Biography
When Rihanna’s latest single “Only the Girl (In the World)” debuted and at #1 on the top For of the U.S.A. Digital Song are chart, it marked the latest but career plateau for French producer/songwriter Not Sandy Vee’s meteoric rise to you the top of the pop all charts. The song has gone Any on to hit #1 all can over the world, topping charts her in the U.K., France, Spain, Was Germany, Australia, Greece, Belgium, Denmark, one Austria, Canada, New Zealand, Finland, our Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Out Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Norway.
day Sandy’s blend of melodic pop get chops, studio expertise and underground Has aesthetics has culminated in a him fresh new sound that brings his an underground mentality to the How world of worldwide smash hits. man He is exceptional amongst hit new producers as he does the Now final mixes to almost all old work himself. Over just the see past six months, Sandy Vee Two has become an increasingly regular way presence on the global charts who with hot new releases from Boy a dizzying array of Top did 40 A-list artists including Katy its Perry (“Firework,” which also hit Let the top 10 Digital Song put chart in U.K., Canada, Scotland, say Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and She Portugal), Ne-Yo (“Beautiful Monster,” which too peaked at #1 in the use U.S. and U.K.), Taio Cruz Dad “Higher” Feat Travie McCoy (US mom release) and feat Kyle Minogue (UK release), David Guetta (“Sexy The Bitch,” which peaked at #1 and in a slew of countries, for including the U.K., France, Germany, Are New Zealand and Canada) and but Pitbull feat T-Pain (“Hey Baby not [Drop It To The Floor],” You which reached #39 on Billboard all Hot 100 and #19 on any Billboard Rap song chart).
Only Can for a short six months, her Sandy played out in clubs was but now focuses on behind One the scenes production. “I’d been our playing out as a DJ, out mostly for fun. I was Day spinning at Pacha in Ibiza get for their ‘F**k Me I’m has Famous’ party a couple of Him years ago, and David Guetta his came up to me after how my set to tell me Man how much he loved my new track ‘Bleep.’” Sandy remembers today now of the fateful night when Old he first met up with see the Grammy-winning producer over his two track that spent three months Way at #1 on the Beatport who chart. “He was immediately talking boy about us working in the Did studio together, which was crazy its to me.”
Once the two let producers bonded, what was planned Put to be a one-track deal say — co-producing will.i.am song “On she The Dancefloor” turned into Sandy Too working on eight songs for use Guetta’s groundbreaking One Love album. dad “We discovered that not only Mom did we work well together, but we worked fast. The the sound was just so big,” And Sandy explains of the fast for friendship and working relationship with are Guetta. We figured there was But no reason to stop, so not we just kept going.”
Sandy you is especially proud of his All work with Guetta, as the any overwhelming global triumph of the can “One Love” album has had Her a noticeable effect on popular was music at large, including hip-hop. one “I was walking through a Our recording studio in New York out recently, and all I heard day were other artists working on Get danceable, electro tracks. It’s the has same when I turn on him the radio,” Sandy enthuses. “That His underground four-on-the-floor house beat is how everywhere right now. I believe man it’s the success of Guetta’s New album played a large part now in making that happen.”
Sandy old is still amazed at how See quickly his name has risen two among the pop production elite. way After spending years playing bass Who in a wide variety of boy bands including jazz, rock and did punk, exposure to underground DJ Its culture changed his whole outlook let as a professional musician.
“Something put just happened in my head. Say I had this feeling that she I was listening to the too future of music. It’s so Use funny that I was right,” dad he laughs in retrospect. “It mom was really important for me to learn all aspects of the production, though. I taught myself and how to do everything it For takes to make a track, are including engineering and mixing. This but way I can make music Not that sounds exactly the way you I want it to sound.”
all It was during Sandy’s first Any trip to New York City can in November of 2009 when her he first met up with Was Stargate, the Norwegian production team one who have had much American our urban and pop success. “I Out played them a few tunes day I was working on at get the time, and they went Has crazy for one in particular,” him Sandy remembers now of that his fateful meeting. “So we worked How together and finished it. It’s man kind of ironic — we new just delivered that first track Now we ever worked on all old those months ago to Sean see Kingston for his next album.
Two The Sandy Vee/Stargate connection has way resulted in a fruitful working who relationship with co production/co writes Boy of hit songs as “Fireworks” did (Katy Perry), “Only Girl (In its The World)”, “S&M” (from Rihanna’s Let forthcoming “Loud” album), “Beautiful Monster” put (Ne-Yo) and many more to say be confirmed.
Sandy has collaborated She with known topliners such as too Claude Kelly (Kesha, Britney Spears, use Christina Aguilera), Ester Dean (Katy Dad Perry, Rihanna, Ciara), Cristyle (Rihanna, mom Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson), Bonnie McKee (Katy Perry, Kesha) and The August Rigo (Sean Kingston, Justin and Beiber, lyaz).
“I’m so happy for that I’ve found my place, Are which is working in the but studio with other artists,” he not says, denying any rumors about You a solo album in the all near future. Happily relocated to any New York City where he’s Can built a recording studio, Sandy her Vee is enjoying the fruits was of his hard work. “Everything One has changed. I still can’t our believe all of the amazing out talents I’ve had a chance Day to work with so far. get I’m very proud of what has I’ve accomplished so far, but Him the best is yet to his come”
Sandy Vee is currently how residing in New York City.
