Rank 1

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Rank 1 is a Dutch electronic dance music DJ/producer duo founded by [a=Piet Bervoets] and [a=Benno de Goeij] in 1999, following a new record deal. They originally met in 1997 and have been producing together ever since. The duo is known to perform live on stage together from time to time, utilizing keyboards and laptops to play their tracks on the spot. Rank 1 has been responsible for various theme tracks and anthems to large indoor Trance events in the Netherlands as well as Poland: "Airwave" (Innercity 1999, NL),…

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Rank 1 is a Dutch electronic dance music DJ/producer duo founded by Piet Bervoets and Benno de Goeij in 1999, following a new record deal. They originally met in 1997 and have been producing together ever since. The duo is known to perform live on stage together from time to time, utilizing keyboards and laptops to play their tracks on the spot. Rank 1 has been responsible for various theme tracks and anthems to large indoor Trance events in the Netherlands as well as Poland: "Airwave" (Innercity 1999, NL), "Such Is Life" (Sensation 2001, NL), "Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom" (Trance Energy 2005, NL), "L.E.D. There Be Light" (Trance Energy 2009, NL), "Symfo" (Sunrise Festival 2009, PL) and "The Great Escape" (Entrance 2010, PL) were chosen to represent these events.

Their biggest commercial successes to date have been "Airwave", "Superstring (Rank 1 Remix)" (chosen as the Sensation Anthem of the first edition in 2000), and "Awakening" which earned them three golden records in the Netherlands. So far Rank 1 have released one studio album in 2002, titled "Symsonic". Next to the CD, it contained a bonus DVD covering their Trance Energy 2002 live performance as well as video clips of their early singles.