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Armand Van Helden

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Music Producer

The Resume

    (February 16, 1970- )
    Born in Boston, Massachusetts
    Based in NYC
    Electro-house music producer and DJ
    CDs include ‘Old School Junkies: the Album,’ ‘2 Future 4 U,’ ‘Nympho,’ and ‘Ghettoblaster’
    Solo singles include ‘Witch Doktor,’ ‘U Don’t Know Me,’ ‘Why Can’t You Free Some Time,’ ‘My My My,’ ‘When the Lights Go Down,’ and ‘I Want Your Soul’s
    Singles with Duck Sauce (2009– ) include ‘aNYway,’ ‘Barbra Streisand,’ and ‘Big Bad Wolf’
    Dutch-Indonesian (Indo) father, French-Lebanese mother

Why he might be annoying:

    Some of his attire wouldn’t look out of place on Da Ali G Show.
    His remix of ‘Professional Widow’ was presented non-commissioned.
    During a Rolling Stone interview (‘My Life in 15 Songs’), a stranger approached him as if to ask for weed.
    He considers a woman undressing (‘The Funk Phenomena’) to be a cliched trope for a (#1!) music video clip — one he didn’t know the song would have!
    No one in their right mind with a rough knowledge of studio recording (‘I don’t mean to be the bearer of bad news’) thinks remixing is ‘usually a glamorous process.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    Because his father was in the Air Force, his family was on the move a lot.
    Having taken a legal-review post on graduation, which he held until his very early 20s, he clearly thought about his alternate route.
    His Boston’s Loft residency became one of the city’s hot spots.
    No matter he wouldn’t be compensated for ‘Professional Widow’; it opened the door to remixing some other artists (especially as Mick Jagger, of all people, contacted him!).
    ‘I love freestyle music — the cornier, the better!’
    The clip for ‘aNYway’ is too surreal to describe — it has to be seen to be believed.
    Boney M fans will recognize the background hook for ‘Barbra Streisand’ — it’s off ‘Gotta Go Home.’

Credit: Cool It All Right?


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying