Rank 1
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Rank 1 is trance producers Benno de Goeij and Piet Bervoets.
The story started around 1997 when Piet Bervoets and Benno de Goeij met each other at a party. Piet already was into music and DJing and had his own studio at the time. This sounded very interesting to Benno, who had no experience at all in producing. Benno already had a perfect ear for good melodies, due to his classical musical background by playing the piano and the keyboard. They decided to cooperate and the first releases as Pedro & Benno soon followed. After many successes under different artist names, the name Rank 1 was born in 1998, as a joke. They thought it would be nice to see this name at a number 1 position! But the joke became reality when Airwave hit numerous charts at that position.
After this, they had many successes like their remix of Cygnus X's Superstring, the Sensation theme of 2000. Their next single Such Is Life became next years Sensation anthem, was released in July 2001 and climbed the charts with the speed of light. The album Symsonic, on which Piet and Benno demonstrated their variety, is not just an album for the dancefloor but one to listen to at home as well. Also a DVD with their live performance at Trance Energy 2002 is included along with their videos. Soon after this release, their single Awakening hit the European charts.
The year 2003 was a busy year for them. Breathing was re-released, it was an updated version of Airwave, with a breakbeat remix. Afterwards, they spent 6 months building their new studios. They also started a side-project for a friend: ‘MAC J’.
Nowadays the guys are working on a their second album. Rank 1 has a very tight schedule. On the weekends Piet is travelling around the world for the Rank 1 DJ sets. Meanwhile Benno is creating new sounds. So when they meet up during the week they have lots inspiration for new records to come!
When it comes to interviews, Rank 1 are reluctant to get into details. They rather let their music speak for itself, since they consider themselves as ordinary guys...with a lot of musical talent that is…
