Benno De Goeij

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Name = Benno de Goeij


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Birth_name = Benno de Goeij
Alias = Benicio, Dutch Force, Hidden Sound System, Quest, The, San, Secilia
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Origin = Netherlands
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Genre = trance, progressive trance, progressive house, techno
Occupation = DJ, producer, remixer
Years_active = 1996–present
Label = Black Hole Recordings, Armind, ID&T, High Contrast Recordings, Kontor Records
Associated_acts = Current: Rank 1

Former: A.I.D.A., Bervoets & De Goeij, Ceres, Chiqeau, Control Freaks, El Dorado, Gualagara, Jonah, Kamaya Painters, Pedro & Benno, R.O.O.S., Sensation, Simplistic Mind, Southsquare, SPX, System Eight, Tritone, Two Disciples.
URL = [http://www.bervoetsdegoeij.nl www.bervoetsdegoeij.nl]
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Benno de Goeij is a famous Dutch trance producer. He is perhaps best known for his participation in the Rank 1 group with Piet Bervoets and Kamaya Painters with Tiësto.

History

Early Years (1996-1998)

Benno De Goeij began working as a producer in 1997 along Piet Bervoets whom he met at a party. [ [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rank+1 Meeting] ] Jonathan Joosten also known as The Happy Groover released a single "When I Snap My Fingers..." under TF Productions which included two remixes from both Benno and Piet. They decided to create music of their own and created the duo Pedro & Benno with singles "Scream For Love", "Talkin' To You", and "Speechless" released under Karma Records. [ [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Pedro+%26+Benno Pedro & Benno] ] They also created track under the aliases Precious People, Gualagara, A.I.D.A., Simplistic Mind, Two Disciples, R.O.O.S., and Southsquare which remixed "Blackspin" in 1996, a track for Passenger which is one of the many aliases from Tijs Verwest. "Schapie, Schapie, Schapie - Hassan Jassan" was a single by The Scary Groover in 1998 which is another alias from Joosten, this time Goeij and Bervoets worked on a track rather than creating a remix.

Rank 1 Project (1998-2003)

In 1998, Rank 1 was born as they thought it would be a perfect joke to see Rank 1 at a number 1 position. This joke became real when "Airwave"' hit numerous charts at that position. They also remixed Cygnus X's "Superstring" song and released an anthem for Sensation in 2001 known as "Such Is Life" from the album Symsonic. In 2003 they re-released "Breathing" which was another charting track since it was a more break beat version of "Airwave". [ [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rank+1 Rank 1] ] The Rank 1 Project is still working under a new studio album, since both deejays take tours around the world every year. In 1998 Tiësto and Goeij created Kamaya Painters, with three successful singles.

Becoming a Producer (2004-present)

In 2007, their first work with Armin van Buuren was created, it featured Kush and was entitled "This World Is Watching Me"; The song was written by Armin Van Buuren, Benno De Goeij, Pete Kirtley, Sacha Collisson, and Zoe Durrant. [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/924448 This Worls is Watching Me] ] As of then Goeij began helping Armin on his next album. In early 2008 Rank 1 worked with Jochen Miller's song "And Then..." which was written, composed, and arranged by Goeij. [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1228854 And Then...] ] In 2008, Armin van Buuren released his third studio album known as Imagine which included Goeij's writing and production abilities in all songs except for "Imagine", "Fine Without You", and "Intricacy". [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1336064 Imagine] ]

Discography

ingles

From "1990s"
*1997 "Instant Moments" (as R.O.O.S.)
*1997 "Instant Moments (Waiting For)" (as R.O.O.S.)
*1997 "Human Beast" (as Simplistic Mind)
*1997 "Baby Freak" (as Precious People)
*1997 "Reflections of Love" (as Precious People)
*1997 "Scream For Love" (as Pedro & Benno)
*1998 "Freefall" (as Benno)
*1998 "To the Church" (as Two Disciples)
*1998 "I Know You're There" (as Tritone)
*1998 "Ssst... (Listen)" (as Jonah)
*1998 "Living in a Dream" (as R.O.O.S.)
*1998 "Subspace Interference" (as Control Freaks)
*1998 "Play it Rough" (as System Eight)
*1998 "Talkin' To You" (as Pedro & Benno)
*1998 "Endless Wave / Northern Spirit / Outstream" (as Kamaya Painters)
*1999 "Human Planetarium" (as Gualagara)
*1999 "Speechless" (as Pedro & Benno)
*1999 "Body, Mind & Spirit" (as R.O.O.S.)
*1999 "I Don't Need You Anymore" (as Van Gils & Benno De Goeij)
*1999 "Far And Away" (as A.I.D.A.)
*1999 "Endless Wave / Theme From Norefjell (Remixes)" (as Kamaya Painters)
*1999 "Black Snow/The Citrus Juicer" (as Rank 1)
*1999 "Far And Away / Merit" (as A.I.D.A.)
*1999 "Far From Over / Cryptomnesia / Soft Light" (as Kamaya Painters)
*1999 "Remember Me / Corvana" (as A.I.D.A.)
*1999 "Airwave" (as Rank 1)From "2000s"
*2000 "Wasteland / Summerbreeze" (as Kamaya Painters)
*2000 "Yeah... Right" (as Jonah)
*2000 "Straight to the Point" (as SPX)
*2001 "Such Is Life" (as Rank 1)
*2001 "Awakening" (as Rank 1)
*2001 "Ambient Edition" (as Rank 1)
*2002 "Instant Moments 2002" (as R.O.O.S.)
*2003 "Breathe (Awakening 2003)" (as Rank 1)
*2003 "The Anthem 2003" (as Sensation)
*2003 "Perfect Blend / Deep Ranger" (as Mac J)
*2003 "It's Up To You (Symsonic)" (as Rank 1)
*2004 "Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom" (as Rank 1)
*2004 "Unreleased Tracks" (as Rank 1)
*2005 "Opus 17 / Top Gear" (as Rank 1)
*2007 "The World is Watching Me" (as Rank 1 with Armin van Buuren and Kush)
*2007 "Life Less Ordinary" (as Rank 1 with Alex M.O.R.P.H. and Fragma)

Productions

*1998 The Scary Groover - Children (of The Dark Night) (single)
*1999 AMbassador - One of These Days (single)
*2005 Joop - The World (single)
*2007 Armin van Buuren - This World Is Watching Me (single)
*2008 Armin van Buuren - Imagine (album)

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