John Christian (musician)
Musical artist
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John Dirne (born 14 September 1981), known professionally as John Christian and formerly known as John Marks, is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer.[3] More than a hundred of his productions reached the Top 100.
14 September 1981
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| Also known as | John Marks |
| Born | John Dirne 14 September 1981 Baarn, Netherlands |
| Origin | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| Years active | 1998–present[2] |
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| Website | johnchristian |
Biography
His father is also a producer. At a young age, he already knew that he wanted to go into music, although he didn't immediately know in what way. He has been active as a producer since around 1998 and works from his music studio White Villa in Ede.[2] In 2001, he graduated from the Dutch Academy of Music.[4][5]
He produced for DJs like Eric Dikeb and Mental Theo, for party artists like Gebroeders Ko and De Sjonnies, and Sinterklaas songs for De Club van Sinterklaas. Meanwhile, he works for domestic and international artists in the club scene.
He also releases his own music, both solo as John Marks (2004-2009) and John Christian (since 2009), and with others in Secret Service (2002), Parla & Pardoux (2004-2008), Team X (2005) and Marks & Gates (2006). Furthermore, he recorded music with Gerard Joling, René Froger, Gordon, The Moon and Patricia Paay, among others. In addition, he is also involved as a music producer and as a member of the creative team at De Toppers' concerts.
More than one hundred singles reached the Top 100, seven of which were in the Top 10.
Under the alias John Christian, he was unveiled in January 2013 with his remix of Avicii and Nicky Romero's "I Could Be the One" which entered the top 100 established by Beatport.[6]
In November 2015, he founded his own record label called Freeway Recordings.[7][8]
Discography
EPs
| Title | Detail | Peak chart position |
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| NLD [9] | ||
| Liberté (The 2002 Remixes) |
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21 |
Charted singles
As Parla & Pardoux (with Maurice van Woensel)
| Title | Year | Peak chart position | Album |
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| NLD [9] | |||
| "Liberté" | 2000 | 42 | Liberté (The 2002 Remixes) |
| "Jump & Let's Party" (versus DJ Galaga) |
2001 | 29 | Non-album singles |
| "Forever and Ever" (featuring Denize) |
2002 | 20 | |
| "Close Your Eyes" | 2004 | 19 | |
| "Viva la Revolution" | 2008 | 23 | Viva la Revolution - EP |
| "Liberté" (DJ Maurice featuring Parla & Pardoux) |
2014 | 61 | Non-album single |
As Secret Service (with Maurice van Woensel)
As Team X (with Roy Gates)
As John Marks
| Title | Year | Peak chart position | Album |
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| NLD [12] | |||
| "Tracking" | 2004 | 86 | Non-album singles |
| "Don't Stop" | 38 | ||
| "Update" | 2005 | 33 | |
| "Do It Again" | 45 | ||
| "Carnival" | 2006 | 20 | |
| "Insanity" | 2007 | 17 | |
| "Can You Feel It?" (De Toppers featuring John Marks) |
10 | ||
| "Blow the Speakers" (versus The Moon) |
67 | ||
| "What Do You Say" (featuring Blain) |
2008 | 13 | |
| "Summerbreeze (Official Anthem)" | 29 | ||
| "Sledgehammer" (featuring René Froger) |
2009 | 22 | |
| "Who's That Lady with My Man '09" (featuring Patricia Paay) |
83 | ||
As John Christian
| Title | Year | Peak chart position | Album |
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| BEL (Vl) [13] | |||
| "Still The Same Man" (Nicky Romero featuring John Christian and Nilson) |
2013 | 16[A] | Non-album singles |
| "Gunshot" | 7[A] | ||
Singles
As John Christian
- 2013: Flight 643
- 2013: Gunshot
- 2014: Speed Of Light (with Sem Thomasson)
- 2014: Pinball (with Shermanology and Oliver Rosa)
- 2014: Samba (with Klauss Goulart)
- 2015: Collage (with Arin Tone and Corey James)
- 2015: What
- 2015: Down (with Volt & State)
- 2015: Brothers (featuring Eric Lumiere)
- 2015: Hit 'M Like This (with Jacky Greco)
- 2016: Flux (with Mantrastic)
- 2016: Infinity 2016 (Tribute) (with Arin Tone)
- 2016: Glance To The Future (with TripL featuring Jessy Katz)
- 2016: House Of God (with Arin Tone)
- 2016: Where Is The Party
- 2016: Don't Come Back (with Djs From Mars)
- 2017: The Grimm
- 2017: Iconic (with Nicky Romero)
- 2017: The Sign
- 2017: Scream (with Tiësto)
- 2017: Back To The Oldskool
- 2017: Funkastarz
- 2018: How Low (with VAVO)[14]
- 2018: I Like It Loud (with Tiësto featuring Marshall Masters and The Ultimate MC)
- 2018: The Trip[15]
- 2018: The House Is Mine[16]
- 2019: Let's Get This Thing Started[17]
- 2019: Can You Feel It (with Tiësto)[18]
- 2019: Uno[19]
- 2019: Technoprime (with Tony Junior)[20]
- 2020: Dos[21]
- 2022: Rain (with Elize)
- 2025: All Night (with Armin Van Buuren)
Remixes
As John Christian
- 2013: Nicky Romero and Avicii - "I Could Be the One" (John Christian Remix)
- 2015: MOTi - "Valencia" (John Christian Remix) (Intro Edit) [Included in the compilation of Tiësto, Club Life: Volume Four New York City]
- 2016: Andrea Rullo - "Alpha Centauri" (John Christian Edit)
- 2017: Tiësto and Diplo - "C'Mon" (John Christian Remix)
- 2017: Vavo and Redhead Roman featuring Max Landry - "We Have Won" (John Christian Edit)
- 2017: Dave Aude and Luciana - "Yeah Yeah 2017" (John Christian Remix)
- 2018: John Christian - "What" (2018 Edit)[22]
- 2018: Fedde Le Grand - "Monsta" (John Christian Remix)[23]
- 2019: Tiësto - "Grapevine" (John Christian Remix)[24]
- 2019: Trobi - "We Can Change (Infinity)" (John Christian Remix)[25]
- 2019: Mattn, Klaas and Roland Clark - "Children" (John Christian Remix)[26]
- 2019: Madonna, Maluma - "Medellín" (John Christian & DJLW Remix)
