Armand Van Helden (born February 16, 1970) is an American DJ, record producer, remixer and songwriter from Boston, Massachusetts.

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Van Helden is widely regarded as the pioneer of the speed garage genre[4] and has continued remixing various artists such as Katy Perry, Van Halen, Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams, Britney Spears, Enrique Iglesias, David Guetta, Sam Smith, Bloc Party, Janet Jackson, Juliet Roberts and KRS-One among others with this musical style.

Van Helden was born to an Indo (Dutch and Indonesian descent) father and a mother of French and Lebanese ancestry.

He moved around the world as a child, spending time in the Netherlands, Latvia, Turkey, and Italy as his father was a member of the U.S. Air Force.

His first track to make the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart was "Witch Doktor",[3] which made the top 5 in 1994, and led to opportunities to remix acts such as New Order, Deep Forest, Jimmy Somerville, Deee-Lite, and Faithless.

"[6] However, it led to work remixing the Rolling Stones, Janet Jackson, Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Puff Daddy, Daft Punk and Sneaker Pimps, adding to his reputation as one of the world's top house-music musicians.

[citation needed] A year later Van Helden's track "Ten Minutes of Funk" was featured on the Daft Punk live album Alive 1997.

[citation needed] Van Helden released the Killing Puritans album in 2000 (also on Armed Records), which contained the hit "Koochy".

[8] In 2005, Van Helden released the album Nympho, featuring the singles "Into Your Eyes", "My My My", "Hear My Name", and "When the Lights Go Down".

Van Helden was the featured DJ in the Southern Fried tent at Get Loaded in the Park at Clapham Common on the August Bank Holiday in 2005.

[citation needed] Van Helden teamed up with American DJ/producer Steve Aoki in 2011 to produce the song "Brrrat!

In 2013, Duck Sauce released the song "It's You", a hit on the dancefloor throughout the world, and has been nominated for the MTV Video Awards.

In October of the same year, they presented two new songs, "Stereo Radio" with Duck Sauce and "I Know A Place" (featuring Spank Rock).

[citation needed] Van Helden returned in March 2020 with a new song, "Give Me Your Loving" with Lorne.