| DJ Sets ::Fedde Le Grand
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Fedde le Grand was born in Utrecht, The
Netherlands on 7 September 1977. As a teenager he became a
disc jockey.
Le Grand is also one of the innovators of the concept Sneakerz
(2004). He created a formula; different venues with three
areas throughout the Netherlands, all with their own sound,
and a chance given to upcoming talent performing together
with famous DJs. Sneakerz started off at ‘De Rechter’
in Eindhoven and it has grown into one of the most popular
clubbing nights all over the Netherlands (‘Panama’
Amsterdam, ‘T Paard van Troje’ The Hague, Sneakerz@the
Beach in Scheveningen and Bloomingdale).
Besides DJing and organising club nights, Fedde le Grand
has been producing since 2001. In 2004 he teamed up with Funkerman
and Raf. They started Flamingo Recordings, an independent
record label that releases their tracks without any compromises.
This label has allowed them to keep their underground identity
and release fresh tracks sooner than most other labels. They
have established themselves in the international label scene
with releases licensed to partners such as Defected, Ministry
of Sound and CR2 Records.
With the release of ‘Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit’
Fedde le Grand became known to the world. Eminem’s Detroit
based hip-hop crew D12 created a vocal version over 'Put Your
Hands Up 4 Detroit’ released early 2007. Fedde created
remixes for Sharam, Freeform Five, Roog & Greg, Kurd Maverick,
Tall Paul, Pete Tong, Camille Jones, Ida Corr, Anita Kelsey,
Mr. V and Robbie Williams. Fedde made three compilation albums;
The Ministry of Sound album ‘Sessions’ released
in the beginning of 2007 and Top of the Clubs volume 33, released
on Kontor Records in 2006. His first compilation album ‘Sneakerz’
was mixed and compiled together with Gregor Salto in May 2006.
At the end of the summer 2006 ‘Put Your Hands Up 4
Detroit’ won the award ‘#1 summer anthem of Ibiza’.
It reached the number one position in the official UK singles
chart later that year in November. Other countries followed
up and Fedde le Grand got more and more requests from all
over the world. March 2007, he had his first international
tour through Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and Miami.
At the Winter Music Conference in Miami – where this
tour ended – Fedde took home three International Dance
Music Awards; Best Breakthrough Solo Artist, Best Breaks/Electro
Sound, and Best Underground House Track. He also won two Danish
Deejay Awards and the Australian MTV Award.
His follow up ‘The Creeps’, a remix of Camille
Jones, reached the top 10 of the official UK singles chart.
His production ‘Take No Shhh..’ was a major hit
within the dance scene together with ‘Just Trippin’.
His F to the F project (with his partner Funkerman) ‘Wheels
in Motion’ is currently making its way into Europe.
Fedde’s latest remix of Ida Corr ‘Let Me Think
About It’ has been released May 2007 and was elected
DanceSmash at Dutch radio 538 a few weeks later.
In May 2007, he toured the United States and Canada, closing
his tour in China.
In 2008, le Grand performed on stage for the Dutch version
of the Live Earth campaign happening worldwide on July 7.
He was part of the Dutch act in his own country taking place
in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He performed the ('anthem') theme
for Live Earth, 'Mirror 070707'. A few hours later he played
at Sensation White in the Amsterdam Arena.
Le Grand's work with Ida Corr, 'Let Me Think About It', was
released in 2007. The single reached No. 2 on the UK Singles
Chart on October 7 2007 and stayed there for one more week.
It peaked at number 14 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart,
number 58 in the Polish Singles Chart and number 11 on South
African Radio 5FM. The single also peaked at 3 in Romania.
In the United States it was released by Ida Corr (but listed
as "Ida Corr Vs. Feddy le Grand") and reached number
one on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart on February 9,
2008, making it the first import single to reach the chart,
up until the week ending March 1, when Warner Bros. Records
picked up the single for a US commercial release.
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