From having remixed for arguably the biggest artist in the world right now, Lady Gaga, who requested the boys’ take on her single ‘Marry The Night’, a remix that within hours of completion was scooped up for Radio 1’s peak-time Friday night show Ready For The Weekend. And the chart dominance didn’t stop there as the boys went onto score a further five Beatport #1’s with singles ‘Ocarina’ (which went Gold in Belgium), ‘Chattahoochee’, ‘Project T remix’, ‘Stampede’ and ‘Eat Sleep Rave Repeat’, bringing their total to seven #1’s in 2013 – and which saw them both close 2013 and open 2014 with a #1 single in the chart! More recently their collaboration ‘Tremor’ with man-of-the-moment Martin Garrix scored them another Beatport #1, as well as picking up heavy support from guys like Zane Lowe, Danny Howard and Pete Tong on Radio 1.įast becoming one of the go-to acts for major recording artists, the demand for Dimitri and Mike’s editing skills has gone through the roof. The pair then repeated the feat in April with their second #1, the huge GTA/Wolfpack collaboration ‘Turn It Up’. That same month (March) the duo scored what was their first ever Beatport #1 with the Moguai co-production ‘Mammoth’ (which secured the impressive position of ‘most played single’ throughout the 2013 edition of Ultra Music Festival). Scooping the hotly contested ‘Breakthrough DJ’ award at the 2013 International Dance Music Awards (IMDAs), Dimitri & Mike are fast becoming major players and highly sought-after producers. Having been on the road since the mid-2000s and as each year has progressed, so their profile has become ever more significant.
Their electrifying live combination of DJ sets and crowd-busting MCing has propelled them towards party notoriety. Whether wreaking havoc across the United States, Europe, Asia, South America or Australia, ripping up the music charts with immense original tracks, unbelievable collaborations and huge remix cuts from the A-list elite, or playing their part in the incredible rise of the Belgian mega-festival Tomorrowland, the award-winning brotherly duo have become leading lights in the new wave of international dance music currently taking the planet by storm. This year saw the duo claiming the prestigious #02 slot in DJ Mags Top 100 Poll, voted for by fans world wide, no accolade is regarded higher than this with in the scene. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike’s path from celebrated DJs to dominating the electronic music industry has been a constant, upward trajectory.
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