PvD is renowned as one of the hardest working artists, with sold-out tours that cross each continent, headline spots at every major festival, and a hugely successful recording career. With over 3 million albums sold worldwide, van Dyk travels around the world over 16 times each year to sold out performances internationally. 2007 alone has brought us PvD remixes of Depeche Mode’s “Martyr”, Britney Spears’ „Gimmy more“ and Justin Timberlake’s “What Goes Around.... Comes Around”.
PvD received a Grammy nomination in 2005 for Best Dance/Electronic Album for his original album Reflections – this marked the first time NARAS recognized this category. His original productions from Reflections have been synced into major motion pictures such as Into the Blue, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, television’s Entertainment Tonight and MTV’s Cribs, and international ad campaigns for Motorola, HBO, Land Rover, Ski Vail and most recently for Jeep. This year he won the International Dance Music Award (IDMA) for Best Euro DJ.
Previously, PvD won four IDMAs in 2006: Best Global DJ, Best NuNRG/Euro Track, Best Producer and Best Mix Compilation for The Politics of Dancing 2. In addition, PvD was voted “America’s Favorite DJ” for 2004 and 2005 by BPM Magazine and was the big winner at the 2004 Dancestar Awards, taking home 3 awards: Best International DJ, Best Event and Best Music in a Commercial (Motorola). He also won the Mexican Oscar for his soundtrack in the film Zurdo in March 2004. Paul van Dyk was voted "Best Music Maker" by DJ Magazine, received the “Best International DJ Award” at the 1999 Music Awards in London, was named "Best International DJ" by Ministry of Sound Magazine, and Mixmag elected him as “Man of the Year”.
Aside from his musical activity, Paul van Dyk has always dedicated a significant part of his life to politics and social justice: from his youth, when he fled over the Berlin Wall to the West, to his children’s charity in India’s Mumbai, and his partnership scheme with the German Red Cross to help poor children in Berlin. In 2004, PvD was the only electronic artist involved in a nationwide tour with the Rock The Vote campaign, where he joined the likes of Bono, P Diddy, the Black Eyed Peas and George Clinton in campaigning for America’s youth to sign up to vote in the presidential election. In 2006 he received Berlin’s Medal of Honor (Landesverdienstorden) in recognition of his work with Ruckenwind, a charity organization he founded dedicated to helping poor children in Berlin. He joins a distinguished list of arts and political establishment figures with this honor.
Born in Eisenhüttenstadt, East Germany, Paul van Dyk grew up in communist East Berlin. Because his community did not have a true club culture, Paul van Dyk listened to the radio where he discovered his passion for music that extended beyond Techno music – he wanted to create a different, more unique sound. In the early 1990’s Paul van Dyk was spinning regularly at various clubs in Berlin before releasing his first album 45 RPM in 1994. But it wasn’t until the release of his second album Seven Ways which catapulted him into the Top 100, followed by the release of his hit single “For An Angel,” which began to earn him praise across the globe. By the time Paul van Dyk released Out There & Back in 2000, it became clear that the Berlin-based musician had far more to offer than his signature club sets and remixes that had already defined him as one of the most influential DJs and producers of all time. His first compilation mix CD Politics of Dancing was released in 2001, followed by Global in 2003 – a DVD which illustrates his own experiences traveling the world.
Paul van Dyk created the internet radio station VONYC.com focused on the electronic dance scene.
Paul van Dyk’s touring diary remains incredibly hectic with regular globetrotting stops at major venues across the globe from New York, London, Ibiza to India, China and Singapore. In the little time remaining between all the travel, Paul van Dyk resides in Berlin where he has his own radio show “Paul van Dyk’s VONYC Sessions” which airs weekly on Area 33 on Sirius Radio on Thursday nights at 6PM ET (and rebroadcasts Saturdays at 8PM ET and Tuesdays at Midnight ET) and Soundgarden which airs every Saturday 2pm – 4pm (EST) on Fritz radio and over the internet (www.fritz.de).
For more information, please visit www.paulvandyk.com or www.myspace.com/paulvandyk.
1991
Everywhere
Paul van Dyk Lyrics
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I can barely read your note
With your tiny letters flung like chains
Across a paper moat
My little lungs are battling
And they clutch at every breath
For the last thing that you scribbled there
The fingers made of hanger wire
All curled and tangled up
Trace circles made by coffee cups
Left on the table top
And your shoes are still parked at the door
And your hair still in the bath
The glasses in our cupboards purr
To the hum of distant cars
You are everywhere I look
You are everywhere
You are everywhere I look
You are everywhere
You are everywhere I look
You are everywhere
You are everywhere I look
You are everywhere
The lyrics to Paul van Dyk's song Everywhere convey the sentiment of longing for a loved one who is physically absent. The first stanza sets the scene of the singer struggling to read a note left behind by their loved one in a dimly lit room. The "tiny letters" become "chains" across a "paper moat," perhaps symbolizing the divide between the two people. The second stanza further emphasizes the physical absence of the loved one from the singer's life, with the singer's lungs "clutching at every breath" and the "fingers made of hanger wire" tracing circles on tabletops. Yet, despite the physical absence, the presence of the loved one lingers in everyday objects, like the parked shoes and the humming glasses.
The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "You are everywhere I look," emphasizing the omnipresence of the loved one in the singer's mind and heart, despite their physical absence. The final stanza echoes the sentiments of the first two, with descriptions of the loved one's belongings and their lingering presence in the home. The song as a whole captures the bittersweet feeling of missing someone deeply, while also finding comfort in their lasting impact on one's life.
Line by Line Meaning
In the dull light of the 60 watt
The room has a dim light and it's almost difficult to see things clearly.
I can barely read your note
It's tough to read the note left by the author.
With your tiny letters flung like chains
The letters used to write the note are small and look linked to one another.
Across a paper moat
The note is placed in a way as if it is isolated from the surroundings.
My little lungs are battling
The author is struggling to breathe.
And they clutch at every breath
Every breath taken by the author is important.
For the last thing that you scribbled there
The author is talking about the note left by someone else.
Is 'go and be yourself'
The message of the note is for the author to be their own self.
The fingers made of hanger wire
The author is trying to convey the stiffness of the fingers (maybe of a sculpture) made with wire hangers.
All curled and tangled up
The fingers are not straight, but curved and twisted together.
Trace circles made by coffee cups
The circles made by coffee cups were traced, creating lines similar to that of the fingers.
Left on the table top
The table on which the cups were left, gave an imprint of the rings they made.
And your shoes are still parked at the door
The author is trying to locate someone's shoes that they might have left near the door.
And your hair still in the bath
The author finds the strands of hair left in the bathtub.
The glasses in our cupboards purr
The glasses in the cupboards vibrate with a low humming sound that's coming from far away.
To the hum of distant cars
The humming sound is coming from the cars that are driving on a distant road.
You are everywhere I look
The author feels the person they are searching for is all around them.
You are everywhere
The author emphasizes how the person they are searching for is everywhere.
You are everywhere I look
The author again emphasizes how the person they are searching for is everywhere.
You are everywhere
The author keeps on insisting the existence of the person they are searching for is all around them.
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: John McDaid, Johnny McDaide, Paul Van Dyk
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Frank Pasano
This is one of the best tracks on the *Evolution album. Please remix and re-release. This should be a #1 all over. McDaid is the male voice of trance!
Nicholas Rumas
Just discovered this track today. Amazing. Awesome lyrics, awesome voice, super interesting contrast with the music itself. Just an amazing track.
Shiggysox
"...love is in fact something small, intimate and personal. It's about relatively minor details because after all, it is just about two people" So true. The thoughts and emotions that go along with your music are what's kept me a fan for so long.
Edwin Távara
Fantastic track ... very good !!!
G0RR4
Thank you guys. Thank you very much. Love the track, the background history and your music.
M Sader
Still listening now in 2018. Brilliant track
Robert johnson
Timeless song this fire will always stay warm
Erika Barber
Imprints. Memories. Objects. Moments. This song nails it perfectly... hauntingly beautiful, soulful, piece. Leaves me sentimental.
X1k1nh0_
same thougths. Would love to hear another Evolution album!
Erika Barber
@X1k1nh0_ 👍 agreed..❤