Klaas (DJ) explained

Klaas
Birth Name:Klaas Gerling
Birth Date:1981 1, mf=yes
Birth Place:Cologne, Germany
Years Active:2003–present
Website:www.klaas-music.de

Klaas Gerling (born January 3, 1981), simply known as Klaas, is a German DJ and record producer from Cologne.[1]

Klaas worked under the label Scream & Shout. He has remixed songs for Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike (2016), DJ Antoine, Stromae, Armand Van Helden and Eric Morillo. He is best known for his remix of "Infinity" by Guru Josh, which topped the Belgian chart and peaked at number two on the Dutch chart in 2008. Producing "Infinity 2008" resulted in gold, silver and platinum records in a number of countries. His own release "Our Own Way" reached the top 10 in France in 2009.

As early as 2013, Klaas collaborated with Kim Petras (2023 Grammy-winning singer) on the songs "Heartbeat" and "Flight To Paris".Since 2016, Klaas has collaborated with Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike and Dimitri Vegas' wife MATTN to produce remakes of past club hits such as "Ocarina", "Cafe Del Mar", "Universal Nation" and Robert Miles' "Children" (2019). Klaas' 2018 single "OK Without You" achieved more than 40 million streams on Spotify. Another of his singles released in 2018, "Close to You", received more than 20 million streams. The collaboration with Londonbeat "I've Been Thinking About You" reached in spring 2019 #1 in the US Billboard Dance Charts. In 2021, Klaas has gained more than 5 million monthly listeners on Spotify.[2] [3] In January 2023, he reached the top 10 of Germany's most-streamed Dance/Electronic artists.

Discography

Charted singles

TitlePeak chart positions
GERAUTBELEURFRAFRA
Club
SWIUK
"Infinity 2008"43111113
"What Is Love 2K9"[6] 60374135249
"Our Own Way"179
[7]
1
"Downtown"418
"Freak"14
"Café Del Mar 2016" (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Klaas Edit)
(by MAATN & Futuristic Polar Bears)[8]
2287
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other singles

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2021

2022

2023

Remixes

Notes and References

  1. News: Klaas feat. Jelle van Dael: Far Away. 2016-02-11. bigFM. 2017-05-12. de.
  2. News: Danceproducer Guru Josh ('Infinity') overleden. MVDB. 2015-12-29. HLN. 2017-05-12.
  3. News: Morto il dj Guru Josh, autore del grande successo house 'Infinity'. Music Fanpage. 2017-05-12.
  4. Web site: Welcome to the POP AWARDS 2023, the sixth annual Pop Awards. January 15, 2023 . Antonio. Cooper. Pop Magazine. March 4, 2023.
  5. Web site: Pop Awards 2023, the 6th annual Pop Awards. Pop Awards. March 4, 2023.
  6. Web site: What Is Love 2k9. Lescharts.com.
  7. Web site: Klaas Our Own Way. Lescharts.com.
  8. Web site: Cafe Del Mar 2016. Lescharts.