DVBBS

DVBBS
Origin Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Genres EDM, big room house, electro house
Years active 2012present
Labels
Associated acts Martin Garrix, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Borgeous, Sander van Doorn, Jay Hardway, Tinie Tempah, KSHMR,Tony Junior, MOTi
Members
  • Alexandre van den Hoef
  • Christopher van den Hoef

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 charts. 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] and are signed with Josh Herman at STRVCTVRE Artist Management.

DVBBS spent two months recording their debut, Initio, released in March 2012.[1][4] The EP features influences from a variety of genres, including house, electronic, dubstep and reggae.[5][6]

DVBBS Logo

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, Naut Blonden 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 played at the Ultra Music Festival and Electric Daisy Carnival in 2014.

Awards

Discography

Extended plays

List of extended plays
Title Album details
Initio EP

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
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 1
  • FIMI: Gold
Non-album singles
"Stampede"
(vs. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Borgeous)
30 129
"Raveology"
(with VINAI)
2014 84
"Tsunami (Jump)"
(with Borgeous featuring Tinie Tempah)
1
  • BPI: Silver
  • ARIA: Platinum[21]
"Immortal"
(with Tony Junior)
"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"
"La La Land"
(with Shaun Frank featuring Delaney Jane)
2016 41
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Others

References

Notes

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 Sean Plummer, “Toronto brothers Chris and Alex power DVBBS,” MSN Entertainment Canada, October 5, 2012.
  2. “DUBBS Shocks the House,” MuchMusic, November 22, 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 Jordan Nunziato, “Orangeville natives DVBBS to headline town’s 150th celebration,” Orangeville Citizen, June 13, 2013.
  4. Bill Tremblay, “DVBBS headlines eclectic birthday bash,” Orangeville.com, June 27, 2013.
  5. Cristina Almudevar, “Who is DVBBS?” The Cord Weekly, November 28, 2012.
  6. 1 2 Greg Belasco, “DVBBS – Initio,” Earmilk, March 13, 2012.
  7. 1 2 Zel McCarthy (August 16, 2013). "Sander van Doorn’s ‘Tsunami’ Mystery Almost Revealed". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  8. “Avicii World Exclusive, Ray Foxx, Felix Da Housecat, DJ W!ld & Chris Malinchak,” BBC Radio 1, August 16, 2013.
  9. “DVBBS & Borgeous – Tsunami (Preview),” DJ Magazine, August 16, 2013.
  10. Sean Lewis, “DVBBS and Borgeous storm the Beatport 100 with ‘Tsunami’,” Beatport, August 26, 2013.
  11. “Adventure Club Announces Phase One of Superheroes Anonymous Tour,” youredm.com, August 20, 2013.
  12. Katie Moran, “DVBBS & Borgeous hit us with ‘Tsunami’,” The DJ List, August 19, 2013.
  13. Hung, Steffen. "Discographie DVBBS". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  14. Hung, Steffen. "Discografie DVBBS". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  15. Hung, Steffen. "Discography DVBBS". Danish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  16. Hung, Steffen. "Discographie DVBBS". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  17. Hung, Steffen. "Discographie DVBBS". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  18. Hung, Steffen. "Discografie DVBBS". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  19. Hung, Steffen. "Discography DVBBS". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  20. Hung, Steffen. "Discographie DVBBS". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  21. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesaria-charts-accreditations-singles-2014.htm

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