Sander van Doorn

Sander Ketelaars, born on the 28th of February 1979. Sander debuted in DJMag’s prestigious Top 100 poll at a very impressive no.32 in 2006 and then climbing 17 places to no.15 in 2007.

Sander's passion for music already started at a young age. At the age of 16 though, Sander discovered the thru thrill of making music when he played some records for the first time on 2 really bad turntables! This new hobby was to be expanded with producing when he began experimenting with a drum computer at the age of 17. This experimenting resulted in a first release a few years later, which was shortly followed by 2 other releases.

Not yet satisfied about these songs, Sander now began focusing entirely on how to make the productions sound stronger and better. Influenced by techno, trance and progressive, Sander now worked on creating his own distinctive style. Dynamic, drive and climax are the key features of the new Sander van Doorn sound. 100% devotion and full-time quality improvement resulted in collaboration with Spinnin' Records.

This collaboration led to successful remixes such as "Ron van den Beuken - Timeless (Sam Sharp RMX)", "Randy Katana - One Solid Wave (Sam Sharp RMX)", "TDR - Squelch (Sander van Doorn RMX)", "Armin van Buuren - Controlfreak (Sander van Doorn RMX)" and more...

After the first remixes came the debut release "Sam Sharp - Twister" which was shortly followed by numerous other releases under the name of Sander van Doorn, Sandler and of course under the alias Sam Sharp. In 2005 the projectname "Purple Haze" was also added to the list introducing a deeper trance-progressive sound on one side and a more experimental Tech House feel on the other.

The first big achievement in his career was securing residencies at Judgement Sunday in Ibiza and at the Gallery in London. Sander has now DJ'ed at every major club, party and venue around the world and he has probably been the headline DJ at most of these events. His ethos is simple and that is to please every crowd he comes in contact with. He is one of the smiliest people in dance music. You will always see him smiling on stage or in a photo.

In June 2007 he presented one of Eddie Halliwell's shows on BBC Radio One. He also did an essential mix for BBC Radio One in June 2006, the same month he won 'Best New Producer' at the Trance Awards.

Sander hosts an internet radio show every 4th Wednesday of the month on Digitally Imported radio, called Identity on www.DI.fm. The show is made from 2 studio mixes and sometimes is live.

Every van Doorn production of 2007 & 2008 has sent tidal waves through the electronic music industry with DJs from a multitude of genres slotting his work into their sets. Radio play of most of his tracks was guaranteed as were high chart placings, reaching the number one spot on more than one occasion. His remixes have gained the same recognition, remixing in the past for the likes of Robbie Rivera, Matt Darey, Randy Katana, Mode Hookers (Steve Angello & Sebastian Ingrosso) and Blank & Jones to latest remixes of TDR 'Squelch' to the monster Armin Van Buuren 'Control Freak'.

It would be a grave mistake to miss out on seeing Sander play because you're not a 'trance' fan. You can be a nazi of any genre – and it’s still guaranteed that Sander Van Doorn will have you bouncing along with the entire of the dancefloor!

On 3rd March 2008 Sander released his first artist album under record label, Spinnin'. The album was titled 'Supernaturalistic'. Its a 13 track album with a variation of tracks with a base in trance but all with their own take on the genre of trance. 'Look Inside Your Head' provides the perfect introduction to the album. It’s a melodic, soothing trancey, and quite trippy start to proceedings, thus giving us a taste from the outset of what this album might be capable of. 'Pura Vida', 'Apple', and in particular 'Sushi' will appease the minimalists out there – sonically sublime in every way. 'Lobby' displays van Doorn’s versatile nature and demonstrates just how different he can be in terms of style - a kind of Massive Attack meets van Doorn we think. 'The Bass', which is one of Van Doorn’s most played tracks, is a must for those who crave peak set dance-floor mayhem, with 'Dozer' providing the ultimate dose of techno throbbing rave! And so finally we reach the end. 'Outrospective' is Sander’s way of winding down the album to a perfect and calming close.

March 2008 saw Sander win an award for 'Best Breakthrough DJ' in the International Dance Music Awards at the Miami Winter Conference in 2008 (beating the likes of Calvin Harris, Deadmau5 and Axwell).

Sanders newest and biggest single is 'Sia - The Girl You Lost' which came out on download on 14th April 2008.