John Christian (musician)

John Christian
Background information
Also known asJohn Marks
Born
John Dirne

(1981-09-14) 14 September 1981
Baarn, Netherlands
OriginAmsterdam, Netherlands
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • DJ
  • record producer
Instruments
Years active1998–present[2]
Labels
Member of
  • Secret Service
  • Parla & Pardoux
  • Team X
  • Marks & Gates
Websitejohnchristian.nl

John Dirne (born 14 September 1981), known professionally as John Christian and formerly known as John Marks, is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer.[3] More than a hundred of his productions reached the Top 100.

Biography

His father is also a producer. At a young age, he already knew that he wanted to go into music, although he didn't immediately know in what way. He has been active as a producer since around 1998 and works from his music studio White Villa in Ede.[2] In 2001, he graduated from the Dutch Academy of Music.[4][5]

He produced for DJs like Eric Dikeb and Mental Theo, for party artists like Gebroeders Ko and De Sjonnies, and Sinterklaas songs for De Club van Sinterklaas. Meanwhile, he works for domestic and international artists in the club scene.

He also releases his own music, both solo as John Marks (2004-2009) and John Christian (since 2009), and with others in Secret Service (2002), Parla & Pardoux (2004-2008), Team X (2005) and Marks & Gates (2006). Furthermore, he recorded music with Gerard Joling, René Froger, Gordon, The Moon and Patricia Paay, among others. In addition, he is also involved as a music producer and as a member of the creative team at De Toppers' concerts.

More than one hundred singles reached the Top 100, seven of which were in the Top 10.

Under the alias John Christian, he was unveiled in January 2013 with his remix of Avicii and Nicky Romero's "I Could Be the One" which entered the top 100 established by Beatport.[6]

In November 2015, he founded his own record label called Freeway Recordings.[7][8]

Discography

EPs

Title Detail Peak chart position
NLD
[9]
Liberté (The 2002 Remixes) 21

Charted singles

As Parla & Pardoux (with Maurice van Woensel)

Title Year Peak chart position Album
NLD
[9]
"Liberté" 2000 42 Liberté (The 2002 Remixes)
"Jump & Let's Party"
(versus DJ Galaga)		 2001 29 Non-album singles
"Forever and Ever"
(featuring Denize)		 2002 20
"Close Your Eyes" 2004 19
"Viva la Revolution" 2008 23 Viva la Revolution - EP
"Liberté"
(DJ Maurice featuring Parla & Pardoux)		 2014 61 Non-album single

As Secret Service (with Maurice van Woensel)

Title Year Peak chart position Album
NLD
[10]
"Cry" 2002 50 Non-album single

As Team X (with Roy Gates)

Title Year Peak chart position Album
NLD
[11]
"Pump Up" 2005 42 Non-album singles
"X-Vision" 2006 49
"Popcorn" 2008 67

As John Marks

Title Year Peak chart position Album
NLD
[12]
"Tracking" 2004 86 Non-album singles
"Don't Stop" 38
"Update" 2005 33
"Do It Again" 45
"Carnival" 2006 20
"Insanity" 2007 17
"Can You Feel It?"
(De Toppers featuring John Marks)		 10
"Blow the Speakers"
(versus The Moon)		 67
"What Do You Say"
(featuring Blain)		 2008 13
"Summerbreeze (Official Anthem)" 29
"Sledgehammer"
(featuring René Froger)		 2009 22
"Who's That Lady with My Man '09"
(featuring Patricia Paay)		 83

As John Christian

Title Year Peak chart position Album
BEL (Vl)
[13]
"Still The Same Man"
(Nicky Romero featuring John Christian and Nilson)		 2013 16[A] Non-album singles
"Gunshot" 7[A]

Singles

As John Christian

  • 2013: Flight 643
  • 2013: Gunshot
  • 2014: Speed Of Light (with Sem Thomasson)
  • 2014: Pinball (with Shermanology and Oliver Rosa)
  • 2014: Samba (with Klauss Goulart)
  • 2015: Collage (with Arin Tone and Corey James)
  • 2015: What
  • 2015: Down (with Volt & State)
  • 2015: Brothers (featuring Eric Lumiere)
  • 2015: Hit 'M Like This (with Jacky Greco)
  • 2016: Flux (with Mantrastic)
  • 2016: Infinity 2016 (Tribute) (with Arin Tone)
  • 2016: Glance To The Future (with TripL featuring Jessy Katz)
  • 2016: House Of God (with Arin Tone)
  • 2016: Where Is The Party
  • 2016: Don't Come Back (with Djs From Mars)
  • 2017: The Grimm
  • 2017: Iconic (with Nicky Romero)
  • 2017: The Sign
  • 2017: Scream (with Tiësto)
  • 2017: Back To The Oldskool
  • 2017: Funkastarz
  • 2018: How Low (with VAVO)[14]
  • 2018: I Like It Loud (with Tiësto featuring Marshall Masters and The Ultimate MC)
  • 2018: The Trip[15]
  • 2018: The House Is Mine[16]
  • 2019: Let's Get This Thing Started[17]
  • 2019: Can You Feel It (with Tiësto)[18]
  • 2019: Uno[19]
  • 2019: Technoprime (with Tony Junior)[20]
  • 2020: Dos[21]
  • 2022: Rain (with Elize)
  • 2025: All Night (with Armin Van Buuren)

Remixes

As John Christian

References

Notes

  • A ^ Did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked on the Dance chart.[13]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 4 "John Christian Tracks on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  2. 1 2 Ede TV, Eerste tv-interview met John Dirne van White Villa, May 26, 2013
  3. ↑ "Video intervista in esclusiva a John Christian - Dj Mag Italia". www.djmagitalia.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  4. ↑ The Netherlands at Eurovision Song Contest 2009
  5. ↑ "John Christian". Partyflock. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  6. ↑ "I Could Be the One (John Christian Remix) [LE7ELS] - Beatport Top Tracker". Beatport Top Tracker.
  7. ↑ "Freeway Recordings". Dancefair. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  8. ↑ "Duizendpoot John Christian". djmag.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  9. 1 2 Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Parla & Pardoux". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  10. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Secret Service [NL]". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  11. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Team X". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  12. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie John Marks". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  13. 1 2 Hung, Steffen. "Discografie John Christian". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  14. ↑ "John Christian & VAVO - How Low - EDM Reviewer". EDM Reviewer. 2018-01-13. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  15. ↑ "The Trip - Single by John Christian on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  16. ↑ "The House Is Mine - Single by John Christian on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  17. ↑ "Let's Get This Thing Started - Single by John Christian on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Archived from the original on January 11, 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  18. ↑ Sweeney, Farrell (2019-03-28). "Tiësto and John Christian team up on new festival single 'Can You Feel It'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  19. ↑ "Uno - Single by John Christian on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  20. ↑ "Technoprime - Single by Tony Junior & John Christian on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  21. ↑ "Dos - Single by John Christian on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  22. ↑ "What (2018 Club Mix) - Single by John Christian on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  23. ↑ "Monsta's Got Me Dancing for Years (The Remixes) - EP by Fedde le Grand on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  24. ↑ "Grapevine (The Remixes) - Single by Tiësto on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  25. ↑ "We Can Change (Infinity) [John Christian Remix] - Single by Trobi on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  26. ↑ "Children (John Christian Remix) - Single by MATTN, Klaas & Roland Clark on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
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