Armand Van Helden, a name synonymous with House music. A true pioneer and a DJ/Producer who has consistently given us amazing music over the past two decades.
New York based Van Helden was born in Boston to a Dutch/Indonesian father and a French/Lebanese mother. He travelled around the world as a child spending time in Holland, Turkey & Italy. He bought a drum machine when he was still a teenager and started DJing two years later.
Armand spends many hours ‘digging in the crates’ looking for samples and hooks from old funk, soul, dancehall & hip-hop records to re-create and turn into modern gems. It’s fair to say he has been mighty successful at this.
With huge releases including, Witch Doktor, Flowerz, My My My, I Want Your Soul, Hear My Name, When The Lights Go Down, NYC Beat & The Funk Phenomena plus the chart topping classic ‘You Don’t Know Me’ and ‘Bonkers’ with Dizzee Rascal. Plus, huge remixes for the likes of Daft Punk, The Rolling Stones, Sam Smith & the genre-creating monster Tori Amos ‘Professional Widow’.
He has also found time to collaborate with A-Trak on a side project ‘Duck Sauce’. Again reaching huge club, radio and chart success with; Barbra Streisand, Anyway & Big Bad Wolf.
Armand is back with a brand new single ‘I Need A Painkiller’. Yet another unique production from Armand that just grabs you instantly and set to be the soundtrack to many dancefloors.
Dimitri Kechagias review:
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[item value="10"]You can’t get this memorable track out of your head[/item]
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[item value="10"]Armand Van Helden Vs. Butter Rush - I Need A Painkiller[/item]
[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]The exceptional house legend Armand Van Helden collaborates with Butter Rush for the magnificent I Need A Painkiller. If you like your house pure and uncompromising then you will definitely not need painkillers. You can expect fat bouncy thumping drums, dark moody basslines, old school synthy organ riffs and superb vocals that will stay in your head for days and will be impossible not to get highly infected from those great lyrics. The groove and rhythm is old school but so futuristic at the same time. You simply play the track and the crowd goes insane. No Painkillers included should be purchased separately. #PureGold Love iT[/content]
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Additional info:
www.armandvanhelden.com
www.3beat.co.uk