This article possibly contains. Please by the claims made and adding. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (August 2017) Ben Liebrand Born 27 September 1960, Origin Genres, Occupation(s) Years active 1976 - present Ben Liebrand ( Dutch pronunciation: ) (born 27 September 1960 in, the ) is a. He has artists such as and and tracks by artists such as, and. He has also charted under his own name, an example of which was Ben Liebrand's version of 'Eve of the War.' His radio show 'In The Mix' was the first non-stop mixed show that aired on Dutch National Radio in 1983.
Early listeners were and, who have cited Liebrand as their main reason for entering the music business. 'In The Mix' also spawned an annual yearmix with 100+ tracks called 'The Grandmix.' The first series of Grandmixes aired from 1983 to 1992 and later versions from 1999 on are also released on CD. Contents. Career Early history Liebrand began his DJ-ing career in 1976 at the age of 16 with his mobile set-up, 'The B. Liebrand Audio Studio', playing parties around his hometown of Nijmegen.
Two years later, when he became old enough to frequent, he moved from mobile discos to a nightclub residency, playing in 'Juicy Lucy' nightclub (1978–1979). At this point, he was still letting one record play into another without beatmixing; however in 1979, he began a residency at 'The Kwien' (pronounced 'The Queen') nightclub (1979–1980). During this time, Liebrand learned the art of mixing from Kwien resident. At his longest residency to date at 'The Keizer Karel' (1980–1988) played a five-hour set each night after the club first opened. He continued DJ-ing with his sister, at 'The Hippodrome', (1990–1995).
His last residency was in the club 'Disco Inferno' (2000–2004). Ben is still active as a DJ having specialized in doing key-mixing on 4 Pioneer CD players simultaneously. Radio Veronica early years On 1 April 1983, Liebrand was hired by the Dutch radio station, producing a weekly individual mix show called 'In The Mix.' This one-hour show played at 2am weekly, and ran from early 1983 to November 1985. From that radio show, regular features such as the 'Grandmix', a yearly mix of all important dance tracks of the year, was developed. Taking a full month to organise, mix and record, the first Grandmix was broadcast at the end of 1983, but technical complications almost ended this event before it started. Arriving at the Veronica Studio, Liebrand discovered that he had forgotten the second of the two tapes on which the Grandmix '83 was recorded.
But he happened to have a tape of a just finished 'High Fashion Dance Mix' with him, and it was with that tape that the second part of the Grandmix '83 began. In January 1984, the 'Grandmix '83' was broadcast in its entirety.' Grandmix' developed into a trademark event for both Radio Veronica and Liebrand, running until 1992. In 1984, Liebrand also started making shorter remixes for the Friday evening ' & Van Inkel show', later the 'Stenders & Van Inkel show' (both on that station). His 'In the Minimix' was always played at 'two records past nine' ( twee platen over negen) and formed an important part of the popular radioshow. These minimixes were either three/four track mixes (never exceeding fifteen minutes in total) or remixes of popular chart records at the time.
Many of Liebrand's remixes, released as singles, including ' and & The Four Seasons ' were premiered as 'minimixes' on this radio show. In the case of ',' however, the mix was completed and then taken by Liebrand to be part of a mix showcase at the DMC Mixing Championship Finals in London. Liebrand explained 'Then I put on my remix of Phil Collins, in front of those two and a half thousand DJ’s. And I told them: 'If you want to see this released? Call first thing tomorrow!' That resulted in Virgin being called by two and a half thousand DJ’s, and this got the track signed and released by 1pm the day after.'
After producing the final 'Grandmix' in 1992, Liebrand felt frustrated with lack of feedback that his mixes were gaining. 'You didn’t know what people thought of it. 30 days fulltime working on the Grandmix in December, ten to twelve hours a day mixing. On 31 December it was finished, and the last years when I entered the broadcast studios, everybody was busy doing something else, not really interested, and only the technician who was on duty, sat with me in the broadcast room. I plugged in my gear, pressed play around six o’clock, and after an hour I disconnected it again, and took off.
Having sat there for one hour, solely with the technician, it was the biggest anti-climax ever. This could be compared to making a piece of art, walking up to a bridge and throwing it in the river, without knowing the people’s opinions about it.' Taking a break - visuals and adverts Liebrand embarked on computer-based 3D renderings and animation work, beginning his own visual company,. He undertook work such as commercials (for clients including Arcade Compilations CDs), promotional (for acts including and ) and visuals (station for Music TV station ). This company still operates today.
Ben Liebrand Grandmix
Applied economics definition. Return of The Grandmix In 1997, Liebrand released 'Funky Town' and in 1998 began negotiations with Dutch radio-station Radio 538 (an offspring of Radio Veronica), the result of which was the re-broadcasting of all the Radio Veronica 'Grandmixes' the last Saturday of the month throughout 1999. The final intention was to broadcast a brand-new 'Grandmix' in December 1999, a 'MillenniuM-Mix', containing the greatest dance tracks of the century. Liebrand was invited to produce a mid-year summer Grandmix and an end-of-year Grandmix for. On 31 December 2001, a three-part 'Grandmix' was broadcast, followed by a 'Grandmix Disco Edition' on 23 August of that year. 'Grandmixes' were broadcast in the summer and end-of-year of 2002 and 2003. In 2004, Liebrand returned to Radio Veronica for a two-hour weekly mix.
He makes Grandmixes available in a new format on 3 CDs on his website and has his 'In The Mix' show on Radio Veronica. Personal life Liebrand is married to Brenda van Raam. They have two sons, Fabian and Sascha, and a daughter, Linde. Liebrand moved from The Netherlands to Canada in 2010.
Discography Singles Year Single Peak positions Album 1990 'Puls(t)ar' — 68 Styles 'I Wish' (featuring Nasty Chat) — 84 'Move To The Bigband' (featuring Tony Scott) 'Give Me An Answer' — — 2000 'Music & Passion' (featuring ) 91 — single only '—' denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
Ben Liebrand Grand 12 Inches
. Barcode (String): 220. Barcode (Text): 5 020. Matrix / Runout (CD1): Sony Music IFPI L554 S-0103 24 A2. Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI L554. Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 946Q.
Matrix / Runout (CD2): Sony Music IFPI L554 S-0203 24 B1. Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI L554. Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 945S.
Matrix / Runout (CD3): Sony Music IFPI L551 S-0303 11 A2. Mastering SID Code (CD3): IFPI L551. Mould SID Code (CD3): IFPI 946S. Rights Society: BIEM SACEM SACD SDRM SGDL. Other.
Here is Paul Adema adding the P&Q codes (CD track indexes) to the Grandmix The DAT is transferred to a Sony U-Matic tape using a separate PCM unit which functions as AD and DA converter. The U-Matic recorders are controlled by this remote control unit Once a position is cued with the jog wheel, it's timecode is marked and automatically sent to the P&Q (CD track index) recorder This device then prints a list with all timecodes/track lengths. The following restriction apply: A track may not be longer than 1:45 If it is longer, it will be counted as 2 tracks, with a maximun of 44 tracks per CD.
These rules must apply to be able to offer the CD at the current price. This provides the best balance between limitations and creativity, and results in the best value for money for you. All lengths are checked. If all is OK it then records this information on one of the analog audio tracks on the U-Matic, thus completing the CD master tape.
This tape is then sent of to Switzerland for production. Although this system is in use for a couple of decades, it still is used as the standard way to master CD's Alternatively, CDR software capable of placing P&Q info, and capable of writing Redbook compatible CDR's are also becoming more and more popular. The Setup for The Grandmix Summer Edition.
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