Dance Nation (dance group)

Dance Nation
Also known asDouble Nation, R.I.P., Sean & Kim
OriginNetherlands
Genres
Years active2001–present
Labels
Members
  • Rob Janssen
  • Brad John Grobler

Dance Nation is a Dutch electronic dance music group founded in 2001 by Rob Janssen and Brad Grobler. The group's discography includes the single "Sunshine" (2001). They gained popularity in Europe and Japan, blending Eurodance and house styles, and remain active today.

Biography

Early years (2001–2003)

Dance Nation released their debut single "Sunshine” in 2001, which was followed by their 2002 singles "Dance" and "Words", and "You Take Me Away" in 2003.[1]

In 2003, they collaborated with The Lovestern Galaktika Project on the single "My First Love."[2]

2004–2005

In response to legal proceedings in 2004, Dance Nation began performing under various aliases such as "Double Nation", "Cyber Nation," and "Sean & Kim." Officially, however, they retained their original name.[3]

Following a label crisis affecting Dance Nation, as well as other trance artists such as Noémi and 666, Dance Nation moved to Japan. The general shift in popular music genres occurring in Europe (moving through house, hard house, and electro) was also a contributing factor on the move. There, they focused on producing music geared toward different audiences, (e.g., trance projects for the Japanese market and house projects for the European one), releasing singles like "Beachtime" and "I'm Gonna Get You" in 2005 in Japan and Europe, respectively.[4]

Trance Champion, released in 2005 by the Japanese label Avex Productions, contained all the previously released singles, including "Celebrate Your Life."

2006–2021

Prior to the summer of 2006, Dance Nation released the single "Ridin' High,", marking a shift in their sound towards the European house music market. The following year, they released "Move Your Love," a collaborative rework of Barthez's "On The Move," originally released in 2000. Compilations were also released containing the early single "Move Your Love," as well as additional singles "Celebrate Your Life," "Reach For The Light,” and "I'm Gonna Get You." Tracks such as "Fired Up," "Lovin Arms," and "Summer Rain" were also released.

The year 2010 saw the release of two house singles, "Surround Me" and "Great Divide." Their collaborative track with dance-project R.I.O., "Miss Sunshine,” was released with some chart success in 2011. "Storm" followed in 2015.

"Rise & Shine" (2002/2022)

The Dance Nation track, "Rise & Shine,” produced in 2002, was originally written as a potential second single following "Sunshine,” but "Dance!" was eventually chosen. The "Ralphie B Tech Mix" of "Rise & Shine" was included on the 2002 vinyl "Dance/Rise & Shine," released by Black Hole Recordings (In Trance We Trust). The additional mixes in the 2022 digital package release had not been published before. Dutch producer and DJ Ralph Barendse put together a "Ralphie B's Tech Edit" exclusively for the digital release.

Discography

Singles

Release year Title Notes
2001 "Sunshine"
2002 "Dance"
2002 "Words"
2003 "My First Love" Lovestern Galaktika Project Meets Dance Nation
2003 "You Take Me Away"
2005 "I'm Gonna Get You"
2005 "Stop the Seasons in the Sun"
2005 "Beachtime"
2006 "Reach for the Light"
2006 "Move Your Love"
2007 "Ridin' High"
2008 "Apologize"
2009 "Sunshine 2009" vs. Shaun Baker
2010 "Great Divide"
2010 "Surround Me"
2012 "Storm"
2022 "Rise & Shine" The Ralphie B remix was released on vinyl in 2002. The additional mixes of "Rise & Shine" date from the same time period and have never been published before.
2025 "Hold On"

Albums

Release year Title
2005 Trance Champion
2007 One Nation
2008 Around The World

Compilations

Release year Title
2006 Christmas Trance
2009 Vocal Trance Years 2001–2004
2009 Vocal Trance Years 2005–2009

Extra

Year Title Notes
2002 "Joy to the World" Recently added to the Christmas Trance compilation
2002 "Merry X-Mas (War is Over)" Recently added to the Christmas Trance compilation
2004 "Beethoven's 9th Symphony" Never added to an official release

Track listing

Singles

Sunshine (2001)
Sunshine (2001)
No.Title{{{extra_column}}}Length
1."Sunshine (Original Vocal Radio Edit)" 3:37
2."Sunshine (Original Vocal Mix)" 6:45
3."Sunshine (Wippenberg Remix)"Wippenberg6:55
4."Sunshine (Kevin C. Cox Remix)"Kevin C. Cox5:02
5."Sunshine (Alien Factory Remix)"Alien Factory7:11
6."Sunshine (Bradski & Jenski Mix)"Bradski & Jenski6:57
Dance (2002)
Dance (2002)
No.Title{{{extra_column}}}Length
1."Dance! (Radio Mix)" 3:18
2."Dance! (Extended Mix)" 3:18
3."Dance! (Original Mix)" 8:09
4."Dance! (DJ Team Trance Mix)"DJ Team7:28
5."Dance! (Fire & Ice Remix)"Fire & Ice (trance group)7:26
6."Dance! (Magik Muzik Remix)"Magik Muzik6:28
Words (2002)
Words (2002)
No.TitleLength
  1. Original Radio Edit
  2. Bradski & Jenski Radio Edit
  3. Album Version
  4. Original Extended Mix
  5. Bradski & Jenski Extended Mix
  6. Noémi Remix
  7. Magik Muzik Remix
  8. You (Bonus Track)
My First Love (2003)
  1. Single Edit
  2. Extended Version
  3. Axel Coon Remix
  4. Bradsky & Jensky Remix
You Take Me Away (2003)
  1. Radio Edit
  2. Video Edit
  3. Original Extended Mix
  4. Bradski & Jenski Dub Mix
  5. Flashrider Remix
  6. Master Blaster Remix
  7. Blair Bitch Remix
Stop the Seasons in the Sun (2005)
  1. Radio Edit
  2. Extended Mix
I'm Gonna Get You (2005)
  1. Radio Edit
  2. Extended Vocal Mix
  3. Bradski & Jenski Remix
  4. DJ Zany Remix
  5. Chew Fu Phat Remix
Beachtime (2005)
  1. Radio Edit
  2. Extended Mix
Move Your Love (2005)
  1. Move Your Love Radio Mix
  2. Inspiration Vibes Radio Mix
  3. Extended Radio Mix
  4. Inspiration Vibes Extended Mix
  5. Dance Nation DJ Extended Mix
  6. Schampoo Remix
  7. Beholder & Ballistic Remix
Reach for the Light (2006)
  1. Dance Nation Radio Mix
  2. Dance Nation Extended Mix
  3. HardStyle Remix
Ridin' High (2007)
  1. Radio Edit
  2. Original Extended Mix
  3. Hi_Tack Remix
Great Divide (2010)
  1. Radio Edit
  2. Radio Extended Mix
  3. Frontier Remix
  4. Dub Extended
  5. Manox Radio Edit
  6. Manox Extended Remix
  7. Sun Kidz Radio Cut
  8. Sun Kidz Extended Mix
  9. Mauricio Black Remix
Storm (2012)
  1. Storm (Vocal Extended)
  2. Storm (Extended Yaroon Remix)
  3. Storm (Vocal Extended Ryan Watts Remix)
  4. Storm (Frontier Extended Mix)
  5. Storm (Radio Edit)
Rise & Shine (2022)
  1. Rise & Shine (Original Radio Edit)
  2. Rise & Shine (Vocal Trance Radio Edit)
  3. Rise & Shine (Ralphie B's Tech Edit)
  4. Rise & Shine (DJ Team Edit)
  5. Rise & Shine (Vocal Extended Mix)
  6. Rise & Shine (Bradski & Jenski Vocal Trance Mix)
  7. Rise & Shine (Ralphie B's Tech Mix)
Hold On (2025)
  1. Hold On
  2. Hold On (Extended Mix)

Albums

Trance Champion (2005)
  1. Sunshine (Japanese Live Mix)
  2. Seasons in the Sun (Japanese Live Mix)
  3. Beachtime (Japanese Live Mix)
  4. Wa Is Not
  5. Livin' on a Prayer
  6. You Take Me Away
  7. Move Your Love
  8. Please Don't Go
  9. I'm Gonna Get You
  10. Rise and Shine
  11. Dance
  12. Celebrate Your Life
  13. Words
  14. Falling for You
  15. Move Your Love (Sham-Poo Remix)
  16. Sunshine (Wippenberg Remix)
  17. Oh Summer Vacation (Extended Mix)
One Nation (2007)
  1. Zip
  2. Sunshine 2006 (Shohei Matsumoto Remix)
  3. Reach for the Light
  4. Ridin' High
  5. Everybody's Free
  6. In the Summertime
  7. Pump This Party
  8. Higher than Love
  9. Let Love Shine
  10. You Lift Me Up
  11. Fired Up
  12. Bring Back Your Love
  13. Move Your Love (Sham-Poo Remix)
  14. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
  15. Livin' on a Prayer
  16. Ridin' High (Hi_Tack Remix)
  17. Footloose
Around the World (2008)
  1. Sunshine (Dance Nation DJ team Radio edit)
  2. Superstar
  3. Set me free
  4. Move your love
  5. Sunlight
  6. Beautiful
  7. Rush
  8. V.I.P.
  9. Take me
  10. I believe
  11. Feel the power
  12. Reach for you
  13. One million reasons
  14. Sunlight (hyper trance mix)
  15. Move your love (Shohei Matsumoto Remix)
  16. Real thing (DJ Tora Remix)

Compilations

Christmas Trance (2006)
  1. Sean & Kim - Winter Snow (Intro)
  2. Castalia feat. Kim - All I Want for Christmas Is You
  3. Cyber X feat. Ray Parker - Last Christmas
  4. Watergate - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Heart of Asia)
  5. D-Nation feat. Kim - Happy XMas (War Is Over)
  6. Hiver & Hammer feat. Karyn White - Wonderful Christmastime
  7. Orion Too feat. Caitlin - White Christmas
  8. Castalia - Jingle Bells
  9. Plasticman - Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
  10. Celtic Dreamer feat. Dorothy - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
  11. Cyber Nation feat. Ho! Ho! Ho! - Joy to the World
  12. Cyber X feat. Jody Watley - My Love, Santa Claus
  13. Merry X-Mas & Minimalistix - Winter Wonderland
  14. Cyber Nation feat. Sean & Kim - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
  15. Orion Too feat. Caitlin - First of May
  16. Cyber X feat. SWANK (members from Rockapella) - It's Christmas Carols I Hear
  17. Cyber X feat. Taylor Dayne - Promise
  18. Sunshine Girl - Amazing Grace
  19. Angels - Ave Maria
  20. Cyber X feat. Jody Watley - Silent Night
  21. Merry X-Mas & Minimalistix - O Holy Night

Bonuses

  1. S.T.F. feat. Keen - You fill me up
  2. Samantha Fox - A Question of Honour

References

  1. ↑ "Dance Nation: "Positivity has always been our driving force, and with 'Hold On,' we wanted to give people a track that resonates deeply in a time full of negative news" | Beatportal". www.beatportal.com. Retrieved 2026-02-25.
  2. ↑ "Wayback Machine". www.dance-nation.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2026-05-26. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  3. ↑ "EuroKDJ: Dance Nation switched to "Double Nation" in 2004 due to legal issues". EuroKDJ. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
  4. ↑ Silva, Wesley Mendes; Martelanc, Roy (2006-08-19). "Relacionamento com investidores com uso do website corporativo: análise empírica das empresas brasileiras listadas na Bovespa*". Enfoque: Reflexão Contábil. 25 (3). doi:10.4025/enfoque.v25i3.3486. ISSN 1984-882X.
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