German DJ and trance music producer
Paul van Dyk
Get to know the artist
Paul van Dyk is a German electronic producer and performer with a long association with trance. His career connects enduring melodic records with high-energy live sets and a willingness to move across genre boundaries.
- Explore the catalogue
For An Angel and Out There And Back introduce the established catalogue. This World Is Ours, discussed in his 2025 profile as an album of original work, offers a later point of comparison rather than only revisiting the classics.
- Born in
- Eisenhüttenstadt
- Country
- Germany
- Active since
- 1990
- First RA show
- 1993 · Alte Kaserne, Zurich
- On RA
- 1,250 shows in 71 countries
- Released on
- Nettwerk, Ministry Of Sound, Sony, Vandit Records, Ultra Records, Deviant Records
- RA followers
- 16,045
- Plays
- Trance
Their labels
Vandit Records
Founder · Founded 2000 · Source: MusicBrainz
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Own label · Source: MusicBrainz
Vandit
Founder · Founded 1999 · Source: Wikidata
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In our cities
- 44 shows · last Oct 2025 at O2 Arena
- 39 shows · last Jan 2026 at TBA - Uber Eats Music Hall
- 38 shows · last Nov 2025 at Superior Ingredients
- 29 shows · last Oct 2025 at Melkweg
- 13 shows · last Mar 2025 at ZEROTOKYO
- 12 shows · last Aug 2025 at Home The Venue
- 11 shows · last Aug 2025 at The Timber Yard
- 3 shows · last Oct 2014 at Zouk
Upcoming across cities
Often on the same bill as
- Aly & Fila
17 shared bills · last Sep 2026
- John '00' Fleming
8 shared bills · last Sep 2026
- Alex M.O.R.P.H.
7 shared bills · last Sep 2026
- Ferry Corsten
7 shared bills · last Jun 2026
- John O'Callaghan
7 shared bills · last Jun 2026
- Ciaran McAuley
5 shared bills · last Sep 2026
From Resident Advisor's listings. Since Oct 2021, leaving out bills of more than 12 acts.
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