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Latest Updates [January 18th 2025]



January 17th 2025 | The big man is back with a brand-spanking new BnO collab with Lulleaux called Before You Love Me! The funky duo take a completely different approach this time around by cranking the BPM up to 145 though once again there are some very delicious '90s elements to be heard, albeit this time more Euro Dancy than last time around. Check it out:

New track with @Lulleauxmusic sees daylight https://t.co/8sCUYPbF2Q

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November 18th 2024 | BREAKING NEWS! Rank 1's modern Trance Classic L.E.D. There Be Light sees a vinyl re-release on the eve of its "Sweet 16" Anniversary! Originally released as a Special Download Mix back in late November 2008 due to being 'leaked', L.E.D. There Be Light went on to define the modern sounds as Rank 1 re-invented themselves for the umpteenth time. L.E.D. went on to serve as spiritual successor to their Magnus Opus "Airwave", being annointed the Official Trance Energy 2009 Anthem whilst also defining that year's Electric Daisy Carnival, effectively acquainting an American audience of young ravers to their sublime mastery of everything Anthem Trance! So what are you waiting for, go grab it ASAP!



This Perfect (Self-)Gift comes just in time for Christmas 2024! :D
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October 25th 2024 | IT'S OUT RIGHT NOW SO GO GRAB IT:


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October 15th 2024 | What in the world is going on?! It's been just a month and since we've had the emergence of Benno's brand new BnO alias, quickly followed by a Rank 1 Remix for that alias and now...  A NEW RANK 1 ORIGINAL ON THE HORIZON AS WELL:

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October 7th 2024 | Olla! Today Rank 1 released a teaser for their upcoming remix and I am 99% sure that my guess last week was right! Lulleaux & BnO feat. Sem - Take Me Away (Rank 1 Remix) seems to be the upcoming addition to the impressive Rank 1 Remix-ography :D Check out the SICK bassline below:

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October 1st 2024 | Alert! After a lengthy silence Rank 1 finally tweeted again today and asked us the following:
Who's excited then?? Could it be we get another out-of-the-blue banger like Sunrise (Rank 1 Remix) back in 2022? Or perhaps the guys are being a bit coy in their phrasing and are actually referring to someone else making a BIG remix for one of their (earlier/earliest) gems? Rank 1 did turn 25 this year, after all! My guesses:

* Lulleaux & BnO feat. Sem - Take Me Away (Rank 1 Remix)
* Rank 1 - Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom (Matt Fax Remix)

What are yours? Stay tuned!
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September 13th 2024 | Because I am rather thrilled by the prospect of some brand new De Goeij (co-)productions, I am celebrating this occasion by launching the Symsonic2 blog: https://symsonic2.blogspot.com/

It works identical to Symsonic 1 except this one is dedicated to all those other Bervoets and/or De Goeij (co-)productions OUTSIDE of Rank 1. Oh and uh, no AvB main project either because there's sites/blogs that already keep track of all of Armin's stuff. It also saves me +200/300 tracks to list! xD Anyhoo, check it out!! There's only a handful of releases on it but I am going to add the back catalog over time whilst also adding new BnO / potential SUPERSTRINGS releases... I am kinda excited for this, let's GO! :D
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September 13th 2024 | BIG NEWS!! Benno just announced a BRAND new side-project: get ready for BnO! He even made an account for it!


The first release under this shiny new alias is a collaboration with Lulleaux and features vocalist SEM: 


Benno previously co-produced several track with Lulleaux over the course of 2017-2018 as well as the massive hit "Contact"! It seems that Benno is hungry for a new direction in music so he's teamed up with Lulleaux once more for a fun, summery tune!

That's enough for an introduction. Now go on and give the good man a follow!
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July 21st 2024 | Er is er één jarig, hoera, hoera! Happy birthday to the Big Man Piet Bervoets, L.E.D. it be a very good one! :D
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July 12th 2024 | SIDEPROJECT ALERT! SUPERSTRINGS have teamed up with Benno once more to bring us a delightful rework of Signum's massive classic What Ya Got 4 Me! Give this bad boy a spin:

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April 23rd 2024 | The ASOT Top 1000 2024 is in full swing! Keep an eye on the Trivia page (bottom) to see how our boys do this time around!
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March 10th 2024 | For all the Dutch-speaking/reading folks: check out this interview Benno did with Levi Cox for her podcast "Achter de Artiest" (Behind The Artist):

March 10th 2024 | BIG NEWS!! The Rank 1 Re-edit for Nu NRG - Dreamland from 2002 has finally been released digitally!! Go check out it now: https://www.beatport.com/track/dreamland/18770808 I've updated the Symsonic1 post for Dreamland with Youtube, Spotify and Beatport links! Enjoy :D


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December 22nd 2023 | I can't quite believe it myself but last night on ASOT #1152, the Voting for the best ASOT track of the year, Rank 1 finally claimed its first Tune Of The Year crown thanks to the giga Anthem collab with Armin, Ferry and Ruben, Destination!! Rank 1 at rank 1 is a fact!!! A massive congratulations, woohoo!! Merry Christmas indeed haha! :D


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December 12th 2023 | Ho ho ho!! Christmas comes muito early this year! It turns out that Dutch five-man Trance formation SUPERSTRINGS have decided to joins force with Benno and reworked the classic banger Prototype - Soundpiercing! Check that magic out here:

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October 30th 2023 | Began the painstaking task of replacing the text of releases and remixes in their respect Overview posts with embedded Spotify links so they provide soundsamples of all the different remixes and alternate versions to Rank 1 productions/singles. It's been a doozy, but the Overview for Releases is done, I am currently working on the one for Remixes! Stay tuned!
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September 25th 2023 | Ugh... Last year's stylistic overhaul of Symsonic1 makes this blog look like a dead carcass in some posts... I'll have to rearrange some things over time so they match more but for the time being I've at least clustered posts together (so Radio Rush posts are in one year, misc. things like fanart, Interview etc. are in another and so on). So yes, if this blog looks a bit disjointed: I know xD I'll do my best to fix it when I have the focus for it...
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September 25th 2023 | Destination finally came out last Friday and it's already sitting steady at #2 in the Beatport Trance Main Floor charts!! Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Ruben de Ronde and our beloved Rank 1 finally unleashed their smasher four-way collab which hails back to the good old Days that made three of these guys the household names of our genre in the last two decades... As always, head to https://symsonic1.blogspot.com and click Destination to pick your preferred platform between Spotify and Youtube to enjoy this masterpiece! Enjoy ^^
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July 21st 2023 | Happy Birthday to Piet Bervoets! :D
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June 29th 2023 | The interview, paired with this upload from Ruben earlier this week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77wBgRN5-dY all but confirm that the new ASOT 2024 Anthem will be an official collab called Destination featuring the names Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Rank 1 & Ruben de Ronde! It's the first time Rank 1 has formed part of a track alongside Ferry, though Ferry and Piet had several projects together back in 1997/1998! Keep an eye on the Symsonic1 Blog for a release post for Destination!
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June 29th 2023 | Hello all! It's been a hot minute... Big news! A very rare radio interview with Benno that was conducted by NPO 3.fm, a Dutch radio station this Tuesday! This radio has an item which wonders what happened to bands that for a time were at the top and then seemingly disappeared into obscurity. This week they interviewed Benno to ask him "Rank 1, do you still exist?!" You can find the transcription for the interview in English under the Interviews header. I've also placed a link to the site so you can hear/see the actual clip in case you are a Dutchie, enjoy!
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March 19th 2023 | Happy Birthday to Benno de Goeij! :D
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October 26th 2022 | A week ago Rank 1 tweeted the link to their website which showed a mysterious countdown placed over a blurred image of the Symsonic coverart! Once I got home I got down to some oldskool speculation! https://razormaneofficial.blogspot.com/2022/10/speculation-rank-1-is-being-mysterious.html Tonight at 00:00 sharp we will finally know what it is they are up to! Get a tab ready with rank-1.com kids!
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August 11th 2022 | After what feels like an ETERNITY, we can finally enjoy the banging beats of Rank 1's Extended Remix in all its glory on the usual channels!! Check out https://symsonic1.blogspot.com and click Sunrise. Enjoy! :D
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May 6th 2022 | Alright!! I've completely updated https://symsonic1.blogspot.com to include embedded Spotify links next to the embedded Youtube videos I had already started implementing! Past week has been brutal in going back over and over and over to make sure posts are the same, etc. Some tracks were still using an old 2016/2017 format! :') But it's done!! I've also added an Index page to explain what that blog is for exactly. Have fun diving into their discography!

May 6th 2022 | It took forever but yesterday it was finally premiered on #ASOT1067! Armin and Ruben spoke through much of the build-up though but it sounded good from what I could hear... Can't wait to have the full unmixed version. ^^
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April 29th 2022 | IT'S FINALLY HERE:
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April 25th 2022 | Did you know there was an EDMwikia for Rank 1? Neither did I! When I found it tonight, it was basically empty so *cracks knuckles* Papa Razor decided to fix that! Check it: https://edm.fandom.com/wiki/Rank_1

I'll add more as we go but for a start I think this is pretty comprehensive! And it REALLY helps I've been regularly updating their official Wikipedia page since 2012: copy pastaaaaaaa! ;)
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April 23rd 2022 | I remembered I once saw a four-part DJ Feel interview with Piet and Ronski Speed in 2009. I went on a Youtube search and quickly found it again, it's been embedded in the Interview section!
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April 22nd 2022 | Let's preserve the masterpiece that was Gert Egscholten's Unoffical Bervoets & De Goeij Site! Original located at bervoetsdegoeij.nl I've acquired this link so we can keep visiting the site: 
http://web.archive.org/web/20090201010621/http://bervoetsdegoeij.nl/

I have also embedded as much Rank 1 live as I could find in the Live Acts section! Happy listening!
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April 21st 2022 | Meh, no premiere of the upcoming Sunrise (Rank 1 Remix) on ASOT tonight. But I've been productive nonetheless: Updated the Trivia section with Rank 1's annual ASOT mix comp appearances and some Service For Dreamers picks. Also embedded the five tracks featured in the Wrongly Tagged! section instead of a direct link. Also added some interviews to the Interview section, embedded the ones on Youtube and translated one from to Dutch to English!
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April 17th 2022 | I just ran into this TREMENDOUS Rank 1/Bervoets & de Goeij Mix that Indecent Noise made last year: https://soundcloud.com/indecentnoise/indecent-noise-plays-rank-1-210221 It's rare to find a Rank 1 tribute that adds the likes of Down From The Deep, Equilibrium, Symsonic, Opus 17, Passage To The Unknown, This Way (Rank 1 Remix) all in one mix!! Check out, this is an endeavor of LOVE <3
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April 17th 2022 | So Aly & Fila And JES - Sunrise (Rank 1 Remix) has not been revealed yet so this is mere speculation on my part:
*The original leans heavily on the Prog-side so it's likely this Rank 1 Remix will be a Trancier or perhaps even Balearic take on that
* The Rank 1 Remix ends the On The Beach CD, much like the original it's based on did a year ago, so it might not stray that far from the original. Then again, seeing that with 12 days to go before its release there is not a snippet to be heard anywhere, Armin and co. seem very intent on keeping this one a secret, probably because they expect it to be a big one... Which means it would surely be a refreshing take on the previous one right?
* Could we get a remix in a similar vein to say Velvetine - Safe (Rank 1 Remix)? That one used a pretty deep, groovy, tech-synth driven build-up before hitting us with an all-out euphoric Trance melody, all the while utilizing Aruna's vocals throughout, both in chopped and complete form...
* Could this be the return of Rank 1's delicious vocal chops from the mid/late '00s?? Like in Lyteo, Humanity, This Way and Safe?? Let's hope so!!
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April 15th 2022 | THE FIRST RANK 1 REMIX IN NINE YEARS TIME will be out on Armin's brand new On The Beach CD for ASOT 2022!! It's Aly & Fila and JES - Sunrise (Rank 1 Remix)! Pre-order here: https://www.astateoftrance.com/news/the-a-state-of-trance-2022-mixed-by-armin-van-buuren-album-is-available-for-pre-order-pre-save/
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July 30th 2021 | It's out now! Grab it on Beatport, stream it on Spotify or indulge yourself in its Trance-glory on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca076sVE3Xk :D
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July 29th 2021 | 15 years after their collaboration This World Is Watching Me with Kush, Armin and Rank 1 have released a brand new collaboration called The Greater Light To Rule The Night!! Melody-wise it has a very strong 2002-2004 Armin vibe whilst the pumped up bassline gives off that Rank 1 vs. M.I.K.E. - Elements Of Nature vibe. A very powerful track! Tune into #ASOT1027 to hear its world premiere tonight!! 
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August 23rd 2020 | Given how The Rank 1 Timeline returns absolutely zero information regarding our fave duo but tons of nonsense about "ranking #1 in Google" I've decided to rename the other blog Symsonic1. If you google Symsonic, the top results are always related to the guys' album, so hopefully in due time the other blog will be among the top searches. :)
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August 18th 2020 | Following yesterday's "Youtube Uploads" hunt, I decided to do so some embedding on The Rank 1 Timeline starting with the releases Rank 1 Live At ASOT 950 back to 7 Instead Of 8! So from now on you will actually be able to listen to the tracks on their respective promo pages :D I've also added spaces for streaming links and a "my thoughts" paragraph which I will add at some point: a short review revealing how I've felt about a particular track/remix/compilation/album over the years. 

Man, having actual previews of the releases to listen to in these posts sure brings back fond memories of the 2005-2010 days when I used to scroll through the legendary Bervoets & De Goeij page! <3 I discovered so much Rank 1 material I hadn't heard yet through that site... Sure, I've got my work cut out for me now but this is a task I'm looking forward to completing! :D Anyhow, go check it out: 
https://symsonic1.blogspot.com
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August 17th 2020 | Dear LAWD I've spent this whole afternoon updating the Videoclip and Label Uploads/Previews section with official Youtube-sanctioned upload of various remixes and singles. In the long run this is going to save me a shit-ton of time with me no longer having to replace deleted fan-uploaded stuff! Sadly, not everything seems to be on yet and I still have a few to add but imma take a breather for now. 

But feel free to head over and sprinkle some thumbs up for our boys!
http://rank1fanblog.blogspot.com/1998/03/videoclips-label-previews.html
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August 8th 2020 | Just updated The Rank 1 Timeline with two of the mix compilations (2004 & 2013)! Still got a few to add so keep an eye on this page the coming weeks. :)
https://symsonic1.blogspot.com/2004/05/idt-presents-rank1-compilation.html
https://symsonic1.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-state-of-trance-600.html
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August 6th 2020 | Folks, I've added a brand new section to the blog called "Fanart"!
http://rank1fanblog.blogspot.com/1998/03/fanart.html

And here's the very first artist to represent the new section, none other than the incredibly gifted Suzana from Croatia! She is one of the most passionate Rank 1 fans I've ever met and it's a pleasure to have such a knowledgeable ally in the struggle to spread the love for Rank 1's music! :D Hurry up! Go follow her:

Suzich_q
https://twitter.com/suzich_q
https://www.instagram.com/suzich_q/
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August 4th 2020 | A big update folks! I've split the blog in two! The promo posts have been moved over to their own blog called The Rank 1 Timeline, to serve as a timeline for Rank 1's singles, albums, remixes and mix compilations! You can find it over here: 
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July 31st 2020 | It's finally here!! Go check out Spotify for Rank 1's "Live at ASOT 950" album! :D
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July 29th 2020 | Epic news, kids!! Rank 1's #ASOT950 live show will be released on Spotify this Friday July 31st and and and, the names of the IDs have been revealed!! Big up to Suzich_q for giving me the heads up, check out High Contrast Recordings' post here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMC1xqFq82/?igshid=qw2dquhqrjrq

So we get:
01. [LIVE] Rank 1 - Untitled 2020 Track #1 = Transatlantic Communication
05. [LIVE] Rank 1 - Untitled 2017 Track #4 = Predictive Memory
06. [LIVE] Rank 1 - Untitled 2017 Track #2 = No Name
08. [LIVE] Rank 1 - Untitled 2020 Track #2 = Paris Nice Cannes

This is the first time ever Rank 1 have decided to officially share a live show via Spotify, could it mean that famous shows from the past like their performances at Dreamland 2017 or more classics ones like Sensation White 2001 as well as Trance Energy 2000, 2002, 2005 and 2009 are on their way to Spotify??? We can always dream right... ;)
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July 21st 2020 | A happy birthday to Piet!! \0/
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March 31st 2020 | With the corona virus pandemic shutting down the whole world, previously mentioned events to find Piet have been cancelled. I haven't the faintest clue when things will resume but I hope all of you are safe and sound out there. Follow health regulations and rules and stay out of trouble!
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March 19th 2020 | A happy birthday to Benno!! \0/
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February 16th 2020 #2 | Decided to give this its own bullet. On Saturday July 25th, Electronic Family will host the event's final edition: Piet will be there too for his fifth time after having appeared on the 2011 (b2b Jochen Miller!), 2015, 2017 and 2018 (b2b Marco V!) editions! Let's all join him there if we can! :)
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February 16th 2020 #1 | Christmas came a little late I would say but last night Piet & Benno obliged to Armin's Request to do "something special" for ASOT #950! So they decided to drop a sort of Live Act "MegaMix" hybrid in which they squeezed 11 tunes in 30 minutes, among them BRAND new material!!
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Listen back here: 
https://www.facebook.com/astateoftrance/videos/1088775141492706/

Check the playlist here: http://rank1fanblog.blogspot.com/1998/03/live-acts.html

They were also interviewed by Ruben de Ronde (who didn't do his homework, the last Rank 1 live performance was at Dreamstate 2017 in the USA and in 2011 there were no live shows!! Dear Lord... -_-) The interview can be found on the Facebook at 24:37. I think we can all agree that when you can get a full Mainstage Area to go wild 20(!!) years on from when you first went live, you have truly proven your Immortality in any genre!!
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December 14th 2019 | Forgive my absence, kids! Yesterday Piet celebrated Christmas at the Ministry Of Sound's The Gallery and not only did he drop a solo set, he even joined forces with Ferry Corsten for a b2b blast of a party! Could this be the springboard for that mystic Ferry Corsten vs. Rank 1 collaboration in 2020? After all, We Finally Met with Marco V followed just about half a year after Piet and Marco destroyed the Electronic Family Festival stage back in the summer of 2018... Let's see what the future brings! :) 

https://twitter.com/sharpeylovesyou/status/1205738999916183552
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July 21st 2019 | A happy birthday to Piet! \0/
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March 19th 2019 | A happy birthday to Benno! \0/
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February 22nd 2019 | Alright! Been doing some polishing around the blog regarding the new arrival We Finally Met! Discography, releases overview, videoclip/label previews are all updated! Get that new tasty tune here:
ALSO: Be Yourself Music started uploading a huge batch of High Contrast catalogue tunes three months ago that were previously missing on Youtube! Uploads include: And Then..., Symfo, Undone (Rank 1 Remix) and On Fire (Rank 1's No This Ain't Trance Like '99 Remix)! Check 'em out! They don't have their official artwork as background but rather a generic grey block but whatever. It's the music that matters right? :)
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February 21st 2019 | LADIES, GENTS AND EVERYONE INBETWEEN... Marco V & Rank 1 - We Finally Met just premiered on ASOT #902 as Tune Of The Week!! https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/1098666486376423424 
And guess what?? This banger is out tomorrow!
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February 21st 2019 | BREAKING: 2019 marks the 20-year anniversary of Piet & Benno's most infamous project. Keep an eye out for my Razormane Blog as I will be writing several pieces to celebrate 20 years of Rank 1 ;)
- AND AND AND: ASOT announced that they will play a new track by Rank 1 tonight!! 
Whether this will be a brand new track or a remix by someone else of one of their tracks (Airwave?) remains to be seen so be sure to tune-in! Also note that today ASOT will start at 19:00 CET rather than the usual 20:00!
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December 5th 2017 | Updated the DJ Sets 2015-2019 section with a few tracklists (inc. links to check them out!) and a new upcoming gig: be sure to catch Piet at We Love Technoclub in Frankfurt the day after Christmas!
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December 4th 2017 | I am back to my speculation antics! Five untitleds, of which four are supposedly brand new were dropped a fortnight ago. Which ones could be release-worthy? Find out here: 
https://rank1fanblog.blogspot.nl/1998/03/unreleasedrumored-material.html
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December 1st 2017 | IT'S ACTUALLY HERE!! The full Rank 1 Live Act @ Dreamstate SoCal 2017!! 
Give S3baman on Youtube a statue or at the very least a flurry of likes/positive comments, this guy has allowed us to kick of the final month of the year in tremendous style!!
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November 26-29th 2017 | It's Dreamstate Socal 2017 Day 2! Which means: RANK 1 LIVE!! To everyone attending, and of course to Piet and Benno as well: have a fantastic time everyone! EDIT: Now! L.E.D. the hunt for new R1 tunes commence!!
Set intro starring Untitled Track 2017 #1!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-IZTgyYAms
- The first five tracks of the live act: Untitled Track 2017 #1, L.E.D., Airwave, EoN and Superstring (Rank 1 Remix) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOd9iWV1OVI]
- Awakening got dropped, first second is The Great Escape! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_oIXEJ725o]
- Here's Untitled Track 2017 #2 followed by none other than Beats At Rank-1 Dotcom! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltDNorDn4MU]
- As it turns out, it is the set finisher! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOrqFHS7As4]
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November 22nd 2017 | "A few days left for our live performance @dreamstateusa. Some old tracks and....yes, some new tracks will be played as well. Are you ready?" 
https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/932723713157533702

Could the hype ever be more real? Rank 1 is set to do a live performance at Dreamstate SoCal 2017 this weekend in which they will premiere more than one never-heard-before track for the very first time since... Trance Energy 2002? Just stop and think about that for a moment... What it could mean for 2018 IF they get a proper crowd response to the new ones?? Top Gear was never intended to be released but the "Crowd Power" and reactions afterwards changed Piet & Benno's minds... So you never know...

The bad news here is I've been unable to find any information as whether their set will be streamed through the internet or broadcast by local radio stations... A quick "Dreamstate" search on Mixcloud did reveal quite a few sets from last year being recorded so at this point we stay-at-home folks can only cross our fingers and wish Piet, Benno and the attending crowd one hell of a magically Rank 1 LIVE hour!!
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August 3rd 2017 | Recently Markus' label released Coldharbour Chill: 2 hours of Chillout version goodness of CH Anthems of the past few years. One of the included tracks is Zenith (Chillout Mix)! Grab it here: 
https://www.beatport.com/track/zenith-chillout-mix/9590847

July 18th 2017 | Razor reporting with some MASSIVE news! After more than 4 years, Rank 1 will FINALLY do a Live Performance again, and this will probably be the first in FIVE years to be broadcast if they decide to stream it!! Source? The main men themselves! 
Furthermore, Sunspot Sessions, a DJ from Germany with which a few other guys and I used to do broadcast/mix projects together, recently uploaded this Rank 1 Special to Youtube: 
Enjoy the great tracklist and smooth mixing!

June 1st 2017 | Ola! It's been a while! Here are a few upcoming Rank 1 gigs where you will be able to catch Piet:
Rank 1 Live @ Luminosty Beach Festival Day 3 [June 24th 2017]
Rank 1 Live @ Electronic Family - The Gathering [August 6th 2017]
Rank 1 Live @ Rielism presents Misja Helsloot [October 2017]

February 3rd 2017 | Greetings all! Behold: 
17 years of Rank 1, 34 tasty originals, crammed into a 78-minute journey. For those of you just getting into Rank 1: Go educate yourself children!

January 30th 2017 | Having a couple of days off, I felt it was time to work on updating the blog here and there! Current focus: updating the Support Record for the releases, going from Superstring back to older releases... Wish me luck with that!

January 18th 2017 | Check out this cool set I just ran into, put together by Nathan Quigley! It's good to see people tribute Rank 1 on Mixcloud (or anywhere for that matter): 
https://www.mixcloud.com/nathan-quigley/a-little-bit-of-rank-1/

January 16th 2017 | Yup... Even I've been persuaded to make a Spotify account. So if I'm gonna make playlists anyway, I might as well make one containing all the Rank 1 material that I could find! Here you go:
Enjoy all!

December 26th 2016 | Happy Holidays all! Hope they were good to you! I was going through some older tweets just now, ran into some fun and interesting (and sad) ones:

"@arnejsecerkadic: 100% :-) But a @bennodegoeij @pietbervoets rmx of @RealCosmicGate will see clublight in the (hopefuly very) near future!"
https://twitter.com/BennoDeGoeij/status/29174265544
Unforgetable remix, the one they did for Fire Wire B)

"Just came back from #verspuy store. I miss those days where I bumped into @ferrycorsten @pietbervoets @tiesto while checking out new synths!"
https://twitter.com/BennoDeGoeij/status/28990515519
Not even Benno can deny the occasional flash of nostalgic sentiment! ;)

"While searching for a nice oldie for tuesdays Rank 1's Radio Rush, I found out we lost so much pre 2002 projectfiles AND masters.."
https://twitter.com/BennoDeGoeij/status/29307638825
This must be horror for any producer :(

"Rank 1 studio time!! Any special requests?"
https://twitter.com/BennoDeGoeij/status/24778754714763264
Requesting us what to make for a new Rank 1 tune?? Awesome. Had he tweeted this today I guess one of my many answers would have been:
"Please make another album!"
"Make a new "crazy" track like Top Gear was back in the day!"
"Combine Breaks with Techno/Tech Trance and Acid!"
"Do something Techno-ish again!"
"Bring out at least two remixes a year again!"

Next are three tweets about two productions that still bother me a lot... Take a look:

"Good news if you are waiting to hear some new Rank 1 material: Pretty sure this one will make it's way to your ears very soon"
https://twitter.com/BennoDeGoeij/status/45482677666713600

"Expect some crazy stuff for the upcoming new Rank 1 single. I don't say this often, but this shit is REALLY crazy!"
https://twitter.com/BennoDeGoeij/status/45908271919403008

Either this is the track that we came to know as 7 Instead Of 8 about a year and a half later OR it is a track they ended up never releasing. I am still itching to know what this was!! Then there is this tweet:

"This Rank 1 remix is really starting to get shape! Won't tell who we are remixing, but I can tell they are REALLY hot on iTunes atm"
https://twitter.com/BennoDeGoeij/status/52794195420790785

I recall that at the time I instantly went on an iTunes hunt to see which singles were topping the charts. I found Justice (which consist of more than one person so it would match with the "they" in their tweet) - Civilization topping quite some charts. Then again, I could find not a single mention on google linking Rank 1 (or Benno) to Justice. On the other hand, later that year he did release the Benno de Goeij Remix for Sinead by Within Temptation (a band, so another possible "they"). I've always wondered... Was that BdG remix originally intended to be a Rank 1 Remix and thus, was that the remix Benno tweeted about here? Or was it for Justice after all? Or was this illusive Rank 1 Remix for a different act altogether? I guess we'll never know but my mind keeps wondering all the same...

November 8th 2016 | Howdy! A recent social media post by M.I.K.E. has awakened my old speculation habits... See this Instagram post: 

Not his depiction of the Rolands 909 and 303. Note how he says he loves collabs and has an "album" hashtag hidden in there. Next, check out this tweet by Benno about 1,5 weeks earlier: 

Notice the same devices in the clip, as well as their hashtags in the tweet? If you scroll a little before that tweet, you will see two more clips of Benno playing around with his arsenal of Analog Beasts. Now let us dive back to almost EXACTLY a year prior to this Benno tweet. Remember when M.I.K.E. asked us this: 
Are you starting to see the pattern I'm seeing? :D I mean, it could all just be a silly coincidence... OR... #DareToBelieve ;)

November 1st 2016 | It's been a bit quiet on my end, apologies! I bring news though, This World Is So Amazing was officially released today with two remixes! Show your support for Rank 1 & York here: 
https://www.beatport.com/release/this-world-is-so-amazing-remixes/1881821

July 21st 2016 | A very happy birthday to Piet Bervoets!! Hard to believe that in 10 days it's exactly 5 years ago that I got to chat with him IRL after his Fiesta SummerSounds gig! Highlight of that year for sure!

July 20th 2016 | HOLY CR*P!! MAJOR ALERT!! A brand new Rank 1 collab was released earlier this month and I didn't even see it! Check out this delicious Chill-Out bliss by the legends here: 
https://www.beatport.com/track/this-world-is-amazing-feat-lola-original-mix/8113884

June 3rd 2016 | Sadly, no brand new Rank 1 release today but a rework of their massive remix for Superstring! Get it now: 
Also check the usual sections for updated info's on Label uploads and such!

But wait! There's more! A load of Rank 1 EPs has been made available on DJshop.de (in WAV too!), including the memorable first ever Rank 1 EP called The Citrus Juicer / Black Snow!! Get those gems here
https://www.djshop.de/Download-rank-1-black-snow-the-citrus-juicer/ex/s~details,u~8110002477,p1~mp3/xe/details.html
https://www.djshop.de/Download-rank-1-unreleased-tracks-from-the-album-symsonic/ex/s~details,u~8110002449,p1~mp3/xe/details.html
- Rank 1 made a mix for their upcoming set at Avalon! Check it out here for those Radio Rush vibes: 
A new single is forthcoming and it is only 6 days away! 

April 6th 2016 | Heads up! 
I have run into one of the most passionate Rank 1 fans up to date, and she is a great visual artist to boot! Follow Suzana https://twitter.com/suzich_q and share your passion for Benno/Piet/Rank 1 tracks with her and other Trance-related artists. And as mentioned, check out that amazing art of hers! :D

March 19th 2016 | A very happy birthday to Benno de Goeij!!

February 28th 2016 | Added Rank 1's ASOT Festival #750 tracklist to the DJ Sets 2015-2019 section! It was a fun chairraving hour :D (And I REALLY should have been there live *sob*)

November 11th 2015 | Added two new Rank 1 tourdates in the DJ Sets 2015-2019 section!

November 9th 2015 | IT'S OUT NOW! M.I.K.E. Push vs. Rank 1 - Zenith, grab it here: 
Global Dance Event's Trancegiving on November 25th will centre around Rank 1! 
https://twitter.com/GlobalDanceProd/status/663793310566215681

November 5th 2015 | Guess who's doing a guestmix on GDJB tonight! [https://twitter.com/gdjb/status/662029261319110657]

October 29th 2015 | ALERT ALERT ALERT! We Rank 1 fans might FINALLY be seeing a follow-up to Symsonic after more than 13 years of Rank 1 album drought!! M.I.K.E. just asked this on Twitter: 
"So i just throwed the idea on #ClubEliteSessions! What if me and @rank1official would do an album .. ‘IF' .. thoughts?". If this gets the green light from the Legends, we might be in for a GIGA treat in 2016/2017!!

October 25th 2015 | Guess what, guess what! Currently revamping the blog so that each single/remix/compilation/album gets its very own post, tied to the very date it was released (as far as the oldest releases allow me such accuracy...)! It will be a TON of work but I am looking forward to it nonetheless :D

I have made separate posts* for Zenith (won't appear until November 9th) all the way back to Wild And Perfect Day, Remixes not included! Browse the Singles section to check it out!

*Update August 4th 2020: these posts have been migrated to here: https://rank1discography.blogspot.com

October 10th 2015 | Just a little over 8 hours until Rank 1's set at ASOT #700 Festival! Check the videostream here: 
http://festival.astateoftrance.com/events/mx I wish everyone that is attending a great time!

October 9th 2015 | The WORLD PREMIER of the new Rank 1 vs. M.I.K.E. Push collaboration called "Zenith" took place on GDJB yesterday 
Don't mean to brag but my speculation was spot-on once again ;) Hehe! Check out a preview version here: 
Give the Rank 1 boys a shout, let them know what you think! If you ask me, they nailed it with this one which is easily their best single since the magnificent 13.11.11! With the addition of "Zenith" to the Rank 1 discography, they have now covered 15/26 letters of the alphabet in the first letters of their own productions! To see the list, go to the Trivia section of this blog!

September 13th 2015 | So earlier this week...
https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/641266701313699841
And just 4 minutes later:
https://twitter.com/MikePush/status/641267733032771584
So... Rank 1 vs. M.I.K.E. Push - Zenith? ;)

September 1st 2015 | New month, and time for a long overdo update! Added the tracklist for Piet's Electronic Family Festival set > it was a great set and he dropped Juno too! And something special was brought to my attention! A 2001 set from Piet on ID&T Radio, check it out here:
Tracklist can be found at the bottom of the Radio Sets section http://rank1fanblog.blogspot.nl/2013/03/15-radio-sets.html
Many, many thanks to Chris!
There is something about that number... What was it again? ... Hmmmmmmm... Oh wait! I remember:
http://razormaneofficial.blogspot.nl/2013/08/in-retrospect-rank-1-opus-17-top-gear.html ;)

July 21st 2015 | Er is er @één jarig, hoera, hoera... Happy Birthday to that icecold cooler than cool Maestro Piet Bervoets!! B)

July 20th 2015 | Get it while it's On Fire! Rank 1 vs. M.I.K.E. Push - Juno! https://pro.beatport.com/release/juno/1564444

July 14th 2015 | Been waiting to hear how Piet "Lifted the Floor" at Luminosity last month?! Check out the whole set here: 
Enjoy! Was a great atmosphere that afternoon, pay close attention to when he drops Airwave (Rank 1 vs. Dutch Force Remix) > that's Trance for ya, baby :D

July 12th 2015 | Announced yesterday: 
Piet will be delivering another 3-hour Classic set!! The US are surely getting spoiled this year ;)

June 29th 2015 | Lumi At The Beach was a blast! And Piet was "On Fire" (pun intended)! Check out the DJ Sets 2015-2019 section for the tracklist.

June 25th 2015 | More gig news! Rank 1 will be gracing the ASOT Festival in Mexico City later this year! Who's coming? https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/614147952534286337

June 24th 2015 | Big news! Piet will be doing a THREE hour Classics set at Stage 48 in New York in October! Check out the DJ Sets 2015-2019 section for other upcoming/recent gigs.
Juno will be released on July 20th as a Beatport Exclusive! Check the official preview out here: 
And with Juno as official Tune Of The Week for ASOT #718, Rank 1 score their 13th TOTW in the show's history!

June 18th 2015 | So! What do you folks think of the sequence of these tweets? First this one by M.I.K.E.[https://twitter.com/MikePush/status/611527004932960256] And Then... (pun intended) this one by High Contrast Recordings [https://twitter.com/HighContrastRec/status/611533967779430402]. Note how they mention "a Storm" and the coverart captures just that. Remember how the US suffered from the Juno storm earlier this year. And remember how Elements Of Nature got its name? That's right, because of the storms terrorizing the States back in late 2012/early 2013! I don't think we need any more hints than these, really ;) M.I.K.E. Push vs. Rank 1 - Juno premiers tonight!

June 12th 2015 | In December 2013 Dutch Legends Rank 1 and Belgian Legend M.I.K.E. Push said they'd make a second collaboration some time [twitter.com/rank1official/statu…/416326819974250496] Here are a few reasons why this could very well be said collaboration:
1) There is a reversed percussion element a bit similar to the raw reversed sweep found in Rank 1's Witness collaboration with Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren
2) The pluck melody in the build-up has a familiar vibe to the build-up lead in Elements Of Nature: play EoN and then this ID. Deffo feel a "sibling" air there!
3) Obviously the melody in the breakdown sound like the Classic M.I.K.E.. Picture his World Citizen album from 2013 with this track... It would fit on, wouldn't it?
4) The climaxing snares are similar to the snares in 7 Instead Of 8 and Elements Of Nature, both in the manner they sound and the rhytmic pattern they follow which is not your classic-albeit-cliched tempo raising 1/4 > 2/4 > 4/4 pattern
5) Armin goes on an MCing rampage about what Trance means to him and he does so during pretty much the only non-Bigroom/Trouse/Hardstyle sounding track in that phase of his set: a track which itself has a bit of a classic ring to it, be it in a modern coat (much like Elements Of Nature) => we call this track hyping. It would be fitting for a collaboration of two acts considered as some of the greatest champions of Classic Anthem Trance ever to receive such a special treatment... What do you think?

June 7th 2015 | Hey all! Armin held a little "MC Speech" about what Trance means to him during his ASOT #700 Mumbai set yesterday. It happened in the breakdown of a track which GaiaAddict from the Pure & Passion forum [http://www.pure-and-passion.com/index.php?page=Thread&postID=1725#post1725] claimed had hints of My Enemy (Rank 1 Remix) / 13.11.11. Could this be the long-awaited follow-up to Elements Of Nature then?? It has a vey strong M.I.K.E.-ish feel to the melody whereas the build-up pluck and the snares have a hint of Rank 1's recent Retro-flavored releases! Judge for yourself (confirmed on July 18th): [https://soundcloud.com/beyourselfmusic/rank-1-vs-mike-push-juno-premiered-by-armin-van-buuren-on-asot/s-xpfgH]

June 5th 2015 | Hey all! Look at this: [https://twitter.com/ColosseumJKT/status/606490954455990272] Piet will be gracing Colloseum Jakarta with mr. Steve Helstrip from The Thrillseekers fame alongside a few other artists next week.

May 28th 2015 | Olla! It's been a while! Allow me to clear up a mistake I saw yesterday. Contrary to what Lange tweeted [https://twitter.com/djlange/status/603641186411225088], he played the original mix of Jochen Miller - U And Eye on Intercity #224 (listen for yourself here, it kicks in at about 15:58 > https://hearthis.at/globalsets/lange-intercity-224-on-ahfm-27-05-2015/). As far as I know, there is no such thing as a U And Eye (Rank 1 Remix), the same way that 9 Minutes is NOT a Rank 1 vs. Miller collaboration, nor is there a Jochen Miller & Benno de Goeij remix of Armin van Buuren - Mirage. The fact that Benno wrote a lot of tracks for/with Jochen, doesn't automatically Classify (pun intended!) them as R1/BdG vs. JM.

March 30th 2015 | Guess who will be gracing the Legends Stage at Electronic Family Festival's 5th anniversary? ;) None other than mr. Bervoets!

March 23rd 2015 | Special thanks to Enlusion [https://twitter.com/_Enlusion] for IDing the last Rank 1 set!

March 21st 2015 | It's 01:00 CET! Which means! Piet is LIVE on air for the coming two hours, tune in here: [www.ministryofsound.com/radio/player] or watch the set here: [http://t.co/EwRu8rETgy] Who's up for some late night raving huh? :D Will be doing tracklist duty so watch the DJ Sets space!

March 19th 2015 | A Very Happy Birthday to Maestro Benno!! Here's to many more great years filled with fun, health, happiness and music. As for today, L.E.D. There Be Lots Of Cake!

March 13th 2015 | Mr. Bervoets! Where will you be able to run into the Legend Himself this year? These are the venues where you can find him: [http://rank1fanblog.blogspot.nl/2014/10/20-dj-sets-2015-2019.html]

February 15th 2015 | #TEAMKIDSON just posted an interview with Piet from December last year, during the 30 Years Of Techno Club Celebration! Piet is asked questions and much like he did in the four part interview with DJ Feel 5 years ago, he turns the tables on his interviewer but not without making some interesting points, often with a tad of fatherly wisdom. Watch it here: http://t.co/T9SNGfWJhK

February 8th 2015 | I've renamed the "Side-projects" section to "Rank 1's Other Projects". From now on I will be updating this section with as much Piet and/or Benno material as possible. Seeing as the guys have tracks spanning from 1992-2015 at the time of writing, I will be busy for quite some time! Can you imagine Gert Egscholten had a whole site with most of those releases AND soundsamples? o_o Big shame he decided to quit it though. :( It was instrumental in acquainting me with the earliest Rank 1 releases when my brother showed the site to me back in 2005 and it was the starting point of my other-than-Rank1-hunts in 2008. Through Gert I acquired the Rank 1 live acts at Trance Energy 2000 and Sensation 2001 too. If you ever read this Gert, thanks so much for helping another fan out that way!

February 1st 2015 | The first Rank 1 DJ sets for 2015 confirmed! This is where you will be able to find Piet in action: [http://rank1fanblog.blogspot.nl/2014/10/20-dj-sets-2015-2019.html]

January 28th 2015 | BREAKING: Mr. Enlusion's [https://twitter.com/_Enlusion] sharp eye caught the title of the Elements Of Nature Follow-up!! [https://twitter.com/mikepush/status/560446373884358656]
M.I.K.E. Push vs. Rank 1 - #JUNO is on its way to us!!

December 30th 2014 | Updated the DJ sets for 2010-2014 with Piet's Classics set at the 30 Years Of Techno Club celebration! Go here: [http://rank1fanblog.blogspot.nl/2013/03/19-dj-sets-2010-2014.html]

December 19th 2014 | Yesterday night Ah.fm broadcast the second half of RRR056 for the 30 Years Of Techno Club Special! The actual party will take place on December 28th where Piet will deliver a Classics set!

December 16th 2014 | The final Radio Rush ever was another two-hour Rank 1 Only Special! Not only that but the 2nd half of the show was dropped on vinyl!! Read the official announcement here: [https://www.facebook.com/rank1official/posts/737067879704544] and go here [http://rank1fanblog.blogspot.nl/2013/03/12-difm-radio-rush-022013-now.html] for the last ever Radio Rush tracklist!

December 15th 2014
- It seems that Rank 1's Radio Rush is coming to an end with the 56th instalment :( [https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/544070367892234241]. Be sure to tune in tomorrow night at 22:00 CET for one final bang!!

December 3rd 2014
 - Finally posted the Radio Rush #055 tracklist!

October 31st 2014
- The official videoclip for Airwave (21st Century Mix) is online! Watch it here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LM3E5APBl88]


October 29th 2014
- This Friday Rank 1 will reveal the official video for their Airwave (21st Century Mix)! [source: https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/527536093642887168]

October 26th 2014
- Added the tracklist for last night's Transmix by Rank 1! 8 Classics & 2 modern tunes in 15 minutes, check it out! :D

October 21st 2014
- Strangely enough, tonight's broadcast of Radio Rush was a replay of episode #054! Happened before on Ah.fm too, hopefully it gets re-scheduled soon...

October 8th 2014
- Radio Rush #054 second hour tracklist has been added!
- Also updated the DJ Sets section and added the "next chapter" in advance (blogpost for sets from 2015-2019)

September 18th 2014 
- Radio Rush #054 first hour tracklist has been added!
- Just found out the gents had an interview with Party Time Magazine: [http://www.partytimemagazine.com/Blog/Post/2053/In-Conversation-With-@rank1official-On-The-Release-Of-The-21st-Century-Remix-of-the-Classic-%27Airwave%27-]

August 20th 2014
- Updates for the Radio Rush tracklists of the past three months, the History/Sound Development section and of course the Label Previews section!
- The 21st Century Mix currently sits at #4 in the BeatPort Trance Top 100 chart whilst the Edit is positioned on #76! 

August 8th 2014
- The new Airwave is out right now!! Grab it here: [http://www.beatport.com/release/airwave-21st-century-mix/1347830]

August 7th 2014
- Armin premiered "Rank 1 - Airwave (21st Century Mix)" on ASOT #675 tonight as Tune Of The Week! As a result, Trivia and Singles sections have been updated. :) It's out tomorrow on ALL stores including a short version! Check out the preview here: [http://www.vinyl-distribution.nl/?param2=Rank+1&submitButton=&seite=searchresults#%2FDownload-rank-1-airwave-21st-century-mix%2Fex%2Fs~details%2Cu~8110001962%2Cp1~mp3%2Fxe%2Fdetails.html]

August 2nd 2014
- Updated the Trivia Section: added the Rank 1 releases that have appeared on the ASOT Classics Volumes so far. Those of you that like their tunes in CD-quality, start chasing the series if you didn't already do so!

July 28th 2014
- 08/08/2014. Rank 1 are infamous for not talking much so visit their site [www.rank-1.com] to see and hear for yourself! Airwave 2014 draws ever closer! One of my forumbuddies gave me a good reason to speculate: a release date on a Friday Instead Of (BeatPort) Monday, would that entail more than a single release?? OR will it just be the official teaser date? Much to speculate, we have...

July 21st 2014 | Hiep hiep, HOERAAAA Happy Birthday Piet Bervoets!!

July 18th 2014 | It's happening: the gents are changing their profile pictures on all social media, revealing a curious cover featuring an insect right above the infamous Rank 1 logo... A quick click to their site reveals an all too familiar melody: Airwave 2014 has come! [https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/490194297992388608]

July 5th 2014
- Some exciting news! Rank 1 will be providing the Transmix for the infamous Transmission festival in Prague in October! [http://transmission.cz/en/transmission-reveals-line-theme-2014-edition/] The Transmix will be pre-recorded and filled with Classics played alongside a spectacular visual experience. Knowing Piet's Classics sets always deliver, this is bound to be a treat as well!

June 20th 2014
- Piet just did an interview with Verse 69, check it out here [http://verse69.com/gold-pass-rank-1/]!

June 18th 2014
- Radio Rush #051 tracklist has been added!

June 3rd 2014 
- Can you believe it?! A new Rank 1 has been finished today! [https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/473761674894508033https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/473761674894508033] So what's your guess? Responses to Rank 1 so far have many believing this is Airwave 2014!

May 27th 2014
- Decided to no longer play mr. obvious UNcognito and migrate this blog to my first google account. Confused? Rank 1 Fan Tracklister = Razormane! (though if you hadn't figured that out by now... :P)

May 21st 2014
- Phew! That was quite the 50th Radio Rush Ride!! :D Curious what you missed? Go here: [http://rank1fanblog.blogspot.nl/2013/03/12-difm-radio-rush-022013-now.html]

May 20th 2014 
- Tonight's 50th Radio Rush Episode will be a Rank 1 special! So expect lots of remixes and singles by our heroes!

May 12th 2014 
- Good news! Rank 1 will be gracing Tomorrowland not once but TWICE this year at the "I Love The '90s" stage! You can catch Piet on July 18th and/or on July 25th along the likes of DJ Jean, Johan Gielen, Paul Elstak and more!

April 21st 2014
- Rank 1 will be part of the Trancefusion - The Legends line-up in Prague later this year!

April 16th 2014
- The 4 Year Anniversary of Rank 1's Radio Rush aired yesterday! Check out the tracklist here: [http://rank1fanblog.blogspot.nl/2013/03/12-difm-radio-rush-022013-now.html] The tracklists for #045, #047 and #048 have finally been updated too (many thanks to Enlusion!)

April 13th 2014
- Last night you could catch Piet's set from Transmission Bratislava on [http://t.co/BLam0kcJYc]! The tracklist has been updated here: [http://rank1fanblog.blogspot.nl/2013/03/19-dj-sets-2010-2014.html] Click on the 'title' to be taken to Soundcloud and enjoy the ride!
- Next week you can hear a Rank 1 set at Eindhoven's Down Under Festival!

April 4th 2014
- Obviously, the below-mentioned collab was a lame April Fools joke :P That said, if you do crave for a semi Armin+Rank 1/2 something, go here for the first ever "Gaia" live set: [http://www.mixcloud.com/Beatsandtunez/gaia-live-a-state-of-trance-asot-650-umf-miami-30032014/]
- Piet will rock Eindhoven 2 weeks from now with a gig at Eindhoven's Down Under Festival! [http://www.downunderfestival.nl/index.php?page=line-up]

April 1st 2014
- BIG news people! A brand new Armin vs. Rank 1 collaboration has just been announced!! [http://bit.ly/IqT6zt]
- Also, Freudenrausch is now available on all download stores!
- On April 15th, Rank 1's Radio Rush will have its 4-year anniversary episode and on May 20th everyone's favorite duo celebrates 50 episodes of Radio Rush! Don't forget to tune in by then!

March 20th 2014
- Trancefix just interviewed Dennis & the Rank 1 guys! Check it out here: [http://www.trancefix.nl/content.php?1349-TranceFix-talks-to-Rank-1-Dennis-Sheperd-about-%91Freudenrausch%92-And-Beyond&s=f0cb216ca633f74dad1e7c7e41c71a2a]

March 19th 2014
- Started piecing together the Radio Rush #048 tracklist! Any help is much appreciated!
- A Happy Birthday to the one and only Benno de Goeij!! Have a blast today good sir!
- And a small hooray for this blog, which was restyled exactly one year ago :D

March 18th 2014
- Updated the Singles, Label Previews and History/Sound Development sections! Also, for the sake of "try-before-you-buy" check out Freudenrausch on Youtube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNWij-sMBs0]
- Piet's Transmission set from Saturday can be found on Youtube in parts, will keep you updated if I find the whole set somewhere inc. tracklist info!
- Speaking of Piet! Just found an interview with him! [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:sDRz0GfQlQsJ:www.thebigbangdrop.com/interviews+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=nl]

March 17th 2014
- Get ready for Spring's 'Rush Of Joy' as High Contrast Recordings release number 241 hits Beatport! Freudenrausch is finally out and waiting eagerly to be bought by all of you [http://www.beatport.com/track/freudenrausch-original-mix/5187494]

February 27th 2014
- At last!! The brand new Rank 1 & Dennis Sheperd collaboration "Freudenrausch" has been premiered on ASOT #652 tonight! The collab will be out on High Contrast Recordings on March 17th. Expect a Beatport exclusive.

February 13th 2014
- BIG NEWS! The Rank 1 vs. Dennis Shepard collaboration is set to be released on March 17th! Read all about it in this interview Dennis did with DMC world: [http://t.co/X8UGP41UAg] Perhaps we can expect a Radio Rush Episode #047 premier this coming Tuesday??

February 10th 2014
- Guess what folks! I've just add the tracklist for Piet's adventure in Almaty for ASOT #650, including a link! :D Enjoy the ride! [http://rank1fanblog.blogspot.nl/2013/03/19-dj-sets-2010-2014.html]

February 5th 2014 
- I'm currently adding more venues that Piet has visited to the 2010-2014 DJ Sets section. Alas, tracklists are currently missing but feel free to help me out! [http://ur1ft.blogspot.nl/2013/03/19-dj-sets-2010-2014.html]

February 3rd 2014
- Behold! I've created a Mixcloud account and uploaded nine Rank 1 live performances for your pleasure! Check out the Live Act section: [http://rank1fanblog.blogspot.nl/2013/03/16-live-acts.html] Enjoy the rides! :)

January 29th 2014
Here are four upcoming Rank 1's gigs you simply do NOT want to miss!
- January 31st 2014: A State Of Trance #650 Almaty -Kazachstan
[http://www.astateoftrance.com/a-state-of-trance-650-new-horizons/jan-31-almaty/]
- February 15th 2014: Elements Of Sound Festival -Malaysia
[http://redtix.airasia.com/Events/ElementsOfSound/]
- March 15th 2014: Transmission, Bratislava -Slovakia
[http://transmission.cz/en/transmission-15-3-14-slovnaft-arena-bratislava/]
- April 19th 2014: Down Under Festival, Eindhoven -The Netherlands
[http://www.downunderfestival.nl/]
- Logically, the DJ Sets 2010-2014 section has been updated as well :) Also pimped up the Studio album section.

January 21st 2014
- The first Radio Rush of 2014 just aired! You can find the tracklist for both hours here: [http://rank1fanblog.blogspot.nl/2013/03/12-difm-radio-rush-022013-now.html]

January 5th 2014 | A bit late but HAPPY NEW YEAR! May you all have a great 2014! Some big news to announce here too!
RANK 1 COLLAB ALERT #1: The follow-up to Elements Of Nature will definitely follow somewhere later this year!! :D 
https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/416326819974250496
RANK 1 COLLAB ALERT #2: The collab with Dennis Shepard might finally see completion and a release real soon!! 
https://twitter.com/dennissheperd/status/419659658668699648
And don't forget! Piet will be spinning in Eindhoven in April! 
http://www.downunderfestival.nl/

December 18th 2013 | So far I've only been able to find the tracklist for last night's Radio Rush #045 Guestmix, will keep my eye out for Piet's regular hour! It was the last show for 2013, Radio Rush will return on January 21st 2014!

November 11th 2013 | Yes, yes, yes! It is finally out people! The magnificent 13.11.11 is finally out! Grab it here: 
http://www.beatport.com/track/13-11-11-original-mix/4830139 or if you prefer to hear-before-you-buy, check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaOcKiSfDCk. All respective sections regarding new singles or previews have been updated of course! ;)

Luckily there is also great news for those looking forward to seeing Piet grace the Wheels Of Steel (or should that be Sticks Of Plastic?)! Anyway: 
http://www.downunderfestival.nl/ on April 19th 2014 you will be able to dance your ass off to Piet's energetic beats if you are near Eindhoven in the Netherlands by then!

October 15th 2013 | The Teaser is out! Quickly! Head over to 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XltIU8_fMY to hear the preview for Rank 1's upcoming single 13.11.11! They have now confirmed the three reasons for this special title:
1. It will be released on November 11th 2013!
2. The track's length is 13 minutes, 11 seconds and 11 miliseconds!
3. The track runs at 131.111 BPM!
I added a short interview session Piet gave to the Hindustan Times as prelude to his gig at Sunburn Festival! 
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print/1131927.aspx#

October 14th 2013 | Do you have the answer?? https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/389662015742279680

October 9th 2013 | Just updated the Rank 1 DJ sets with Piet's latest adventure in India! The Sunburn Festival tracklist is available including a link to the set on youtube! :)

September 18th 2013 | What's this?? A new Rank 1 track has been finished? And it will be called #131111?? Source: 
https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/380317448785764354] Who's excited? :D
Und! I added the tracklist for Radio Rush #042 including a link to the set on their Mixcloud page! Enjoy the show!

August 31st 2013 | Just added the tracklist for Rank 1's set at Insomniac Awakening Exchange from November 2012! This set contains an early version of Elements Of Nature, you can grab it at URTrancezone!

August 24th 2013 | Added the tracklist for Radio Rush #041! Also added the tracklist for the recorded part of Rank 1's set at Radio Record 18th birthday in Russia last week! You can listen to that part of the set here: 
https://soundcloud.com/zyzzplaylist/rank-1-live-radio-record-18th

August 19th 2013 | Added the tracklist for Radio Rush #040!

August 12th 2013 | Superb news!! A new Rank 1 single is in the works:
https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/366888141342248960

June 21st 2013 | Been quiet from my side for a while, sorry for that! The Radio Rush episodes have been brought up to date: #039 and #038 have finally been added! If you missed Rank 1's ASOT #600 compilation, be sure to check #039 as it contained many of its goodies! :D

May 7th 2013 | Several cool updates! Love Will Bring It All Around (Rank 1 Remix) was finally released yesterday, you can grab it at Beatport here! 
http://www.beatport.com/track/love-will-bring-it-all-around-rank-1-remix/4348071
If you scroll to the bottom of the Live Act section, you can now find these cool videos in which two guys made their own interpretation of the Rank 1 vs. Marco V collab the guys performed live at Sensation 2001!
http://t.co/T4bbxvevbF
http://t.co/U5MXu5NZha
Speaking of Live Acts, Rank 1 will be doing one at Back In The House on May 19th in Amsterdam! 
Use the translate function, I'm not kidding! :D The Singles and Remixes sections have now been updated with direct links to download shops of the available digital productions by the guys! How much easier does it get for you to show a little love and support, eh? ;)

May 2nd 2013 | And she's finally up! You can find the official label preview for the Rank 1 Remix here: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqIXHGSyiDU&feature=youtu.be

May 1st 2013 | The Rank 1 Remix for Giuseppe's Love Will Bring It All Around has premiered on Ferry Corsten's Countdown tonight! I am keeping my eye out on an official Black Hole preview to pop up on youtube...

April 29th 2013 | It's that time of the month again, ladies and gentlemen. That time when Rank 1 announces their freshly released single! The bigroom monster known as Floorlifter is waiting for you to purchase it! "Get a copy while they're hot!" http://t.co/aywsMEMxJB

April 20th 2013 | The word is out! http://giuseppeottaviani.com/ 
"Guiseppe Ottaviani feat. Eric Lumiere - Love Will Bring It All Around (Rank 1 Remix)" will be released on Beatport through Black Hole on May 6th! Added the official label preview for Under The Gun (Rank 1 Remix) in the Videoclips and Label Previews section. Check out the preview here: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TtjHBgsbgo

April 17th 2013 | Rank 1 - Floorlifter will be released on April 29th guys! 
https://twitter.com/HighContrastRec/status/324420865259339777
Radio Rush #037 was the show's three year anniversary and included a Radio Rush debut for Under The Gun (Rank 1 Remix) and a replay of Floorlifter. Guestmix duties were provided by AnbroK. Currently adding label tags to the Radio Rush #037 playlist!

April 15th 2013 | It got postponed for two weeks but now we can finally enjoy the sounds of Rank 1's energetic remix for Conjure One - Under The Gun! Grab this tasty release over here: 
http://www.beatport.com/release/under-the-gun/1073130

April 11th 2013 | Singles Section has been massively updated, decided to implement the same template for the remixes section! I also added the official label preview for Floorlifter in the Videoclips and Label Previews section. Check out the preview here: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRdbnJ8e4p4

April 10th 2013 
- Still working on the Singles Section, standby!
- Sunday May 19th, Rank 1 will be spinning at Back In The House on the Java Eiland in Amsterdam! A whole host of Trance Veterans will be there! What about you? :) [http://partyflock.nl/party/240467:Back_in_the_House.html]
- It seems we can expect 'Guiseppe Ottaviani - ??? (Rank 1 Remix)' to do the rounds shortly! [https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/321924700148215808]

April 5th 2013
- OUT NOW! A State Of Trance #600 The official compilation, CD4 is mixed by none other than Rank 1! Get the CDs from several spots here: [http://www.astateoftrance.com/news/a-state-of-trance-600-the-official-compilation/] and the digital version from here: [http://www.beatport.com/release/a-state-of-trance-600-mixed-by-rank-1/1068918]!

April 3rd 2013 | Currently pimping the Singles section by adding some additional info like catalog number, composer info, and exact release dates. Let me know what you think!
Alas, Conjure One - Under The Gun won't be released on Beatport until April 15th 
https://www.facebook.com/conjureone/posts/10151331303041695

March 27th 2013 | Rank 1 just announced that they are remixing "one heck of a vocal trancer" for Black Hole Recordings! 
https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/316926201576968192

March 25th 2013 | Rank 1's ASOT #600 Mumbai set has been fully updated! Check the DJ Sets 2010 - 2014 section for further details. Conjure One feat. Leigh Nash - Under The Gun (Rank 1 Remix) just aired on the ASOT #600 Mumbai re-run stream! What to expect? An energetic techy club track with those lush trademark R1 synths after the breakdown. It seems a new R1-soundshift is upon us! :)

March 20th 2013 | Radio Rush #036 has been updated! Check out the Di.fm RR section for the full two hours! Also, the new Floorlifter honors its name! It a techy Bigroom monster that will certainly pack a punch on the coming festivals of summer 2013! Keep your eyes out for a youtube link! 

March 19th 2013 | First of all: a very happy birthday to one of the two Masters, Benno de Goeij! Thank you for your great service to our scene with all the great productions you've put out over the past three decades Benno! Have a great time with your family and friends and may you live many more years blessed with good health, good people, amazing music and great times! 

Next: Rank 1's Floorlifter will air on Radio Rush #036 tonight at 22:00 CET! https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/313749919108317184 Just like when "100" first aired on Radio Rush worldwide some 33 episodes ago, this will be the worldwide Radio Premier so don't miss it!! Tune in here: http://www.di.fm/mp3/trance.pls

March 14th 2013 | Attention Rank 1 fans, thrilling news!! After nearly 26 months of remix-drought, a new Rank 1 Remix has just been announced! "Conjure One - Under The Gun (Rank 1 Remix)" will be out soon! Sources:
https://twitter.com/conjure_one/status/310139950026854401
https://twitter.com/conjure_one/status/311852521192841217
https://twitter.com/conjure_one/status/301014409441058817

And, and, and...!! A brand new Rank 1 single is on its way too! I don't know about you guys, but I've barely recovered from 7 Instead Of 8 and Elements Of Nature... Not sure if I'm ready for another so soon! "Rank 1 - Floorlifter", it's gonna happen on March 16th in Mumbai! Sources:
https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/312193622105784322
https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/311826924316000256 
Perhaps this single has something to do with the following Conjure One tweet from last year: https://twitter.com/conjure_one/status/255731073496014848
Conjure One vs. Rank 1, funny ring to it, no? :) Spread the word!

February 20th 2013 | Just added the tracklist for Radio Rush #035. Remember: from now on Radio Rush airs on Di.fm from 22:00 till 00:00 CET on every third Tuesday of the month. This month's guestmix came from the Romanian DJ Axt. Check it here (Note: This episode did not have a Retro Record)!
 
January 28th 2013 | t's finally out now on Beatport! Show some love for Rank 1 & M.I.K.E. and buy Elements Of Nature here: 
http://www.beatport.com/release/elements-of-nature/1024182 \0/

January 25th 2013 | Important announcement regarding Radio Rush! Read it here: 
2/2 = https://twitter.com/ARank_1Fan/status/294837531265101825

January 9th 2013 | Coming to Beatport the 28th of January and coming to the other portals the 11th of February, ladies & gentlemen, put your hands together for the brand new Rank 1 vs. M.I.K.E. collaboration 'Elements Of Nature'! \0/ 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6-YO_aPDSs&feature=youtu.be

January 1st 2013 | Happy New Year all! Updated the Radio Rush Tracklists section as well as the Retro Records/Supported Labels list with the latest Radio Rush (#034). No Retro Record for this episode.

December 25th 2012 | Just posted Rank 1's EOYC countdown set in the Pre-recorded/Radio Sets section: it was a Classics showcase of their 2000-2006 tracks. :)

December 21st 2012 | Today the first sneak-peak of the Clash of the Trance Legends has been revealed! Ladies and gents, are you ready for the brand new Rank 1 vs. M.I.K.E. collab "Elements Of Nature"?? Check it out here: 
https://soundcloud.com/be_yourself_music/rank-1-vs-m-i-k-e-elements-of/s-2Iy3i

December 4th 2012 | Updated the Radio Rush Tracklists section as well as the Retro Records/Supported Labels list with the latest Radio Rush (#033). Again, no Retro Record for this episode...
- Added "Within Temptation - Sinéad (Benno de Goeij Remix)" to the Side-projects section.

November 23rd 2012 | Added the interview Rank 1 did with DMC World Magazine. Read it here: 
http://www.dmcworld.net/features/entry/features/rank-1

November 6th 2012 | Updated the Radio Rush Tracklists section as well as the Retro Records/Supported Labels list with the latest Radio Rushes (#031 & #032). No Retro Record this time, as the last track of #032 was the new single 7 Instead Of 8.

October 30th 2012 | It's already under construction, a M.I.K.E. vs. Rank 1 collaboration! \0/ 
https://twitter.com/mikepush/status/263364735280500736

October 29th 2012 | It's finally out now on Beatport! Show some love for Rank 1 and buy 7 Instead Of 8 here: 
http://www.beatport.com/track/7-instead-of-8-original-mix/3863278 \0/

October 22nd 2012 | The Rank 1 vs. Dennis Shepard collaboration might see the light of day in December! Source: http://in2trance.co.uk/?p=324
- Updated the Rumored/Unreleased Material section with said collaboration
- Updated the History, Sound Development and Personalities Section

October 18th 2012 | Rank 1's 7 Instead Of 8 has premiered on A State Of Trance #583 as Tune Of The Week! 
http://www.astateoftrance.com/episodes/episode-583/

October 15th 2012 | Coming to Beatport the 28th of October and coming to the other portals the 12th of November, ladies & gentlemen, put your hands together for the brand new Rank 1 release "7 Instead Of 8"! \0/ http://www.rank-1.com/

September 26th 2012 | A new track, with Dennis Shepard,  marking a possible third 2012 release and a tweet about too many tracks for High Contrast Recordings to release ... Could that second Rank 1 studio album finally be under way??
https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/250671494265466880

September 12th 2012 | Benno has revealed that the new Rank 1 single will be titled "7 Out Of 8"! Source: https://twitter.com/BennoDeGoeij/status/245886453274513410 Who's excited? :D

September 10th 2012 | Updated the Radio Rush Tracklists section as well as the Retro Records/Supported Labels list with the latest Radio Rush (#030). This 30th installment also revealed three of Piet's The Gallery gig IDs: 
Track 1 = Solid Stone - Torpor [Armada] 
Track 6 = Orjan Nilsen - Phireworx [Armind]
Track 13 = Dave Schiemann - Vega (Original Mix)

August 24th 2012 | Be Yourself Music had a busy day adding label-official(!) full-length(!!) clips of Opus 17, Top Gear, Life Less Ordinary (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Original Mix) & Life Less Ordinary (A Less Ordinary Rank 1 Remix) to Youtube! I've gratefully added the links in the History/Sound Development/Personalities section, scroll to the bottom of that page for take-off to Trance-vana at Youtube :)

August 12th 2012 | Added the DJ set at Nature One and updated the EDC New York tracklist with two revealed IDs: Track 1 = Adrian Emile - Violet [Above Recordings] & Track 5 = Alpha Force & Vlad Gee - 753 Miles Away (NoMosk Remix) [Trance All-Star Recordings]. Credits to the ASOT forum member "ajaghvajagh" for finding these!

August 10th 2012 | Added the tracklist for the MOS/The Gallery gig broadcast by Be@TV: Help out with the IDs if you can as one of them should be a brand new Rank 1 track! https://twitter.com/rank1official/status/233505509737648129

August 9th 2012 | Updated the Radio Rush Tracklists section as well as the Retro Records/Supported Labels list with the latest installment (#029).

August 4th 2012 | Added the live performance tracklists for Nature One 2012 and Sunrise Festival 2012 (or at least) what I've found/heard myself so far. Will be updated once I find out more!

July 19th 2012 | Added Trance Energy 2007 & Trance Energy 2009 tracklists (the latter is mostly made up of IDs though) in the Live Sets section.

July 17th 2012 | Added links to Rank 1 videoclips and label track previews in the History, Sound Development & Personalities section.
- Added the first few sets in the Pre-Recorded/Radio Sets section.
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