Armand Van Helden

One of house music’s boldest innovations was the idea that a remix could not just reimagine a given song for the dance floor but even eclipse the original’s popularity altogether.

No one better encapsulates that ethos than Armand Van Helden, whose remixes for artists like New Order, Tori Amos, and Puff Daddy helped establish him as a savvy ambassador between the worlds of house and pop.

Born in Boston in 1970, Van Helden began DJing hip-hop and freestyle as a young teen, and at 21, he went to work for the remix service X-Mix Productions.