Armand Van Helden Set to Make Rare Appearance at UK Club
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Wednesday, 18 May 2011 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Superstar house producer Armand Van Helden is making a rare appearance at a UK club, performing alongside Chicago legend DJ Sneak and French house pioneer Sebastian Leger at Birmingham’s Gatecrasher on May 29th.
Returning to the spotlight with a new album planned, Armand will be playing an exclusive set at the club, following his recent success with chart-topping single ‘Barbara Streisand’. But Armand has revealed that the funky hit was almost produced with the lyrics ‘Neil Diamond’ instead!
“A Track and I have a brainstorm, or maybe a brain-quirk. He spits out ideas and I spit out ideas, we throw them up against the wall and see what works.
“We usually end up laughing, that’s kinda how it worked for Barbra Streisand. We both have wacky senses of humour and we're drawn to these things that make people sit up and listen.
“So we had the track with-out that part and realised we needed to add something into where the gap was. The first idea was to put some sort of word there, some sort of silly sample. Then, instead of looking for a sample, we decided we should just say something, we should say someone's name.
“Then I had a moment when I thought, we gotta say someone's name, someone in music, who has nothing to do with this.. After 3 or 4 shots we tried Barbra Streisand and both just started cracking up so we knew then, that would have to be on the track.
“We did try out a few other names but there weren’t too many. Neil Diamond was a contender but just didn’t sound as good as Barbra Streisand.”
Without an album for four years, Van Helden is making his LP comeback with a release expected this year. But in recent times, Van Helden has become THE name for forward-thinking pop artists to recruit for remixing duty - from the Rolling Stones, Janet Jackson to Puff Daddy and Daft Punk. His 2009 hit with Dizzee Rascal, ‘Bonkers’, was a huge success.
For your chance to get tickets for Armand’s rare show, see below.
Armand Van Helden UK & Ireland Tour Dates are as follows:
Sun May 29th 2011 - Gatecrasher Birmingham (formerly The Works), Birmingham
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