They’re one of Europe’s most established, respected dance acts, having been catapulted to stardom by their debut release ‘Airwave’. In the 9 years that have followed they’ve continued to pack out the CD wallets of world’s A-list spinners with speaker-spankers that have included ‘Such is Life’, ‘Symfo’ and ‘Life Less Ordinary’… In 2009 they unleashed ‘L.E.D. There Be Light’ – a track that was quickly snapped up by ID&T as the anthem for that year’s Trance Energy event. As DJs they create floor-quakes before thousands of fans, at clubs, arenas and festivals every single weekend. They are Piet Bervoets & Benno de Goeji… and they’re Rank 1.
Embarking on his production career in 1995, Piet banded together with Carlo Resoort to produce the proto tech-trance hit ‘The Simarillia’. He continued to build the pressure in 1997 under the pseudonym R.O.O.S., creating the contagious riff-monster ‘Instant Moments’. In a studio not that far away, Benno was laying the ground work for his future A-list co-production collaborations with an at-the-time unknown Tiësto. As Kamaya Painters they produced the scene-setting trance classic ‘Endless Wave’, but fate was already conspiring to bring Benno and Piet together…
After a chance introduction at a party in the spring of 1997, the pair recognised much common musical ground and decided to work together. As the Dutch trance dawn rose up over Europe, the pair found themselves faultlessly positioned at its epicentre to reign. Championed by fellow fast-risers Armin van Buuren, Tiësto and Ferry Corsten, in 1999 the stadium-sized sound of ‘Airwave’ sent out an audio shockwave across the continent. It proved to be such a hit that just 12 months later ‘Airwave’ had been released, incredibly, in over 40 countries – jumping into the Top 10 in the UK and becoming the first Dutch track to top the European Dance Chart.
Over recent years, Rank 1 has increasingly come together on stage for their Live performances. They became the first live act to perform at Sensation and famously forced the closure of doors of Trance Energy’s main arena (when 25,000 clubbers packed it out to hear them play). Their kinship with the biggest event in trance music is widely-known and they are the only act to have rocked Trance Energy 3 times! Outside of that Rank 1 has continued to thrill crowds live at some Europe’s best- known festivals including Mystery Land, Sunrise & Nature One.
02. Fredda L. & Fisher – Love You Call it (Beat Service Mix)
03. Liam Melly – Bomb Squad
04. PM AttitudE – Detector
05. Rene Ablaze & Tonetush – Sulaco (Oen Baeren Inside Feeling Remix)
06. Tomas Heredia & Marcello Fratini – Montana (Marcello Fratini Club Mix)
07. Maarten De Jong – Rush
08. Dash Berlin feat Jonathan Mendelsohn – Better Half Of Me (Rave Channel Club Mix)
09. Marco V & Russell G – Kalevala
10. Rank 1 – After Me
File Size – 102.4 MB
Length – 01:00:53
