Beatfreakz

The group was founded in 2000{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/beatfreakz-mn0000655667/biography|title=Beatfreakz {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2017-12-19}} by Dennis Christopher (born Dennis C. de Laat, Amsterdam),{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/35406-Dennis-Christopher|title=Dennis Christopher|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2017-12-19}} Dimitrie Siliakus (born 1978, The Hague){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/335969-Dimitrie-Siliakus|title=Dimitrie Siliakus|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2017-12-19}} and Mark Simmons (born Mark Nieuwenhuijzen, Amsterdam).{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/250678-Mark-Simmons|title=Mark Simmons|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2017-12-19}}

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 UK Singles Chart in May 2006 and peaked at #21 in the Dutch Top 100. It peaked at #28 in the Belgium UltraTop 50 and peaked at #38 in Australia. It also peaked at #41 in the German Chart. The music video was a parody of Michael Jackson's hit Thriller.

The band released the follow-up track "Superfreak", a Rick James remix, on 16 October 2006.

They revealed exclusively on BBC Radio 1's Chart Show on 15 October 2006, that their next project was likely to be a remix of the Ghostbusters theme tune, original from Ray Parker Jr. This track was previewed at the Matinee closing party in Ibiza on 30 September 2006.

Dimitrie Siliakus had left the group by November 2006.{{Cite web|url=http://www.beatfreakz.nl:80/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006011249/http://www.beatfreakz.nl/|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 October 2006|title=Welcome to the Beatfreakz!|date=2006-10-06|access-date=2017-12-19}}

Another song of theirs is released on the Put Your Hands Up! 2 compilation, a remake of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way".

In 2007, the group were credited in a remix of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" under their alias Rockefeller, as Alibi vs. Rockefeller, with a music video featuring three female dancers dressed as nurses (Lauren Ridealgh, Bayley Darling and Stephanie Fitzpatrick). It charted at #16 on the Finnish Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Alibi+vs%2E+RockeFeller&titel=Sexual+Healing&cat=s|title=Alibi vs. RockeFeller – Sexual Healing|publisher=Finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien|accessdate=May 5, 2016}} and at #34 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2385/alibi%20vs%20rockefeller/|title=Alibi vs Rockefeller|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=July 1, 2012}}

The group has not had any activity under the Beatfreakz name since 2008, however the former members worked together in the years after.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Dennis-De-Laat-Vs-Mark-Simmons-Inca/master/276283|title=Dennis De Laat & Mark Simmons - Inca|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2017-12-19}}

• 2006: Rockefeller – "Do It 2 Nite"
• 2006: The B.O.M.B feat. Sean Finn – "Skynight"
• 2006: Starkillers – "Discoteka"
• 2007: Royal Melody – "Blinded By The Light"
• 2007: Infernal – "I Won't Be Crying"
• 2007: Alibi vs. Rockefeller – "Sexual Healing"

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060615164650/http://www.beatfreakz.nl/ Official site] (not updated since October 2006)
• [http://www.myspace.com/beatfreakz Official MySpace Profile]

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