Biography

Ian Van Dahl     

Ian Van Dahl was created by Christophe Chantzis and Erik Vanspauwen in the beginning of 2000. Christophe Chantzis is no stranger to the Belgian dance scene... he has been involved in projects like Absolom and Astroline in the past. Their first single Castles In The Sky was an instant hit, not only in Belgium, in Germany it reached no.2 in the dance charts, it was no.3 in the UK, and in the Canadian dance chart it got up to no.1. Last but not least they entered the American billboard charts (highest place no.78) for a few months and they got into the Top 15. Some remixes were made by German DJ’s like Tomasso Dedonatis (Watergate, DJ Quicksilver) and Wippenberg aka Olaf Dieckmann.

The lyrics of Castles In The Sky were written and sung by Marsha. But suddenly, the record company and Christophe Chantzis decided they had to replace Marsha. Then came Annemie (together with the dancers Jeanine and Diana). A new version of Castles In The Sky with the voice of Annemie has been made but until now all the versions that you can buy are still with the voice of Marsha.

Marsha performed solo her version of Castles In The Sky during a 3 month tour of America in order to prove she was the one and only singer. During her stay she didn't only perform but she also got the opportunity to work with a very talented team consisting of Justin Time, Russ Reign and Marino Bragino. This resulted in a new song called Distant Places, released under the name of LD 30 featuring Marsha X.

However, the Ian Van Dahl project kept on. The follow-up single to be released was Will I, in 2002. The European release was planned for August and included a Pulsedriver remix.

The 4th single was entitled Try, it was released in September in the UK.

2003: Ian Van Dahl plans released the tracks Secret Love and Try.

In 2004 he came with Lost & Found wich reached #13 in U.S. Top Electronic Albums

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