Jeckyll & Hyde (musicians)
Encyclopedia
Jeckyll & Hyde is the stage name
of the Dutch
duet of producers and Jump
musicians Maarten Vorwerk and Ruud van IJperen (DJ Ruthless). Their first commercial hit, "Frozen Flame", reached #11 on the Dutch Top 40
charts. Their second single from The Album
, "Freefall", reached #1 in the Dutch Top 40 charts, making it the first instrumental #1 hit in the Netherlands
since 1989. "Time Flies", the third single, has also been receiving major airplay on Dutch TV and radio stations.
nominations in 2007 - the TMF Party Award and the TMF Radio Hit Award - winning the TMF Party Award.
The origin of Jeckyll & Hyde is possibly from the movie Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde(1931)
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
of the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
duet of producers and Jump
Jumpstyle
Jumpstyle is a rave dance and electronic music genre mainly practiced in Europe, specifically Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, northern France, and a few parts in the United States, specifically Indiana. The dance is also called Jumpen...
musicians Maarten Vorwerk and Ruud van IJperen (DJ Ruthless). Their first commercial hit, "Frozen Flame", reached #11 on the Dutch Top 40
Dutch Top 40
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...
charts. Their second single from The Album
The Album (Jeckyll & Hyde album)
The Album is the 2007 debut album by the Dutch duo & Jump-musicians Jeckyll & Hyde, released on May 18, 2007 in the Netherlands through label Digidance...
, "Freefall", reached #1 in the Dutch Top 40 charts, making it the first instrumental #1 hit in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
since 1989. "Time Flies", the third single, has also been receiving major airplay on Dutch TV and radio stations.
Discography
- Frozen Flame - EP (2006)
- The AlbumThe Album (Jeckyll & Hyde album)The Album is the 2007 debut album by the Dutch duo & Jump-musicians Jeckyll & Hyde, released on May 18, 2007 in the Netherlands through label Digidance...
(2007)
Reception
Jeckyll & Hyde received two TMF AwardTMF Awards
The TMF Awards are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF .The first Dutch TMF Awards were held in 1995, as a brand extension to the recently launched local Dutch music channel TMF. The show was very small and held in the company cafeteria...
nominations in 2007 - the TMF Party Award and the TMF Radio Hit Award - winning the TMF Party Award.
The origin of Jeckyll & Hyde is possibly from the movie Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde(1931)