Benno de Goeij

Benno de Goeij
Birth name Marinus Bernardus de Goeij
Also known as Benno, Benicio, Dutch Force, Hidden Sound System, The Quest, San, Secilia
Born 19 March 1975 (1975-03-19) (age 36)
Oud-Beijerland, Netherlands
Genres Trance, progressive trance
Occupations Producer
Instruments Piano, synthesizer
Years active 1996–present
Labels High Contrast Recordings, Armind, In Trance We Trust, Karma
Associated acts Current: Rank 1, Armin van Buuren, Jochen Miller, Gaia

Former: A.I.D.A., AMbassador, Benno, Benicio, Bervoets & De Goeij, Ceres, Chiqeau, Control Freaks, Dutch Force, El Dorado, Hidden Sound System, Gualagara, Jonah, Joop, Kamaya Painters, Kinky Plants, Mac J, Pedro & Benno, Precious People, R.O.O.S., Ronald van Gelderen, San, Sensation, Simplistic Mind, Southsquare, SPX, System Eight, The Quest, Tritone, Two Disciples, Van Gils & De Goeij
Notable instruments

Studio:
Mac pro 8-Core 2.x GHz 10Gb • Logic 9 • Komplete 6 • Spectrasonics Omnisphere-Trilian-Stylus • FXpansion • FabFilter • Korg Legacy Collection • Access Virus TI • Alesis Andromeda • Roland Jupiter 8 • Roland JX-3P • Roland JP-8000 • Roland TR-909 • Roland TR-808 • Roland TR-606 • Roland TB-303 • Korg PS3100 • Korg MS20 • Mackie Big Knob • MOTU282MK3
Live:

Macbook Pro 2.16 dual • Ableton Live • Allen & Heath Xone 3D • MPC5000 • Access Virus TI • Roland AX-1 • Logic Mainstage

Benno de Goeij (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɛnoː də ˈɣui]) (born Marinus Bernardus de Goeij on March 19, 1975 in Oud-Beijerland, Netherlands) is a Dutch trance producer. He is perhaps best known for his participation in Rank 1 with Piet Bervoets and Kamaya Painters with Tiësto. Since 2008 de Goeij has been known as the co-producer behind the Dutch trance acts Armin van Buuren and Jochen Miller.

Contents

History

Early years (1996–1998)

Benno de Goeij began working as a producer in 1997 alongside Piet Bervoets whom he met at a party.[1] They decided to create music of their own and created the duo Pedro & Benno with singles "Scream For Love", "Talkin' To You", and "Speechless" released under Karma Records.[2] They also created tracks under various aliases like Precious People, Gualagara, A.I.D.A., Simplistic Mind, Two Disciples, R.O.O.S.

The Rank 1 project (1998–2003)

Main articles: Rank 1 and Kamaya Painters

In 1998, Rank 1 was born as they thought it would be a perfect joke to see a group named Rank 1 at a number 1 position. This joke became real when "Airwave" hit numerous charts at that position. They also remixed Cygnus X's "Superstring" song and released an anthem for Sensation in 2001 known as "Such Is Life" from the album Symsonic. In 2003 they re-released "Breathing" which was another charting track since it was a more break beat version of "Airwave".[3] In 1998 Tiësto and Goeij created Kamaya Painters, with three successful singles.

Work outside of Rank 1 (2004–present)

In 2007, their first work with Armin van Buuren was created, it featured Kush and was entitled "This World Is Watching Me"; The song was written by van Buuren, de Goeij, Pete Kirtley, Sacha Collisso and Zoe Durrant.[4] As of then Goeij began helping Armin on his next studio album. In early 2008 Rank 1 collaborated with Jochen Miller on the song "And Then..." which was written, composed, and arranged by de Goeij.[5] In 2008, Armin van Buuren released his third studio album, Imagine, which included Goeij's writing and production abilities in all songs except for "Imagine", "Fine Without You", and "Intricacy".[6]

Discography

Singles

From 1990s

From 2000s

Co-productions

Singles
Albums

Remixes

References

  1. ^ Meeting
  2. ^ Pedro & Benno
  3. ^ Rank 1
  4. ^ This World Is Watching Me
  5. ^ And Then...
  6. ^ Imagine