Dutch DJ/producer. He gained international recognition after his remix of Matt Simons' "Catch & Release" peaked at number one in five countries and the European Airplay charts. The DJ racked in over 250 million Spotify plays and 80 million YouTube streams for the remix. Deepend was originally a duo consisting of van den Aker and fellow Dutch producer Bob van Ratingen; van Ratingen left in 2018 and van den Aker now uses the Deepend name as a solo project