Sander Ketelaars (; born 28 February 1979), better known by his stage name Sander van Doorn () or the initials SvD, is a Dutch electro house DJ and record producer from Eindhoven.
Background Sander van Doorn began his recording career in 2004, releasing numerous tech-trance hits on Oxygen Recordings. He became a regular DJ at Ibiza's Judgement Sunday and the Gallery in London, and was featured on BBC Radio One's Essential Mix in 2006. He gained recognition as a popular remixer, shifting from remixing for trance producers to pop/rock artists such as the Arctic Monkeys, whose hit "When the Sun Goes Down" was remixed by van Doorn in 2007.
Musical style Sander van Doorn's musical style has ranged from tech-house and progressive house during the mid-2000s to more vocal-driven electro-house and EDM throughout the 2010s. Despite being more known for DJing, since 2006, he's been a regular presence on DJMag's Top 100 DJ surveys. Among his most notable remixes are Armin van Buuren's "Control Freak", Tiësto's "Dance4Life", Yello's "Oh Yeah", Sia's "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine", and Lady Gaga's "Marry the Night".
History
2007: Doorn Records and Best Breakthrough DJ He established his label Doorn Records in 2007, and released his debut album Supernaturalistic on Spinnin' Records. That same year, he won the award for "Best Breakthrough DJ" at the International Dance Music Awards held at the Winter Music Conference in Miami.
The first big achievement in his career was securing residencies at Judgement Sunday in Ibiza and at the Gallery in London. 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. His productions, both original work and remixes, in 2007-2008 have generally been well received in the electronic music industry and are supported by more than 50 radio stations worldwide. Notable artists he has done remixes for include Sia, The Killers, Swedish House Mafia, Depeche Mode, & many others. He also collaborated with Robbie Williams.
2008: Debut studio album On 3 March 2008, van Doorn released his first studio album via Spinnin' Records, a Dutch electronic dance music record label. The album was titled "Supernaturalistic" consisting of 13 tracks.
2010: Headlining music festivals In the summer of 2010, van Doorn had residency at the world-famous Amnesia nightclub in Ibiza, Spain. van Doorn headlined a lot of music festivals with Bal en Blanc 16 in Montreal, Beyond Wonderland in San Bernardino, Electric Zoo in New York City and Transmission in Prague. A month-long tour of North America, which started in April was a great success with the finale "Dusk Till Doorn" show at The Guvernment in Toronto. His tracks including "Renegade", "Daisy", "Reach Out", "Hymn 2.0" and "Daddyrock" topped the Beatport charts.
2011: Second studio album On 19 September 2011, he released his second studio album titled "Eleve11" via Spinnin' Records. In 2011, he performed at Energy, Mysteryland, EDC and started a residency at worldwide Sensation festivals. He also released his first true cross-over hits 'Love is darkness' and 'Koko'. Besides that, his Dusk till Doorn compilation got its 2011 version, all of which earned him a Dutch Silver Harp award.
2012: Collaboration with Mayaeni In 2012, his singles regularly topped the charts of online dance music retailer, Beatport. He collaborated with Detroit-based soul singer Mayaeni for the single "Nothing Inside". In March 2012, Sander performed at Ultra in Miami, where he introduced his new single "Nothing Inside" featuring Mayaeni. The song topped Beatport as well as the playlists and charts in numerous countries. In August 2012, it was announced that van Doorn and various notable electronic music producers would be featured on the Halo 4 remix album.
2013: Digitally Imported In 2013, he started a monthly program called "Identity" on internet dance music radio station Digitally Imported. It became a weekly show that currently broadcasts to more than 70 radio stations globally. He also released some hit songs like "Joyenegizer", "Neon", "Project T" (with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike) and "Direct Dizko" (with Yves V). The program ended its broadcast after its 623rd show on 5 November 2021.
2014: Gold Skies In 2014, he collaborated with Martin Garrix and DVBBS for the single "Gold Skies". He also released "Right Here Right Now". In 2015, several more singles were released, including "Phoenix" (with R3hab) and "Rage" and collaborations with Firebeatz and Julian Jordan.
2016: The Snake 2016 Sander van Doorn started 2016 by releasing "Cuba Libre" followed by a collaboration with Gregor Salto for "Tribal". He then produced "Not Alone" inspired by the original track by Olive. "Raise Your Hands Up" with Chocolate Puma was released on Musical Freedom Records before "The Snake 2016" with Fred Pellichero. He ended 2016 with "WTF", collaborating with Oliver Heldens, which was released on Heldeep Records on 28 November.
2017: Return to trance and new album Van Doorn released an album under his Purple Haze alter ego, Spectrvm, on 9 October 2017.
Discography
Albums Title Details Peak chart positionsNLDSupernaturalisticReleased: 3 March 2008 Label: DOORN Format: CD, Digital download —Eleve11Released: 19 September 2011 Label: Ultra, Spinnin', DOORN Format: CD, Vinyl, Digital download62SPECTRVM(as Purple Haze)Released: 9 October 2017 Label: DOORN, Spinnin' Format: CD, Vinyl, Digital download—"—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Charted singles Title YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbumNLD For "SOS (Message In A Bottle)": For "Twister": AUTBELCANFINFor "SOS (Message In A Bottle)": FRA For "SOS (Message In A Bottle)": GER Type "Sander van Doorn" on the "suche" option and then search to see the chart history.POLFor "Gold Skies": SPASWIUKUS Dance"Twister"(as Sam Sharp)(vs. Ron van den Beuken)2004 40 — — — — — — — — — — —rowspan="2" "SOS (Message In A Bottle)"(as Filterfunk)2006 30 — 54 — 15 46 — — — — 60 —"Grasshopper"2007 65 — — — — — — — 19 — — —Supernaturalistic"By Any Demand"(featuring MC Pryme) 20 — — — — — — — — — — —"Riff" 24 — — — — — — — 15 — — —"Apple"2008 34 — — — — — — — — — — —"Close My Eyes"(vs. Robbie Williams)2009 7 — 69 — — — 33 — — — — —rowspan="2" "Renegade"(The Official Trance Energy Anthem 2010)2010 21 — 65 — — — — — — — — —"Love Is Darkness"(featuring Carol Lee)2011 85 — — — — — — — — — — —Eleve11"Koko" 10 — — — — — — — — — — —"Chasin'"2012 67 — — — — — — — — — — —rowspan="5" "Nothing Inside"(with Mayaeni) 29 — 92 — — — — — — — — —"Kangaroo"(with Julian Jordan) — — — — — — — — — — — 43"Joyenergizer"2013 — — — — — — — — — — — 29"Project T"(vs. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike) — 39 29 — — — 33 — — 21 — —"Gold Skies"(with Martin Garrix and DVBBS featuring Aleesia)2014 94 — 59 57 — 183 — — — — 49 19Gold Skies"Phoenix"(with R3hab)2015 103 — — — — — — — — — — —rowspan="2" "Lost"(with MOTi) — — — — — — — — — — — —"—" denotes a single that did not chart or wasn't released in that country.
Other singles
Title Released Record label Other artists Pumpkin 2006 Oxygen rowspan="2" Direct Dizko Konverted Dawn Raid 2008 Doorn Records with Jon Rundell What Say? 2009 with Marco V Bliksem as Purple Haze Bastillon rowspan="9" Ninety Daisy 2010 Reach Out Hymn 2.0 Daddyrock Timezone 2011 Drink To Get Drunk What Did I Do 2012 Into The Light 2013 with DubVision and Mako featuring Mariana Bell Neon Ten Toolroom with Mark Knight and Underworld Direct Dizko Doorn Records with Yves V Guitar Track 2014 with Firebeatz Get Enough THIS with Oliver Heldens Rage 2015 with Firebeatz and Julian Jordan Ori Tali Ma rowspan="2" Oh, Amazing Bass ABC with Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano White Rabbit Spinnin' Records with Pep & Rash Cuba Libre 2016 Doorn Records Tribal with Gregor Salto Not Alone Raise Your Hands Up Musical Freedom Records with Chocolate Puma The Snake 2016 Doorn Records with Fred Pellichero WTF Heldeep Records with HI-LO Need To Feel Loved 2017 Doorn Records with Lvndscape Just Won't Get Enough Q-Dance Records with Noisecontrollers The Rhythm Doorn Records Neiloj as Purple Haze Mant Array Contrast as Purple Haze Choir 1.0 No Words 2018 featuring Belle Humble Bergen Armind as Purple Haze Call Me Let It Go Doorn Records with D.O.D The Hyll Armind as Purple Haze One Love 2019 Doorn Records with Frontliner 500 (PCM) We Come in Peace Armada Music as Purple Haze Surrender Doorn / Spinnin' Records Blowback with Firebeatz You & Me as Purple HazeLike This 2020 Spinnin' Records with Frontliner Flanging Flashover Recordings as Purple Haze with Ferry Corsten Strangers Thing Doorn / Spinnin' Records as Purple Haze Spotlight Spinnin' Records with Harris & FordRosy Anjunabeats as Purple HazeThe World Spinnin' Records with Lucas & SteveI Dream rowspan="2" Feels Like SummerTemper Temper featuring ONRGolden 2021 featuring BlondfireWhat You Want Doorn Records Jonson's Play A State Of Trance with Armin van BuurenRaindrops 2022 Spinnin' Records with Selva and Macon featuring ChacelBreakfast In Vegas
Remixes and edits Artist Track Released Record label Additional informationSiaThe Girl You Lost To Cocaine2008Ultra MusicSander van Doorn Remix Sam Sharp Roundabout 2009 Doorn Records Sander van Doorn Main MixTiëstoDance4Life2010Magik MuzikSander van Doorn Remix Swedish House Mafia vs. Tinie Tempah Miami 2 Ibiza 2011 Capitol (US) Polydor (UK) Sander van Doorn Remix Inpetto Shhhh! 2012 Doorn Records Sander van Doorn EditNeil DavidgeTo GalaxyMicrosoft StudiosSander van Doorn and Julian Jordan RemixLady Gaga Marry The NightInterscope Records Sander van Doorn Remix The Alexsander Output 2015 Spinnin' Deep Sander van Doorn Edit Moby Natural Blues 2016 Spinnin' Deep Sander van Doorn Remix Sam Sharp Roundabout 2017 Doorn Records Purple Haze Remix Lifelike and Kris Menace Discopolis 2.0 2018 Armada Music Sander van Doorn Remix Frontliner I'm The Melodyman Doorn Records Sander van Doorn Remix Syn Cole Lights Go Down 2019 Virgin EMI Records Sander van Doorn Remix Bottai Nunc Doorn Records Purple Haze EditAbove & Beyond vs. Armin van BuurenShow Me Love2021ArmindSander van Doorn Remix
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References
External links Official website