Richard Durand

Richard van Schooneveld (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈritɕɑrt fɑn ˈsxoːnəvɛlt];^[a] born 5 April 1976), better known as Richard Durand (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈritɕɑr dyˈrɑnt]^[b]), is a Dutch disc jockey and record producer.

Richard Durand
Birth name	Richard van Schooneveld
Also known as	Cliffhanger, Cyber Human, G-Spott, L.T.R. van Schooneveld, Out Now
Born	(1976-04-05) 5 April 1976 (age 49) Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genres	Trance
Occupation(s)	DJ, record producer
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Black Hole, Magik Muzik, SongBird, Terminal 4
Website	www.richarddurand.com

Biography

Starting his career in 2005, Durand was recommended by Tiësto as his 'Tip for the Top in 2007' in DJ Magazine. In that same year, he was placed in the DJ Magazine Top 100 DJs poll.

His first creations were tech trance singles "Make Me Scream" and "Slipping Away" on the Terminal 4 label, but his real success started with remixes of the Tiësto singles "Lethal Industry", "Flight 643" and "Break My Fall", and reworks of the Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" and Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" which brought him into the playlist of DJs such as Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, Judge Jules and Eddie Halliwell.

In 2008, Durand remixed Fragma's "Toca's Miracle" and Armin van Buuren's "In and Out of Love". His solo productions included "Weep" featuring Skin from Skunk Anansie on vocals, which was signed to Perfecto Records.

In 2009, Durand remixed Art of Trance's "Madagascar" followed by his debut artist album Always the Sun on Magik Muzik/Black Hole Recordings. The album spawned three singles: "Into Something", "Always the Sun" and "No Way Home".^[1]

Discography

Albums

• Always the Sun (2009)
• Wide Awake (2011)
• Richard Durand Versus the World (2012)
• The Air We Breathe (2018)
• Reactivate (2022)

DJ mixes

• Portrait (2013)

In Search of Sunrise series

• In Search of Sunrise 8: South Africa (2010)
• In Search of Sunrise 9: India (2011)
• In Search of Sunrise 10: Australia (2012)
• In Search of Sunrise 11: Las Vegas (2013)
• In Search of Sunrise 12: Dubai (2014)
• In Search of Sunrise 13.5: Amsterdam (2015)

Singles

^{[citation needed]}

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		NED
2005	"Make Me Scream"	—	Non-album singles
2006	"Slipping Away"	62
	"Sunhump 2006"	—
2007	"Any Time"	—
	"For the Believers 2.0"	—
	"Inside My Brain"	70
	"Submerge"	—
	"Sweep and Repeat"	58
2008	"Ledged Up"	—
	"Predator vs. Cha Cha"	—
	"Weep"	26
2009	"Always the Sun"	—	Always the Sun
	"No Way Home"	—
	"Into Something"	—
	"Silver Key"	—
	"Tiger's Apology"	—	Wide Awake
2010	"N.Y.C." (with JES)	—
	"Dryland" (with Phynn)	—
	"Night and Day" (with Christian Burns)	—
	"Xelerate"	—
2011	"Explode" (featuring Kash)	—
	"Run to You" (featuring Hadley)	—	Non-album single
2012	"Trancefusion"	—	Richard Durand Versus the World
2014	"Shield of Faith" (featuring Cynthia Hall)	—	Non-album singles
	"In Your Hands" (featuring Fisher)	—
2018	"The Air I Breathe"	—	The Air We Breathe
2019	"Vortex" (featuring Marco V)	—	Non-album singles
2020	"Malam" (with Dennis Shepherd and Roger Shah)	—
2021	"My Guiding Light"[2] (with Christina Novelli)	—
	"I Matter to You" (with Susanna)	—
2022	"Almost Home" (with Christian Burns)	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Remixes

• Armin van Buuren - "Wild Wild Son" (Richard Durand remix) (ft. Sam Martin)
• Art of Trance - "Madagascar" (Richard Durand remix)
• Ruben de Ronde & Roxanne Emery - "Gold" (Richard Durand remix)
• Tiësto - "Traffic" (Richard Durand remix)
• Tiësto - "Lethal Industry" (Richard Durand remix)
• Armin van Buuren - "In and Out of Love" (Richard Durand remix) (ft. Sharon den Adel)
• Tiësto - "Flight 643" (Richard Durand remix)

Notes

1. Van in isolation: [vɑn]
2. Richard in isolation: [ˈritɕɑrt]