D.H.T.
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D.H.T. (Originally Danger Hardcore Team, later renamed Dance. House. Trance) is a Belgian pop music duo, consisting of singer, Edmée Daenen (born March 25, 1985) and Flor Theeuwes (born July 28, 1976). They had a hit in the U.S. & in Australia in 2005 with their cover version of "Listen to Your Heart", originally recorded by Roxette.
They have been one of the very few artists to crack the U.S. top 10 with a trance song and also one of the few Europeans.
D.H.T. is known in clubs around the world. Originally making and performing Happy Hardcore music, in recent years they traded their underground image and sound for something more accessible.
In 1995, D.H.T. started as a group, consisting of MC Jerky (Flor), DJ Bass, DJ Malone and others, and gained international success in the Gabba-community. During the next years, Flor gained mainstream success in his home country, Belgium and in the Netherlands with projects as DJ Da Rick and Da Boy Tommy.
During 2001 Edmée Daenen joined at the age of 15, performing female vocals on record (in 2003 she joined D.H.T. on stage), and while other members of the original D.H.T. moved to the background (assuming the role of producers), Flor and Edmée are now the face of the group. The hardcore image got an overhaul: the original logo (a yellow skull) was dropped, the abbreviation now stands for Dance House Trance instead of Danger Hardcore Team and, most importantly, the sound became radio-friendly.
Interesting to note is that, though the old DHT has a large fanbase in its homecountry Belgium, the new incarnation of DHT is unknown in Belgium and doesn't get any media attention or airplay there.
They have released several singles in parts of Europe.
An acoustic version of "Listen To Your Heart" released to radio, which contains recordings of impoverished hurricane victims, has been used as a tribute to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Listen to Your Heart (July 19, 2005) #78 US
[edit] Singles
Danger Hardcore Team singles
- 1998 "Alone"
- 2001 "Alone 2001"
- 2002 "True Love" #29 Belgium
- 2003 "Magic Melody" #33 Belgium
- 2003 "Uninvited" #33 Belgium
- 2003 "Listen To Your Heart" [Original Issue] #15 Belgium
- 2004 "My Dream" #39 Belgium
Dared singles
- 2005 "Driver's Seat" #33 Belgium
- 2005 "Sun"
D.H.T. singles
- 2005 "Listen to Your Heart" #8 US (Platinum), #7 UK, #7 France, #10 Dutch, #11 AUS, #12 Ireland, #13 Denmark, #19 Norway, #1 SPN (Dance-Charts)
- 2006 "Someone"
- 2006 "I Go Crazy" #56 Dutch, #77 France
[edit] Songs
On the first two pages of the DHT album's booklet, Flor and Edmee talk about their songs:
- "Listen to Your Heart": Inspired them to make different versions. Originally composed by Roxette, DHT has covered this song.
- "My Dream": After watching television, they decided to write a song about what a world would be like without war and pollution.
- "Someone": Made Flor and Edmee feel that they had been doing a wonderful job.
- "Driver's Seat": Jan Vervlot became drunk when recording the vocals.
- "I Go Crazy": After hearing Paul Davis's song, they put the song on their album.
- "Why": A hard song for them to choose from three remixes.
- "At Seventeen": A challenge for them to make it more modern.
- "Sun": Made them feel good.
- "Depressed": Flor tried to write sad lyrics for this song.
- "I Can't Be Your Friend": Flor thinks it's a great song with perfect lyrics and arrangements.
- "I Miss You": Supposed to be a song played on a Saturday night.
[edit] Official versions/remixes of "Listen to Your Heart"
- Furious F. EZ Radio Edit (3:52)
- Hardbounze Single Edit (3:52)
- Edmée's Unplugged Vocal Edit (4:31)
- Furious F. EZ Extended Mix (4:56)
- Hardbounze Extended Mix (4:47)
- Extended Hardstyle Mix (4:33)
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