# Three Drives

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{{Short description|Dutch progressive trance duo}}
{{More citations needed|date=February 2011}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Three Drives
| background = group_or_band
| image =3D-Logo2016.png  
| caption =  
| origin = [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)
| genre = [Progressive trance](/source/Progressive_trance)
| years_active = 1997–present
| label = Massive Drive Recordings, Armada Music, Blackhole recordings, Amsterdam Trance
| current_members = Erik de Koning
| past_members = Ton van Empel
}}
'''Three Drives''', also known as '''Three Drives on a Vinyl''', is a Dutch [progressive trance](/source/progressive_trance) act formed by Erik de Koning (DJ Enrico) and Ton van Empel (Ton TB). In June 2014, van Empel left the group, leaving de Koning its sole member.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David
| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 25th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited| location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 558}}</ref>

==Career==
Their best-known tracks are "[Greece 2000](/source/Greece_2000)" (originally released in 1997 by Massive Drive Recordings, with more mainstream releases on [ZYX Music](/source/ZYX_Music) and [Hooj Choons](/source/Hooj_Choons)) and "Sunset on Ibiza".

==Discography==
===Albums===
*1999: ''2000''
*2003: ''Melodies from the Universe''

===Singles===
====Three Drives/Three Drives on a Vinyl====
*1997 "[Greece 2000](/source/Greece_2000)" EP – [UK](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) No. 44<ref name="OCC2">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4144/greece-2000/|title=Greece 2000 {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)|access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref>
*1998 "Greece 2000" (Remixes) – UK No. 12,<ref name="OCC2"/> AUS No. 81<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=279}}</ref>
*1999 "EP 2000"
*1999 "Turkey 2000"
*1999 "Germany 2000"
*1999 "Superfunk"
*2000 "Sunset on Ibiza" – UK No. 44<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7383/three-drives-on-a-vinyl/|title=Three Drives on a Vinyl {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)|access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref>
*2001 "Sunset on Ibiza" (Remixes)
*2002 "Carrera 2" – UK No. 57<ref name="OCC">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/4666/three-drives/|title=Three Drives {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)|access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref>
*2003 "Greece 2000" (2003 Remixes)
*2004 "Signs from the Universe"
*2004 "Air Traffic" – UK No. 75<ref name="OCC"/>
*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"<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
*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](/source/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'''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Discogs artist}}
*Three Drives [http://www.threedrives.nl Website]

{{Authority control}}

Category:Dutch trance music groups
Category:Musical groups established in 1997
Category:Dutch electronic dance music duos
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