Biography

The following biography has been taken from "Het nationaal popinstituut".

In 1996 Piet Bervoets and Benno de Goeij met at a birthday party of a mutual friend. Benno had been playing piano for a few years then and knew quite a lot about classical music. He is a real melody man. Piet's life in the music business started a lot earlier. He has been DJ since his 12th birthday and played mostly techno or clubdance music. They get along and decide to produce music together. Famous names as Team Deep and Pedro & Benno are the result. Records of these projects were very successful and played by the major DJ's.

Piet and Benno score their first chart hit in 1997. The track Instant Moments by R.O.O.S. climbs the charts in a lot of countries.

1998 is the year of Carlos. Together with Carlo Resoort, Piet produces two major hits; The Silmarillia and Rush Me. The first went sky high in the Netherlands and England. Piet and Benno are being asked by important DJ's as Ferry Corsten and DJ Jean to remix their releases.

Rank 1's first release dates from 1999. The Rank 1 project is definitely the most successful project of Piet and Benno. Airwave climbs the charts and becomes the theme of Innercity, a large dance festival at Amsterdam. ID & T becomes their record company.

The Rank 1 remix of Cyngus X's Superstring becomes the theme of Sensation 2000, a huge trance festival at the Arena, Amsterdam. The video clip of this song is broadcasted worldwide. Benno starts to produce music with DJ Tiësto as the Kamaya Painters.

In the summer of 2001 Such Is Life has been released. A protest against the death penalty and the new American president George Bush who fulfilled this penalty numerous times during his time as governor. Such Is Life also becomes the theme of Sensation and one of the big summer hits.

April 2002 is the release month of the album Symsonic and the single Awakening. They are really breaking thru worldwide. Piet spins often in foreign contries (incl. Japan). Symsonic is a collection of their best tracks. Besides trance the album is filled with other styles; bits of ambient, progressive and down tempo. The album comes with a dvd; a recording of their performance at Trance Energy 2002.

In 2003 they receive their third golden record for Rank 1's Awakening. They produce the theme of Sensation 2003 (10th place in the Netherlands) and release their new single Symsonic just before new year.