Three Drives

Three Drives
Three Drives
Background information
Origin	Netherlands
Genres	Progressive trance
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Massive Drive Recordings, Armada Music, Blackhole recordings, Amsterdam Trance
Members	Erik de Koning
Past members	Ton van Empel

Three Drives, also known as Three Drives on a Vinyl, are a Dutch progressive trance duo founded by Erik de Koning (DJ Enrico) and Ton van Empel (Ton TB). In June 2014, van Empel left the group.^[1]

Career

Their best-known tracks are "Greece 2000" (originally released in 1997 by Massive Drive Recordings, with more mainstream releases on ZYX Music and Hooj Choons) and "Sunset on Ibiza".

Discography

Singles

Three Drives/Three Drives on a Vinyl

1997 Greece 2000 EP – UK No. 44^[2]
1998 "Greece 2000" (Remixes) – UK No. 12,^[2] AUS No. 81^[3]
1999 "EP 2000"
1999 "Turkey 2000"
1999 "Germany 2000"
1999 "Superfunk"
2000 "Sunset on Ibiza" – UK No. 44^[4]
2001 "Sunset on Ibiza" (Remixes)
2002 "Carrera 2" – UK No. 57^[5]
2003 "Greece 2000" (2003 Remixes)
2004 "Signs from the Universe"
2004 "Air Traffic" – UK No. 75^[5]
2005 "Evolution"
2005 "Greece 2000" (2005 Remixes)
2007 "Greece 2000" (2007 Remixes)
2008 "Greece 2000" (2008 Remixes)
2008 "Together"
2009 "Automatic City"
2008 "Together"
2012 "Letting You Go"
2012 "Deep Sea"
2014 "Summer Madness"
2015 "Back to Basic"
2015 "Icon" (with Binary Finary)
2016 "Chakra"
2016 "Beneath the Stars"^[1]
2016 "Maria"
2017 "Athena"
2017 "Nasa"
2017 "Somewhere Out There"
2017 "Sirens of the Sea"
2017 "United as One"
2017 "Paradise Inc"
2017 "Barracuda"
2018 "Panga"

Fate Federation

2003 "Mesmerize" / "Crime Scene"
2003 "Narcotics Guide" / "Mayhem"
2005 "Urbanoids" / "Kind Wishes"

Tangled Universe

2002 "Message from the Universe" / "Cosmic Synts"
2002 "Sparkling Message"
2003 "Next Victim" / "Blind Date"
2003 "Rain & Thunder" / "Execute Mode" / "Hyper Threading"
2005 "I Miss You" / "For a Reason"

Other aliases

1997 "Lovin'", as Love Foundation (with Marc van Dale)
1997 "Together", as Department 1
1997 "Trujacq/Good Food", as Positiv
1997 "Foreign Affair", as Force Full
1999 "Never Enough", as Love Foundation (with Marc van Dale)
2001 "Intensive Aqua", as Legal Traders

Albums

1999: 2000
2003: Melodies from the Universe

References

^ ^a ^b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (25th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 558. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ ^a ^b "Greece 2000 | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 279.
^ "Three Drives on a Vinyl | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Three Drives | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

External links

Three Drives discography at Discogs
Three Drives Website

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[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-1] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (25th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 558. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[OCC2-2] "Greece 2000 | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

[3] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 279.

[4] "Three Drives on a Vinyl | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

[OCC-5] "Three Drives | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

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