DJ Quicksilver

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DJ Quicksilver (born June 28, 1964 in Istanbul as Orhan Terzi ) is a German DJ and producer in the field of electronic music .

life and career

DJ Quicksilver at Sunshine Live Retroactive 2017 in Mannheim

Terzi was born in Turkey and grew up in Hattingen . After moving to Bochum , he opened the record store "White Label Records" there, which he ran for years and which quickly developed into a meeting place for ravers and DJs. Among other things, Terzi met the DJ and music producer Tommaso De Donatis there, with whom he worked very successfully from 1995 until the last joint release in 2003.

Terzi chose the stage name DJ Quicksilver at a DJ competition based on a success barometer , a column of mercury that shot up when he was applauded. The first single of the music project DJ Quicksilver - Bingo Bongo was released in 1995 and reached number 36 in the German charts.

The music project DJ Quicksilver had its most successful creative period in 1997 and 1998. The single Bellissima was sold over 500,000 times in England alone, which earned the production team a gold record . The producer team was also in great demand as a remixer for acts such as Faithless, Chicane, Dance 2 Trance and Usura. Furthermore, DJ Quicksilver was nominated for a Brit Award and for the Echo.

After Tommaso De Donatis left the joint project, Orhan Terzi has been working with other producers since 2009.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
1997 Quicksilver DE22 (8 weeks)
DE 		AT36 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH12 (12 weeks)
CH 		UK26 (3 weeks)
UK
First published: June 9, 1997

More albums

  • 1998: Escape 2 Planet Love
  • 2003: Clubfiles - The Album

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
1995 Bingo Bongo
Quicksilver 		DE36 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT14 (10 weeks)
AT 		- -
1996 Boing! - AT31 (3 weeks)
AT 		- -
I Have a Dream / Bellissima
Quicksilver 		DE4th
gold
gold

(25 weeks)DE 		AT9 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH6 (15 weeks)
CH 		UK4th
gold
gold

(17 weeks)UK
in UK only as Bellissima
1997 Free
Quicksilver 		DE4 (11 weeks)
DE 		AT12 (9 weeks)
AT 		CH11 (9 weeks)
CH 		UK7 (7 weeks)
UK
Planet Love
Escape 2 Planet Love 		DE23 (11 weeks)
DE 		AT36 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH35 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK12 (5 weeks)
UK
1998 Escape to Paradise
Escape 2 Planet Love 		DE31 (7 weeks)
DE 		- - -
1999 Cosmophobia DE36 (6 weeks)
DE 		- CH83 (3 weeks)
CH 		-
2001 Ameno
Clubfiles - The Album 		DE18 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT13 (14 weeks)
AT 		CH20 (22 weeks)
CH 		-
Boombastic
Clubfiles - The Album 		DE27 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - -
DJ Quicksilver meets Shaggy
2002 Always on My Mind DE44 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT38 (8 weeks)
AT 		CH95 (1 week)
CH 		-
DJ Quicksilver presents Base Unique
2003 New Life
Clubfiles - The Album 		DE56 (3 weeks)
DE 		- - -
Clubfiles One (Equinoxe IV / Rising Up )
Clubfiles - The Album 		DE34 (7 weeks)
DE 		AT33 (7 weeks)
AT 		CH99 (1 week)
CH 		-

More singles

  • 1998: Timerider
  • 1999: Heart of Asia
  • 2002: Voyage Voyage (DJ Quicksilver presents Base Unique)
  • 2003: Positiva 10/7 (with Fragma )
  • 2003: Equinoxe IV
  • 2013: I'll Be Waiting (mp3 single)

DJ mixes

  • 1997: DJ at Work
  • 2000: Sonic 1

swell

  1. ↑ Music has lost its soul | WAZ.de . In: archive.is . July 31, 2012 ( The music has lost its soul | WAZ.de ( Memento from July 31, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) [accessed on January 1, 2017]).
  2. ↑ The music has lost its soul . In: Westfälische Rundschau , February 16, 2008, interview with DJ Quicksilver
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles / Albums / UK / Base Unique - Always on My Mind
  4. ↑ Gold / platinum databases: DE UK

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SURNAME DJ Quicksilver
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Terzi, Orhan (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German DJ and producer in the field of electronic music
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Turkey