Tuesday 6 October 2009

Armand Van Helden

Armand Van Helden

Born February 16th 1970 in boston Massachusetts, an America record producer, remixer and DJ.

His biggest commercial success came from his remix "professional widdow" released on East West records, it reached number one in 1997 in the UK.
"His own record "you dont know me" was released in 1999 and also reached number one in UK. Armand Van Helden's music is definately only one genre, house music.

Armand Van Helden was one of the best-kept secrets in house music. He took up a DJ residency at The Loft, a top Boston nightclub at the time. He released his first official single, a mix of Deep Creed's "Stay On My Mind" through Nervous Records.Van Helden joined such names as Todd Terry, Erick Morillo, Roger Sanchez, Masters at Work and George Morel to record scores of club hits. By the late '90s, a clutch of crucial remixes and several albums made Van Helden's name as one of the most popular producers around.