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
Pumpin'
Paul van Dyk Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
Dan takkan berpaling cinta ini aku
Ku merasa kehilangan
Kehilangan yang berharga
Jiwa ini sepi bagai tiada penawar dapat menyembuhnya
Cintaku takkan berubah
Namun pilu hatiku
Tak pernah untuk kau hargai
Percuma semua pengorbananku
Seolah-olah kau menghinaku
Musnah impianku terhadapmu
The lyrics of Paul van Dyk's song Pumpin' are sung in Bahasa Indonesia, and they tell the story of a love that has been lost but will never be forgotten. The message is clear that the singer holds the love for the other person but has come to realize that this love is not reciprocated. The singer expresses feelings of loneliness and a heart that is deeply hurt. Despite the pain that the singer has felt, this love will never change even if it is only a one-way road.
The grief which the singer experiences is deep-set as evidenced by the reference to "sepi bagai tiada penawar dapat menyembuhnya" which loosely translates to "this feeling of loneliness is so deep that no balm can cure it." The pain is so severe that even the fire burning in the singer's soul towards the other person is not enough to take away the hurt that has been caused.
Finally, the song enters a lamentation about how everything the singer sacrificed for the love of the other person was in vain. It was as if the other person did not value the singer's commitment or was indifferent. When the song talks about "musnah impianku terhadapmu," it means that the singer has lost all hope of a shared love.
Line by Line Meaning
Pernah dulu ku berkata
I have said it before
Dan takkan berpaling cinta ini aku
And I won't turn away from this love
Ku merasa kehilangan
I feel lost
Kehilangan yang berharga
Lost something valuable
Jiwa ini sepi bagai tiada penawar dapat menyembuhnya
My soul is lonely as there's no remedy for it
Cintaku takkan berubah
My love won't change
Walau api membakar jiwaku ini
Even if fire burns my soul
Namun pilu hatiku
But my heart is sad
Tak pernah untuk kau hargai
You never appreciated it
Percuma semua pengorbananku
All my sacrifices were in vain
Seolah-olah kau menghinaku
It's as if you humiliated me
Musnah impianku terhadapmu
My dreams of you are destroyed
Writer(s): Paul Van Dyk
Contributed by Aria I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@thesilentking3690
Awesome track 🔥Thx for sharing 😌