Ran-D

Ran-D
Ran-D at a Dutch festival 'De Boeskool is Lös'
Ran-D at a Dutch festival 'De Boeskool is Lös'
Background information
OriginZeeland, Netherlands
GenresHardstyle
Years active2002–present
LabelsSpecial Records, A2 Records, Roughstate Music
MembersRandy Wieland
Websiteran-d.com

Randy "Ran-D" Wieland (18 May 1981 in Zeeland) is a Dutch DJ and music producer.

Ran-D has been active in hardstyle music since 2006, when he released his first track "D-Pression" on Special Records. After his debut release, Ran-D moved on to release his music on the large Hardstyle Record Label A2 Records, which is a sub-label of Scantraxx Recordz. After releasing on A2 Records for seven years, in March 2015 and alongside Frequencerz, Adaro and B-Front, Ran-D founded the hardstyle record label Roughstate Music.

Ran-D has released a cover version of "Zombie" by The Cranberries,[1] "Living for the Moment," "Firestarter," "Nirvana," "Suicidal Superstar" with Phuture Noize, "Band of Brothers," and "Hurricane,"[2] which was awarded 1st place[3] in the Q-dance Top 100 of 2018.

In collaboration with Adaro, Ran-D is also part of the Hardstyle live-act Gunz For Hire which was founded in 2011.[4] Gunz For Hire have released songs including "Bella Ciao,"[5] "Sorrow," "Bolivia," "Plata O Plomo," "No Mercy" and "Armed & Dangerous."

Ran-D has collaborated with other artists in hardstyle including Alpha2, Zatox, Zany, B-Front, Phuture Noize, Crypsis and Digital Punk. He performed at several hardstyle events, including Qlimax, Hard Bass, Defqon.1 Festival (in Australia, Netherlands and in Chile), Daydream Mexico, Decibel Outdoor Festival, Reverze, Q-BASE and The Qontinent. Furthermore, in January 2017, Ran-D was invited to host an X-Qlusive Event[6] in collaboration with Q-Dance. It was held in the AFAS Live in Amsterdam[7] (formerly known as the Heineken Music Hall).

  1. ^ "Wereldwijd succes voor Ran-D uit Zeeland met monsterhit Zombie".
  2. ^ "Q-dance".
  3. ^ de Rond, Mark (January 2019). "'HURRICANE' WINS THE Q-DANCE HARDSTYLE TOP 100 2018". Hard News. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Gunz for Hire". Partyflock (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Gunz for Hire steekt Netflix kraker in nieuw jasje |". 25 April 2018.
  6. ^ Elzendoorn, Bart. "Video | Jongensdroom komt uit voor Zeelandse dj Ran-D met eigen solonacht in AFAS Live". BD. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Q-dance".