Rank 1 received their third golden record for 'Awakening'. From left to right: Piet Bervoets, Dick de Groot (A&R ID&T) and Benno de Goeij.

The story started around 1997 when Piet Bervoets and Benno de Goeij met each other at a party. Piet already was into music and DJ'ing and had his own studio at the time. This sounded very interesting to Benno, who had no experience at all in producing. Benno already had a perfect ear for good melodies, due to his classical musical background by playing the piano and the keyboard. They decided to cooperate and the first releases as Pedro & Benno soon followed. After many successes under different artist name’s, the name Rank 1 was born in 1998, as a joke. They thought it would be nice to see this name at a number 1 position! But the joke became reality when 'Airwave' hit numerous charts at that position.

After this they had many successes like their remix of Cygnus X's 'Superstring' , the Sensation theme of 2000. Their next single 'Such Is Life' became next years Sensation anthem, was released in July 2001 and climbed the charts with the speed of light. The album Symsonic, on which Piet and Benno demonstrated their variety, is not just an album for the dancefloor but one to listen to at home as well. Also a DVD with their live performance at Trance Energy 2002 is included along with their video’s. Soon after this release their single ‘Awakening’ hit the European charts.

The year 2003 was a busy year for them. Breathing was re-released, it was an updated version of Airwave, with a breakbeat remix. Afterwards they spent 6 months building their new studio’s which can be viewed on the webcam! They also started a side-project for a friend: ‘MAC J’.



Nowadays the guys are working on a their second album. Rank 1 has a very tight schedule. In the weekends Piet is travelling around the world for the Rank 1 DJ-sets. Meanwhile Benno is creating new sounds. So when they meet up during the week they have lots inspiration for new records to come!

When it comes to interviews, Rank 1 is mostly reluctant to get into details. They rather let their music speak for itself, since they consider themselves as ordinary guys. With a lot of musical talent that is…


Rank 1 vs Jochen Miller - And Then
Armin vs Rank 1 - This World Is Watching Me (featuring Kush)
Alex M.o.r.p.h. vs Rank 1 - Life
Rank 1 @ Castle Dance - Mix Compilation
Top Gear
Opus 17
A Trip In Trance 4 - Mix Compilation
After Me
Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom
ID&T Presents Rank 1 - Mix Compilation
Album Sampler: Conspiracy/Cosmomatic/Down From The Deep
Symsonic
Breathing (Airwave 2003)
Symsonic (Album plus DVD) including: Symsonic - Cosmomatic - Airwave - Conspiracy - T.T.C. - Awakening - Down From The Deep - Equilibrium - Such Is Life - Passage To The Unknown - Still In My Mind - The Citrus Juicer
Awakening
Such Is Life
Airwave
Citrus Juicer / Black Snow


Anton Sonin & AMX ft. Sari - Undone (Rank 1 Remix)
Alex Bartlett & Guess - Touch The Sun (Rank 1 remix)
DJ Joop - The Future (Rank 1 remix)
Cosmic Gate - Analog Feel (Rank 1's Digital Rehash)
Freddy Mercury - Love Kills
Ronald Van Gelderen - This Way
ATB - Humanity
Mr Sam - Lyteo
Angel City - Touch Me
Push – Journey Of Life
Delerium – Underwater
NU NRG – Dreamland
Mark Aurel – The Sound Of Love
Jam X & De Leon – Mind Made Up
Ayumi Hamasaki - Dearest
York - Reachers Of Civilazation
Mary Griffin - This Is The Moment
Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy
System F - Cry
Angelic - It's My Turn
Ayumi Hamasaki - Far Away
Cygnus X - Superstring


Side project: Ronald Van Gelderen - Dirty Rocker
Side Project: Ronald Van Gelderen - Realize
Ronald Van Gelderen - This Way
MAC J - Womaniser
MAC J - Nightware
Sensation - Anthem 2003
MAC J - Deep Ranger
MAC J - Perfect Blend


Marcel Woods - On Fire (Rank 1 remix)