Firebeatz

Firebeatz is a Dutch music producing duo made up of Tim Benjamin Smulders (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtɪm ˈbɛɲamɪn ˈsmʏldərs]; born 14 August 1985) and Jurre van Doeselaar (pronounced [ˈjʏrə vɑn ˈdusəlaːr]; born 7 July 1987) that formed in Tilburg in 2008. They have gained fame through their dance floor hits like "Dear New York", "Here We F*cking Go" and "Helicopter" on the EDM scene working alongside well-known acts like Calvin Harris, Tiësto and Martin Garrix.

Firebeatz
OriginTilburg, Netherlands
Genres
Occupation(s)Producer, musician
InstrumentsKeyboards, turntable, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Apple Mac
Years active2008–present
Labels
Associated actsMETAFO4R, Nicky Romero, Sander van Doorn, DubVision, Martin Garrix, Tiësto, Calvin Harris, Chocolate Puma, Lucas & Steve, KSHMR
Websitefirebeatz.com
MembersTim Benjamin Smulders
Jurre van Doeselaar

Music career

Tim and Jurre met at the School of Arts in Tilburg, The Netherlands, and discovered a similar interest in music.[1] The chemistry worked prompting them to form Firebeatz in 2008.[2] Releases like "Funky Shit", "Where's Your Head At", "Miniman", "Dear New York" and "Here We F*cking Go" got into the higher ranks on the Beatport dance charts.

The release of the Chocolate Puma and Firebeatz collaboration "Just One More Time Baby", was appeared on BBC Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong show and received good critiques.[3] In addition the track topped the Beatport House chart for many weeks. "Dear New York", one of their biggest hits, was a collaboration with Schella. It reached No. 2 in the Beatport Main Top 100.[4]

In 2013, Firebeatz managed to keep the momentum with "Gangster" which reached the Beatport Top 20 and their collaboration with Bobby Burns in "Ding Dong", released by Tiësto's Musical Freedom label. Their track "Yeahhhh" came out on Calvin Harris's Fly Eye Records and Firebeatz were asked to make an exclusive remix of "Thinking About You", a collaboration between Calvin Harris and Ayah Marar. Their track "Wonderful" gained support by established DJs such as Afrojack, Chuckie, Sander van Doorn, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Thomas Gold and R3hab.

They also successfully managed to diversify and cross over to other genres by collaborating with artists like Pitbull, James Blunt, Ian Carey, Snoop Dogg, Freestylers, Flo Rida, Timbaland, Fatman Scoop, Alex Gaudino, Wynter Gordon, Bingo Players and Sean Paul. The latter two reaching Beatport's Main Top 15.[5]

"Max Ammo", released December 2013, has reached the Beatport top 20.[6] Their release together with Martin Garrix, "Helicopter", got to No. 1 in Beatport,[7] as well as charted in Belgium, France and the Netherlands. They released "Guitar Track" with Sander van Doorn in March 2014 after it was initially previewed with their identities hidden.[8] In June 2014, Firebeatz worked alongside Tiësto and Ladyhawke to release "Last Train", which was featured on Tiësto's fifth studio album A Town Called Paradise. The duo also featured on Calvin Harris's fourth studio album Motion for the collaborative track "It Was You" in November 2014.

In 2018, Firebeatz and DubVision formed the supergroup METAFO4R, performing for the first time together at EDC Las Vegas 2018.[9]

Discography

Charted singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
NLD

[10]

 BEL

[11]

 FRA

[12]

"Helicopter"
(with Martin Garrix)		 2014 59
[13]		 33 98 Non-album singles
"I Can't Understand"
(with Chocolate Puma)		 — 66 —
As lead artist
  • 2017: Firebeatz — Ignite [Free]
  • 2017: Firebeatz and Lucas & Steve — Show Me Your Love [Spinnin' Premium (Spinnin')]
  • 2017: Firebeatz — Till TheSun Comes Up [Ignite (Armada)]
  • 2017: Firebeatz and Apster — Let's Get Wild [Ignite (Armada)]
  • 2017: Lucas & Steve and Firebeatz — Keep Your Head Up [Spinnin']
  • 2017: Firebeatz — Burn It Down [Ignite (Armada)]
  • 2018: Firebeatz and Peppermint — Everything [Ignite (Armada)]
  • 2018: Firebeatz and Madison Mars — Rock Right Now [Ignite (Armada)]
  • 2018: Firebeatz — Remember Who You Are [Ignite (Armada)]
  • 2018: Chocolate Puma and Firebeatz — Blackout [Musical Freedom][14]
  • 2018: Firebeatz and Yozo — Rock to the Rhythm [Armada][15]
  • 2019: Firebeatz and Schella — Through My Mind [Armada][16]
  • 2019: Firebeatz and Schella & Pexem — Bounce [Heldeep (Spinnin')][17]
  • 2019: Sander van Doorn and Firebeatz — Blowback [Doorn (Spinnin')][18]
  • 2019: Nervo and Firebeatz — Illusion [Spinnin' Records][19]
  • 2019: Oliver Heldens, Firebeatz and Schella — Lift Me Up [Heldeep (Spinnin')][20]
  • 2019: DubVision and Firebeatz — Lambo [Stmpd][21]
  • 2020: Chocolate Puma and Firebeatz — Soul Fifty [Spinnin' Records][22]
  • 2020: Firebeatz - Bad Habit [Spinnin' Records][23]
  • 2020: Firebeatz and Plastik Funk - High Enough [Spinnin' Records][24]
  • 2020: Firebeatz - Sinfonia Della Notte [Heldeep (Spinnin')][25]
  • 2020: Firebeatz featuring Brooke Tomlinson - Never Enough [Spinnin' Records][26]
  • 2020: Firebeatz - Instant Moments [Spinnin' Records][27]
  • 2020: Firebeatz - Let's Get Down [Spinnin' Records][28]
As Meta4oar
  • 2018: Best Part Of Me [Spinnin'][29]
  • 2019: Rave Machine [Spinnin'][30]
  • 2020: Grollow [Spinnin' Records][31]

Remixes

References
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  2. "Weekend Picks: DJs and a foreign film". The Daily Aztec. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
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  15. "Rock to the Rhythm - Single by Firebeatz & Yozo on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  16. EDM.com staff (15 February 2019). "Firebeatz and Schella Reimagine "The Bomb!" by The Bucketheads in 'Through My Mind'". EDM.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
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  18. "Blowback - Single by Sander van Doorn & Firebeatz on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  19. "Illusion (feat. KARRA) - Single by Firebeatz & Nervo on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
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  22. "Soul Fifty - Single by Chocolate Puma on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  23. "Bad Habit - Single by Firebeatz on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  24. "High Enough - Single by Firebeatz & Plastik Funk on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  25. "Sinfonia Della Notte - Single by Firebeatz on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  26. "Never Enough (feat. Brooke Tomlinson) - Single by Firebeatz on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  27. "Instant Moments - Single by Firebeatz on iTunes". Apple Music. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  28. "Let's Get Down - Single by Firebeatz on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  29. O'Keefe, Ariana (31 August 2018). "Supergroup METAFO4R Arrives With First Single "Best Part Of Me"". The Nocturnal Times. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  30. "Rave Machine - Single by Metafo4r on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  31. "Grollow - Single by METAFO4R on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  32. P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (Firebeatz Club Mix) (Audio) (HQ), retrieved 21 October 2019
  33. "Sun Is Shining (Firebeatz Remix) - Single by Funkstar De Luxe on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  34. "One Thing Right (Remixes) - EP by Marshmello & Kane Brown on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
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