Mike Dierickx

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Together We Rule the World (Push)
  BE F 89 29.09.2018 (4 weeks)
Singles
Universal Nation (Push)
  DE 59 07/12/1998 (9 weeks)
  UK 36 05/15/1999 (3 weeks)
  BE F 28 02/06/1999 (6 weeks)
  BE W 29 02/20/1999 (9 weeks)
  FR 53 03/20/1999 (9 weeks)
Twixt (Plastic Boy)
  UK 94 07/17/1999 (1 week)
Universal Nation '99 (Push)
  UK 35 10/09/1999 (4 weeks)
Silver Bath (Plastic Boy)
  UK 88 08/10/2002 (1 week)
Till We Meet Again (Push)
  UK 46 23.09.2000 (2 weeks)
Strange World (Push)
  UK 21st 05/12/2001 (5 weeks)
Please Save Me ( Sunscreem vs. Push)
  UK 36 10/20/2001 (2 weeks)
  NL 36 03/02/2002 (2 weeks)
The Legacy (Push)
  UK 22nd 11/03/2001 (5 weeks)
Tranzy State of Mind (Push)
  UK 31 05/04/2002 (2 weeks)
Strange World / The Legacy (Push)
  UK 55 05/10/2002 (2 weeks)
Ice Cream (MIKE vs. John '00' Fleming )
  UK 96 12/14/2002 (2 weeks)
Universal Nation 2003 (Push)
  UK 54 03/15/2003 (2 weeks)
No Return (Solar Factor)
  UK 87 04/05/2003 (1 week)
Universal Nation 2003 (Push vs. Globe )
  UK 92 04/05/2003 (1 week)
Live Another Life (Plastic Boy feat.Rozalla )
  UK 55 11/22/2003 (2 weeks)

Mike Dierickx (* 20th February 1973 in Antwerp as Dirk Dierickx ) is a Belgian trance - DJ and - producer . He is best known under his pseudonyms Push , MIKE , Plastic Boy and Solar Factor .

life and career

Dirk Dierickx started his career as DJ Mike and has used over 65 different pseudonyms since then. His breakthrough came under the pseudonym Push with the song Universal Nation , which was released on the Belgian music label Bonzai Records . The song reached number 36 on the UK singles chart .

The singles Strange World , The Legacy and Tranzy State of Mind were also extremely successful and once again achieved placements in the UK Top 40. In 2000 he officially changed his name from Dirk Dierickx to Mike Dierickx.

In 2003 he founded the music label Club Elite , which is now a sub-label of Armada Music .

In 2005 he played the first edition of Tomorrowland , the festival that has now been named "Best Music Event Worldwide".

According to his own statement, he currently lives in New York , USA and Antwerp , Belgium .

In 1999 the Belgian artist Marino Stephano died in a car accident on the way to a collaboration with Mike Dierickx. He then dedicated the song Til We Meet Again to him .

Discography

Albums

  • 2000: Push - From Beyond
  • 2002: Push - Strange World
  • 2004: Push - Electric Eclipse
  • 2005: Plastic Boy - It's a Plastic World
  • 2006: MIKE - The Perfect Blend
  • 2007: MIKE - Moving On in Life
  • 2009: Push - Global Age
  • 2011: MIKE pres. Plastic Boy - Plastic Infusion
  • 2013: MIKE - World Citizen
  • 2018: Push - Together We Rule the World

Singles (selection)

  • 1998: Push - Universal Nation
  • 1998: Plastic Boy - Life Isn't Easy
  • 1999: Plastic Boy - Angel Dust
  • 1999: Push - Cosmonautica
  • 1999: Push - Till We Meet Again
  • 1999: Push - Universal Nation '99
  • 2000: Plastic Boy - Can You Feel It
  • 2000: Push - Electro Fever
  • 2000: Push - Strange World
  • 2000: Push - The Legacy
  • 2000: Push - Tranzy State of Mind
  • 2001: Plastic Boy - Silver Bath
  • 2001: Solar Factor - Deep Sonar
  • 2001: Push - The Legacy
  • 2001: Push - Please Save Me (vs. Sunscreem)
  • 2002: MIKE - Ice Cream (vs. John '00' Fleming )
  • 2002: Push - Journey of Life
  • 2002: Push - Strange World
  • 2002: Push - Universal Nation
  • 2002: Solar Factor - No Return
  • 2002: Solar Factor - Urban Shakedown
  • 2003: MIKE - Turn Out the Lights
  • 2003: Plastic Boy - Live Another Life
  • 2003: Push - Universal Nation
  • 2003: Push - Trance formation (vs. Globe)
  • 2004: MIKE - Totally Fascinated
  • 2004: MIKE - Pound (vs. Armin van Buuren )
  • 2004: MIKE - Intruder (vs. Armin van Buuren)
  • 2004: MIKE - Dame Blanche (vs. John '00' Fleming)
  • 2004: Plastic Boy - Twixt
  • 2004: Push - Electric Eclipse
  • 2004: Push - RESPECT
  • 2004: Solar Factor - Fashion Slam
  • 2005: MIKE - Massive Motion
  • 2005: MIKE - Fuego Caliente
  • 2005: Plastic Boy - From Here to Nowhere
  • 2005: Solar Factor - Global Getaways
  • 2005: Solar Factor - The Rising Sun
  • 2006: MIKE - Voices from the Inside
  • 2006: MIKE - Salvation
  • 2006: MIKE - Into the Danger (with Andrew Bennet )
  • 2006: Push - Strange World
  • 2007: MIKE - Changes' R Good
  • 2008: MIKE - Nu Sensation
  • 2008: Plastic Boy - Rise Up / A New Life
  • 2008: Push - Universal Voice
  • 2008: Push - Impact
  • 2009: Push - Interference
  • 2010: MIKE pres. Plastic Boy - Chocolate Infusion
  • 2010: MIKE pres. Plastic Boy - Once in a Lifetime / Pacific Dreams
  • 2010: The Thrillseekers vs. MIKE - Effectual
  • 2010: MIKE pres. Plastic Boy - Aquarius / Journey of a Man / We're Here to Stay
  • 2010: Mi Casa Su Casa / Winter Night In NYC
  • 2010: MIKE pres. Caromax - Silk / All the Good Things
  • 2011: MIKE vs. Ben Nicky - Spring Break
  • 2011: Andy Moor vs. MIKE - Spirit's Pulse
  • 2016: MIKE Push - Approx

Remixes (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. a b Chart sources: DE UK1 UK2 UK3 UK4 NL BE F BE W FR
  2. Tweet from Mike Dierickx. Retrieved September 12, 2013 .
  3. Mike Dierickx's Facebook page. Retrieved September 12, 2013 .
  4. marino stephano records and CDs. Retrieved February 16, 2017 .

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