This week’s Throwback Thursday is very special as it delves into the history of Sunburn Festival’s day 1 headliner: Sander Van Doorn! The dutch Dj was born on Febrauary 28,1979, and has been a Trance and Progressive house legend since the very beginning of what has become a very illustrious career. He debuted on the DJ Mag top 100 Dj list in 2006 at #32, and has moved up every year and is currently ranked as the #16 DJ in the world. It is wiser to see where Sander ranks amongst his Trance music peers which means that the Trance Addict top 250 Dj poll in which he ranked 4th in 2011 would be a better poll to see where he truly ranks. Sander hosts a weekly podcast called “Identity” which aires on Sirius XM satellite radio. The 3 Throwback songs in this article are “Daddyrock,” “Intro”, and “What Did I Do?” but due to the fact that Sander will be performing at Sunburn tonight, this article will also feature more recent songs including “Koko” and “Chasin’.”

Daddyrock-

Daddyrock came out in 2010 and immediately received critical acclaim from critics and fellow dj/producers throughout the industry. The song was not only featured in many live sets by djs, but also famous podcasts like Tiesto’s Club Life and Trance Around the World by Above and Beyond dropped this classic. At the time this song dropped, an up and coming artist known as Arty also created a remix of this song which was very well received and helped the young artist make a name for himself.

Intro (XX Booty Mix)-

This song has an absolutely fantastic buildup which is a perfect example of what Sander brings to the table in every song that he produces. Sander ended up dropping the XX Booty Mix in a lot of his 2010 sets but has played it less and less as the song gets older and older.

What Did I Do? 

This song came out in 2011 and is still featured in many Sander sets. It is a prime example of a Sander song that features lyrics. The style of this shies away from the classic trance music Sander produces and is more of a big room house banger which he doesn’t usually produce.

Koko-

Like the previous song, “Koko” also came out in 2011. It was the second song on Sander’s second studio album called Eleve11 which came out in September of 2011. “Koko” also happened to be the second single to come out in the album, and was played by virtually every Dj in concerts all over the world after it was released. This song is guaranteed to be dropped at some point by Sander during his set at Sunburn, and will be one of the most bangin drops of the night.

Chasin’

This is not a Throwback by any stretch of the imagination as it just came out in 2012, but due to special circumstances of Sander performing at Sunburn Festival tonight, it is only right to feature his most bangin song (besides Kangaroo) of 2012 for everybody to listen to here.