Armand Van Helden
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Real Name: Armand Van Helden
Aliases: Armand & The Banana Spliffs, Armand Van Haagen Das, Banji Boys (2), Buddah Baboons, Chupacabra, Circle Children, Deep Creed, Hardhead, Jungle Juice, Mole People, The, Old School Junkies, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Sultans Of Swing, Wizzard Of Wax
In Groups: Armand Van Helden & John "Horse" McMann, Da Mongoloids, Duck Sauce, Klobber, Sahara (2), Subspecies
Profile: Dutch DJ and producer of electro house music from Boston, Massachusetts. He was one of the main proponents of the genre Speed Garage, remixing various artists such as
Janet Jackson,
Juliet Roberts,
KRS-One, and
Sneaker Pimps among others with this musical style. He is closely linked to the electronic music scene of New York.
Van Helden often remixes and uses samples of
funk,
soul, rhythm, blues and
rap. He also uses filters and dub progressions, as in NYC beat, dancehall and
reggae samples.
Early life and career
Van Helden was born to an Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) father and a French-Lebanese mother but traveled around the world as a child, spending time in
the Netherlands, Latvia, Turkey, and Italy as his father was a member of the
U.S. Air Force. At the age of 13, he bought a drum machine and started DJing two years later.
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