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His clashes with fellow Dutch skaters, his being fed up with fighting the KNSB (Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond – the Royal Dutch Skaters Federation), and (in 1980) his marriage to a French skater (Marie-France Vives), led to his naturalisation to French citizenship in December 1981. As a Frenchman, having very little ...
The following years, Van Helden struggled making the Dutch team and after failing to qualify for the 1980 Games, he decided to skate for France, having gained citizenship following his marriage to Marie-France Vives.
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.
With the 1992 Winter Olympics held in France, Van Helden attempted a comeback at age 43. Upon learning the selectors favoured a younger skater, Van Helden ended his career without completing the qualification race.
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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.
I will ALWAYS big up Armand Van Helden, simply because he's made a few tunes that were instrumental to my musical tastes growing up in the 90s, this one in particular. That jam helped define for me what deep house could be, and as a kid I hadn't heard much else like it.
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Apr 1, 2015 · A producer whose success story is one that other artists dream of, van Helden worked his way up to stardom through working in the underground, rehabilitating club scene of 1990s New York, eventually going on to become a hit maker and one half of Duck Sauce (along with A-Trak).
