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Considered as one of the founders of the Dutch trance sound, Rank 1 is comprised of musicians Benno De Goeij and Piet Bervoets. Having previously collaborated on other projects, Rank 1 proved the duo’s winning formula, with their debut single “Black Snow / The Citrus Juicer” arriving in 1999. It was Rank 1’s subsequent single however “Airwave” that propelled the duo to national and international notoriety. Rising to No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart, “Airwave” made waves across the trance scene, with the single finding regular rotation in clubs the continent over.

In 2002 Rank 1 issued their debut full-length album “Symsonic”, which was led by the singles “Such Is Life” featuring Shanokee, and “Awakening” featuring Olga Zegers. Around the same time Rank 1 began regularly remixing tracks by other artists including York, Tunnel Allstars, System F, and Mary Griffin. An EP of “Awakening” remixes appeared in 2002, followed by the subsequent remix EPs “Breathing (Airwave)”, and “It’s Up To You (Symsonic)” in 2003. The unreleased collection, “Unreleased Tracks From the Album Symsonic”, appeared in 2004, and was followed by the remix album “A Trip in Trance 4” in 2006, featuring remixes of tracks by Sandler, Benjamin Bates, and Inner State.

The following year the trance duo issued the EP “Life Less Ordinary” complete with three mix tracks, after which Rank 1 released the EP “And Then…” alongside Jochen Miller. The singles “L.E.D. There Be Light” and “Symfo” arrived in 2009, followed the year after with “The Great Escape” and “100” featuring Nic Chagall and Wippenberg. Continuing their prodigious output, the pair released the singles “Wild and Perfect Day”, “Witness”, and “7 Instead Of 8” in 2012 and “Elements of Nature”, “Floorlifter”, and “13.11.11” in 2013. Following a remix of Giuseppe Ottaviani’s “Love Will Bring It All Around”, Rank 1 released the single “Juno” alongside M.I.K.E. in 2015.