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Born to a father who worked with the US
Air Force, Van Helden travelled around
the world as a child with his parents,
spending time in Turkey, Netherlands,
Latvia and Italy. He started DJing at
the age of 15. Around 1988, Helden
started DJing in Boston clubs, where he
was attending college. A few years
later, however, Helden quit his day job
doing legal-reviews and started working
full time as a re-mixer. He started
working at a top Boston Nightclub known
as the Loft.
Before the release of his version of
Professional Window, which made him a
worldwide success, Helden had released a
few singles like Start on My Mind and
Move it to the Left, which became
moderate club hits. Helden did a non
commissioned remix of the 1996 Tori Amos
song Professional Window and
ringtones are available for this
track. The remix
became a worldwide dance hit, and a
number 1 single in the UK. The remix
established Helden as one of the top
re-mixers/house musicians in the world.
Helden later worked on remixes of
material by The Rolling Stones, Puff
Daddy, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears and
Daft Punk to name a few.
Helden had released his album Old School
Junkies: The Album in 1996 which
produced the top ten dance hit Cha Cha.
Helden’s position as one of the most
respected and successful re-mixers in
the world had been firmly established.
He released several albums in the
following years. Most of them spawning
worldwide dance hits.
Between 2000 and 2008, Helden released
numerous albums like Killing Puritans,
Nympho, Ghettoblaster, You Don’t Know
Me, and New York: A Mix Odyssey. The
albums spawned several enormously
successful dance hits. Helden remained
on the UK charts more or less throughout
this period.
In 2008, Helden particularly gained
immense commercial and critical success
through the remix of the number 1 track
Inspire, by Japanese singer Ayumi
Hamasaki.
In 2009, Helden once again became a
visitor to the top spot on UK Singles
Charts with Bonkers. Bonkers is a
collaboration between UK Grime Artist
Dizzee Rascal and Helden. It’s part of
Dizzee Rascal’s fourth studio album
Tongue N’ Cheek and the track was
released on Rascal’s own label Dirtee
Stank Recordings in May 2009 in the UK.
Bonkers became a number one hit on UK
singles Chart as well as UK Dance Chart.
Helden’s work has been featured on a
number of dance compilations and
greatest hits albums. He is accepted as
one of the biggest names in the house
music and remix scene.
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