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Darude
Darude is a Finnish DJ and producer best known for the iconic dance hit
'Sandstorm'.
Darude was born Toni-Ville Henrik Virtanen in Eura, Finland on July 17th 1975.
He began experimenting with music production while attending Turku Polytechnic.
When, while DJing at a party, he played Leila K's 'Rude Boy' a classmate gave
him the song's title as a nickname. It stuck, morphing first to Da Rude and
finally to Darude.
He began sending demos to radio stations in the late 1990s. His breakthrough
came when Darude teamed up with JS16 (Jaakko Salovaara) to release his track
'Sand...
