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Dash Berlin is the Dutch electronic music project of Jeffrey Sutorius. Started in 2007 as a collaboration between Sutorius, Eelke Kalberg and Sebastiaan Molijn in The Hague with Jeffrey Sutorius as the DJ frontman of the trio of producers. In May 2026, it was announced that Jeffrey Sutorius would make his official return as the sole owner of the Dash Berlin project after emerging victorious from a legal dispute. July 11th, 2026 marked the first time Jeffrey Sutorius played as Dash Berlin again since the end of the dispute - DJ'ing at the mainstage of Ultra Europe festival in Split, Croatia .

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Dash Berlin is the Dutch electronic music project of Jeffrey Sutorius. Started in 2007 as a collaboration between Sutorius, Eelke Kalberg and Sebastiaan Molijn in The Hague with Jeffrey Sutorius as the DJ frontman of the trio of producers. In May 2026, it was announced that Jeffrey Sutorius would make his official return as the sole owner of the Dash Berlin project after emerging victorious from a legal dispute. July 11th, 2026 marked the first time Jeffrey Sutorius played as Dash Berlin again since the end of the dispute - DJ'ing at the mainstage of Ultra Europe festival in Split, Croatia . Dash Berlin were voted the seventh most popular DJs in the world according to DJ Mag in 2012; Kalberg and Molijn were record producers. Kalberg and Molijn left the group in 2019 and returned in 2021 after initially winning a legal dispute against Jeffrey Sutorius over the "Dash Berlin" trademark. From 2022 to 2026, Ryan Fieret served as temporary frontman of the group. Kalberg and Molijn have been contributing to the international dance scene for over twenty years, with award-winning and platinum-selling hits for dance acts such as Alice Deejay, Vengaboys, Candee Jay, Pronti and Kalmani and Solid Sessions. Their track "Better Off Alone" was one of the first trance records that became big in the U.S. and was later sampled by French superstar DJ David Guetta in his song "Play Hard" and one of America's biggest rappers Wiz Khalifa in his breakthrough record "Say Yeah". They also had worked together with DJ Sander Kleinenberg on classic tracks like "This Is Miami" and "The Fruit" and remixes for major artists such as Justin Timberlake ('Rock Your Body' Remix winning the award for 'Best Remix' at the Dance Star USA Awards), Janet Jackson, BT, Usher, N.E.R.D., Lenny Kravitz, Junkie XL, Röyksopp, Mylo and Annie Lennox. On 18 June 2018, Sutorius announced his split from Dash Berlin and severed ties with Kalberg and Molijn, citing issues of mismanagement and career neglect.

Formation

Dash Berlin was formed by Jeffrey Sutorius with Kalberg and Molijn in The Hague, Netherlands,. Jeffrey Sutorius was a fan of electronic music from his high school days and in his late teens worked in a record store and became a collector of vinyl trance music. Inspired by pioneering figures such as Sven Väth, Oliver Lieb and Sander Kleinenberg, Sutorius began mixing and producing his own music. He released his first record on 'BPM Legends' records. He started performing in the Dutch underground music scene in early '95 and teamed up with fellow producers and close friends Kalberg and Molijn to form Dash Berlin into a trio in 2006.

Sutorius' split from group and eventual return

On 18 June 2018, Jeffrey Sutorius announced through a press statement that he would be leaving the group, while cutting his connections with Kalberg, Molijn, and the Vanderkleij Agency. He revealed that Molijn and Kalberg had registered the name "Dash Berlin" under their own names while leaving him out, thus leaving him legally unable to perform as Dash Berlin. Further attempts to reconcile through lawyers and courts had failed, and Sutorius was also blocked from accessing the group's social media accounts after severing ties with his former partners. Sutorius later announced that he would be producing and performing under his own name, beginning October 2018. In a second press statement with DJ Mag, Sutorius revealed that his intense touring periods had brought up health issues for him in late-2017, which in turn led him to take two months off for a physical checkup. During that time period, Sutorius was unable to perform, to his management's heavy opposition. He eventually stopped working with his booking company, while Kalberg and Molijn froze Sutorius out of Dash Berlin's social media accounts and filed a court claim against him for failure to fulfil his booked shows. The court later denied the claim. Kalberg and Molijn's reasons for registering the Dash Berlin name without Sutorius are still unclear due to their refusal to provide documents and information to Sutorius. On 21 June 2019, Dash Berlin released an official statement which announced the departure of Kalberg and Molijn from the group, leaving behind Sutorius to lead the group as a solo artist. The group concluded that the "chemistry between [Dash Berlin] is gone and that it is time for a change", with the former producers focusing on new musical projects. In May 2026, Dash Berlin announced via a cryptic Instagram post that Jeffrey Sutorius would make his return as the solo member of the group.

Recognition

The breakthrough for Dash Berlin came in early 2007 with "Till the Sky Falls Down". The track went to the top of the trance charts worldwide, due in part to Armin van Buuren who included it on the third chapter of his acclaimed Universal Religion mix album. Van Buuren subsequently signed Dash Berlin to the Armada Music label. Dash Berlin won the IDMA award for the track "Waiting" in the category 'Best High Energy Track' and was nominated three times at the International Dance Music Awards, during the WMC in Miami in 2009. His tracks "Waiting" featuring Australian singer Emma Hewitt and "Man On The Run", a collaboration with fellow Armada artists Cerf, Mitiska and Jaren were both nominated that year in the category 'Best Trance Track'. In Armin van Buuren's popular radio show A State of Trance the "Waiting" single was elected by the audience to the second best trance track of the year 2009. The music video is shot in Rotterdam and gained over twenty-five million views on YouTube. In 2010, Dash were nominated for the "Best European DJ" at the IDMA's and entered the DJ Mag Top 100 poll at number 15. They won the DJ Mag Top 100 Award for "Highest New Entry", during the Magazine's ceremony at the Ministry Of Sound in London, hosted by Boy George. Beating other famous Dutch DJs such as Armin van Buuren, Tiesto, Ferry Corsten as the highest Dutch entry to date. On 20 October 2011, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll for the very first time in Amsterdam, with Dash Berlin placed at number eight in the world. In 2012, Dash Berlin receives a nomination for "Best Trance Track" at the IDMA's for his track with Jonathan Mendelsohn entitled "Better Half Of Me".

Aropa Records

In early 2009, plans emerged to expand the Dash Berlin influence with their own label called Aropa Records. The first release under the new label is "Man on the Run", a collaboration with fellow Armada artists Cerf, Mitiska and Jaren. The track rocketed to the top of the international trance charts and received a nomination for 'Best Trance Track' at the annual Trance Awards. The song is also the lead single of their debut album The New Daylight which was released later that year in October. In April 2012, Dash Berlin released their second artist album on Aropa and Armada Music titled #Musicislife.

North Sea Music

In April 2021, it was announced that Dash Berlin had started a new label that was distributed via the DistroKid service called North Sea Music. Currently it is a private label, however the trio teased at the idea of opening it up to more indie artists sometime soon.

Remixes

Jeffrey Sutorius Discography formerly credited to Dash Berlin

This is a list of songs released under the Dash Berlin name under the period from when control of the band's name was legally owned by former live member Jeffrey Sutorius in 2019, and when other members Eelke and Sebastiaan won the legal battle to regain ownership of the band.

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Discogswww.discogs.com/artist/930381-Dash-Berlin

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