
In early 1997, van Dyk began collaborating with U.S. Seven Ways established van Dyk as a trance pioneer and was van Dyk's first real success in Britain. He recorded his debut LP 45 RPM with Johnny Klimek and VOOV. MFS label owner Mark Reeder's close friendship with artists such as New Order gave van Dyk the opportunity to mix the track " Spooky" from the Republic album. Meanwhile, MFS acquired many remixes for Paul. In 1994, van Dyk released The Green Valley EP, Pump This Party and Emergency 911.

Paul van Dyk – My World (Official music video) (1994) By late summer, Paul released his first DJ-mix compilation "X-Mix-1 – the MFS Trip" and remixed Humate's trance hymn "Love Stimulation".ġ994–2007: 45 RPM, Seven Ways, Out There and Back & Reflections External video The second and final Visions of Shiva single "How Much Can You Take?" was released, and van Dyk and Cosmic went their separate musical ways. In February 1993, van Dyk and Kid Paul hosted an installment of the weekly three-hour "HR3 Clubnight" radio show, performing for a nationwide audience on German radio. Their single "Perfect Day" was released by the Berlin independent label MFS (Masterminded For Success) Records, run by English expatriate producer Mark Reeder and manager Torsten Jurk.

With Cosmic Baby, he collaborated as The Visions of Shiva. After several more dates, he was given the chance to perform at Andre'Hoche's (1991–1993) Dubmission parties in the Turbine club, together with the young resident DJ Kid Paul. His first appearance as a DJ was in the club Tresor in March 1991.

Shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall, van Dyk and his mother were given permission to leave East Germany and moved to Hamburg to live with his aunt. Early electronic, but also melodies and poppy elements, the general imprint of what later came for me in music." The first album he acquired was Organisation by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), of which he said, "It was extremely influential. Where he grew up there were no record stores at which to buy music, so he kept in touch with the world beyond the Berlin Wall by secretly listening to the popular but forbidden Western radio stations RIAS ( Radio in the American Sector) and SFB and mixtapes occasionally smuggled into the country and copied among school friends. Paul van Dyk claims his musical education came from radio. While living there, he worked as a broadcast technician and began training to become a carpenter. Paul van Dyk grew up in East Berlin in a single parent household his father left him and his mother when he was four years old.

