# Sander van Doorn

Sander Ketelaars (Dutch pronunciation:; born 28 February 1979), better known by his stage name Sander van Doorn (Dutch:) or the initials SvD, is a Dutch electro house DJ and record producer from Eindhoven.

## Background

Sander van Doorn began his recording career in 2004, releasing numerous tech-trance hits on Oxygen Recordings. He became a regular DJ at Ibiza's Judgement Sunday and the Gallery in London, and was featured on BBC Radio One's Essential Mix in 2006. He gained recognition as a popular remixer, shifting from remixing for trance producers to pop/rock artists such as the Arctic Monkeys, whose hit "When the Sun Goes Down" was remixed by van Doorn in 2007.

## Musical style

Sander van Doorn's musical style has ranged from tech-house and progressive house during the mid-2000s to more vocal-driven electro-house and EDM throughout the 2010s. Despite being more known for DJing, since 2006, he's been a regular presence on DJMag's Top 100 DJ surveys. Among his most notable remixes are Armin van Buuren's "Control Freak", Tiësto's "Dance4Life", Yello's "Oh Yeah", Sia's "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine", and Lady Gaga's "Marry the Night".

## History
### 2007: Doorn Records and Best Breakthrough DJ

He established his label Doorn Records in 2007, and released his debut album Supernaturalistic on Spinnin' Records. That same year, he won the award for "Best Breakthrough DJ" at the International Dance Music Awards held at the Winter Music Conference in Miami.
The first big achievement in his career was securing residencies at Judgement Sunday in Ibiza and at the Gallery in London. In June 2007, he presented one of Eddie Halliwell's shows on BBC Radio One. He also did an essential mix for BBC Radio One. His productions, both original work and remixes, in 2007-2008 have generally been well received in the electronic music industry and are supported by more than 50 radio stations worldwide. Notable artists he has done remixes for include Sia, The Killers, Swedish House Mafia, Depeche Mode, & many others. He also collaborated with Robbie Williams.

### 2008: Debut studio album

On 3 March 2008, van Doorn released his first studio album via Spinnin' Records, a Dutch electronic dance music record label. The album was titled "Supernaturalistic" consisting of 13 tracks.

### 2010: Headlining music festivals

In the summer of 2010, van Doorn had residency at the world-famous Amnesia nightclub in Ibiza, Spain. van Doorn headlined a lot of music festivals with Bal en Blanc 16 in Montreal, Beyond Wonderland in San Bernardino, Electric Zoo in New York City and Transmission in Prague. A month-long tour of North America, which started in April was a great success with the finale "Dusk Till Doorn" show at The Guvernment in Toronto. His tracks including "Renegade", "Daisy", "Reach Out", "Hymn 2.0" and "Daddyrock" topped the Beatport charts.

### 2011: Second studio album

On 19 September 2011, he released his second studio album titled "Eleve11" via Spinnin' Records. In 2011, he performed at Energy, Mysteryland, EDC and started a residency at worldwide Sensation festivals. He also released his first true cross-over hits 'Love is darkness' and 'Koko'. Besides that, his Dusk till Doorn compilation got its 2011 version, all of which earned him a Dutch Silver Harp award.

### 2012: Collaboration with Mayaeni

In 2012, his singles regularly topped the charts of online dance music retailer, Beatport. He collaborated with Detroit-based soul singer Mayaeni for the single "Nothing Inside". In March 2012, Sander performed at Ultra in Miami, where he introduced his new single "Nothing Inside" featuring Mayaeni. The song topped Beatport as well as the playlists and charts in numerous countries. In August 2012, it was announced that van Doorn and various notable electronic music producers would be featured on the Halo 4 remix album.

### 2013: Digitally Imported

In 2013, he started a monthly program called "Identity" on internet dance music radio station Digitally Imported. It became a weekly show that currently broadcasts to more than 70 radio stations globally. He also released some hit songs like "Joyenegizer", "Neon", "Project T" (with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike) and "Direct Dizko" (with Yves V). The program ended its broadcast after its 623rd show on 5 November 2021.

### 2014: Gold Skies

In 2014, he collaborated with Martin Garrix and DVBBS for the single "Gold Skies". He also released "Right Here Right Now". In 2015, several more singles were released, including "Phoenix" (with R3hab) and "Rage" and collaborations with Firebeatz and Julian Jordan.

### 2016: The Snake 2016

Sander van Doorn started 2016 by releasing "Cuba Libre" followed by a collaboration with Gregor Salto for "Tribal". He then produced "Not Alone" inspired by the original track by Olive. "Raise Your Hands Up" with Chocolate Puma was released on Musical Freedom Records before "The Snake 2016" with Fred Pellichero. He ended 2016 with "WTF", collaborating with Oliver Heldens, which was released on Heldeep Records on 28 November.

### 2017: Return to trance and new album

Van Doorn released an album under his Purple Haze alter ego, Spectrvm, on 9 October 2017.

## Discography
### Albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | NLD |
| Supernaturalistic | Released: 3 March 2008 Label: DOORN Format: CD, Digital download | — |
| Eleve11 | Released: 19 September 2011 Label: Ultra, Spinnin', DOORN Format: CD, Vinyl, Digital download | 62 |
| SPECTRVM (as Purple Haze) | Released: 9 October 2017 Label: DOORN, Spinnin' Format: CD, Vinyl, Digital download | — |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. |||

### Charted singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | NLD | AUT | BEL | CAN | FIN | FRA | GER | POL | SPA | SWI | UK | US Dance | Certifications | Album |
| "Twister" (as Sam Sharp) (vs. Ron van den Beuken) | 2004 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "SOS (Message In A Bottle)" (as Filterfunk) | 2006 | 30 | — | 54 | — | 15 | 46 | — | — | — | — | 60 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Grasshopper" | 2007 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | | Supernaturalistic |
| "By Any Demand" (featuring MC Pryme) | 2007 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Supernaturalistic |
| "Riff" | 2007 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | — | | Supernaturalistic |
| "Apple" | 2008 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Supernaturalistic |
| "Close My Eyes" (vs. Robbie Williams) | 2009 | 7 | — | 69 | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Renegade" (The Official Trance Energy Anthem 2010) | 2010 | 21 | — | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Love Is Darkness" (featuring Carol Lee) | 2011 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Eleve11 |
| "Koko" | 2011 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Eleve11 |
| "Chasin'" | 2012 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Nothing Inside" (with Mayaeni) | 2012 | 29 | — | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Kangaroo" (with Julian Jordan) | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | | Non-album singles |
| "Joyenergizer" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | | Non-album singles |
| "Project T" (vs. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike) | 2013 | — | 39 | 29 | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | 21 | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Gold Skies" (with Martin Garrix and DVBBS featuring Aleesia) | 2014 | 94 | — | 59 | 57 | — | 183 | — | — | — | — | 49 | 19 | | Gold Skies |
| "Phoenix" (with R3hab) | 2015 | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Lost" (with MOTi) | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or wasn't released in that country. ||||||||||||||||

### Other singles

| Title | Released | Record Label | Other Artists |
| Pumpkin | 2006 | Oxygen | — |
| Direct Dizko | 2006 | Konverted | — |
| Dawn Raid | 2008 | Doorn Records | with Jon Rundell |
| What Say? | 2009 | Doorn Records | with Marco V |
| Bliksem | 2009 | Doorn Records | as Purple Haze |
| Bastillon | 2009 | Doorn Records | — |
| Ninety | 2009 | Doorn Records | — |
| Daisy | 2010 | Doorn Records | — |
| Reach Out | 2010 | Doorn Records | — |
| Hymn 2.0 | 2010 | Doorn Records | — |
| Daddyrock | 2010 | Doorn Records | — |
| Timezone | 2011 | Doorn Records | — |
| Drink To Get Drunk | 2011 | Doorn Records | — |
| What Did I Do | 2012 | Doorn Records | — |
| Into The Light | 2013 | Doorn Records | with DubVision and Mako featuring Mariana Bell |
| Neon | 2013 | Doorn Records | — |
| Ten | 2013 | Toolroom | with Mark Knight and Underworld |
| Direct Dizko | 2013 | Doorn Records | with Yves V |
| Guitar Track | 2014 | Doorn Records | with Firebeatz |
| Get Enough | 2014 | Doorn Records | — |
| THIS | 2014 | Doorn Records | with Oliver Heldens |
| Rage | 2015 | Doorn Records | with Firebeatz and Julian Jordan |
| Ori Tali Ma | 2015 | Doorn Records | — |
| Oh, Amazing Bass | 2015 | Doorn Records | — |
| ABC | 2015 | Doorn Records | with Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano |
| White Rabbit | 2015 | Spinnin' Records | with Pep & Rash |
| Cuba Libre | 2016 | Doorn Records | — |
| Tribal | 2016 | Doorn Records | with Gregor Salto |
| Not Alone | 2016 | Doorn Records | — |
| Raise Your Hands Up | 2016 | Musical Freedom Records | with Chocolate Puma |
| The Snake 2016 | 2016 | Doorn Records | with Fred Pellichero |
| WTF | 2016 | Heldeep Records | with HI-LO |
| Need To Feel Loved | 2017 | Doorn Records | with Lvndscape |
| Just Won't Get Enough | 2017 | Q-Dance Records | with Noisecontrollers |
| The Rhythm | 2017 | Doorn Records | — |
| Neiloj | 2017 | Doorn Records | as Purple Haze |
| Mant Array | 2017 | Doorn Records | — |
| Contrast | 2017 | Doorn Records | as Purple Haze |
| Choir 1.0 | 2017 | Doorn Records | as Purple Haze |
| No Words | 2018 | Doorn Records | featuring Belle Humble |
| Bergen | 2018 | Armind | as Purple Haze |
| Call Me | 2018 | Armind | as Purple Haze |
| Let It Go | 2018 | Doorn Records | with D.O.D |
| The Hyll | 2018 | Armind | as Purple Haze |
| One Love | 2019 | Doorn Records | with Frontliner |
| 500 (PCM) | 2019 | Doorn Records | — |
| We Come in Peace | 2019 | Armada Music | as Purple Haze |
| Surrender | 2019 | Doorn / Spinnin' Records | as Purple Haze |
| Blowback | 2019 | Doorn / Spinnin' Records | with Firebeatz |
| You & Me | 2019 | Doorn / Spinnin' Records | as Purple Haze |
| Like This | 2020 | Spinnin' Records | with Frontliner |
| Flanging | 2020 | Flashover Recordings | as Purple Haze with Ferry Corsten |
| Strangers Thing | 2020 | Doorn / Spinnin' Records | as Purple Haze |
| Spotlight | 2020 | Spinnin' Records | with Harris & Ford |
| Rosy | 2020 | Anjunabeats | as Purple Haze |
| The World | 2020 | Spinnin' Records | with Lucas & Steve |
| I Dream | 2020 | Spinnin' Records | — |
| Feels Like Summer | 2020 | Spinnin' Records | — |
| Temper Temper | 2020 | Spinnin' Records | featuring ONR |
| Golden | 2021 | Spinnin' Records | featuring Blondfire |
| What You Want | 2021 | Doorn Records | — |
| Jonson's Play | 2021 | A State Of Trance | with Armin van Buuren |
| Raindrops | 2022 | Spinnin' Records | with Selva and Macon featuring Chacel |
| Breakfast In Vegas | 2022 | Spinnin' Records | — |

### Remixes and edits

| Artist | Track | Released | Record Label | Additional Information |
| Sia | The Girl You Lost To Cocaine | 2008 | Ultra Music | Sander van Doorn Remix |
| Sam Sharp | Roundabout | 2009 | Doorn Records | Sander van Doorn Main Mix |
| Tiësto | Dance4Life | 2010 | Magik Muzik | Sander van Doorn Remix |
| Swedish House Mafia vs. Tinie Tempah | Miami 2 Ibiza | 2011 | Capitol (US) Polydor (UK) | Sander van Doorn Remix |
| Inpetto | Shhhh! | 2012 | Doorn Records | Sander van Doorn Edit |
| Neil Davidge | To Galaxy | 2012 | Microsoft Studios | Sander van Doorn and Julian Jordan Remix |
| Lady Gaga | Marry The Night | 2012 | Interscope Records | Sander van Doorn Remix |
| The Alexsander | Output | 2015 | Spinnin' Deep | Sander van Doorn Edit |
| Moby | Natural Blues | 2016 | Spinnin' Deep | Sander van Doorn Remix |
| Sam Sharp | Roundabout | 2017 | Doorn Records | Purple Haze Remix |
| Lifelike and Kris Menace | Discopolis 2.0 | 2018 | Armada Music | Sander van Doorn Remix |
| Frontliner | I'm The Melodyman | 2018 | Doorn Records | Sander van Doorn Remix |
| Syn Cole | Lights Go Down | 2019 | Virgin EMI Records | Sander van Doorn Remix |
| Bottai | Nunc | 2019 | Doorn Records | Purple Haze Edit |
| Above & Beyond vs. Armin van Buuren | Show Me Love | 2021 | Armind | Sander van Doorn Remix |