- Marius Andresen
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Marius Andresen 
Background information Birth name Marius Andresen Also known as Van Dresen, Simadith Project, Marius Andresen, Andresen Born November 28, 1985 in Lørenskog, Norway Origin Norway Genres Trance, Progressive Trance, House, Electro House Occupations DJ, Record producer, Radiohost, Label manager, Event manager Years active 2008-present Labels Black Hole Recordings, Above Recordings, Agenda Music, In Trance We Trust, Armada Music, Avanti, Carambole Records Website VanDresen.com Marius Andresen (Van Dresen) Norwegian DJ[1] / Producer / Radiohost / Webdesigner.
Marius worked in the publishing department for FINN.no, creating banner ad's for FINN.no customers 2006-2007.
After leaving FINN.no, he founded the only 24/7 running EDM (Trance & House) radiostation in Norway in 2007, RadioVolum.
Van Dresen has worked with music for many years, but started to produce serious
from 2006. His first track was released 04.06.2008 on the Norwegian label:
Carambole Records. A club remix of an Norwegian pop/rock tune
that he did together with Phonk & House.
In June 2008 he teamed up with his friends Sied van Riel, Dimitri de Wit
and Therese Hammergren and started the Simadith Project.
Who released their first track 'Dirty Volum' on Black Hole Recordings,
named after the successful party held in Oslo the 18th of October 2008.- Simadith Project is an acronym: Si Ma Di Th:
Si = Sied van Riel
Ma = Marius Andresen
Di = Dimitri de Wit
Th = Therese Hammergren
In 2009 Marius went solo under the alias: Van Dresen and the first track up was
‘Back To Start’ released on Agenda Music the 17'th of July 2009.
'Back To Start' managed to hit 2'nd place at iTunes (Electronic genre)
at only 3 days after the release and at 2'nd place on the Norwegian CDON.com (All Categorys)- Above Recordings
In 2010 Marius founded 'Above Recordings' - a Norwegian record company with solid focus on EDM (Electronic Dance Music).
Above Recordings has 3 sublabels: Above Magenta, Above Yellow and Above Dark.
Marius also founded 'Above Management' at the same time - Artist & Booking agency for Above Recordings.- Tiësto's Club Life
On Friday the 17'th of July 2009 Van Dresen was the guest at Tiësto's radioshow 'Club Life' in '15 Minutes of Fame'.
Club Life is broadcast to millions of people worldwide,
but the main radiostation is Radio538 in the Netherlands (National FM station)
Van Dresen is the first and temporarily the only one from Norway to guest this show.- Forever Beyond (Radioshow)
Forever Beyond is a monthly radioshow presented by Van Dresen.
It’s 1 hour with musical journey through Trance and Progressive House.
Forever Beyond started in September 2009 and is today broadcast by the following radiostations:
- Dance Radio // Greece
- Radio Volum // Norway & World
- CityBeat Radio UK // UK
- Discover Trance / Liquid.fm- Dirty Volum
Was produced as the Anthem track for the event with the same name that was held on Club Stereo in Oslo (Norway) the 18th of October 2008.
Promoted by RadioVolum.- Phonk & House vs Andresen
In April 2008 Van Dresen produced together with Kenneth Gravdal (Kay Phonk) and Thomas Franke (Tom House)
A remix of the Norwegian pop artist, Charles. An Electro House track.
Charles - Hjertesten (Phonk & House vs. Andresen Dirty Edit)- RadioVolum
- RadioVolum was founded 25.08.2007 by Marius Andresen
- RadioVolum is today owned by Marius Andresen, Andreas Solberg and Dimitri de Wit.
Norwegian-based radiostation with focus on only EDM related music (EDM = Electronic Dance Music)
RadioVolum has regular shows with several well-know internasjonal dj's like:
Sied van Riel, Andy Duguid, Robbie Rivera, Topher Jones, DJ Dazzle, Daniel Wanrooy, Leblanc, Lemon & Einar K etc.- Club Volum
Is an Norwegian event company owned by Marius Andresen.
Club Volum has arranged various club-events in Oslo, Norway the past few years,
with many international artists like: Andy Duguid, Alex M.O.R.P.H, Mat Zo, The Blizzard, Daniel Wanrooy, Misja Helsloot,
Virtual Vault, DJ Dazzle, Leblanc, Lemon & Einar K, Sied van Riel etc.Contents
Discography
Singles
- C-Systems feat. Van Dresen - Embrace (Original Mix) Black Hole Recordings, In Trance We Trust - UPCOMING, August 2010
- C-Systems feat. Van Dresen - Embrace (Re-Edit) Black Hole Recordings, In Trance We Trust - UPCOMING, August 2010
- C-Systems feat. Van Dresen - Embrace (Radio Edit) Black Hole Recordings, In Trance We Trust - UPCOMING, August 2010
- C-Systems feat. Van Dresen - Embrace (Jason van Wyk's Offshore Vocal Mix) Black Hole Recordings, In Trance We Trust - UPCOMING, August 2010
- C-Systems feat. Van Dresen - Embrace (Jason van Wyk's Offshore Dub Mix) Black Hole Recordings, In Trance We Trust - UPCOMING, August 2010
- Van Dresen & Thrice - Subnative (Original Mix) 2010 - Above Recordings (NO)
- Van Dresen & Thrice - Subnative (Cor Fijneman Remix) 2010 - Above Recordings (NO)
- Van Dresen & Thrice - Subnative (99' Tribute Mix) 2010 - Above Recordings (NO)
- Van Dresen - Back To Start (Kimito Lopez Remix) 2010 - Armada Music (NL)
- Van Dresen & Thrice - Subnative (Cor Fijneman Remix) 2010 - Armada Music (NL)
- Van Dresen - Back To Start (Orjan Nilsen ReChunk) 2010 - Armada Music (NL)
- C-Systems feat. Van Dresen - Embrace (Original Mix) 2010 - Black Hole Recordings, In Trance We Trust
- Van Dresen – Back To Start (Orjan Nilsen ReChunk) 2009 - Agenda Music (Back To Start: REMIXED)
- Van Dresen – Back To Start (Kimito Lopez Remix) 2009 - Agenda Music (Back To Start: REMIXED)
- Van Dresen – Back To Start (Raul Medina Remix) 2009 - Agenda Music (Back To Start: REMIXED)
- Van Dresen – Back To Start (Radio Edit) 2009 - Agenda Music
- Van Dresen – Back To Start (Original Mix) 2009 - Agenda Music
- Simadith Project – Dirty Volum (Original Mix) 2008 - Black Hole Recordings, Avanti
- Simadith Project – Dirty Volum (Cut up Vocal Mix) 2008 - Black Hole Recordings, Avanti
- Simadith Project – Dirty Volum (Lemon & Einar K Remix) 2008 - Black Hole Recordings, Avanti
- Simadith Project – Dirty Volum (DJ Leblanc Remix) 2008 - Black Hole Recordings, Avanti
Albums / Mix compilations / CD's
- Van Dresen - Back To Start (Orjan Nilsen ReChunk) 2010 - featured on Trance The Ultimate Collection Vol.2 (CD1), Mai 2010
- Van Dresen - Back To Start (Kimito Lopez Remix) 2010 - featured on Markuz Schulz - Global DJ Broadcast Top 15, February 2010
- Van Dresen & Thrice - Subnative (Cor Fijneman Remix) 2010 - featured on Orjan Nilsen - Trance World, Vol 9 (CD2)
- Van Dresen - Back To Start (Orjan Nilsen ReChunk) 2010 - featured on Orjan Nilsen - Trance World, Vol 9 (CD2)
- C-Systems feat. Van Dresen - Embrace (Original Mix) 2010 - featured on DJ Virtual Vault - In Trance We Trust, Vol 15
- C-Systems feat. Van Dresen - Embrace (Original Mix) 2010 - featured on Pedro Del Mar - Mellomania, Step 17
Remixes
- The New Batch - 2010 (Van Dresen & Thrice Tribute Remix) 2010 - Above Recordings
- Setrise vs. Braend - White Shores (Van Dresen Remix) 2009 - Sunset To Sunrise Recordings
Other productions
- Charles - Hjertesten (Phonk & House vs Andresen Dirty Edit) 2008 - Carambole Records
References
- ^ EINBU, OLA (13 May 2010). "Dj-debut på VG-lista" (in Norwegian). Romerikes Blad. http://www.rb.no/lokal_kultur/article5113487.ece. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
External links
Categories:- 1985 births
- Living people
- Norwegian trance musicians
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