DJ’s United for Loveparade charity theme

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http://www.armadamusic.com/news/2010/09/djs-united-for-loveparade-charity-theme/

Paul Oakenfold, Armin van Buuren and Paul van Dyk have collaborated on a track called 'Remember Love', an homage to the 21 victims and visitors of the 19th edition of the world-famous Loveparade event. All proceeds will be donated to charity.

The Loveparade tragedy

July 24th 2010 is a date the dance scene will never forget. At the Loveparade, celebrated in Duisburg, Germany, more than 500 people were injured and 21 people were killed after panic broke out due to overcrowding in the tunnel entrance of the festival terrain. The Loveparade attracted more visitors than it could handle, resulting in mass hysteria and the death of 21 young dance lovers. Organizer of the Loveparade, Rainer Schaller, declared that this has been the final edition of the legendary event, that on average attracted a million dance-lovers to its yearly editions and had its first edition in 1989 in the city of Berlin. The dance scene, along with its DJ's, has been in shock ever since and to help remember the spirit of the famed dance event, three world-famous DJ's have now united to create awareness and support the victims family-members and persons injured.

How 'Remember Love' got into being

Paul Oakenfold, Armin van Buuren and Paul van Dyk have all played on several editions of the Loveparade, some of them even in the early years, when the Loveparade was still held in its original concept, in Berlin. They joined forces to produce a track, 'Remember Love'. The initiator of the track, was Paul Oakenfold. "I think the Loveparade represents a big part of the essence of the dance movement", he explains."It's a gathering for people from all over the world to come together to share their love for electronic music. I was watching television and a newsflash came up about the Loveparade. I really felt for the people that were there. I just thought we should do something to help them. In many other music genres artists come together, like 'Live Aid' and after the Haïti-disaster. We should do something. So I wrote this song and contacted Armin van Buuren and Paul van Dyk. I asked them if they were interested, cause I thought it was a good idea to have England, Holland and Germany coming together. Us coming together to do a track and all the money goes to help people. I think this is the first time this has ever been done in the dance scene, to give back, to help people."

'Remember Love'

'Remember Love' will be available under the collaborative name of DJ United from September, 10th on, exclusively on Beatport for 2 weeks. The track will be premiered in the radioshows of Armin van Buuren (A State of Trance), Paul van Dyk (VONYC Sessions) and Paul Oakenfold (Perfecto on Tour) in the week before release. The collaboration is, according to Oakenfold, a true mix of the sounds of the three DJ's/producers. Oakenfold:"'Remember Love' has the melodic feel which represents my sound, the emotion and movement which I love of Armin's sound and the energy and uplifting touch that no one does better than Paul van Dyk. I think it'll be interesting for people to hear how three artists come together making one song."