Ben Liebrand is considered to be one of the European pioneers in mixing of dance music. His early mixes inspired an entire generation of DJ's. Armin van Buuren, Olaf Basoski, Ferry Corsten, DJ Dano and Tiësto mention Ben Liebrand as their main inspiration to become a DJ.
The Golden Harp, received at the Buma Awards in 2020, acknowledges Ben's contribution to, and influence on the Dutch Music industry. It was presented to Ben by Armin van Buuren, who stated on many occasions seeing Ben as his Jedi-DJ. Armin dedicated his first no. 1 DJ award to Ben in 2007.
Ben has created remixes for Phil Collins, Sting, Tina Turner, Grace Jones, Sugarhill Gang, Salt N Pepa, Grandmaster Flash, Bill Withers, Forrest, Sharon Brown, Roberta Flack, Advance, Fun Fun, Divine, Divine Sounds, Johnny Guitar Watson, Ojam, but also Armin van Buuren.
Ben himself was greatly influenced by producers and artists like Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder, Gino Soccio, Mauro Malavasi, Trevor Horn and Nile Rodgers.
Check out the links below for Ben's latest releases!
Website: www.liebrand.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BenLiebrandDJ
Bandcamp: benliebrand.bandcamp.com