Paul van Dyk(Matthias Paul) hails from Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany, is a leading trance DJ and is currently the world's #1 DJ (as voted for by DJ mag readers) knocking Tistooff the top spot which he'd held for three years running. His first production, in collaboration with Cosmic Baby as Visions of Shiva, was released in 1992. Before this, he used to do mix-tapes for his friends. In 1993 Paul's first album was released, entitled 45RPM. He also remixed the song Love Stimulation.
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