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Armand Van Helden

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American musician, DJ, record producer and composer

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Manhattan
Active from
1970-02-16
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Listeners
960,147
Total plays
9,732,642

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Houseelectronicdanceclubtrance

Armand Van Helden is a house music artist and music remixer whose biggest commercial successes came from his remixes of the 1996 Tori Amos song "Professional Widow", which reached the top of the UK singles chart, and his own track "You Don't Know Me" which was Number 1 in the UK in January 1999. Van Helden was born in Boston on February 17, 1970 to a Dutch-Indonesian father and a French-Lebanese mother, but travelled around the world as a child spending time in the Netherlands, Turkey and Italy

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Key facts

Also known as
Deep Creed Sultans of Swing Banji Boys Circle Children Old School Junkies Jungle Juice Armand & The Banana Spliffs Hardhead Wizzards of Wax The Mole People Chupacabra Duck Sauce
Born
( 1970-02-16 ) February 16, 1970 (age 56)
Origin
Boston , Massachusetts , U.S.
Genres
Electronic house nu-disco hip hop speed garage garage house big beat breakbeat
Occupations
DJ record producer remixer songwriter
Works
Armand van Helden discography
Years active
1990–present
Labels
AV8 (1992–1996) Nervous (1992–1999) Strictly Rhythm (1993–1997) ZYX (1993–2002) Henry Street (1994–1996) FFRR (1994–2001) Armed (1999–2004) Southern Fried (2004–present)
Member of
Duck Sauce
Website
armandvanhelden .com

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Encyclopedic overview

Armand van Helden ( Dutch pronunciation: [vɑn ˈɦɛldən]; born February 16, 1970) is an American DJ, record producer, remixer and songwriter from Boston, Massachusetts. His career has spanned beyond three decades.

Van Helden's singles include "You Don't Know Me", "I Want Your Soul", "My My My" featuring Tara McDonald, and "Bonkers" featuring Dizzee Rascal, all of which became No. 1 on the UK Dance Chart and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Dance Chart.

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