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Biography. Van Helden was born to an Indo (Dutch and Indonesian descent) father and a mother of French and Lebanese ancestry. He moved around the world as a child, spending time in the Netherlands, Latvia, Turkey, and Italy as his father was a member of the U.S. Air Force. [3]
Van Helden spent time in Holland, Turkey and Italy while growing up the son of an Air Force man, and listened to music from an early age. He bought a drum machine at the age of 13 and began DJing two years later, mostly hip-hop and freestyle.
Mar 5, 2015 · You may know Armand Van Helden only as half of the insanely (and inanely) catchy duo Duck Sauce, in which he plays alongside Brooklyn partner A-Trak. But the New York City DJ, whose army upbringing kept him moving around the world as a kid, first hit it big in the early ‘90s as a promoter and DJ at the Loft in Boston.
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Born in 1970 in Boston, MA; son of a U.S. Air Force officer. Education:Studied media technology at Bunker Hill Community College, MA. Started DJing professionally at age 14; took a production job for the remix service X-Mix Productions, 1991; released the hit single “Witch Doctor, “1994; released debut album Old School Junkies, 1996; released 2Futu...
Old School Junkies,Henry Street Music, 1996. Greatest Hits,Strictly Rhythm, 1997. Sampleslaya —Enter the Meatmarket,Ruffhouse/Columbia,1997. 2Future4U,Armed/ffrr, 1998. Killing Puritans,Armed/ffrr, 2000.
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Billboard,January 17, 1998; March 7, 1998; February 17, 1999; February 27, 1999. Boston Globe,October 29, 1999; May 13, 2000. DJ,November 4, 1998 DJ Times,May 1998; September 1999. DMC Update,February 1-7, 1999. Flyer,June 1999. Insider,1998. Jockey Slut,February/March 1999. Los Angeles Times,March 8, 1998. Melody Maker,March 20, 1999; April 3, 1999. Mixmag,February 1999. Muzik,February 1999. Rolling Stone,March 5, 1998; August 3, 2000; August 31,2000. Spin,October 1999. Time,June 26, 2000. U...
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All Music Guide,http://www.allmusic.com(March 9, 2001). —Laura Hightower
Apr 1, 2015 · The Yacht Rock disc on Masterpiece has really nothing to do with house music, but really was a pivotal time for me growing up as a kid when a parents when my parents would play these records around the house. I would hear these songs, and they didn't really resonate with me when I was a kid because I thought, "Well, that's my parents' music."
Based in Boston while attending college, Van Helden proceeded to moonlight as a DJ; though he settled into a legal-review job after graduation, he quit his job in 1991 to begin working on production for the remix service X-Mix Productions (founded by his future manager, Neil Pettricone).
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Mar 1, 2009 · Fifteen years ago, Armand Van Helden’s “Witch Doktor” dominated dance scenes around the world, serving as the lead song on the soundtrack into purgatory with its hellish alarms. However, instead of frantic sinners running for cover, excited club goers ran toward the dance floor.
