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| JayDee | |
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| Birth name | Robin Albers / DJ Jay Dee |
| Origin | Netherlands / Italy |
| Genres | House, techno |
| Occupations | DJs |
Jaydee is a Dutch/Italian house music producer and DJ duo. The original name was Jei D, which Robin Albers (the sole original member) changed to JayDee, after teaming up with Joseph D. (DJ Jay Dee) a DJ and dance music producer from Rome Italy. In the early 1990s Dee was amongst the most followed radio personalities in Italy hosting a dance music show in Europe on Italy's Radio DeeJay.
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[edit] Biography
After a degree in commercial studies, Albers played in the Dutch national baseball team and was triple Dutch wrestling champion. Then, he started his career as DJ, and was a radio host on music and sport programs in his country for eleven years (one of them was elected "best Dutch dance show" three times). He organized the annual Dutch Mixing Championship five times.[citation needed]
In 1992, the duo under the pseudonym JayDee released the hit, "Plastic Dreams", which reached #1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The song, an instrumental, featured a prominent Hammond organ style synthesizer melody, played in a jazzy, improvised manner. "Plastic Dreams" continues to be remixed and re-released today, mostly on unsolicited white labels. The track has made the UK Singles Chart on two occasions; firstly in September 1997 when it reached #18, and again in January 2004 when it reached #35.[1] With this big hit, Albers decided to create his own record label, First Impression, and to change his artistic name to Karnak, under which he released a few records to differentiate himself from his Italian counterpart. At times, Albers still uses Jaydee, while Dee still uses the pseudonym DJ Jay Dee.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
- 1992 : "Plastic Dreams" - UK #18[1]
- 1994 : "Music Is So Special"
- 1995 : "I Want You"
- 1996 : "The Lounge"
- 1997 : "Plastic Dreams" (revisited)
- 1997 : "U Got It"
- 1998 : "Reste chez moi"
- 1998 : "Spank! Spank!"
- 2000 : "House Nation"
- 2003 : "Plastic Dreams" (remixes)
- 2006 : "Plastic Dreams" (remixes)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 280. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
