DVBBS
| DVBBS | |
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 DVBBS live at Airbeat One Festival 2016 in Germany | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Orangeville, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | EDM, big room house, electro house |
| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Associated acts | Martin Garrix, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Borgeous, Sander van Doorn, Jay Hardway, Tinie Tempah, KSHMR, Tony Junior, MOTi |
| Members |
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DVBBS (pronounced "dubs") are a Canadian electronic duo formed in 2012, composed of brothers Chris Chronicles (b. Christopher van den Hoef, January 1, 1990) and Alex Andre (b. Alexandre van den Hoef, October 17, 1991).[1][2] They are most famous for their joint international hit with Borgeous titled "Tsunami". The vocal remix of "Tsunami" entitled "Tsunami (Jump)", featuring Tinie Tempah, reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart. They are currently ranked No.16 by DJ Magazine.
History
Career
The Van den Hoefs are natives of Orangeville, Ontario.[3] Their father is Dutch and migrated to Canada, their mother is Greek Canadian as well as their stepsister. The two DJs have lived in Athens, Greece for two years. They are currently based in Los Angeles, California,[3] as well as Toronto, Canada, and are signed with Josh Herman at STRVCTVRE Artist Management.
DVBBS spent two months recording their EP, Initio, released in March 2012.[1][4] The EP features influences from a variety of genres, including house, electronic, dubstep and reggae.[5][6]
Their greatest hit came with "Tsunami". It had been promoted by Dutch DJ Sander van Doorn, although he denied being the producer.[7] The song was confirmed by Pete Tong to be the work of DVBBS and Borgeous when Tong played the song on his BBC Radio 1 show on August 16, 2013.[8] It was officially released on Sander Van Doorn's label Doorn Records on August 19, 2013.[7][9] It also reached #1 on the Beatport 100.[10] A vocal remix featuring British rapper Tinie Tempah entitled "Tsunami (Jump)" was released in Tempah's native United Kingdom in March 2014, on Ministry of Sound Recordings.
- Live performances
DVBBS has performed with Tiësto, NERVO, Steve Aoki, Martin Garrix, Showtek, Sander Van Doorn, DJ Snake and others.[3][6] In 2013, they joined Adventure Club for their North American fall/winter tour,[11] and were to perform at numerous music festivals.[12] The duo have been playing at mainstage Tomorrowland (festival), Ultra Music Festival, and Creamfields, among many others.
Awards
- 2013: "One To Watch" award at the Canadian Urban Music Awards[1]
Discography
Extended plays
| Title | Album details |
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| Initio EP |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | AUT [13] |
BEL [14] |
DEN [15] |
FRA [16] |
GER [17] |
NLD [18] |
SWE [19] |
SWI [20] |
UK | ||||
| "Tsunami" (with Borgeous) |
2013 | 80 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 17 | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Stampede" (with Borgeous vs. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike) |
— | — | 30 | — | 129 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Raveology" (with VINAI) |
2014 | — | — | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Tsunami (Jump)" (with Borgeous featuring Tinie Tempah) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
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Demonstration | |
| "Immortal" (with Tony Junior) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "We Were Young" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Gold Skies" (with Sander van Doorn, Martin Garrix featuring Aleesia) |
57 | — | 57 | — | 183 | — | 94 | — | — | 49 | Gold Skies | ||
| "Pyramids" (with Dropgun featuring Sanjin) |
— | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Voodoo" (with Jay Hardway) |
2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Always" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "White Clouds" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Telephone" (with Mike Hawkins) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Raveheart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Never Leave" | — | — | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Angel" (featuring Dante Leon) |
2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "La La Land" (with Shaun Frank featuring Delaney Jane) |
93 | — | — | — | 157 | — | 41 | — | — | — | |||
| "Switch" (with MOTi) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "24k" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Ur on My Mind" | — | — | — | — | 82 [22] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
References
- 1 2 3 Sean Plummer, “Toronto brothers Chris and Alex power DVBBS,” MSN Entertainment Canada, October 5, 2012.
- ↑ “DUBBS Shocks the House,” MuchMusic, November 22, 2010.
- 1 2 3 Jordan Nunziato, “Orangeville natives DVBBS to headline town’s 150th celebration,” Orangeville Citizen, June 13, 2013.
- ↑ Bill Tremblay, “DVBBS headlines eclectic birthday bash,” Orangeville.com, June 27, 2013.
- ↑ Cristina Almudevar, “Who is DVBBS?” The Cord Weekly, November 28, 2012.
- 1 2 Greg Belasco, “DVBBS – Initio,” Earmilk, March 13, 2012.
- 1 2 Zel McCarthy (August 16, 2013). "Sander van Doorn's 'Tsunami' Mystery Almost Revealed". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ↑ “Avicii World Exclusive, Ray Foxx, Felix Da Housecat, DJ W!ld & Chris Malinchak,” BBC Radio 1, August 16, 2013.
- ↑ “DVBBS & Borgeous – Tsunami (Preview),” DJ Magazine, August 16, 2013.
- ↑ Sean Lewis, “DVBBS and Borgeous storm the Beatport 100 with ‘Tsunami’,” Beatport, August 26, 2013.
- ↑ “Adventure Club Announces Phase One of Superheroes Anonymous Tour,” youredm.com, August 20, 2013.
- ↑ Katie Moran, “DVBBS & Borgeous hit us with ‘Tsunami’,” The DJ List, August 19, 2013.
- ↑ "Discographie DVBBS". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Discografie DVBBS". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Discography DVBBS". Danish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Discographie DVBBS". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Discographie DVBBS". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Discografie DVBBS". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Discography DVBBS". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Discographie DVBBS". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 25, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 36, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved September 10, 2016.