Benno de Goeij

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Benno de Goeij : biography

March 19, 1975 –

Benno de Goeij () (born Marinus Bernardus de Goeij on May 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.

History

Early years (1996–1998)

Benno de Goeij began working as a producer in 1997 alongside Piet Bervoets whom he met at a party. 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. 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)

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". 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. 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. 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".

Discography

Singles

From 1990s

  • 1997 "Baby Freak" (as Precious People)
  • 1997 "Reflections of Love" (as Precious People)
  • 1997 "Scream For Love" (as Pedro & Benno)
  • 1997 "Human Beast" (as Simplistic Mind)
  • 1998 "Freefall" (as Benno)
  • 1998 "To the Church" (as Two Disciples)
  • 1998 "I Know You’re There" (as Tritone)
  • 1998 "Ssst… (Listen)" (as Jonah)
  • 1998 "Living in a Dream" (as R.O.O.S.)
  • 1998 "Subspace Interference" (as Control Freaks)
  • 1998 "Play it Rough" (as System Eight)
  • 1998 "Talkin’ To You" (as Pedro & Benno)
  • 1998 "Endless Wave / Northern Spirit / Outstream" (as Kamaya Painters)
  • 1999 "Human Planetarium" (as Gualagara)
  • 1999 "Speechless" (as Pedro & Benno)
  • 1999 "Body, Mind & Spirit" (as R.O.O.S.)
  • 1999 "I Don’t Need You Anymore" (as Van Gils & Benno De Goeij)
  • 1999 "Far And Away" (as A.I.D.A.)
  • 1999 "Till Midnight"
  • 1999 "Endless Wave / Theme From Norefjell (Remixes)" (as Kamaya Painters)
  • 1999 "Black Snow/The Citrus Juicer" (as Rank 1)
  • 1999 "Far And Away / Merit" (as A.I.D.A.)
  • 1999 "Far From Over / Cryptomnesia / Soft Light" (as Kamaya Painters)
  • 1999 "Remember Me / Corvana" (as A.I.D.A.)
  • 1999 "Airwave" (as Rank 1)
  • 1999 "Deadline" (as Dutchforce)

From 2000s

  • 2000 "Wasteland / Summerbreeze" (as Kamaya Painters)
  • 2000 "Yeah… Right" (as Jonah)
  • 2000 "Straight to the Point" (as SPX)
  • 2001 "Such Is Life" (as Rank 1)
  • 2001 "Awakening" (as Rank 1)
  • 2003 "The Anthem 2003" (as Sensation)
  • 2003 "Perfect Blend / Deep Ranger" (as Mac J)
  • 2003 "It’s Up To You (Symsonic)" (as Rank 1)
  • 2004 "Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom" (as Rank 1)
  • 2004 "Unreleased Tracks" (as Rank 1)
  • 2005 "Opus 17 / Top Gear" (as Rank 1)
  • 2007 "The World is Watching Me" (as Armin van Buuren vs. Rank1 and Kush)
  • 2007 "Life Less Ordinary" (as Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Rank1)
  • 2008 "And Then…" (as Rank 1 vs. Jochen Miller)
  • 2009 "L.E.D. There Be Light (Trance Energy Anthem 2009)" (as Rank 1)
  • 2009 "Symfo (Sunrise Festival Theme 2009)" (as Rank 1)
  • 2010 "The Great Escape (enTrance Theme 2010)" (as Rank 1 and Jochen Miller)
  • 2010 "100" (as Rank 1 with Nic Chagall and Wippenberg)
  • 2011 "Witness" (as Rank 1 with Cerf, Matiska & Jaren)