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Fedde Le Grand
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Background information | |
Birth name | Fedde Le Grand |
Born |
Utrecht, Netherlands |
7 September 1977
Genres | House, electro house, tech house, progressive house |
Occupation(s) | DJ, producer, remixer |
Years active | 2002-present |
Labels | Flamingo Recordings, Ministry of Sound Australia, Toolroom Records, Ultra Records, Be Yourself Music, Spinnin' Records, Darklight Recordings |
Associated acts | Funkerman, Sultan & Ned Shepard, Nicky Romero, Jewelz & Sparks, Roul and Doors, Patrick la Funk, Deniz Koyu, Michael Calfan, Chocolate Puma, John Dish, and Marco V |
Website | Official Website |
Fedde Le Grand (born 7 September 1977 in Utrecht) is a Dutch house DJ and producer. He is best known for his chart-topping 2006 song "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit". Le Grand is a perennial headliner at renowned EDM festivals such as Ultra Music Festival and Tomorrowland and for the majority of the year tours internationally at major night clubs. Le Grand is also known for his remixes of popular artists such as Coldplay, Michael Jackson, Shakira, Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Timeflies, Naughty Boy, and Martin Solveig.
Fedde and his wife Tana are co-founders (alongside Funkerman and Raf Jansen) of Flamingo Recordings and hosts a weekly radio show called Dark Light Sessions that airs every Friday on satellite radio and features many of the Flamingo releases.
He has played a pivotal role in the careers of talents such as Nicky Romero, Deniz Koyu and Danny Avila. In recent years he has intensified his commitment to discovering new talents in the EDM world. He has brought to light emerging artists like Holl & Rush, John Dish, dBerrie, Jewelz & Sparks, Merk & Kremont, Mike Lucas and Simon Beta (also known as Doctors in Florence) and many others.
On January 12, 2015, Fedde released the instrumental mix of "Tales of Tomorrow" on Darklight Recordings; it featured collaboration with Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike. The vocal mix features English singer-songwriter Julian Perretta.