” ‘Purify’ & ‘Ocean Green’ (2004) were quickly followed by ‘Indeep Sounds’ & ‘Sands of Time’ in 2005.
Progression & Odyssee PT 2: It was around this time that Daniel flew unmistakably onto the radar of über trance talent-spotter Tiësto. Over the last three years, the luminary’s has used an unprecedented 4 tracks of Daniel’s work on his mega-selling ‘In Search of Sunrise’ series. In 2005 Odyssee moved over to Blackhole with the pair licensing the double-header ‘Frontline’ & ‘Evolution’. In tandem, they also moved Progression over its sub-label I.T.W.T. (In Trance We Trust) with ‘Superstitious’ and subsequently onto Magik Muzik for ‘Technophobia’ & ‘Loving Memories’ in 06.
Progression – The Album: Staying true to the act’s name (and completing the circuit of Tiësto’s labels) Progression unleashed their debut long-player ‘Different Day, Different Light’ in 07 on Blackhole. Marked up by MTV as “two hours of fascinating music”, it received a huge reception from press and DJs alike.
Daniel Wanrooy - the DJ: A wish to see his tracks working from the perspective of the DJ booth along with a desire to travel the globe prompted Daniel to take the DJing plunge in 2003. Signed onto the books of the Global Twist Music agency, DJ dates have given him an invaluable POV, increasing his knowledge of how to make his music even more floor-effective. He cut his teeth at an I.T.W.T. party at Backstreet in Eindhoven and has subsequently warmed up for Tiësto, spun at the legendary Heineken Hall in Amsterdam & played to 15,000 strong crowds across Europe. He now DJ’s regularly in the UK, as well as dates right across the world.
The Future: Into 2008 Daniel is continuing work under both his collaboration monikers as well as laying the ground for his first solo album/
Upcoming releases/remixes:
Daniel Wanrooy - Dominca (Black Hole Recordings)
Daniel Wanrooy - Maybe Tomorrow (Black Hole Recordings)
Carlo Calabro feat. Tiff Lacey - Heart of Stone (Daniel Wanrooy remix) (Fektive)
Daniel Wanrooy - La Maddalena (Fektive)
Daniel Wanrooy - Blossom (Fektive)
Leon Bolier & Daniel Wanrooy - Lust (Spinnin)
Ishido - 22 (Daniel Wanrooy remix) (Bonzai)
Daniel Wanrooy & Gabriel Batz - Endless Waves (Beach Mix).mp3 (Ora records)
Daniel Wanrooy & Gabriel Batz - Endless Waves (Club Mix).mp3 (Ora records)
Artist album:
Different Day, Different Light
Disc 1:
01. Beneath The Surface (ft Manon Polare)
02. Echoes
03. Go The Distance (ft Koosje Volkers)
04. Loving Memories (Album Dub Mix)
05. Golden Gate
06. The Others
07. The Way Things Move (ft Nefesz)
08. Freq'd
09. Technophobia
10. 16
Disc 2:
01. Bell Shock
02. Stranger (ft Red)
03. Unreal
04. Electric Emotions
05. Treble
06. Hit & Run
07. Different Day, Different Light
08. Wirewood
09. Square Sky
10. Overtone
Discography:
Blackhole / In trance we trust / Magik Muzik:
a: Odyssee - Frontline
b: Odyssee - Evolution
a: Inbox - Points of departure
b: Inbox - Freelancer
a: Inbox - Snapshot
b: Inbox - Sound or silence
a: Progression - Superstitious
b: Progression - Red alert
a: Progression - Technophobia
b: Progression - Loving memories
a: Progression ft. Red - Stranger
b: Progression - Echoes
a: Odyssee - Sexy Arps
b: Odyssee - Day By Day
a: Progression - Different Day, Different Light
b: Progression - Different Day, Different Light (Reward remix)
Spinnin' Records:
Daniel Wanrooy - Avalanche (Spinnin) (Incl. Ron van den Beuken remix)
Fundamental Recordings:
a: Progression - Ocean green
b: Progression - Purify
a: Progression - Sands of time
b: Progression - in deep sounds
Lost Language:
a: Odyssee - 2 worlds collide
b: Odyssee - Dreamcatcher
Gesture Music:
a: Odyssee - Maya
b: Odyssee - Yucatan
a: Odyssee - 2morrow
b: Odyssee - Cruise control
Joof:
a: odyssee - Behind the falls
Subtraxx:
ODC - a cool breeze after
Novascape:
DJ RV vs. Odyssee - Sleepless
DJ RV vs. Odyssee - Sleepless (misja helsloot remix)
Remixes:
Blackhole:
Ton TB - Static Bullet (Odyssee remix)
Songbird:
Deadmau5 - Arguru (Progression remix)
Spinnin:
Ron van den Beuken - Slash (Daniel Wanrooy remix) (Spinnin)
San - Nothing remains the same (Daniel Wanrooy remix) (Fektive)
Compilation CD:
Back from your past: Odyssee - Frontline
Deep Trance - Odyssee - Frontline
Exhibition: Odyssee - Dreamcatcher
Re:Vive: Odyssee - Dreamcatcher
Euphoria, Ferry Corsten: Progression - Purify
Trancemaster: Catfish - Outside worlds
Trance Experience: Progression - Ocean Green
Trance, the ultimate collection 4 vol. 3: Progression - Ocean Green
Powermix zwitserland: Odyssee - Maya
In search of sunrise 4: Odyssee - Evolution
In search of sunrise 4: Progression - Sands of time
Illusion on the beach 2005: Progression - Indeep sounds
Ibiza 2005- The Island's Essentials: Progression - Indeep sounds
Madhouse 12, Ibiza edition: Odyssee - Frontline
Serious beats 49: Inbox - Points of departure
Trancemaster 5000: Odyssee - 2morrow
Trancemaster 5000: Inbox - Sound of Silence
Trancenation: Odyssee - Cruise control
Deep trance 9: Odyssee - Frontline
80days tour: Progression - Red alert
Definition of trance vol.1: Inbox - Snapshot
In search of sunrise 5: Progression - Technophobia
Trancemaster 5001: Inbox - Red alert
In trance we trust (nordic edition): Progression - Loving memories
Melodic trance 2006: Inbox - Points of departure
Trance industries vol. 1: Progression - Superstitious
Planet Trance Ibiza summer 2006: Progression-Technophobia
TranceMission: Progression - Superstitious
True To Trance 02 - Static Bullet (Odyssee remix)
Planet Trance 2007 - Progression - Loving Memories
MARK NORMAN LIVE IN DUBAI - Progression - Loving Memories
In search of Sunrise 6, Ibiza: Progression - Different Day, Different Light
Trance Allstars vol. 1: Progression - Technophobia
Trance 2008 The Vocal Session: Progression ft. Red - Stranger
Performance history venues:
The point, Dublin
Paradiso, Amsterdam
Heineken FFWD Danceparade, Rotterdam
Oslo Streetparade, Oslo
Monday Bar Cruise, Stockholm
Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
Boutique, Thessaloniki
Carling Academy, Glasgow
Panama, Amsterdam
Brixton Academy, London
The Powerzone, Amsterdam
ASTA, The Hague
Boulevard of dance, Dordrecht
Suikerrock, Tienen, Belgium
Hellinikon complex, Athens