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Sean Tyas - Biography


A New York native now residing in Switzerland, Sean Tyas has been one of THE buzz names in trance circles this past year. And with good reason too; he's cut out his own niche in the highly competitive production arena to create countless hit tracks, remixes and bootlegs that bring to the dancefloor a mix of melodic harmony, driving groove and cutting edge production techniques.

The distinctive Sean Tyas sound has captured the imagination of the trance community with the highest echelons of the trance elite such as Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Judge Jules, Eddie Halliwell, Sander van Doorn and Above & Beyond amongst the heavyweight playlist support. Sean also has legions of fans at grass roots level, from message boards, budding DJs and radio listeners, a fact proven by his meteoric rise up the ranks of popular polls such as the DJ Magazine Top 100 and TranceAddict.com, as well as being awarded 'Best New Face' winner at the recent Trance Awards as well as #3 Best Remixer and #5 Best Producer, with Mixmag also awarding him #8 in their 'Best New DJs' at the end of 2007.

It was in 2006 that Sean Tyas first started to make waves in the trance scene, winning the much hyped Spinnin' Records remix competition for his rework of Sander van Doorn 'Punk'd', and next signed to the Discover label. His first solo release for the label didn't disappoint either, with the energetic and euphoric 'Lift' being one of the biggest releases of 2006 and awarded Single Of The Week on Armin's A State Of Trance show as well as getting signed onto countless best selling compilations. Many big name remixes followed for Sean Tyas, with the magic touch added to tracks from Bobina, Agnelli & Nelson, Vincent de Moor and Above & Beyond amongst others in the past 12 months.

Undeniably a genius behind the controls in a studio, Sean Tyas has also translated his technical talents and popular sounds into one of the most in demand DJ sets in trance today. Demand for Sean Tyas the DJ has soared on the back of both his production success and show stopping performances.

In the UK and Ireland Sean Tyas has built up a solid fanbase at major events such as Godskitchen,  Gatecrasher, Ministry Of Sound, The Gallery and Inside Out, while elsewhere in Europe he's also made his mark on many famous stages, ranging from the Trance Energy, Dance Valley and Mystery Land festivals in Holland, the Monday Bar cruises in Sweden, Judgement Sundays at Eden in Ibiza, east European shows at the Gaudi Arena in Moscow and Beach Party in Poland. In 2008 Sean Tyas has also performed on all the Godskitchen Global Gathering events worldwide in the main trance arena, and his DJ schedule is impressive in every continent, with tours of Australia, South America and USA & Canada.

2008 has seen many more trance bombs dropped from the Tyas camp, including a coveted collaboration project with Armin van Buuren titled 'Intricacy' and the chart topping 'Somethin's Up' project with Simon Patterson, as well as massive remixes of Inertia 'The System' and Nish 'Blue Sunshine'. Sean's new compilation CD project  'Trance World Vol 3' was released on Armada in August to follow up his 'Live As…USA' and 'Technoclub' CDs from 2007, and more big hits are on the way before the end of the year.



For further information on Sean Tyas DJ bookings please contact Integrity Artist Management through the Bookings page on our website.

For further information on Sean Tyas please visit

www.seantyasmusic.com
www.myspace.com/seantyas