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They’re one of Europe’s most established and respected dance acts. Their debut release, ‘Airwave’ was the first Dutch record ever to hit the #1 position in the European dance charts and went Top 10 in the UK. Over the last 8 years, they have continued to pack the record boxes of world’s A-list spinners with floor-monsters like ‘Symsonic’, ‘Such is Life’, ‘Breathing’ & ‘Life Less Ordinary’… Performing to tens of thousands of dance fans every week, they play at some of the biggest dance events in the world. Meet Piet Bervoets & Benno de Goeij - better known as Rank 1!

Piet’s production career started in 1995, when he banded together with another producer Carlo Resoort to produce the proto tech-trance hit, ‘The Silmarillia’. He went on to create the massively infectious ‘Instant Moments’ in 1997 under the pseudonym R.O.O.S. Benno meanwhile collaborated with the at-the-time unknown Tiësto as Kamaya Painters, producing the scene-setting trance classic, ‘Endless Wave’. He was also behind the pan-European hit, ‘Deadline’ under the name Dutch Force.

A chance meeting at a party in the spring of 1997 set Piet & Benno down the road to Rank 1. Introduced by a mutual friend, they spent the entire night discussing their passion for electronic music. Whilst Benno had no formal production training, Piet saw that his classical music background had given him a natural ear for perfect melodies and powerful riffs.

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Top Tracks

1	Airwave full track	1,227
2	Airwave (album cut) full track	363
3	Such is Life full track	349
4	Airwave (Sunset mix) full track	318
5	Awakening (radio edit) full track	309
6	Cosmomatic full track	288
7	Conspiracy full track	273
8	Symsonic full track	237
9	Opus 17 full track	189
10	T.T.C. full track	187
11	Such Is Life (Sunday Afternoon rework) full track	158
12	Breathing (Airwave)	148
13	L.E.D. There Be Light	146
14	Equilibrium full track	142
15	Down From the Deep full track	131

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Sylvanas wrote:
Thursday morning

they're great!

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oschimaster wrote:
last month

just found them...they're amazing!

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R4Z0RM4N3 wrote:
last month

Symfo, the impossible follow-up to the BRILLIANT L.E.D. There Be Light, shows what Trance in 2009 should sound like! I guess, melodic, euphoric, uplifting, bangin' Trance doesn't have to be boring at all. ;) Thanks again Benno & Piet!

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Skypulse_ wrote:
September 2009

Symfo (Sunrise Festival Theme 2009) (Original Mix) !!!!!!!AMAZING!!!!!!!

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amin4d wrote:
August 2009

^^r0xxx

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Prisonbull wrote:
August 2009

Symfo is epic

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sierpek wrote:
August 2009

SYMFO is soooo EPIC!!!

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aggro-man wrote:
August 2009

Symfo!! Жиииир!! :)

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Zegeta wrote:
July 2009

Airwave is like a Supernova <3

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Stgsuper wrote:
July 2009

I personally love L.E.D There be Light. This is so energic. I feel I can fly with that :D

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anjuna2008 wrote:
July 2009

Symfo (Orginal mix) makes me happy ))))))

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fizzy14 wrote:
July 2009

Symfo is awesome!!!!!

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aquastructure wrote:
July 2009

i want to drop symfo at the end of a minimal techno set just to see how people respond

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isaul wrote:
July 2009

i wish i could hear Symfo live

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Ewout_Smits wrote:
July 2009

symfo is one epic tune !

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Phazor wrote:
July 2009

hell yeah, symfo is awesome, has a great melody!

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t7f wrote:
July 2009

Symfo is cool !

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Tomek1980-T2 wrote:
July 2009

I don't see "And then.." with Jochen Miller

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davencero wrote:
July 2009

L.E.D. was far better than Symfo!!!!

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Blitzkrieg1942 wrote:
July 2009

I BOW BEFORE THEE!!! XD (bow)

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