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(Redirected from Peter-Paul Pigmans) Dutch gabber music producer
3 Steps Ahead
Birth namePeter-Paul Pigmans
Born(1961-01-31)31 January 1961
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died27 August 2003(2003-08-27) (aged 42)
Netherlands
GenresGabber
Years active1994 - 2003
Musical artist

Peter-Paul Pigmans (31 January 1961 – 27 August 2003) was a Dutch gabber music producer, best known for his production under the pseudonym 3 Steps Ahead.

Born in Berkel en Rodenrijs and based out of Rotterdam, Pigmans' music is widely considered one of the most innovative specimens of the gabber genre; while many gabber producers favor raw force and little virtuosity when creating a song, Pigmans' music always had a strong technical side, and his songs often featured atmospherical elements, an unusual thing in the genre at the time. He was also known for his extremely wild live shows.

His first full-length album Most Wanted & Mad (1997) reached #35 on the Dutch Album Top 100.

Pigmans was known for his eccentric live performances, with bizarre suits, strange sound effects and rousing live sets. For instance, he wore a football shirt that was half a Feyenoord shirt and half an Ajax shirt, aiming to promote fraternisation within the hardcore scene.

Pigmans was diagnosed with brain cancer in 1999. On 18 July 2003 in Zaandam at the Hemkade Stadium, fellow Dutch producers organized a fundraising event for him called "3 Steps Ahead 4 Life" where the cream of the Dutch gabber scene performed (for free - all income was spent on his treatment in hope of curing him) and paid respect to him. A couple of weeks later, he died. Two months later the annual Thunderdome started with a one-minute silence in his memory.

He's been elected into the Thunderdome Hall of Fame.

Discography

Albums

  • Most Wanted & Mad (1997)
  • Junkie (2000)

EPs

  • Step 1 (1994)
  • Step 2 (1994)
  • Step 3 (1994)
  • Drop It (1996)
  • Hakkûh (1996)
  • Gangster (1996)
  • It's Delicious (1997)
  • Paint It Black (1998)

Film soundtracks

Two of his songs were used in the soundtrack for Brüno (2009): "Thunderdome Till We Die" and "Stravinsky's Bass".

References

  1. "Scanned Poster". Party Flock Netherlands.
  2. "3 Steps Ahead live @ thunderdome 96". YouTube. 17 September 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  3. "3 Steps Ahead - Most Wanted & Mad". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  4. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  5. bitoyboyxl (2023-05-30). "Peter Paul pigmans w…". r/gabber. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  6. "3 steps ahead tribute op ground zero". Synthforum (in Dutch). 2024-02-09. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  7. MusicMeter. "3 Steps Ahead - Most Wanted & Mad (1997) - MusicMeter.nl". MusicMeter (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  8. partyflock agenda: 3 Steps Ahead For Life · 18 juli 2003
  9. 3 Steps Ahead Hall of Fame entry Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine on Thunderdome.com
  10. Brüno (2009) soundtrack listing at the Internet Movie Database

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