Rank1
Rank1 are the dutch duo Piet Bervoets & Benno de Goeij. Benno, who had the hit Freefall, also records as the Control Freaks with Piet Bervoets and T. Verwest & as SPX with Piet Bervoets & Mischa van der Heiden.
12": Rank 1 - Airwave
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Released 12/99 on Free-For-All Records. Written and produced by Piet Bervoets & Benno de Goeij. This is simply one of the best new tracks I've heard in a long time. Piet Bervoets has excelled this time round with a sublime and uplifting trancer. Quality.
12": Rank 1 - Airwave
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Released 1/00 on Clubb Groove Records. Written and produced by Piet Bervoets & Benno de Goeij. Additional production on track 2 by Andre Tanneberger. I'm not sure if you can really call this a remix, since ATB have only made subtle changes to the original. The Rank1 vs Dutch Force Remix is still the superior remix by far.
CD Single/12": Rank1 - Airwave
[FESCD 69/562 721-2]
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Released 4/00 on Manifesto Records. Written and produced by Piet Bervoets & Benno de Goeij. Four months on and the UK have at last woken up to this Dutch trance anthem. Also the first opportunity to get this on CD single.
CDS: Rank1 - Airwave
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Released 2000 on Kontor Records. Written and produced by Piet Bervoets & Benno de Goeij. Thanks to Brian Harris for this information.
12": Rank 1 - Black Snow / The Citrus Juicer
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Released '99 on Free For All Records. Written and produced by Piet Bervoets & Benno de Goeij. Not quite to the same anthemic standards as Airwave, but nontheless these two cuts are excellent trancers.
CD Single: Such is Life feat. Shanokee
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Released 9/01 on Kontor Records. Written and produced by Benno de Goeij and Piet Bervoets. Vocals written and performed by Penny McCleery. Additional remix and production on track 6 by Marco Verkuijlen and Benjamin Kuijten. This highly commercial sounding vocal trancer is a complete change in direction for Rank1. The vocals work well with the underlying trance tune, which itself is typically anthemic; no doubt this will be big in commercial club land. The Sunday Afternoon Rework is a short, more down-tempo affair, based largly upon the vocal, whilst the Deep Dub steps back on the throttle, dropping the vocal and opting for a pounding, deeper electro vibe, pausing only briefly for an mid-track anthemic breakdown. The Marco V Remix is a tougher rework of the original version, again vocal based although less euro-trance in style.
12": Such is Life feat. Shanokee
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Released 8/01 on ID & T Music. Written and produced by Benno de Goeij and Piet Bervoets. Vocals written and performed by Penny McCleery. Additional remix and production on track 2 by Marco Verkuijlen and Benjamin Kuijten.
12": Such is Life feat. Shanokee
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Released 8/01 on Clubgroove Records. Written and produced by Benno de Goeij and Piet Bervoets. Vocals written and performed by Penny McCleery. Additional remix and production on track 2 by Talla 2XLC. Thumbs up to Talla for producing the best version of 'Such is Life', who minimises the vocal so that it works well with the tune rather than over-powering it, as it does in the other versions.
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For further information on Rank1 see their official web site, or this unofficial fan site.
