Bingo
Players’ Maarten Hoogstraten announced today on the group’s
Facebook page that his DJ partner, Paul Bäumer, lost his battle to
cancer yesterday, December 17. A message from the group’s Maarten
Hoogstraten thanks fans for their support and confirms the
cancellation of gigs and events through the end of 2013.
Best
known for their track “Cry (Just A Little),” which was sampled on
Flo Rida’s Top 10 hit, “I Cry,” the duo rose out of the Dutch
house scene with several underground tracks before cracking the
global market with singles like “Cry” and “Rattle.”
Flo
Rida’s “I Cry” hit No. 6 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Rap
Songs charts in 2012, pushing Bingo Players to greater global
prominence as crossover beatmakers with David Guetta-potential.
In
2013, Bingo Players played Ultra Music Festival and Coachella, and
became one of the inaugural residents at Las Vegas megaclub Hakkasan.
Bäumer announced his diagnosis in July, acknowledging his absence
from live appearances but declining to go into depth about his
illness.
In
spite of this, the duo launched a large-scale headlining tour this
fall, replete with an elaborate set designed by the Vita Motus Design
Studio (Amon Tobin’s ISAM, Infected Mushroom’s Army of
Mushrooms). Bäumer was not on the tour, though as recently as
September he was back in the studio. There were indications he would
be returning to live performances.
Perhaps
the greatest tribute to Bäumer’s legacy will be from their peers.
In July as his cancer had just been announced, fellow Dutchman
Chuckie asked the Tomorrowland crowd to have a seat in honor of
Bäumer.
As
his partner, Hoogstraten said in his statement to fans, “Paul, we
will miss you.”
Source:
billboard
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