FEDDE LE GRAND
Fedde le Grand was born in Utrecht on 7 September 1977. As a teenager he
became a disc jockey.
Fedde 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.
Fedde le Grand recently performed on stage for the Dutch version of the Live
Earth campaign happening world-wide on July 7th. 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. Fedde le Grand's work
with Ida Corr, 'Let Me Think About It', is now in the process of being released
all over Europe. Let Me Think About It" is a 2007 single. The single reached
No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart on the October 7, 2007 chart and stayed there
for one more week. It has peaked at number 14 on the Australian ARIA Singles
Chart so far, number 58 in the Polish Singles Chart and number 11 on South
African Radio 5FM. The single also peaked 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.
On September 23, 2007, Fedde le Grand was featured on BBC Radio 1's
Essential Mix.
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Nyheter
2008-06-05 Fedde Le Grand till Stock
Umbrella Artist presenterar Fedde Le Grand på Ambassadeur i Stockholm. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=14812753497&ref=mf
2008-06-06 Fedde Le Grand till Göteb
Umbrella Artist presenterar Fedde Le Grand på Parklane i Göteborg.