being influenced by frankfurt's electronic music scene and its legendary airport club "dorian gray", german sound mastermind DOUG LAURENT started deejaying back in 1985. shown on many occasions behind the turntables, he pushed crowds worldwide to experience a variety of emotions with his progressive but melodic trance style.doug also established himself as the worldwide renown producer of more than 350 released tracks, represented by over 80 international labels (both major and independents).in 1986, he founded his first digital midi recording studio together with CHRIS HUELSBECK, who lateron became one of the world's leading game soundtrack composers for titles such as INDIANA JONES, RESIDENT EVIL and STAR WARS. risen from the underground, doug has created hit single productions for CULTURE BEAT ("inside out", "mr. vain recall"), LA BOUCHE, ALPHAVILLE and YELLO which marked his career throughout the last decade.doug as well teamed up for collaborations with BARTHEZZ, B.G. ...show more

being influenced by frankfurt's electronic music scene and its legendary airport club "dorian gray", german sound mastermind DOUG LAURENT started deejaying back in 1985. shown on many occasions behind the turntables, he pushed crowds worldwide to experience a variety of emotions with his progressive but melodic trance style.doug also established himself as the worldwide renown producer of more than 350 released tracks, represented by over 80 international labels (both major and independents).in 1986, he founded his first digital midi recording studio together with CHRIS HUELSBECK, who lateron became one of the world's leading game soundtrack composers for titles such as INDIANA JONES, RESIDENT EVIL and STAR WARS. risen from the underground, doug has created hit single productions for CULTURE BEAT ("inside out", "mr. vain recall"), LA BOUCHE, ALPHAVILLE and YELLO which marked his career throughout the last decade.doug as well teamed up for collaborations with BARTHEZZ, B.G.

THE PRINCE OF RAP, BIZARRE INC, BONEY M., FUN FACTORY, FRONT 242, HYPERLOGIC, KIM SANDERS, KOSMONOVA, LE CLICK, LOFT, LOVE INC., NO MERCY, PANJABI MC, PEYOTE, PHARAO, RAUL, SASH!, SEAN PAUL, SHAGGY, SIN WITH SEBASTIAN, SNAP!, SPIKE, TALLA 2XLC, THE TWINS, VALERIE DORE, ZODIAC and many others. after founding the "media park" with its 10 studios in 1992 nearby frankfurt, the "hypnotic" label in 1994 (first release "i'm rushin'") and the "house of faith" label in 1998, laurent has been hosting dj's and acts like ANGEL OF DEATH, CLUB INVADERS, DESKEE, DJ ROY DAVIS, DJ WAG & MISAR, JAY FROG / SCOOTER, KAI TRACID, LEGEND B, M@C & FROST, MIKADO, MISS SHIVA, MISS THUNDERPUSSY, PRO-ACTIVE, RAMIN, RENEGADE MASTER, STEVO, TRANCE ACTION, VEGA, WARMDUSCHER, YAKOOZA and Y.O.M.C. besides going solo, doug laurent actually runs the acts AMMONIA, DE LOREAN feat. NINA, DEEJANE ALLSTARS, FEARSOME FOURSOME, FUTURE SHOCK, OVERDUB, PLANET TRAX, RAINMAKER, RECALL, SYSTEMATICS & TAURUS.his current 2004 major label projects are german popstars idol FABRIZIO (universal), former sweetbox singer TINA HARRIS (columbia), SHAHIN (featured by the prodigy & tim deluxe) and eastern europe supergroup COLONIA.

being very succesful in creating tribal / garage tracks as well, doug's label "risque recordings" is the home of all house acts like 54 feat. LAWSON, BIZARRE, CARY AUGUST, FAB, FANTASTIQUE, FOUNDATION, KENNE, HACIENDA BROS., JOCELYN BROWN, LA GUARDIA, , MINISTRY OF FUNK, TANIA EVANS and THEA AUSTIN, alongside productions for GLORIA GAYNOR, MICHAEL ZAGER, MICHELLE WEEKS, NICK STRAKER BAND, SABRINA JOHNSTON, STAXX, THE LAWYER and TONY DI BART. in 2002 and 2003 doug laurent gave prove of his versatility again by releasing "TECHNO TRANCE ESSENTIALS" and "HOUSE ESSENTIALS" (distributed by ueberschall / best service), collections of each more than 2500 unique sounds from his archives, supporting his philosophy of constant innovation.these milestones are followed by his new sampling cd "LOOP ESSENTIALS" in early 2004, which includes more than 3500 amazing drum and rhythm loops.DVD projects, soundtracks and mixes in cinematic 5.1 surround sound are in progress ! doug laurent's year-long experience in licence-, catalogue- and publishing-deals and his network of partner offices in san francisco, montreal, london, vienna, tokyo and sydney made him become a supervisor for the compilation series DOUG LAURENT IN THE MIX, PARTY ESSENTIALS, LATINO MIX, EMPIRE, MASTERTUNES and EL DIVINO. ACT # SONG TITLE 007 001 my name is bond 2 FLY 002 abracadabra 3D'S DREAM MACHINE 003 just an illusion 3RD DIMENSION 004 breakout 3RD DIMENSION 005 one million light years 54 FEAT. ...show less