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Fedde Le Grand

Fedde Le Grand

His record has been played at every party that counts. It been a staple in the sets of DJ’s as diverse as Groove Armada’s Tom Findlay, Tom Novy, Roger Sanchez, Deep Dish, and Sander Kleinenberg. Pete Tong described it as: ‘My biggest record of the summer so far - reaction is huge’.

Touted as the next Benny Benassi, with peak time bass action akin to a mini earthquake, 'Put Your Hands Up…' has already been claimed by dancefloors as their own. Chants have spread like wild fire, tweaking the vocal to suit the party - “Put your hands up for Ibiza, I love this island” being the roar heard all over the white isle.

Fedde is a young Dutch DJ/producer who DJ’s all over Europe. He runs the influential Sneakerz night at Panama in Amsterdam, has released music on Toolroom, Work and his own Flamingo imprint, and has just been invited to remix the new single by Sharam from Deep Dish.

Remixes come from Till West and DJ Delicious known for their huge club track ‘Same Man’, TV Rock (who topped the charts in Australia with ‘Flaunt It’, coming soon on Data), Dirty South (known for their remix of Evermore’s ‘It’s Too Late’) and San Francisco producer of the moment and Dirty Bird himself Claude Von Stroke.

Data Records have made household names with their signings from the likes of Benny Benassi, Tomcraft, Eric Prydz and who could forget Zombie Nation. With the release of ‘Put Your Hands Up For Detroit’ Fedde Le Grand looks certain to follow in their footsteps. is a Dutch house DJ and producer whose single Put Your Hands Up For Detroit hit number one on the UK Dance chart. The single reached 53 on the UK chart on 12" and downloads alone. It is due a full release on October 2006.

He first started to DJ at local clubs in Utrecht and was offered the opportunity to DJ at the Danssalon club in Eindhoven. In 2003 he started to collaborate with DJ Erick E as "Sticky People" and produced several songs for Sander Kleineberg and the tracks for the PlayStation 2 game Cyclone Circus.

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