14 Facts About Ben Liebrand

Ben Liebrand has seen success under his own name, a prime example being his remix of Jeff Wayne's "The Eve of the War", which reached number three on the UK Singles Chart in 1989.

Ben Liebrand's radio show "In the Mix" was the first non-stop mixed show that aired on Dutch National Radio on 2 April 1983.

Ben Liebrand continued DJing with his sister Rita Liebrand, at "The Hippodrome" Hennef, Germany.

Ben Liebrand is still active as a DJ having specialised in doing key-mixing on 4 Pioneer CD players simultaneously.

On 1 April 1983, Ben Liebrand was hired by the public broadcasting association Veronica, producing a weekly individual mix show called "In The Mix", which aired on Hilversum 3.

The name "Grandmix" developed into a trademark event for both Radio Veronica and Ben Liebrand, running until 1992.

Ben Liebrand embarked on computer-based 3D renderings and animation work, beginning his own visual company, Ben Liebrand Images in 1991.

Ben Liebrand was an official Silicon Graphics reseller and instructor for a period of time.

Ben Liebrand used to work with 3D modelling programs such as Electro GIG and Softimage 3D Extreme.

Ben Liebrand undertook work such as commercials for clients including the Arcade Compilations CDs, promotional music videos for acts including Atlantic Ocean, 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor and Alan Parsons and visuals for station idents for music TV station TMF.

In 1997, Ben Liebrand released "Funky Town" and in 1998 negotiations began with Dutch radio station Radio 538, the result of which was the re-broadcasting of all the Radio Veronica "Grandmixes" on the last Saturday of the month throughout 1999.

Ben Liebrand was invited to produce a mid-year summer Grandmix and an end-of-year Grandmix for Radio 538.

In 2004, Ben Liebrand joined Radio Veronica for a two-hour weekly mix.

Ben Liebrand makes Grandmixes available in a new format on 3 CDs on his website and has his 'In The Mix' show on Radio Veronica.