Finnish DJ, music producer and composer
Darude
Get to know the artist
Darude is Finnish producer Ville Virtanen, known for progressive and uplifting dance music. His international breakthrough came with Sandstorm in 1999, followed by the debut album Before the Storm.
- Explore the catalogue
Use Sandstorm as an entry, then explore Before the Storm and its successor Rush. Label This! and the Salmiakki Sessions mixes offer routes beyond the best-known single.
- Born in
- Eura
- Country
- Finland
- Active since
- 1997
- Plays
- Trance
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