Fedde le Grand

Fedde Le Grand

Fedde Le Grand
Background information
Birth name Fedde Le Grand
Born 7 September 1977
Utrecht, Netherlands
Genres House, electro house, tech house, progressive house
Occupation(s) DJ, producer, remixer
Years active 2003-present
Labels Flamingo Recordings, Ministry of Sound Australia, Toolroom Records, Ultra Records, Be Yourself Music, Spinnin' Records, Darklight Recordings
Associated acts Funkerman, Sultan & Ned Shepard, Nicky Romero, Jewelz & Sparks, Roul and Doors, Patric la Funk, Deniz Koyu, Michael Calfan, Chocolate Puma, John Dish, and Marco V
Website Official Website

Fedde le Grand (Utrecht, 7 September 1977) is a Dutch house DJ and producer best known for his 2006 track "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit". Fedde le Grand is seen as a "defining figure in house music"; noted not only for his ability to create "huge mainstream" hits, but to "move seamlessly" between these and "edgier, underground sounds."[1] Le Grand is a frequent headliner at mainstream EDM events like UMF and TomorrowLand, more unconventional EDM festivals such as Sensation and Coachella, popular club venues such as Pacha Ibiza, Green Valley, and Marquee LV, as well as home country events like ADE, Amsterdam Music Festival, and the annual DJMag Top 100 DJs Awards. Le Grand is also known for his remixes of popular artists such as Coldplay, Michael Jackson, Shakira & Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Timeflies, and Martin Solveig.

Biography

The single "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" (UK/US) / "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit"[2] (Europe, excluding UK) reached the top five on the Dutch Top 40, number one in the United Kingdom and spent five weeks on the Dance Charts in Spain.

Fedde is a co-founder (with Funkerman and Raf Jansen) of Flamingo Recordings and mixes a weekly radio show called "Dark Light Sessions" that airs every Friday on satellite radio, which features many of the Flamingo releases.

F.L.G. has played a key role in the careers of talents such as Nicky Romero, Deniz Koyu and Danny Avila. In recent years he has intensified its commitment to discover talents bringing to light emerging artists like Roul and Doors, John Dish, dBerrie, Jewelz & Sparks, Merk & Kremont, Mike Lucas & Simon Beta (also known as Doctors In Florence) and many others.

He is the nephew of recently knighted LSE Professor Julian le Grand [3]

On Jan. 12, 2015, Fedde released the instrumental mix of "Tales of Tomorrow" on Darklight Recordings which featured collaboration with Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike. The vocal mix features English singer-songwriter Julian Perretta.

DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs Rankings

Every year, DJ Magazine announces the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll:[4] Fedde le Grand entered the rankings at #22 in 2007, placed #29 in 2008 and 2009,[5] climbed to #21[6] in 2010, as high as #14[7] in 2011, fell to #26[8] in 2012, #29[9] in 2013 and #35[10] in 2014.

Discography

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Fedde Le Grand". Ultra Music. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  2. ↑ IMO Records "Fedde le Grand Biography", IMO Records,Retrieved on 11 February 2012.
  3. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Le_Grand
  4. ↑ "DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ's". DJ Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ's". DJ Magazine. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ's". DJ Magazine. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  7. ↑ "DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ's". DJ Magazine. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  8. ↑ "DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ's". DJ Magazine. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ's". DJ Magazine. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ's". DJ Magazine. Retrieved 18 October 2014.