Jaydee
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Robin Albers, who uses the stage name Jaydee, is a Dutch house music producer and DJ.
Biography
After a degree in commercial studies, Albers played in the Dutch national baseball team and was triple Dutch arm-wrestling champion. Then, he started his career as DJ, and was a radio host on Dutch music and sport programs for eleven years.
His original stage name was Jei D. In 1992 (R&S Records), under the stage name JayDee, he released "Plastic Dreams", which reached number-one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The song, an instrumental, featured a prominent Hammond organ-style synthesizer melody, played in a jazzy, improvised manner. "Plastic Dreams" continues to be remixed and re-released today, mostly on unsolicited white labels. The track made the UK Singles Chart on two occasions; firstly in September 1997 when it reached number 18, and again in January 2004, when it reached number 35.
Discography
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT | BEL | FRA | ITA | NLD | SWI | UK | US Dance | |||
| 1992/1993 | "Plastic Dreams" | 20 | 8 | 25 | — | 34 | 4 | — | 1 | Singles only |
| 1994 | "Music Is So Special" | — | — | — | — | 32 | 25 | — | — | |
| 1995 | "I Want You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | House Nation |
| 1996 | "The Lounge" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1997 | "Plastic Dreams" (Revisited) | — | 38 | — | 16 | — | 49 | 18 | — | Singles only |
| "U Got It" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998 | "Reste Chez Moi" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Spank! Spank!" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003 | "Plastic Dreams 2003" | — | 25 | — | — | 64 | — | 35 | — | |
| 2013 | "Pulsate" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |