Armand Van Helden

Armand Van Helden is one of the most iconic names in dance music. He is best known for his electrifying remixes of artists including Tori Amos, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Sam Smith, Janet Jackson and Enrique Iglesias, among others, for his chart topping Dizzee Rascal collaboration ‘Bonkers’, and for the success of his single ‘Dance With You’, which also topped the UK charts. He has produced multiple Top 40 hits and achieved chart success as part of the duo Duck Sauce alongside Canadian DJ A-Trak. Van Helden has headlined some of the world’s biggest festivals and clubs as a sought-after DJ firmly established on the international circuit.

Interested in music from an early age, Van Helden took on a DJ residency at Boston night club Loft in 1988, during which time he released his first official single, a mix of Deep Creed’s ‘Stay On My Mind’. He had a minor hit with ‘Move to the Left’ in 1992, followed by his first track to enter the Billboard chart, 2004’s ‘Witch Doktor’. Reaching the Top 5, the track led to opportunities remixing acts including Jimmy Somerville, Faithless and New Order. His breakthrough track proved to be the iconic, thumping remix of Tori Amos track ‘Professional Widow’, which hit No 1 in the UK and led to work remixing the Rolling Stones, Katy Perry, Britney Spears and Puff Daddy, establishing Van Helden as one of the world’s top house producers.

Van Helden has been a regular fixture in the charts ever since, with notable successes including a remix of Sam Smith’s ‘I’m Not The Only One’, a collaboration with grime legend Dizzee Rascal on ‘Bonkers’ – which stayed in the top spot for two consecutive weeks in 2009 – along with the hit singles ‘Barbra Streisand’ and ‘The Big Bad Wolf’, as part of duo Duck Sauce.