About

Thorin
Van Gelden aka Thorin was born in 1977 in The Netherlands, with
Moluccan roots, in a small village close to Tilburg called Goirle.He
became involved with electronic music at a young age and grew up with
progressive rock and music from bands like Deep Purple, Gong and Yes.His
interest in EDM began in the 90′s and was inspired by many DJ's. In
1992 he started to DJ himself and spent hours and hours seeking
exclusive records in the stores of those days.

Since then he has performed at a lot of parties across Europe including
TWIDL, the Zoo Almelo, Hobnob 2008, NYE Zoo Groningen, Lola Groningen,
DJ Hyydro Birthday Bash Germany, Sundance 2004 Norway, Legacy Festival
2021 Belgium, Green vibrations festival, AMW Radio ADE, Metropool
Hengelo, 013 Tilburg, Poema Utrecht, Vios Hengelo, Eastside Underground
Gigant Apeldoorn, N8 Kelder Enschede, Forty Five Hasselt Belgium, Pharao Club Bocholt etc.

…Inspired by artists like Sander Kleinenberg, Hernan Cattaneo, John
Digweed, Paul Oakenfold, Harry Lemon 8 and Rick Pier Oneil (RPO), Thorin
started to produce music in 2003. In 2006 he got his first release on
Reticent Recordings, a digital label from the United States.

With a remix for his buddy Carl Anderson aka Lost Edit on his track
"Fresh Start" he had the chance to release music on Bonzai through its
Green Martian imprint. From here Thorin released his first full track
entitled "Pure Tribal" on Nemesis which boasted a raft of top quality
remixes.
He was then commissioned to do remixes for producers all over the world
across many different labels under the Bonzai umbrella, like Tiësto,
Airwave, Rick Pier O'Neil aka RPO, Manu Riga, Mindgamers, dPen, Verche,
21street, Stiven Rivic, Michael & Levan and many more.
After a bumpy start in 2020 with some health issues, and studio problems
Thorin managed to get his health back on track and his studio up and
running again. In 2021 Thorin got invited to play a set on the Bonzai
Progressive stage at Legacy Festival 2021. Thorin also played at Legacy
Festival 2021 and 2022.