Beatfreakz (also spelled BeatFreakz) were a Dutch

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group consisting of members Dennis Christopher, Dimitrie Siliakus and Mark Simmons. For a period of time, Errol Lafleur was also part of the group.

History

The group was founded in 2000 by Dennis Christopher (born Dennis C. de Laat,

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), Dimitrie Siliakus (born 1978,

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) and Mark Simmons (born Mark Nieuwenhuijzen, Amsterdam). The group's first big hit was a song making prominent use of a sample from Rockwell's hit " Somebody's Watching Me". Instead of using the original voice of Rockwell, aka Kenneth Gordy, they used the voice of Dennis Delano, a Dutch singer. The song peaked at #3 in the

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in May 2006 and peaked at #21 in the Dutch Top 100. It peaked at #28 in the Belgium

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50 and peaked at #38 in Australia. It also peaked at #41 in the German Chart. The music video was a

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of Michael Jackson's hit ''

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''. The band released the follow-up track " Superfreak", a

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remix, on 16 October 2006. They revealed exclusively on

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's Chart Show on 15 October 2006, that their next project was likely to be a remix of the ''

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, original from

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. This track was previewed at the Matinee closing party in Ibiza on 30 September 2006. Dimitrie Siliakus had left the group by November 2006. Another song of theirs is released on the ''Put Your Hands Up! 2'' compilation, a remake of Aerosmith's "

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". In 2007, the group were credited in a remix of Marvin Gaye's "

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" under their alias Rockefeller, as

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vs. Rockefeller, with a

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featuring three female dancers dressed as nurses (Lauren Ridealgh, Bayley Darling and Stephanie Fitzpatrick). It charted at #16 on the Finnish Singles Chart and at #34 on the UK Singles Chart. The group has not had any activity under the Beatfreakz name since 2008, however the former members worked together in the years after.

Discography

Singles

Remixes

* 2006: Rockefeller – "Do It 2 Nite" * 2006: The B.O.M.B feat. Sean Finn – "Skynight" * 2006: Starkillers – " Discoteka" * 2007: Royal Melody – "

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" * 2007: Infernal – " I Won't Be Crying" * 2007: Alibi vs. Rockefeller – "

References

External links

Official site
(not updated since October 2006)
Official MySpace Profile
Dutch dance music groups Dutch house music groups {{Netherlands-band-stub