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Latest Dee Dee news
04/02/2022 : Next week, Darren Styles & Olly James will release a remix of Dee Dee's Forever for the 20th anniversary of the hit
28/02/2021 : 10 years after its original release, Roni Meller and Dee Dee published a remixes package for The Day After (Will I Be Free)
17/11/2020 : Yesterday, Storyteller and Dee Dee released a collaboration entitled Just A Girl
26/04/2020 : Dee Dee performed for her fans a Covid-19 version of Forever (Thanks to Eurodance Magazine)
19/11/2019 : Dee Dee was featured on Amos & Riot Night's forthcoming single Never Look Back, to be released on November 25th. This is her secoond collaboration with the british DJs duet
19/07/2019 : Dee Dee's hit Forever was remixed by Iversoon & Alex Daf.
15/09/2018 : New from Dee Dee, a collaboration with Sonic Solutions entitled Heaven Is a Place On Earth, a cover of Belinda Carlisle's hit.
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Forever | 19th Jul 2002 |
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The One | Dec 2002 |
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Pour Toujours | Nov 2003 |
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I Want You Back (feat Ray & Snyder) | Feb 2010 |
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Where Did The Love Go (with DJ Xquizit) | 3rd Sep 2021 |
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Stronger | 5th May 2023 |
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Roni Meller - The Day After (Will I Be Free) | Apr 2010 |
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Kimura - The Chosen | 14th Dec 2012 |
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De-Liver - Give Me A Sign | 1st Feb 2013 |
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Pinch and Dash - Show Me Love | 31st May 2013 |
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Van Dutch and Silver Nikan - It's My Life | 28th Jun 2013 |
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Marsal Ventura, Alex de Guirior and Submission DJ - See The Light | 13th Mar 2014 |
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Dreamy - In My Heart | 15th Feb 2016 |
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Dan Winter and Ryan T - Yamandana | 26th Feb 2016 |
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Maratone - Time Will Tell | 4th Jul 2016 |
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Pinch and Dash - Music Is Love | Nov 2016 |
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Amos & Riot Night - Edge Of Love | 21st Jul 2017 |
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Van Dutch & Silver Nikan - Follow The Sound | 2nd Mar 2018 |
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Sonic Solutions - Heaven Is a Place On Earth | 17th Aug 2018 |
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Iversoon & Alex Daf - Forever 2019 | 26th Jul 2019 |
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Amos & Riot Night - Never Look Back | 25th Nov 2019 |
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Storyteller - Just A Girl | 16th Nov 2020 |
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Darren Styles & Olly James - Forever | 11th Feb 2022 |
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Dee Dee biography
The producers behind this Belgian eurotrance project are Christophe Chantzis (Absolom, Ian Van Dahl), Erik Vanspauwen (Ian Van Dahl) and Tommie Kidjemet. The female singer, but also co-songwriter is Diana Trippaers. Diana was born on 21st July 1981 in Genk, Belgium. She is half Italian and half Belgian. Dee Dee was her nickname as a kid. She grew up with music, because her father's hobby was DJ-ing, allowing her to listen to all types of music. He played on little parties, and Diana was helping her dad, learning the DJ-ing from her father. She's always been a fan of Madonna, but it's Robert Miles’s Children which made her fall in love with house and trance sounds. At the age of 16, she spinned the decks on some birthday partys, and went clubbing every weekend. This is how she met producer Tommie Kidjemet who introduced her to Christophe & Erik.
Forever was released July 19th 2001 on whilte-label vinyl by A&S Recordings (Ian Van Dahl, Lasgo). At first, Diana's identity was kept secret. On August 2nd they entered the Belgian Dance chart at number #6... On September 3rd, 2001 Forever was released as single on the Belgian market. The single was signed for the USA and interest from other European countries started coming in... It reached #12 on the UK singles chart, #1 on the German dance charts and was certified gold in Hungary. Dee Dee did her first live apprearance at the TMF Showcase in September 2001 in front of 2000 people, and a video clip was shot, directed by Alex Diezinger. They started touring in Belgium and were invited to perform at Top of the Pops on the BBC.
2002 : the new single of Dee Dee was entitled The One and was released December in all countries but the UK, who had to wait till January 2003. The video was shot in Prague ans once again directed by Alex Diezinger. It was nominated for the Donna Awards and was followed with a US and UK tour
2003 : in December Dee Dee started working on brand new show together with her dancers from The Move, while her producers were working on the album, finishing 10 demo tracks. The release was planned for spring 2003... But it finally never came out. End of 2003, Dee Dee released a french version of her hit Forever called Pour Toujours. After this, everything became very quite around Dee Dee.
2005 : she became a beauty consultant at Planet Parfum in Maasmechelen, where she stayed 13 years.
2006 : Diana Trippaers was featured on Parisi Delvino's single Into The Night.
2008 : a 2009 version of The One was released by German producer Mike Nero.
2009 : Diana gave birth to a baby girl called Moira. Then the team decided to re-form the group. Tommie Kidjemet left, being replaced by a new co-songwriter, T-Spoon rapper Shalamon Baskin. They decided to do worldwide collaborations as an attempt to bring Dee Dee back onto the charts. The first song was Love Will Rise Again with German project 2 Vibez.
2010 : Dee Dee recorded a single with Ray & van Snyder entitled I Want You Back. Released in February, it peaked as #19 on the German DJ Chart - Dance. It was signed in Hungary where it received a lot of radio airplay, and hit the Hungarian charts. Later that year they worked with Israeli producer Roni Meller for the track The Day After (Will I Be Free). Dee Dee started touring in 2000 concerts and festivals
2012 : she was featured on Kimura's single The Chosen.
2013 : Dee Dee did vocals on Pinch & Dash's single Show Me Love.
2014 : Dee Dee recorded a collaboration with Marsal Ventura, Àlex de Guirior and Submission DJ entitled See the Light. She co-founded Bonkers Bookings, a tour manager agency.
2016 : in February, she did vocals on Dan Winter & Ryan T's handsup single Yamandana. in July, she was featured in Dreamy's single In My Heart and on Maratone's single Time Will Tell. Dee Dee and Daiyon did vocals on Pinch & Dash's new single Music Is Love.
2018 : based in Houthalen, Diana started publishing Mediterranean food, restaurant reviews and cooking recipes as Foodeliziosa
2020 : she did vocals on Storyteller's Just A Girl
2022 : Darren Styles & Olly James released a rework of Forever. Diana started wroking as a social media expert / digital marketeer at Step Out of the line - Comfort Group.
2023 : she became a sales manager at DecoRevive.
2025 : Diana works as real estate advisor for Immo-Wereld.
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Thanks to Kizoo and Anders Bøgh
Dee Dee biography was last updated Wed, February 12th 2025
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