Cosmic Gate

Cosmic Gate
Cosmic Gate in 2010
Background information
Origin	Krefeld, Germany
Genres	Trance, Progressive Trance
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Electrola (early years), Black Hole Recordings
Website	Official Website
Members
Claus Terhoeven (Nic Chagall) Stefan Bossems (DJ Bossi)

Cosmic Gate is a German trance duo made up of Claus Terhoeven (born 1972, aka Nic Chagall) and Stefan Bossems (born 1967, aka DJ Bossi). Both from Krefeld in Germany. On October 28, 2009, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Ultra Records artist Cosmic Gate placed #19, 43 spots above the group's ranking the year before.^[1] For the 2010 DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ Poll, Cosmic Gate moved to #24.^[2]

History

Formed in 1999, Cosmic Gate's first single was "Exploration of Space", followed by "The Drums" ,"Mental Atmosphere" and their "Somewhere over the Rainbow" remix using samples from the film, "The Wizard of Oz". However, Cosmic Gate did not become well known until their single "Fire Wire" was released in the UK in 2001.

Cosmic Gate have made many remixes for artists such as DJ Tiësto (Urban Train), Ferry Corsten (Punk), Blank & Jones (DFF), Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (Somewhere Over The Rainbow), Svenson & Gielen (Answer the Question) and Vanessa-Mae (White Bird).

Over the past few years, Cosmic Gate's sound has developed and moved away from the harder edge trance through to their current, more subtle yet still driving energetic music style.^[3]

Discography

Albums

• Rhythm & Drums (2001)
• No More Sleep (2002)
• Earth Mover (2006)
• Sign of the Times (2009)
• Sign of the Times (Deluxe Edition) (2010)
• Back 2 The Future _{Compilation album} (2011)
• Wake Your Mind (2011)

Singles / EPs

• "The Drums" (1999)
• "Mental Atmosphere" (1999)
• "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (2000)
• "Exploration of Space" (2000) #29 UK^[4]
• "Fire Wire" (2001) #9 UK^[4]
• "Back To Earth" / "Hardcore" (2002)
• "The Truth" (2002)
• "The Wave" / "Raging" (featuring Jan Johnston) (2002) #48 UK^[4]
• "Human Beings" (2003)
• "Different Concept" (2004)
• "I Feel Wonderful" (featuring Jan Johnston) (2005)
• "Tomorrow" (2004)
• "Should Have Known" (featuring Tiff Lacey) (2006)
• "Analog Feel" (2007)
• "Body Of Conflict" (featuring Denise Rivera) (2007)
• "Millenium" (2007)
• "A Day That Fades" (featuring Roxanne Emery) (2008)
• "Not Enough Time" (featuring Emma Hewitt) (2009)
• "Sign Of The Times" / "F.A.V" (2009)
• "Flatline" (featuring Kyler England) (2009)
• "Under Your Spell" (featuring Aruna) (2009)
• "Barra" (2010)
• "London Rain" (2010)
• "Exploration Of Space (Remixes)" (2010)
• "Back To Earth (Remixes)" (2010)
• "The Drums (Remixes)" (2010)
• "Fire Wire (Remixes)" (2010)
• "Raging (Remixes)" (2011)
• "The Theme" (2011)
• "The Blue Theme" (2011)
• "Be Your Sound" (2011)

DJ mixes

• Technics DJ Set Volume Three (2001)
• Techno Club Vol. 14 - Talla 2XLC Welcomes Cosmic Gate (2001)
• 3AM Rush (2002)
• Bitte Ein Beat! - Beat 3 (2002)
• Back 2 Back (2003)
• MaxiMal In The Mix Vol. 5 (2003)
• Back 2 Back Vol. 2 (2005)
• Hard NRG 7 (2005)
• Back 2 Back 3 (2007)
• Privilege Ibiza (2009)
• Back 2 Back 4 (2010)
• State Of Trance 500 (2011)

Remixes

• Sash! - Adelante (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999
• U96 - Das Boot 2001 (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999
• Green Court - Follow Me (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999
• Green Court - Follow Me (Cosmic Gate Edit) 1999
• Miss Shiva - Dreams (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999
• Beam vs. Cyrus & The Joker - Launch In Progress (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999
• Bossi - To The Sky (Cosmic Gate Remix) 1999
• Taucher - Science Fiction (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2000
• Der Verfall - Der Mussolini (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2000
• E Nomine - E Nomine (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2000
• Aquagen - Lovemachine (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2000
• Balloon - Monstersound (Cosmic Gate Mix) 2000
• Beam & Yanou - Sound Of Love (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2000
• Talla 2XLC - World In My Eyes (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001
• Blank & Jones - DJs, Fans & Freaks (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001
• Safri Duo - Samb-Adagio (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001
• Vanessa-Mae - White Bird (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001
• Green Court - Inside Your Gates (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001
• Tiësto - Urban Train (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001
• George Acosta - World In My Eyes (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2001
• Ferry Corsten - Punk (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002
• Rank 1 - Awakening (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002
• 4 Strings - Diving (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002
• DuMonde - God Music (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002
• Sioux - Pho (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002
• Svenson & Gielen - Answer the Question (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2002
• Age of Love - The Age of Love (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2004
• Beam - Amun (Cosmic Gate Mix) 2004
• C.Y.B - Now (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2005
• 64 Bit - Virtual Discotech 1.0 (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2005
• Armin van Buuren vs. Rank 1 - This World Is Watching Me (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2007
• Kirsty Hawkshaw Meets Tenishia - Outsiders (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2007
• Tiësto feat. JES - Everything (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2007
• Cosmic Gate - Body Conflict (Cosmic Gate Club Mix) 2007
• Vincent De Moor - Fly Away (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2007
• Messler - Prepare (Cosmic Gate B2B3 Edit) 2007
• Cosmic Gate - Fire Wire (Cosmic Gate B2B3 Reconstruction) 2007
• Veracocha - Carte Blanche (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2008
• OceanLab - Sirens of the Sea (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2008
• Deadmau5 - Clockwork (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2008
• Armin van Buuren feat. Cathy Burton - Rain (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009
• John O'Callaghan feat. Sarah Howells - Find Yourself (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009
• Fabio XB & Ronnie Play feat. Gabriel Cage - Inside Of You (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009
• Paul Van Dyk feat. John McDaid - Home (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009
• Markus Schulz pres. Dakota - Sin City (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009
• Kyau & Albert - I Love You (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009
• JES - Lovesong (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2009
• James Horner & Leona Lewis - I See You [ Avatar Main Theme ] (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2010
• Andrew Bennett feat. Sir Adrian - Run Till U Shine (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2010
• Cosmic Gate - Exploration Of Space (Cosmic Gate's Back 2 The Future Remix) 2010
• Cosmic Gate - Fire Wire (Cosmic Gate's Back 2 The Future Remix) 2010
• Markus Schulz - Away (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2011
• Robbie Rivera - Departures (Cosmic Gate Remix) 2011
• Ferry Corsten - Punk (Cosmic Gate Essential Rework)2011

References

1. ^ "DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ's". DJ Magazine. http://www.djmag.com/top100. Retrieved 2009-11-19. 
2. ^ "DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ's". DJ Magazine. http://www.djmag.com/top100/detail/2608. Retrieved 2011-01-13. 
3. ^ Short Bio
4. ^ ^{a b c} Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 122. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 

External links

• Official Site
• TranceSound interview with Cosmic Gate, December 2010