Ben Liebrand
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Ben Liebrand (ˈbɛn ˈli.brɑnt) (born 27 September 1960 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

) is a dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

. He has produced
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 artists such as Forrest
Forrest
-Places:Australia* Division of Forrest, a federal division of the Australian House of Representatives, in Western Australia*Forrest, Victoria, a small rural township*Forrest, Western Australia, a small settlement and railway station**Forrest Airport...

 and MC Miker G & DJ Sven
MC Miker G & DJ Sven
MC Miker G & Deejay Sven were a hip hop duo from the Netherlands. The duo consisted of Lucien Witteveen and Sven van Veen...

 and remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....

ed tracks by artists such as Salt N Pepa, Sting, TLC
TLC (band)
TLC is an American musical trio whose repertoire spanned R&B, hip-hop, soul, funk, and new jack swing. Originally consisting of singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, rapper-singer Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and singer Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas it found success in the 1990s while also enduring a series of spats...

, Fun Fun
Fun Fun
Fun Fun were a popular Italian High Energy/synth pop musical group during the 1980s. Their hits included "Colour My Love" and "Baila Bolero".Producers Dario Raimondi and Alvaro Ugolini teamed up with studio vocalists Antonella Pepe, Angela Parisi and Ivana Spagna to create a bouncy, high-energy,...

, Tavares
Tavares
-People:Tavares is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil and other places – especially very common in the Cape Verde islands. It was originally a toponym...

, Bill Withers
Bill Withers
William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...

, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Rick Astley
Rick Astley
Richard Paul "Rick" Astley is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and radio personality. He is known for his 1987 song, "Never Gonna Give You Up", which was a #1 hit single in 25 countries...

, SWV
SWV
Sisters with Voices, better known as SWV, is an American female R&B trio from New York. Formed in 1990 as a gospel group, SWV became one of the most successful R&B groups of the 1990s. They had a series of hits, including "Weak", "Right Here/Human Nature", "I'm So Into You", and "You're the One"....

 and Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....

. He has also charted on a number of occasions under his own name, one of which being Ben Liebrand's version of "Eve Of The War".

His radio show "In The Mix" was the first non-stop mixed show that aired on Dutch National Radio in 1983. Early listeners to that show were Armin van Buuren and Tiësto
Tiësto
Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...

, who later earned world-fame and have cited Liebrand as their main reason for entering the music business.

"In The Mix" also spawned an annual yearmix with 100+ tracks called "The Grandmix". The first series of Grandmixes aired from 1983 to 1992 and later versions from 1999 on are also released on CD.

Early history

Liebrand began his DJ-ing career in 1976 at the age of sixteen with his mobile set-up, "The B. Liebrand Audio Studio", playing parties around his hometown of Nijmegen. Two years later, when he became old enough to frequent nightclub
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...

s, he moved from mobile discos to a nightclub residency, playing in "Juicy Lucy" nightclub (1978–1979). At this point, he was still letting one record play into another without beatmixing; however in 1979, he began a residency at "The Kwien" nightclub (1979–1980). During this time, Liebrand learned the art of mixing from Kwien resident Huib Luiten.

At his longest residency to date at "The Keizer Karel" (1980–1988) played a 5 hour set every night for the first couple of months the club was opened. He later continued DJ-ing with his sister Rita Liebrand, at "The Hippodrome" Hennef
Hennef
Hennef is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 7 km south-east of Siegburg and 15 km east of Bonn. Hennef is the fourth biggest town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Hennef (Sieg) is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 (1990–1995). His last residency was in the club "Disco Inferno" (2000–2004). Ben is still active as a DJ having specialized in doing key-mixing on 4 Pioneer CD players simultaneously.

The Radio Veronica Early Years

On 1 April 1983, Liebrand was hired by the Dutch radio station Radio Veronica
Radio Veronica
Radio Veronica was an offshore radio station that began broadcasting in 1960, and broadcast from offshore for over fourteen years. It was set up by independent radio, TV and household electrical retailers in the Netherlands to stimulate the sales of radio receivers by providing an alternative to...

, producing a weekly individual mix show called "In The Mix". This one-hour show played at 2am weekly, and ran from early 1983 to November 1985. From that radio show, regular features such as the "Grandmix", a yearly mix of all important dance tracks of the year, was developed. Taking a full month to organise, mix and record, the first Grandmix was broadcast at the end of 1983, but technical complications almost ended this event before it started. Arriving at the Veronica Studio, Liebrand discovered that he had forgotten the second of the two tapes on which the Grandmix '83 was recorded. But he happened to have a tape of a just finished "High Fashion Dance Mix" with him, and it was with that tape that the second part of the Grandmix '83 began. In January 1984, the 'Grandmix '83' was broadcast in its entirety."Grandmix" developed into a trademark event for both Radio Veronica and Liebrand, running until 1992.

Later, in 1984, Ben also started making shorter remixes for the Friday evening 'Curry & Van Inkel show', later the 'Stenders & Van Inkel show' (both on that station). His "In the Minimix" was always played at "two records past nine" (twee platen over negen) and formed an important part of the popular radioshow. These minimixes were either three/four track mixes (never exceeding fifteen minutes in total) or remixes of popular chart records at the time.

Many of Liebrand's remixes, released as singles, including Bill Withers
Bill Withers
William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...

 "Lovely Day
Lovely Day (song)
"Lovely Day" is a song by American soul and R&B singer Bill Withers. Published in 1977 , the song was written by Withers and Skip Scarborough and appears on Withers' 1978 album Menagerie....

" and Frankie Valli
Frankie Valli
Frankie Valli is an American musician, most famous as frontman of The Four Seasons. He is well-known for his unusually powerful falsetto singing voice...

 & The Four Seasons "December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" were premiered as 'minimixes' on this radio show. In the case of Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....

 "In The Air Tonight
In the Air Tonight
"In the Air Tonight" is a song by Phil Collins that first appeared on his 1981 album Face Value. It was recorded in 1979 and was the first single of Collins' solo career, and remains one of his best-known hits. The music video, directed by Stuart Orme, was released in 1981.-The song/recording:The...

," however, the mix was completed and then taken by Ben to be part of a mix showcase at the DMC Mixing Championship Finals in London. Liebrand explained "Then I put on my remix of Phil Collins, in front of those two and a half thousand DJ’s. And I told them: "If you want to see this released? Call Virgin first thing tomorrow!" That resulted in Virgin being called by two and a half thousand DJ’s, and this got the track signed and released by 1pm the day after!".

After producing the final "Grandmix" in 1992, Ben felt frustrated with lack of feedback that his mixes were gaining. "You didn’t know what people thought of it. 30 days fulltime working on the Grandmix in December, ten to twelve hours a day mixing. On 31 December it was finished, and the last years when I entered the broadcast studios, everybody was busy doing something else, not really interested, and only the technician who was on duty, sat with me in the broadcast room. I plugged in my gear, pressed play around six o’clock, and after an hour I disconnected it again, and took off. Having sat there for one hour, solely with the technician, it was the biggest anti-climax ever. This could be compared to making a piece of art, walking up to a bridge and throwing it in the river, without knowing the people’s opinions about it."

Taking a break - visuals and adverts

Liebrand embarked on computer-based 3D renderings and animation work, beginning his own visual company, Liebrand Images. He undertook work such as commercials (for clients including Arcade Compilations CDs), promotional music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

s (for acts including Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

 and Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons is a British audio engineer, musician, and record producer. He was involved with the production of several significant albums, including The Beatles' Abbey Road and Let It Be, as well as Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon for which Pink Floyd credit him as an important contributor...

) and visuals (station idents for Music TV station TMF
The Music Factory
The Music Factory is a pop music television channel that operates in Belgium .TMF previously operated channels in the Netherlands , the UK with TMF UK and Australia with . The brand is owned by MTV Networks International...

). This company still operates today.

Return of The Grandmix...

In 1997 Liebrand released "Funky Town" and in 1998 began negotiations with Dutch radio-station Radio 538 (an offspring of Radio Veronica), the result of which was the re-broadcasting of all the Radio Veronica "Grandmixes" every last Saturday of the month throughout 1999. The final intention was to broadcast a brand-new "Grandmix" in December 1999, a "MillenniuM-Mix", containing the greatest dance tracks of the century. Following this Liebrand was invited to produce a mid-year summer Grandmix and an end-of-year Grandmix for Radio 538
Radio 538
Radio 538 is a Dutch commercial radio station aimed at young people. It has a broad format which includes Top 40, dance, R&B and recent hits...

. On 31 December 2001, a three-part "Grandmix" was broadcast from 6pm to 9pm, followed by a "Grandmix Disco Edition" on 23 August of that year. "Grandmixes" were broadcast in the summer and end-of-year of 2002 and 2003.

In 2004, Ben Liebrand returned to Radio Veronica for a two-hour weekly mix. Liebrand now makes Grandmixes available in a new format on 3 CDs on his website and has his 'In The Mix' show on Radio Veronica.

Personal life

Liebrand is married to Brenda (Van Raam). His first son, Fabian, was born on 20 October 1993 and his second son, Sascha, on 8 December 1994. His daughter, Linde, was born on 1 July 1999.
Liebrand moved from Holland to Canada in 2010.

Productions

  • Ben Liebrand Remix - Eve of the War
    Eve of the War
    Eve of the War is an EP from the Australian progressive metal band, Alchemist. The EP was released by Shock Records through its subsidiary label Thrust in November 1998. The title track, "Eve of the War" is a cover of the opening piece from the 1978 production, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The...

  • Alf - Stuck On Earth
  • Forrest - Rock The Boat
  • ISCO - Funkytown
  • Ben Liebrand & Tony Scott - Move To The Bigband
  • Ben Liebrand - Give Me An Answer
  • Ben Liebrand - Puls(t)ar
  • Ben Liebrand feat. Nasty Chat - I Wish
  • MDMC - How About It
  • Lafleur - Boogie Nights
  • Heatwave - Grooveline
  • Dimple D. - Sucker DJ 90's version

Additional Production and Remix

  • Rick Astley
    Rick Astley
    Richard Paul "Rick" Astley is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and radio personality. He is known for his 1987 song, "Never Gonna Give You Up", which was a #1 hit single in 25 countries...

     - Never Gonna Give You Up
    Never Gonna Give You Up
    A group of London dance producers, called The Rickrollerz made a house music cover version of "Never Gonna Give You Up" on that day, and in honor of that event....

  • Salt-n-Pepa
    Salt-N-Pepa
    Salt-N-Pepa is an American hip hop trio from Queens and Brooklyn, New York, that was formed in 1985. The group, consisting of Cheryl "Salt" Renee James, Sandra "Pepa" Denton, and Deidra "DJ Spinderella" Roper, was one of the first all-female rap crews....

     - Let's Talk About Sex
  • Salt-n-Pepa
    Salt-N-Pepa
    Salt-N-Pepa is an American hip hop trio from Queens and Brooklyn, New York, that was formed in 1985. The group, consisting of Cheryl "Salt" Renee James, Sandra "Pepa" Denton, and Deidra "DJ Spinderella" Roper, was one of the first all-female rap crews....

     - Whatta Man
  • Salt-n-Pepa
    Salt-N-Pepa
    Salt-N-Pepa is an American hip hop trio from Queens and Brooklyn, New York, that was formed in 1985. The group, consisting of Cheryl "Salt" Renee James, Sandra "Pepa" Denton, and Deidra "DJ Spinderella" Roper, was one of the first all-female rap crews....

     - Expression
  • Salt-n-Pepa
    Salt-N-Pepa
    Salt-N-Pepa is an American hip hop trio from Queens and Brooklyn, New York, that was formed in 1985. The group, consisting of Cheryl "Salt" Renee James, Sandra "Pepa" Denton, and Deidra "DJ Spinderella" Roper, was one of the first all-female rap crews....

     - Do You Really Want Me
  • Salt-n-Pepa
    Salt-N-Pepa
    Salt-N-Pepa is an American hip hop trio from Queens and Brooklyn, New York, that was formed in 1985. The group, consisting of Cheryl "Salt" Renee James, Sandra "Pepa" Denton, and Deidra "DJ Spinderella" Roper, was one of the first all-female rap crews....

     - Respect Yourself
  • Fox the Fox
    Fox the Fox
    Fox the Fox was a Dutch eurodisco group that was founded in 1981 by singer Bertrand Tamaela and Sylhoutte Musmin. They are best known for their hit single "Precious Little Diamond".- History :...

     - Precious Little Diamond "Special Remix"(1984 on CBS Records)
  • Fun Fun - Happy station
  • Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
    You Sexy Thing
    "You Sexy Thing" is a song recorded by the British group, Hot Chocolate. It was written by Hot Chocolate's lead singer Errol Brown, and produced by Mickie Most. It reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart in 1975, and number 3 in the US Pop charts a year later...

  • Hot Chocolate - Everyone's A Winner
  • Tavares
    Tavares
    -People:Tavares is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil and other places – especially very common in the Cape Verde islands. It was originally a toponym...

     - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
  • Tavares
    Tavares
    -People:Tavares is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil and other places – especially very common in the Cape Verde islands. It was originally a toponym...

     - Don't Take Away The Music
  • Tavares
    Tavares
    -People:Tavares is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil and other places – especially very common in the Cape Verde islands. It was originally a toponym...

     - It Only Takes A Minute
  • Tavares
    Tavares
    -People:Tavares is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil and other places – especially very common in the Cape Verde islands. It was originally a toponym...

     - More Than A Woman
  • Jan Hammer
    Jan Hammer
    Jan Hammer is a composer, pianist and keyboardist. He first gained his most visible audience while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the early 1970s, as well as his film scores for television and film including "Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", from the popular 1980s...

     - Crockett's Theme
  • Nina Hagen
    Nina Hagen
    Nina Hagen is a German singer and actress.-Early years:Hagen was born as Catharina Hagen in the former East Berlin, East Germany, the daughter of Hans Hagen , a scriptwriter, and Eva-Maria Hagen, an actress and singer...

     - New York New York
    New York / N.Y.
    "New York / N.Y." is a song by German recording artist Nina Hagen from her album Angstlos. Co-written by Hagen, Karl Rucker and Steve Schiff, it was released as the album's lead single in 1983...

  • Grace Jones
    Grace Jones
    Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...

     - Victor Should Have Been A Jazz Musician
  • Bill Withers
    Bill Withers
    William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...

     - "Lovely Day (Sunshine Mix)" (1988) http://www.discogs.com/release/133903
  • Bill Withers
    Bill Withers
    William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...

     - Harlem
  • Bill Withers
    Bill Withers
    William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...

     - "Lovely Day
    Lovely Day (song)
    "Lovely Day" is a song by American soul and R&B singer Bill Withers. Published in 1977 , the song was written by Withers and Skip Scarborough and appears on Withers' 1978 album Menagerie....

    "
  • Jeff Wayne
    Jeff Wayne
    Jeffry "Jeff" Wayne, born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, is a musician best known for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, his musical version of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds...

     - Eve of the war
    Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
    Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds is a 1978 concept album by Jeff Wayne, retelling the story of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Its format is progressive rock and string orchestra, using narration and leitmotifs to carry the story via rhyming melodic lyrics that express...

     (a #3 hit in the UK, 1989)
  • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - December 1963 (Oh What A Night) (1988 and re-released in 1992)
  • Taja Sevelle
    Taja Sevelle
    Taja Sevelle is a music recording artist, songwriter, novelist and inventor from Minneapolis, Minnesota who began her music career in 1987 when she was signed to the Paisley Park Records label by Prince. In the same week, she was accepted into the Berklee College of Music in Boston.Sevelle's first...

     - Love Is Contagious
    Love Is Contagious
    "Love Is Contagious" is the debut single by Taja Sevelle, released in 1987. The song was taken from her eponymous debut album, released on Paisley Park Records, the label founded by her mentor, Prince. To date, this self-penned song is Sevelle's only major chart hit. The song reached number 7 on...

      (1988)
  • Dimples D.
    Dimples D.
    Crystal Smith, better known as Dimples D., is an American female rapper who scored a one-hit wonder in 1990.-Sucker DJ:Dimples D. was selected as the vocalist for a track by hip hop producer Marley Marl entitled "Sucker DJ's ", released on Party Time Records in 1983."Sucker DJ's" was written by...

     - Sucker DJ (1991)
  • Sting - Englishman in New York
    Englishman in New York
    "Englishman in New York" is a song by Sting, from his 1987 album ...Nothing Like the Sun. The "Englishman" in question is the famous eccentric Quentin Crisp. Sting wrote the song not long after Crisp moved from London to an apartment in New York's Bowery...

     (1990)
  • Crystal Waters
    Crystal Waters
    Crystal Waters is an American dance music singer and songwriter.-Childhood and young adult life:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Waters is the daughter of Betty and Junior Waters, a famed jazz musician; her great aunt, Ethel Waters, was one of the first African-American vocalists to appear in...

     - Gypsy Woman
    Gypsy Woman
    Gypsy Woman is a 2001 film written by Steven Knight....

      Guitar Mix (1992)
  • Tiga
    Tiga (musician)
    Tiga is the stage name of Montreal-born DJ/producer Tiga James Sontag . His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.-Career:He graduated from Selwyn House School, a prestigious school in Westmount...

     - Sunglasses At Night
  • The Flirts
    The Flirts
    The Flirts were a female trio from New York City who had several dance hits and music videos on MTV in the early eighties when the channel was still in its infancy. The group was created and masterminded by American producer, Bobby Orlando aka 'Bobby O', an artist in his own right...

     - Passion
  • Sugarhill Gang - Rappers Delight
  • Ryan Paris
    Ryan Paris
    Ryan Paris is an artist who gained international popularity in 1983 for the worldwide hit single, "Dolce Vita". It was written and produced by Pierluigi Giombini...

     - Dolce Vita
  • Wet Wet Wet
    Wet Wet Wet
    Wet Wet Wet are a Scottish pop rock band that formed in the 1980s. They scored a number of hits in the British charts and around the world. The band is composed of Marti Pellow , Tommy Cunningham , Graeme Clark and Neil Mitchell...

     - Sweet Surrender (1989)
  • INXS
    INXS
    INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...

     - Need You Tonight
    Need You Tonight
    "Need You Tonight" is the fourth song on INXS's 1987 album Kick as well as the first single from the album released worldwide. It is the only INXS single to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100...

     (1988)
  • The Trammps
    The Trammps
    The Trammps were an American disco band, who were based in Philadelphia and were one of the first disco bands. The band's first major success was with their 1972 cover version of "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart". The first disco track they released was "Love Epidemic" in 1973...

     - Disco Inferno
    Disco Inferno
    Disco Inferno is a song by The Trammps.Disco Inferno can also refer to:* Disco Inferno , a 1976 disco album recorded by The Trammps featuring the song* Disco Inferno , a band formed in the late 1980s...

  • Armin van Buuren - Communication
  • Phil Collins
    Phil Collins
    Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....

     - In The Air Tonight
    In the Air Tonight
    "In the Air Tonight" is a song by Phil Collins that first appeared on his 1981 album Face Value. It was recorded in 1979 and was the first single of Collins' solo career, and remains one of his best-known hits. The music video, directed by Stuart Orme, was released in 1981.-The song/recording:The...

  • Genesis
    Genesis (band)
    Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...

     - I Can't Dance
  • Hall & Oates
    Hall & Oates
    Hall & Oates are an American musical duo composed of Daryl Hall and John Oates. They achieved their greatest fame in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s. Both sing and play instruments. They specialized in a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues styles, which they dubbed "rock and soul."...

     - I Can't Go For That
  • Ram Jam
    Ram Jam
    Ram Jam was an American 1970s rock band, best known for their 1977 hit single, "Black Betty".The band members were Bill Bartlett , Pete Charles , Myke Scavone , and Howie Arthur Blauvelt . Also, Jimmy Santoro, who toured with the band in support of their debut album, joined on guitar for the...

     - Black Betty
    Black Betty
    "Black Betty" is a 20th century African-American work song often credited to Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter as the author, though the earliest recordings are not by him. Some sources claim it is one of Lead Belly's many adaptations of earlier folk material; in this case an 18th century marching...

  • Grandmaster Flash
    Grandmaster Flash
    Joseph Saddler better known as King Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing....

     & The Furios 5 - White Lines
  • Natalie Cole
    Natalie Cole
    Natalie Maria Cole , is an American singer, songwriter and performer. The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, Cole rode to musical success in the mid-1970s as an R&B artist with the hits "This Will Be ", "Inseparable" and "Our Love"...

     - This Will Be
  • Alexander O'Neal
    Alexander O'Neal
    Alexander O'Neal is an American R&B singer. He is best-known for the songs "If You Were Here Tonight" and "Fake", and the duets with Cherrelle, "Saturday Love" and "Never Knew Love Like This".-Biography:...

     - Criticize (1988)
  • Sister Sledge
    Sister Sledge
    Sister Sledge is an American musical group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 1972 and consisting of four sisters: Kim Sledge Debbie Sledge , Joni Sledge , and Kathy Sledge . They are granddaughters of the former opera singer Viola Williams. The sisters used to perform under the name of "Mrs...

     - Lost in Music
  • Mysterious Art
    Mysterious Art
    Mysterious Art is a German Dancefloor-Act and publishing house founded in 1988. M.A. became famous for its hit singles "OMEN I", "OMEN II", and "OMEN III".-History:...

     - The Omen (1989)

Megamixes

  • Dance Classics the Mix
  • Grandmix 83
  • Grandmix 84
  • Grandmix 85
  • Grandmix 86
  • Grandmix 87
  • Grandmix 88
  • Grandmix 89
  • Grandmix 90
  • Grandmix 83
  • Grandmix 84
  • Grandmix 85
  • Grandmix 86
  • Grandmix 87
  • Grandmix 88
  • Grandmix 89
  • Grandmix 90
  • Grandmix 91
  • Grandmix 92
  • Grandmix Millennium Edition
  • Grandmix Disco Edition
  • Grandmix Disco Edition 2
  • Grandmix 90's Edition
  • Grandmix 90's Edition 2
  • Grandmix Nouveau Disco
  • Grandmix Summer Edition
  • Grandmix 2000
  • Grandmix 2001
  • Grandmix 2002
  • Grandmix 2003
  • Grandmix 2004
  • Grandmix 2005
  • Grandmix 2006
  • Grandmix 2007
  • Grandmix 2008
  • Jaarmix 2007
  • Jaarmix 2008
  • Grandmix 2009
  • Grandmix 2010
  • Intergalactic Disco Funk 1
  • Intergalactic Disco Funk 2
  • Intergalactic Disco Funk 3

Broadcasting / Release History

  • 1983 - 1993 Radio Veronica - Radio programs
  • 83-85:In The Mix" First nonstop mixed radioshow
  • 84-93:Minimix
  • 83-92:Grandmix Annual 100plus megadancemix
  • 1999 Millennium Mix. The 180 minutes grandmix!
  • 1999/2000 DJ-ing in clubs all over Holland with the Grandmix Tour
  • 2000 Ben starts minimixing again! On radio 538, Friday-evening 2 records past 8/10
  • 2000 Grandmix Summer Edition 3CD
  • 2000 The Popmix CD
  • 2000 Grandmix 2000 3CD
  • 2001 Spirit of Disco - The Italo Edition 2CD
  • 2001 Ben starts using the Pioneer CDJ 1000 and AIRFX
  • 2001 Grandmix 2001 3CD
  • 2002 Grandmix Disco Edition 3CD
  • 2002 Radio 538 stops minimixes due to other format
  • Dec 2002 Grandmix 2002 3CD
  • Jun 2003 Styles XL
  • Aug 2003 Grand 12 Inches
  • Oct 2003 Grandmix Disco Edition II 3CD
  • Dec 2003 Grandmix 2003 3CD
  • Jan 2004 In the Mix Radioshow om Radio Veronica from 9-1-2004 with In the Mix And minimixes
  • Jun 2004 Midsummer Megamix
  • Oct 2004 Grandmix Nineties Edition
  • Dec 2004 Grandmix 2004
  • Aug 2005 Grand 12 Inches II
  • Aug 2005 Megadance Summermix 2005
  • Nov 2005 Grandmix Nineties Edition II
  • Nov 2005 Grandmix DJ Visuals/Modular-One
  • Dec 2005 Grandmix 2005
  • Nov 2006 Grandmix Nouveau Disco
  • May 2006 Grand 12 Inches 3
  • Dec 2006 Grandmix 2006
  • May 2007 Grand 12 Inches 4
  • Dec 2008 Jaarmix 2008
  • Dec 2007 Jaarmix 2007
  • May 2008 Grand 12 Inches 5
  • Dec 2008 Jaarmix 2008
  • Dec 2008 Grandmix 2008
  • April 2009 Grand 12 Inches 6
  • Dec 2009 Jaarmix 2009
  • Dec 2009 Grandmix 2009
  • Aug 2010 Grand 12 Inches 7
  • Aug 2010 Summer Dance Hits 2010
  • Aug 2010 Intergalactic Disco Funk
  • Aug 2010 Future Vintage

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