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Three superstar DJs collaborate on Love Parade tribute track

By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 6 September 2010

Paul Oakenfold has teamed up with Armin van Buuren and Paul van Dyk to release a new track in tribute to those who died at the Love Parade festival in Germany back in July. As previously reported, 21 people died and hundreds more were injured when a crowd surge occurred around a small tunnel that was the only entry point to the dance festival’s 2010 site. Organisers of the annual dance event have said they will not stage any future Parades as a result of this year’s tragedy.

The tribute song is called ‘Remember Love’ and will be sold in aid of the Association Of Non-Statutory Welfare, which is supporting those who were injured and the families of those who died in the crowd surge incident. It will be released on 11 Sep.

Admitting he took inspiration from Band Aid and the more recent charity records in aid of the Haiti earthquake relief effort, Oakenfold told reporters: “I just thought we should do something to help them [the victims and their families]. In many other music genres artists come together. So I wrote this song and contacted Armin van Buuren and Paul van Dyk. I think this is the first time this has ever been done in the dance scene, to give back, to help people”.

Van Dyk added that “it was a great honour to work with Armin van Buuren and Paul Oakenfold on this very important project, please help us help others”, while van Buuren said: “For the first time an Englishman, a German and a Dutchman teamed up and became united in the studio, creating a track that I hope people will love and treasure. Our purpose was united in the sense that we wanted to pay homage to those whose lives were lost, and to have their memories live on in the spirit of our record”.

A criminal investigation is ongoing into what sequence of events caused the fatal crowd surge, and whether measures could and should have been taken to prevent it.