Trance music

Genre of electronic dance music

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2024 Maintains a strong position in the DJ Mag Top 100 poll, ranking at number 16.
2024 Released singles 'Roar' and 'How You Move', and a remix for Universal Nation's 'Push'. Planned release of the EP 'Sanctum'.
2024 Continued her successful career with a ranking of 16th.
2024 Charlotte de Witte continued to hold the #1 position in DJ Mag Top 100 DJ rankings
February 9 2024 Opened a temporary KNTXT Store in Brussels at Square Sainctelette 4.
January 2024 Launched a new label called Époque, focused on remixes of iconic Belgian tracks.
2023 Collaborated with Enrico Sangiuliano on the 'Reflection' EP, released singles 'High Street', and created a remix for Universal Nation.
2023 Charlotte de Witte maintained her #1 position in DJ Mag Top 100 DJ rankings
2023 Maintained a strong professional standing by ranking 18th.
2023 Composed the final score for Hirokazu Kore-eda's film 'Monster', which was dedicated to his memory after his passing.
2023 Released his final solo studio album '12'.
2023 Filmmaker Neo Sora (Sakamoto's son) directed 'Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus', a final performance of Sakamoto playing solo piano, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
April 24 2023 Featured on Agust D's (Suga of BTS) song 'Snooze' as keyboards, released in loving memory of Sakamoto.
April 2 2023 Sakamoto's death was publicly announced following his funeral.
March 2023 Sent a letter to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike calling for suspension and review of the planned Jingūmae neighborhood redevelopment due to environmental concerns, in one of his last public activities before his death.
March 28 2023 Passed away from colorectal cancer at the age of 71.
March 28 2023 Died from cancer at the age of 71.
2022 Reaches her career-highest ranking in the DJ Mag Top 100 poll at number 14, demonstrating her rising prominence in techno music.
2022 Released EPs 'Universal Consciousness' and 'Apollo'.
2022 Charlotte de Witte ranked #1 in DJ Mag Top 100 DJ rankings
2022 Married Enrico Sangiuliano. Received a gold record for 'The Age of Love' remix for over 500,000 units sold.
2022 Ryuichi Sakamoto won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Original Film Score for the film 'Love After Love'.
2022 Participated in creating Dumb Type's new installation for the Japan Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
2022 Collaborated with Ukrainian violinist Illia Bondarenko on the single 'Piece for Illia' for a Ukraine relief fundraiser compilation.
2021 Further climbed the rankings to 23rd, continuing her upward trajectory in the electronic music scene.
2021 Released a joint remix of 'The Age of Love' with Enrico Sangiuliano, which became a hit and topped Beatport's techno bestsellers list.
2021 Charlotte de Witte maintained her top position at rank 1, solidifying her status as a leading DJ or artist.
2021 Served as associate artist of Holland Festival in Amsterdam, presenting the world premiere of 'TIME', a wordless opera collaboration with Shiro Takatani.
February 5 2021 Announced her engagement to Italian techno DJ and producer Enrico Sangiuliano via social media.
January 21 2021 Sakamoto announced on his website that he was diagnosed with rectal cancer, after his throat cancer had gone into remission.
2020 Improved her ranking to 32nd, showing a notable advancement in her professional standing as a DJ.
2020 Charlotte de Witte reached the top position, ranking number 1 for the first time.
2020 Charlotte de Witte won the Best Techno Artist (Female) award for the second consecutive year
2020 Released EPs 'Vision' and 'Return to Nowhere', and created remixes for Jerome Isma-Ae and Bob Moses & Zhu.
2020 Sakamoto returned to Tokyo after living primarily in New York City since 1990.
2019 Launched her own record label KNTXT. Voted the world's best techno DJ at the DJ Awards.
2019 First appears in the DJ Mag Top 100 poll, ranking at number 74, signaling her growing recognition in the electronic music scene.
2019 Charlotte de Witte improved her ranking to position 7, showing significant professional progression.
2019 Collaborated with Chris Liebing on the 'Liquid Slow' EP and released several other EPs including 'Pressure' and 'Selected'.
2019 Charlotte de Witte won the Techno Award
2018 Charlotte de Witte was nominated for Best Techno Artist award
2018 Created the Groove Podcast 163 and SonneMondSterne XXII DJ mixes, and released EPs such as 'Heart of Mine' and 'The Healer'.
2018 Charlotte de Witte achieved a ranking of 17 in the music charts or DJ rankings.
2018 Won the Grand Bell Awards for Best Music for the soundtrack of 'The Fortress'.
June 14 2018 Documentary 'Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda', directed by Stephen Nomura Schible, was released, following his life, cancer recovery, and musical journey.
February 2018 Selected to be on the jury for the main competition section of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.
2017 Released the 'Connection' DJ mix and multiple extended plays including 'Brussels', 'Voices of the Ancient', 'Closer', and 'Our Journey'.
2017 Released the experimental solo album 'Async'.
2017 Nominated for Asian Film Awards for Best Composer for the film 'Rage'
March 29 2017 Released solo album 'async' through Milan Records, which received critical acclaim.

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