Paul Van Dyk Returns To Australia

Grammy-nominated Paul van Dyk is without question one of the biggest electronic dance music artists in the world today with a rich and legendary history stretching back to the early 90’s. He has proven himself to be an unstoppable force consistently finishing in the Top 5 in most major DJ magazine polls.

Now after a 5 year absence, Australian trance fans are eagerly awaiting his return to Australian shores especially following the news that he will be presenting his very own Evolution arena. He debuted his new Evolution show, in the Sahara Tent at Coachella in April and the integrated audio-visual show was the result of intensive development.

In an interview with Chinashop he explained “Over the last few years, individual live production became more and more important in the touring circle, and I was looking into what was going on. There are quite a lot of impressive screens, but I realized that there’s no real creative input on those screens. This is when I reached out to the people who are pretty much fucking amazing at what they do and I explained what my aim is and where I wanted to go. The new album is called Evolution, so we’d sit together and have hours and hours of conversation about all these different paths that evolution takes. Ollie Metcalfe, who I’m working with, is not just a video designer. He’s a light designer and a stage designer. He does all that together. Therefore it always feels together, and the light design features the visual design, and the stage design is incorporated with the video and lights. It’s all quite complex, but it’s really exciting”.

PVD’s new album ‘Evolution’ has been confirmed for release in March 2012, just in time for Future Music Festival. His first studio album since 2007’s ‘In Between’ and his first full length offering since 2008’s ‘The Best Of Paul van Dyk’ the new record will feature 16 tracks in total. Paul van Dyk said that “Evolution” is an album that demonstrates my personal evolution as an artist. My advisors are saying it’s the best music I’ve done.”

Accompanying PVD is an all-star cast including Garuda’s Gareth Emery, voted no.7 in the worlds Top 100 DJ’s in 2010; Emery is the youngest DJs ever to crack the top ten. John O’Callaghan is a fully fledged member of the DJ elite, a masterful spinner, his high-octane trance mix coupled with a much-honed precision mixing style has seen him surge up through the DJ ranks. Orjan Nilsen is without a doubt one of trance’s brightest young stars having skyrocketed to worldwide acclaim for both his production work and also his ability to get the crowd fired up, playing a variation of the more chunky and groovy trance music, with big influences from tech-house and techno

National Tour Dates 2011
Brisbane – Saturday 3rd March – Doomben Racecourse
Perth – Sunday 4th March – Arena Joondalup
Sydney – Saturday 10th March – Royal Randwick Racecourse
Melbourne – Sunday 11th March – Flemington Racecourse
Adelaide – Monday 12th March – Ellis Park