Name	Rank 1
Background	group_or_band
Alias	R.O.O.S., Pedro & Benno
Origin	Netherlands
Genre	Trance
Years active	1997–present
Website	www.rank-1.com
current members	Benno De Goeij Piet Bervoets
Notable instruments	Macintosh G5 dual 2.5 GHz 1 Gb • Logic 7 • Native Instruments Reaktor • Spectrasonics Atmosphere • Spectrasonics Stylus RMX • Korg Legacy Collection • Jacobi 3 way monitors • Mackie Big Knob • M-Audio FW410 • Roland JP-8000 • Roland TR-909 • Roland TR-808 • Roland TR-606 • Roland TB-303 • Korg MS20 • Bass guitar • Electric guitar + Roland VG88 • Acoustic guitar • Rode NTK Condensor Microphone }}

Rank 1 is a Dutch trance group, formed in the Netherlands in 1997. Widely regarded as one of the originators of the Dutch trance sound, the group have produced a number of dancefloor hits since their conception. Although the two members of the group (Benno De Goeij and Piet Bervoets) had worked together before, Rank 1 (a name first used in 1999) was their first project with commercial success.

The very first Rank 1 release was a two-track E.P. containing "The Citrus Juicer" and "Black Snow". Their biggest hit commercially was the 1999 track "Airwave", which reached #10 in the UK Singles Chart and #25 in the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart. This was later re-released by Rank 1 remixed with added vocals as "Breathing (Airwave 2003)", and also provided the base for a mash up with Donna Williams, as "True Love Never Dies", which was later vocally re-recorded using Kelly Llorenna, by Flip and Fill.

In september 2000, they performed the track "Many Miles Too Soon" live at Trance Energy as a tribute to the late Miles Stutterheim, younger brother to Duncan Stutterheim, one of the founders of the Dutch event organiser ID&T;. A year later this track was released as "Such Is Life", with added vocals by Shanokee and chosen as the anthem of Sensation 2001, the first edition where visitors were asked to appear dressed in white.

A year later they released "Awakening" as the single preceding their album "Symsonic". The album was released with a CD containing downtempo versions of Airwave and Such Is Life as well as a some brand new tracks including the title track Symsonic, a short version of "The Citrus Juicer", "T.T.C.", "Passage To The Unknown", "Still In My Mind" and more. The album also included a DVD with a few videoclips of their singles up till then as well as their live performance at Trance Energy 2002.

2003 saw the re-release of Airwave with vocals by Aino Laos which were written by Jan Löchel. In a recorded interview, Benno explained that Breathing was released to back up the album release in Germany. The release saw two uptempo polished vocal and dub versions of Airwave as well as a third Breaks Dub. By the end of the year, Rank 1 finally released their single Symonic under the new title "It's Up To You", with added vocals by Shanokee. Unlike the Classically inspired Album version, the versions of this track were Trance driven with the typical 4x4 beats as well as gated saws.

The next year saw the vinyl release of a Symsonic album sampler which contained extended mixes of "Conspiracy", "Cosmomatic" and "Down From The Deep". Shortly thereafter, Rank 1 radically changed their trademark euphoric sound and released an E.P. containing the techy "Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom", which ID&T; would later pick up as the Trance Energy Anthem 2005. The flipside contained "After Me", a breakbeat-driven string-laced track. This would be the start of Rank 1's radical sound shift every few years which would lead to some genre-blending releases.

In February 2005, Rank 1 performed live at Trance Energy 2005 again. During this live show they performed a track which was only made for this occasion. However, the crowd reaction to this track was so immense that Piet and Benno decided to release it as an official track called "Top Gear". This would happen in the summer with another two-track E.P. "Opus 17" was present at the flipside and was a more moody and traditional Trance track unlike its abstract Techno-styled B-side.

There were no official single releases during 2006 but in 2007 both "This World Is Watching Me" (with Armin van Buuren and Kush) and "Life Less Ordinary" (with Alex M.O.R.P.H.) were released. Both tracks mixed Electro-driven beats with Trancey strings and saw yet another sound shift from Rank 1. Life Less Ordinary received a Rank 1 interpretation in the guise of "A Less Ordinary Rank 1 Remix".

Early 2008 saw another of their Electro-driven releases enter the scene, this time it was a collaboration with Jochen Miller, titled "And Then...". Rank 1 made an own version of the track which they titled "Rank 1's Minimal Progressive Techno Electro Trance Mix". It was far heavier than the original with a more Techno-driven twist.

The duos' track: "L.E.D There Be Light", was chosen as the Trance Energy 2009 Anthem, as well as the background track to the 2009 Electric Daisy Carnival commercial. This track combined the soft-loud synth dynamic from And Then with sweeping strings and more Trancey elements. It leaked out in late 2008, which led to the early release of the "Special Download Mix". The track was officially released in February 2009, with remixes by Wippenberg, Marcel Woods as well as an alternative "Laserlight Rework" by Rank 1 themselves. In 2010, the song was formally remixed by Cold Blank. It is the most successful remix to date, reaching #10 on Beatport's Top 100 Electro House Chart. It also landed a release on Ministry Of Sound's Trance Nation 2010 compilation. Their next track, "Symfo," was the self-titled Sunrise Festival Theme 2009 and was released only five months after L.E.D. There Be.

In 2010, Rank 1 and Miller released another collaboration which was chosen as the theme to the Polish Entrance 2010 event. Armin van Buuren even played it during his short satellite-connection gig during Trance Energy 2010. As the summer approached, another big collaboration saw the light of day, this time Rank 1 teamed up with Nic Chagall and Wippenberg to release "100", the self-explanatory track to celebrate High Contrast Recordings reaching the 100th milestone release. The vinyl release of the track was a limited edition pressed on gold.

Similar to 2006, 2011 saw no official single releases.

Their two latest singles however have been released in February and March respectively with the Trouse-driven "Wild And Perfect Day" providing their third big collaboration with Jochen Miller (with vocal support by Sarah Bettens) whilst "Witness" is their vocal Trance collaboration in tandem with Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren.

On April 23rd Rank 1 announced they had almost finished a brand new track, so far without vocals.

Discography[link]

Singles[link]

;Rank 1

1999 "The Citrus Juicer / Black Snow"

1999 "Airwave" (Innercity Theme 1999)

2001 "Such Is Life" (with Shanokee) (Sensation Anthem 2001)

2001 "Ambient Edition"

2002 "Awakening" (with Olga Zegers)

2003 "Breathing (Airwave 2003)" (with Jan Lochel)

2003 "It's Up To You (Symsonic)" (with Shanokee)

2004 "Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom (Trance Energy Anthem 2005) / After Me"

2004 "Unreleased Tracks From The Album Symsonic"

2005 "Opus 17 / Top Gear"

2007 "This World Is Watching Me" (with Armin van Buuren and Kush)

2007 "Life Less Ordinary" (with Alex M.O.R.P.H. and Fragma)

2008 "And Then..."(with Jochen Miller)

2009 "L.E.D There Be Light" (Trance Energy Anthem 2009)

2009 "Symfo" (Sunrise Festival Theme 2009)

2010 "The Great Escape" (with Jochen Miller) (Entrance Theme 2010)

2010 "100" (with Nic Chagall and Wippenberg)

2012 "Wild And Perfect Day" (with Jochen Miller)

2012 "Witness" (with Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren)

;R.O.O.S.

1997 "Instant Moments (Skyline Mix)"

1997 "Instant Moments (Waiting For)" (with Evelyne Derks)

1998 "Living in a Dream"

1999 "Body, Mind & Spirit"

2002 "Instant Moments 2002"

;Pedro & Benno

1997 "Scream For Love"

1998 "Talkin' To You"

1999 "Speechless"

;A.I.D.A.

1999 "Far And Away"

1999 "Far And Away/Merit"

1999 "Remember Me/Corvana"

;Other aliases

1997 "Human Beast", as Simplistic Mind

1997 "Baby Freak", as Precious People

1997 "Reflections of Love", as Precious People

1998 "To the Church", as Two Disciples

1998 "I Know You're There", as Tritone (with DJ Misjah)

1998 "Ssst... (Listen)", as Jonah (with DJ Misjah)

1998 "Subspace Interference", as Control Freaks (with DJ Tiesto)

1998 "Play it Rough", as System Eight (with Michel Keyser)

1999 "Human Planetarium", as Gualagara

2000 "Yeah... Right", as Jonah (with DJ Misjah)

2000 "Straight to the Point", as SPX (with DJ Misjah)

2003 "The Anthem 2003", as Sensation

2003 "Perfect Blend / Deep Ranger", as Mac J

2004 "Womanizer / Nightware", as Mac J

2005 "Dreamchild / Flash", as 'Johan Gielen

Albums[link]

2002 ''Symsonic''

Compilation Albums & DJ Mixes[link]

2011 '' Trance Nation: Rank 1 (Ministry of Sound UK) ''

2010 '' EnTrance presents High Contrast (CD1 mixed by Rank 1 and CD2 mixed by Jochen Miller) (High Contrast Recordings ''

2009 '' Trance Energy 2009 (CD1 mixed by John O'Callaghan and CD2 mixed by Rank 1) ''

2008 '' Talla 2XLC In Touch With Rank 1 - Techno Club Vol. 28 (CD1 mixed by Talla 2XLC and CD2 mixed by Rank 1) ''

2008 '' High Contrast presents Rank 1 (High Contrast Recordings) ''

2004 '' Rank 1 - A Trip In Trance 4 (Hi Bias Records Inc.) ''

2004 '' ID&T; presents Rank 1 (Universal TV) ''

See also[link]

Electric Daisy Carnival

References[link]

External links[link]

Discography

Official site

Discography (Including 350+ (all) soundsamples)

Myspace

Category:Dutch DJs Category:Dutch trance music groups Category:Remixers Category:Musical groups established in 1997 Category:Dutch dance music groups Category:Dutch techno music groups

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name	Armin van Buuren
alias	Gaia, AVB
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Armin van Buuren
birth date	December 25, 1976
Birth place	Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
origin	Koudekerk aan den Rijn, South Holland, Netherlands
instrument	Synthesizer, drum machine, equalizer, personal computer
genre	Trance Progressive Trance Uplifting Trance Neo-trance
occupation	Remixer, Producer, DJ, Composer, Musician, Pianist, Songwriter
years active	1995–present
label	Armada Music (2003–present), Vandit (Co-Joined), Ministry of Sound Australia
associated acts	Alibi, Dark Matter, Electrix, Lilmotion, Major League, Monsieur Basculant, Red & White, Technology, Triple A, Wodka Wasters, Nadia Ali, Christian Burns, Ferry Corsten, Adam Young, BT, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Guy Chambers
website	arminvanbuuren.com }}

Armin van Buuren (), (born 25 December 1976 in Leiden, Netherlands) is a Dutch trance producer and DJ. Between 2007 and 2010, he was voted number one in DJ Magazine's annual top 100 list of the most popular DJs. In the 2011 list, he ranked in second place. Since 2001, Van Buuren has hosted a weekly radio show called ''A State of Trance'', which claims to have around 15 million weekly listeners in 26 countries, which would make it one of the most listened-to radio shows in the world. His 2008 studio album, ''Imagine'', entered the Dutch album chart at #1, a first for a dance music artist in Dutch music history.

Personal life[link]

Armin van Buuren was born in Leiden, Netherlands on 25 December 1976, but grew up in Koudekerk aan den Rijn. Van Buuren started making music when he was 14. He was inspired by French electronic music composer, Jean Michel Jarre, and wished to become a great electronic music composer like Jarre.

He finished high school at the Stedelijk Gymnasium Leiden in 1995, and left for college to study law at Leiden University. While studying law, Van Buuren's interest for making music blossomed, and he began working as a DJ in a local club called Nexus. As his musical career began to take off, he put his law degree on hold, although he did return to finish law school in 2003.

On 18 September 2009, Van Buuren married Erika van Thiel in Wassenaar, Netherlands. They met during a vacation on Crete, and had been together for nine years prior to the marriage.

On 12 January 2011, Van Buuren announced the pregnancy of his wife Erika on Twitter. He hoped the baby, due that summer, would be his "best production ever." Their daughter, Fenna, was born on 24 July 2011.

Career[link]

1995–1999: Early career and success[link]

In 1995, Van Buuren had his first major success with a track called "Blue Fear", which was released under the Cyber Records label; he was 19 years old at the time. This track, which was produced in the "Euro Trance" mold, made it onto the UK Chart. Another successful track, "Communication" was released under the same label, and became popular in Ibiza, Spain in the summer of 1999. After being signed to AM PM Records, this track entered the UK Chart at No. 18 in 2000.

Van Buuren began his DJ career at club Nexus in Leiden, where he learned to play long DJ sets, which were regularly six to seven hours per set. During school holidays he played more than four times a week. In 1999, he met Dave Lewis who introduced him as a DJ in England and the United States. His career accelerated, entering the DJ magazine Top-100 in November 2001 at Number 27. He has played in more than 25 different countries and can often be found on the main stage at big summer festivals. Van Buuren played a record-breaking twelve and a half hour set for Dancetheater in The Hague (the Netherlands). In the United Kingdom he performs regularly at Passion (resident 2002), Godskitchen, Gatecrasher, Slinky, Ministry of Sound, Peach and Golden.

In the beginning of 1999, Van Buuren started his label Armind together with United Recordings. The first release, Gig – "One," was well received. The second release "Touch Me," under the name Rising Star was signed to Ministry of Sound in the UK, before the record was released.

By the time of his third release, Gimmick – "Free" was signed to R&S; Records, Van Buuren had managed to make his label popular very quickly. Under the surname Gaia he released "4 Elements" on Captivating Sounds, a sub-label of Warner Brothers. Teaming up with Tiësto, two new projects were born: Major League – "Wonder Where You Are?" was released on Black Hole Recordings and Alibi – "Eternity" was released on Armind. "Eternity" received club and chart success and was signed to Paul van Dyk's imprint Vandit Records. Another major collaboration followed this. Together with Ferry Corsten, Van Buuren recorded a riff-classic titled "Exhale" for the System F. album. Released as a single, this track reached gold status in less than a month.

2000–2004: ''A State of Trance'' and ''76''[link]

In 2000, Van Buuren started his own Armin van Buuren compilation series. He managed to find a balance between progressive house,and vocal trance music styles. His first compilation album, ''A State of Trance'' (not to be confused with his weekly A State of Trance radio shows), sold more than 10,000 copies and contains Van Buuren's well known remix of Moogwai, "Viola." His second album, ''Basic Instinct'' featured a new track: "Perpetuous Dreamer" – "The Sound of Goodbye." This track entered the Dutch charts in June 2001 at number 26. Later in the year, the track hit No. 1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The third album, ''In Motion'' was released 6 August 2001. This album contained the real trance sound and was very popular in the United States. A fourth album, ''Transparence'', followed in 2002. In 2003, he worked with such artists such as DJ Seth Alan Fannin throughout a global tour on Dance Revolution in Europe, selling out to crowds of 20,000 people in Armin's home country of the Netherlands.

In March 2001, Van Buuren started his own radio show on ID&T; Radio (traditionally broadcast in Dutch and later English since ASOT 183). In this weekly two-hour show, entitled ''A State of Trance'', he plays the latest popular trance music tracks. His show and the artists he features are popularized by publishing the artists and track titles on his website. This radio-show/website combination has proven popular internationally. When ID&T; Radio changed genres in 2004, Van Buuren left and took ''A State of Trance'' with him. The show then moved to Fresh FM, a Dutch radio station. It is now a weekly feature on SLAM!FM, another Dutch radio station, DI.FM, an online radio station, and on XM Satellite Radio, channel 80 in the United States and Canada. A complete list of stations that broadcast ''A State of Trance'' can be found at the ASOT section of Armin's website. Also in 2004, Van Buuren remixed the 24 theme song into a trance hit. In June 2005, the 200th episode was celebrated in Amsterdam and subsequently aired on radio. The 250th (eight hour) anniversary episode was celebrated in Club Asta in The Hague, Netherlands, featuring Van Buuren, Jonas Steur, M.I.K.E., John Askew, Rank 1 and Menno de Jong.

In 2002, he had a residency at Glow in Washington D.C., and he has played all across North America in San Francisco, Vancouver, Houston, Toronto, Boston, Calgary, Charlotte, Chicago, Montreal, Detroit, Edmonton, Atlanta, Austin, Denver, New York City, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Seattle and at The Necto (nightclub). He has also regularly appeared at Amnesia on the island of Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain. In October that year, Van Buuren was voted Number 5 in the DJ Magazine 100 top DJ's. The following year, he jumped up to the No. 3 spot, and held 3rd place for the next three years. His work left him at the No. 2 spot, just below Paul van Dyk in the 2006 polls, and, in 2007, Armin reached #1, heading the 2007 DJ Mag Top 100. He was voted No. 1 again in 2008, 2009 and again in 2010.

In June 2003, Van Buuren released his debut studio album, ''76'', a 76-minute album divided into 13 tracks.

2005–present: ''Shivers'', ''Imagine'' and ''Mirage''[link]

On 8 August 2005, Van Buuren released his second studio album, ''Shivers''. On the album Van Buuren worked with artists such as Pakistani-American singer Nadia Ali, English singer Justine Suissa and American trance duo Gabriel & Dresden.

On 11 November 2006, he had a live performance called Armin Only in Ahoy Rotterdam for the second time (after 12 November 2005) with a nine hour solo set, where he performed to over 11,000 fans.

In the summer of 2007, Van Buuren recorded and released a live set at Amnesia, Ibiza. ''Universal Religion Chapter 3, Live from Amnesia at Ibiza'' was released on 28 September 2007 as a mix compilation on Armada Records and in the US as "Universal Religion 2008" on Ultra Records on 4 December 2007.

On 17 April 2008, Van Buuren released his third studio album, ''Imagine''. It features collaboration with singers such as Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation and Jacqueline Govaert of Krezip. The album debuted at number one on the Dutch Albums Chart. Since the release of ''Imagine'', Van Buuren has been working with Benno de Goeij and DJ-RA of Rank 1 on solo productions and remixes.

19 April 2008 saw the 3rd edition of Armin Only, this time in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, Netherlands. The event was attended by 16,000 fans and (partly) broadcast live on Dutch National TV. During the second half of 2008, Van Buuren took this show abroad, with visits to Australia, Romania, Poland, Belgium, and a special New Years Eve 2008 show at Together As One in Los Angeles, U.S.

On 29 September 2008, Armin won the DJ Award for "Best Trance DJ" at Ibiza along with other nominees, that of Tiësto, Ferry Corsten and Paul van Dyk.

On 12 January 2008, Van Buuren was given the "Buma Cultuur Pop Award," the most prestigious Dutch music award.

In 2009, Foreign Media Games announced the production of ''In The Mix: Featuring Armin van Buuren'', a music game being produced in collaboration with Cloud 9 Music and Van Buuren's Armada Music label. The title is scheduled to be released sometime in 2010 exclusively for the Wii console.

He has collaborated with his brother, guitarist Eller van Buuren, in such venues as ''Together As One'' in Los Angeles, U.S., on New Year's Eve 2009, as well as on Armin's 2008 album ''Imagine''.

On 3 March 2010, Van Buuren was awarded with the prestigious Golden Harp, for his musical work and contribution to Dutch music, by the music collecting society BUMA/STEMRA at the 2010 Buma Harpen Gala in Hilversum, the Netherlands.

On 23 June 2010, it was announced that Van Buuren's fourth studio album, ''Mirage'' was due to be released on 10 September. The first single "Full Focus", was released through iTunes Store on 24 June at midnight. The song peaked at number sixty in the Netherlands. One of the confirmed tracks from the album is a collaboration with English singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor called ''Not Giving Up On Love'', which was released as a single from Bextor's fourth studio album, ''Make a Scene''. Armin also wrote a song for English singer Seal, but due to the release of his greatest hits album, ''Hits'', the collaboration never came together.

On 12 September 2010, Van Buuren launched "A State of Sundays", a new weekly 24-hour radio show aired on Sirius XM Radio

On 20 October 2010, Van Buuren won the award for Most Popular International DJ presented by The Golden Gnomes.

On 27 October 2010, Van Buuren was announced, for the 4th year running, as the number 1 DJ, and thus prolonging his title as 'Most Popular DJ in the World'.

The 2010 edition of ''Armin Only: Mirage'' kicked off on 13 November 2010, in Utrecht, Netherlands, with more shows coming in Saint-Petersburg, Kiev, Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Beirut, Poznań, Moscow and Bratislava .

On 27 November 2010, Van Buuren made his third appearance in Shanghai, China.

On 2 February 2012, Van Buuren mentioned a new studio album in the works on episode #546 of his radio show, "A State Of Trance".

A State of Trance 500 (ASOT 500)[link]

To mark the 10 year anniversary and 500th episode of his weekly radio show ''A State of Trance'', Van Buuren performed at five shows across five continents over five consecutive weeks along with various artists.

The first show was held on 19 March 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa at the MTN Expo Center. In addition to Armin, Blake Jarrell, Protoculture, Lange, Leon Bolier, and Jorn van Deynhoven were performers. Super8 & Tab were to be part of the South African show, however a flight cancellation caused them to be absent for the event. The event was attended by over 20,000 people.

Miami's show was performed at the Ultra Music Festival on 27 March, and part of the show were Marcus Schossow, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Cosmic Gate, Gareth Emery, Ferry Corsten, ATB, and Sander van Doorn.

Argentina held the third celebration of ASOT 500 in club G.E.B.A Buenos Aires, with Heatbeat, Jochen Miller, Dash Berlin, Markus Schulz, John O'Callaghan and W & W. It was the only of the five ASOT 500 celebrations that was held outdoors. Van Buuren recorded a live video with his cell phone and uploaded it to Twitter while playing his live set.

ASOT 500 was celebrated in the Netherlands in Den Bosch. Accompanied by more than 30 DJs from countries all over the world, the event was attended by over 30,000 people. DJs present included Markus Schulz, Gareth Emery, Above & Beyond, Paul Oakenfold and Sean Tyas. The event was radio broadcast live to over 30 countries.

The final show was held in Sydney, Australia on 16 April at Acer Arena in Olympic Park. It was a sold out event weeks before the night. Artists present included Shogun, tyDi, Menno de Jong, Aly & Fila, and Alex M.O.R.P.H. Van Buuren played for three hours.

A State of Trance 550 (ASOT 550)[link]

In March 2012, Van Buuren will perform in six shows across two continents as part of ASOT 550. He began his tour on March 1 in London, continued on to Moscow on March 7, and to Kiev, Ukraine on March 10. Then, he traveled to the United States to host his show at the Beyond Wonderland festival in Southern California. A week later on March 25, he closed out Ultra Music Festival 2012 for the 5th edition. This was followed by the final show in the Brabanthallen of Den Bosch, the Netherlands.

Discography[link]

''76'' (2003)

''Shivers'' (2005)

''Imagine'' (2008)

''Mirage'' (2010)

Year Mixes[link]

Van Buuren is well known for his annual "Year Mix" which incorporates clips and custom mashups from the year's most popular trance tracks. Each year-mix consists of about 85 individual releases, edited into a two hour mix which is released on double CD as well as aired on his weekly radio show at the end of each year. According to Van Buuren, each year-mix takes several months to make, including thousands of digital audio edits and hundreds of audio plugins.

References[link]

External links[link]

Artist Page on ArmadaMusic.com

Armin van Buuren's profile on Trancepedia

Armada Music – the record label of Armin van Buuren

Armin van Buuren – A State of Trance episodes

*Flowd - artist channel on *Flowd network.

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Jochen van der Steijn, better known by his stage name, Jochen Miller, is a trance musician and DJ from Mill, Netherlands .

He started his career under the alias "DJ Jochen"; changing to his current name in 2003. He began his career at 16, practicing his mixing skills at a disco owned by his father, where he went on to become a resident DJ. Two years later, at the age of 18, he had a residency at Zino's dance club in Tilburg, NL. In 1999, he won the Dutch Mixing Championships at Dance Valley, where he gained attention for spinning three turntables. In 2001, he became the first resident DJ at The Matrixx club, in Nijmegen, Netherlands. He has since gone on to play at various clubs and events throughout the Netherlands and following burgeoning popularity, globally as well. In 2008, his single "Lost Connection" was featured on Armin van Buuren's popular annual compilation mix album, A State of Trance 2008, thus propelling him to international recognition. In 2010, he signed to David Lewis Productions DJ Agency and in 2011 wrote the song "Rotunda" with Markus Schulz. which was debuted At Armin van Buuren's A State Of Trance 500, which was being held in Buenos Aires at the time.

His latest track, released on February 6 2012 (on beatport) is known as "Wild and Perfect Day" was co-produced with Rank 1 and Sarah Bettens.

Stay Connected

Jochen Miller also hosts the Radio Show "Stay Connected", in which he plays the latest tracks of the current moment within the scene. The show is only hosted once a month and can be heard as part of Armin van Buuren's "A State of Sundays" Radio Show hosted on Siriux XM's Electric Area. His "Stay Connected" is a duration of 1 hour.

"Stay Connected" can also be found on the Dance Tunes radio website as part of a downloadable Podcast

The tracks that brought Jochen to popularity can also be heard just before the radio show starts as they are highlighted. These are tracks such as "Stay connected" , "Face Value", "Brace yourself" and lastly "Lost Connection" as mentioned above.

References[link]

External links [link]

Official Website

Category:Club DJs Category:Dutch DJs Category:Dutch trance musicians Category:Dutch dance musicians Category:Living people

name	Sarah Bettens
background	solo_singer
birth name	Sarah Bettens
birth date	September 23, 1972
Birth place	Kapellen, Belgium
instrument	vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano
occupation	Singer
years active	1993–present
associated acts	K's Choice
website	SarahBettens.com
notable instruments	}}

Sarah Bettens (born 23 September 1972, Kapellen, Belgium) is the lead singer of the Belgian band K's Choice. Sarah and her brother Gert Bettens are the two popular faces of the band. She is known for her enigmatic, smoky voice. The band is popular in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, and had toured in the U.S. with The Verve Pipe, Tonic, Alanis Morissette and the Indigo Girls, as well as on their own. Sarah has maintained a successful solo career as well by providing vocals for music soundtracks, including ''Underworld'', ''Wild Things'', ''Zus and Zo'' and more recently ''Leef!''.

2002 - present[link]

Sarah has had a large lesbian fanbase since the beginning of her career with K's Choice, but it wasn't until May 2002 that she officially came out to the public. She discusses this on FaceCulture.nl, as well as on AfterEllen.com.

In 2003 K's Choice decided to split up, with siblings Gert and Sarah exploring solo projects. Sarah made a mini-album of her own, called ''Go''. Her first full-length solo album, ''Scream'', was released in Europe on 14 March 2005, and in the USA on 23 August 2005. K's Choice reformed in 2009(Was presented as "The new K's Choice" by Sarah in Dranouter August '09).

In March 2007 she released an EP through online music label Fuzz. Her second full-length album, ''Shine'', including new mixes of the tracks from the Fuzz EP, was released in 2007. It was produced by Brad Wood. The full CD was distributed for free with the 13 October edition of the Flemish newspaper De Morgen in Belgium, which sold 180,000 copies. Normally this newspaper sells 95,000 copies.

In late 2008 Sarah released the album ''Never Say Goodbye'', consisting of recordings of live performances of old K's Choice and Sarah Bettens songs, covers, and new songs which had been played during previous tours. The album is only available at concerts and from her online shop.

There were plans to license the single ''Come Over Here'' from her LP ''Scream'' for episode 409 of the American series ''The L Word''. However, the plans fell through due to problems involving the songs' co-writer and record label. The song also appears on the premier Music With a Twist compilation (Sony).

After having played Michigan Womyn's Music Festival in 2006 solo, she organized an all female band for a performance in 2007.

Sarah currently lives in Tennessee, USA with her partner, 2 step-children, and 2 adopted children.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

2004 ''Go'' (EP)

2005 ''Scream''

2007 ''Shine''

2008 ''Never Say Goodbye''

Singles[link]

2002 "Someone To Say Hi To"

2002 "You Always Know Your Home"

2004 "Fine"

2005 "Not Insane"

2005 "Stay"

2005 "Leef"

2006 "Come Over Here"

2006 "I Need a Woman"

2007 "Daddy's Gun"

2007 "I Can't Get Out"

Video [link]

Sarah Bettens in backstage

"I can't get out"

"It's alright"

"Put it out for good"

Sarah Bettens in live at l'Elysée Montmartre in Paris_Part 1

Sarah Bettens in live at l'Elysée Montmartre in Paris_Part 2

References [link]

External links[link]

SarahBettens.com

Interview with Austin Sound Check

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Matt Cutts works for the Search Quality group in Google, specializing in search engine optimization issues.

Career[link]

Cutts started his career in search when working on his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. According to quotation in a personal interview with an operator of another website, Matt got his Bachelor's degree at the University of Kentucky and Master's degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In the interview he was quoted his field of study was computer graphics and movement tracking, then moved into the field of information retrieval, and search engines after taking two required outside classes from the university's Information and Library Science department.

Before working at the Search Quality group at Google, Cutts worked at the ads engineering group and SafeSearch, Google's family filter. There he earned the nickname "porn cookie guy" by giving his wife's homemade cookies to any Googler who provided an example of unwanted pornography in the search results.

Cutts is one of the co-inventors listed upon a Google patent related to search engines and web spam, which was the first to publicly propose using historical data to identify link spam.

In November 2010, Cutts started a contest challenging developers to make Microsoft Kinect more compatible with the Linux operating system. At the time, Microsoft had stated that the use of Kinect with devices other than the Xbox 360 was not supported by them.

Cutts has given advice and made statements on help related to the use of the Google search engine and related issues.

In January 2012, on the news that Google had violated its quality guidelines, Cutts defended the downgrading of Chrome homepage results noting that it was not given special dispensation.

References[link]

Further reading[link]

External links[link]

Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO – his personal blog

2009 BusinessWeek profile

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