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SonneMondSterne
The SonneMondSterne Festival (short SMS) is an open-air festival featuring electronic dance music held in Germany. The festival lasts three days and takes place on the second weekend of August in Thuringia at the Bleilochtalsperre near Saalburg-Ebersdorf. The first festival was in 1997 with 2,500 people. The 15th festival in 2011 reached 35,000. To reduce the time in between the festivals the organizer started the ''Wintercircus'' in 2001 and 2002 which took place in February. Due to the success of Wintercircus they moved it in April 2003 and renamed it to ''SonneMondSterne presents Camp Music''. 2004 was the last Camp Music. Since 2007 every festival is named with an additional "X", it stands for the Roman numeral ten. Therefore 2007 was as ''SMS.X1'' the eleventh event. Accommodation The festival area contains two main stages, four club tents, nine bars, three restaurants, one supermarket, two non food markets, a party boat and a merchandise shop. Camping around the festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saalburg-Ebersdorf
Saalburg-Ebersdorf is a town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany close to the Bavarian border. It is situated on the river Saale, 10 km southwest of Schleiz, 30 km west of Plauen and 30 km north-west of Hof. The town is an administrative union of two large villages (Saalburg and Ebersdorf) lying either side of the Saale river near the Bleilochtalsperre as well as several smaller villages in between and around them. History The earliest records of the towns and villages of Saalburg-Ebersdorf are from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. They lay on and around the historical trade route between Nuremberg and Leipzig. Saalburg and Ebersdorf became increasingly important in the seventeenth century as regional seats of the Counts von Reuss. Saalburg Saalburg was established under the Lobdaburger reign in around 1313. Some ruins from this early settlement remain today, including a 3-meter-high remnant of the city wall. From 1647-1666, Saalb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonbootica
MOONBOOTICA is the pseudonym of Hamburg DJs KoweSix (Oliver Kowalski) and Tobitob (Tobias Schmidt), who have been playing together since the 1990s. General The MOONBOOTICA music project was born at the early Moonbootica party series in the clubs of Hamburg. Their style can be categorized as electronic music, drawing on electro and house genres, with certain hip-hop influences. The pair founded the Moonbootique label, releasing their own productions on the imprint. * The eponymous debut album Moonbootica was released in 2005. It included the single June which was very well received in the electronic music scene. * The 2007 album Moonlight Welfare featured Der Mond - a collaboration with Hamburg compatriate Jan Delay. In 2011 Moonbootica released the track Tonight on the influential UK label Cheap Thrills. * A third studio album was released in 2012. Our Disco Is Louder Than Yours was issued by Berlin label Four Music. Amongst the guests to feature here were Reggie Noble and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polarkreis 18
Polarkreis 18 was a German rock music, rock band from Dresden, Saxony. The bandmembers met at school, where they formed the Jack of all Trades ensemble in 1998. In 2004, they renamed their band ''Polarkreis 18''. Its musical style can be described as rock music, rock, synth-pop and Electronic dance music, indietronic. Their albums include ''Polarkreis 18'' and more recently ''The Colour of Snow''. Their single "Allein Allein" (Alone Alone) reached the number one position on the German Media Control Top100 Singles chart from 31 October 2008 to 4 December 2008 for 5 consecutive weeks and another 8 weeks on position number 2. It is one of the most successful singles in that country of all time. It has also been in the top ten of several other countries throughout Europe. It also made the number 1 position for 5 consecutive weeks in Denmark with a remake version of the Danish band Nephew (band), Nephew. The band consisted of: Felix Räuber, Silvester Wenzel, Uwe Pasora, Philip Makolies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prodigy
The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music band formed in Braintree, Essex, in 1990 by producer, keyboard player and songwriter Liam Howlett. The original line-up also featured dancer and singer Keith Flint and dancer and occasional live keyboard player Leeroy Thornhill, dancer Sharky and MC and vocalist Maxim. They were pioneers of the breakbeat-influenced genre big beat, and achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s. Howlett's rock-inspired drum rhythms infused with electronic rave music beats/breaks were combined with Maxim's omnipresent mystique, Thornhill's shuffle dancing style, and Flint's later modern punk appearance. The Prodigy describe their style as electronic punk. The band emerged during the underground rave scene and achieved early success in 1991 with their debut singles "Charly" and "Everybody in the Place", which reached the UK top five. After their debut album ''Experience'' (1992), the band moved from their rave roots and incorporated techno, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Disco Boys
The Disco Boys are a German house music DJ and production duo from Hamburg, which consists of Raphael Krickow (* 1966) and Gordon Hollenga (* 1969). They play a mixture of disco classics and modern house songs. The Disco Boys have played at the German Love Parade, Nature One, and the Mayday and Life Ball festivals in Austria. Even though the group was founded in 1995, they did not release their first single until 2001. Their acts as DJs take place around the world and include China. Musical career The Disco Boys were especially commercially successful with cover versions or productions with longer quotes or samples from other songs. Their first hit was "Born to Be Alive" from the album ''Volume 1'', a new version of the hit by Patrick Hernandez from 1979. It was originally voiced by Roberto Blanco. Their most popular single was "For You" released in 2004, which used longer passages from the song of the same name by Manfred Mann's Earth Band and was in turn based on the song by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish House Mafia
Swedish House Mafia (SHM) is a Swedish house music supergroup consisting of Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso. The group officially formed in late 2008, were placed at number ten on the ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 DJ Poll 2011, and have been called "the faces of mainstream progressive house music", while being credited for "setting the tone for the EDM boom of the early 2010s, more than any other act in modern dance music". In 2012, they were ranked at number twelve on the ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 Poll. The trio is best known for their biggest hit single to date, "Don't You Worry Child". On 24 June 2012, the group announced they would split up. Their final performance was at Ultra Miami on 24 March 2013. For the next five years, Angello worked solo, while Axwell and Ingrosso performed as the duo, Axwell & Ingrosso. On 25 March 2018, the group reunited with a surprise closing set at the 20th anniversary of Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida. The group released their debut studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Guetta
Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one DJ in the ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 DJs poll. In 2013, ''Billboard'' crowned "When Love Takes Over" as the number one dance-pop collaboration of all time. Born and raised in Paris, he released his first album, '' Just a Little More Love'', in 2002. Later, he released ''Guetta Blaster'' (2004) and '' Pop Life'' (2007). Guetta achieved mainstream success with his 2009 album ''One Love'' which included the hit singles "When Love Takes Over", "Gettin' Over You", "Sexy Bitch" and "Memories", the first three of which reached number one in the United Kingdom. The 2011 follow-up album, ''Nothing but the Beat'', continued this success, containing the hit singles "Where Them Girls At", "Little Bad Girl", " Without You", "Titanium" and " Turn Me On". In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatboy Slim
Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English musician, DJ, and record producer who helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist for the Kingston upon Hull, Hull-based indie rock band the Housemartins, who achieved a UK number-one single with their a cappella cover of "Caravan of Love". After the Housemartins split up, Cook formed the electronic band Beats International in Brighton, who produced the number-one single "Dub Be Good to Me". He then played in Freak Power, Pizzaman (band), Pizzaman, and the Mighty Dub Katz with moderate success. In 1996, Cook adopted the name Fatboy Slim and released ''Better Living Through Chemistry (album), Better Living Through Chemistry'' to critical acclaim. Follow-up albums ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby,'' ''Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars,'' and ''Palookaville (album), Palookaville'', as well as singles such as "The Rocka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Fox (musician)
Pierre Steffen Baigorry (born 3 September 1971), better known as Peter Fox, is a German singer, songwriter and musician. He is a member of the German reggae and dancehall band Seeed. Solo career Fox started working on a solo album named ''Stadtaffe'' ("Urban Ape") in 2007. The album was released in Germany on 26 September 2008. Monk and DJ Illvibe co-produced the album,MySpace-Blog of Peter Fox (Stadtaffe: 6 August 2008 – Fieber: 1 November 2007) and the and Cold Steel Drumline contributed to the music. A sample of the song "Fieber" ("Fever"), which Fox sings with [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lexy & K-Paul
Lexy & K-Paul are DJs from Berlin consisting of Alexander Gerlach ("Lexy", born 14 January 1976 in Dresden) and Kai Michael Paul, formerly Kai Michael Fuchs ("K-Paul", born 5 November 1973 in Berlin). Lexy is also a member of the project Die Raketen, which also consists of Adel Dior and Jan-Eric Scholz. K-Paul formed duo Fuchs und Horn together with Horn. Their music was released on Low Spirit Recordings, which is owned by WestBam, until 2007, when they formed their own label MusicIsMusic, distributed by Kontor Records. Additional information In 2001, Lexy, together with Mark Spoon, acted in the film ''Be.Angeled'' by Roman Kuhn. In 2005, ''The DVD'' was released showing the six-year-old band's history. It contains all their music videos with audio commentaries, a "making of" feature, and an exclusive interview. Discography Albums Singles DVDs * 2005: ''Lexy & K-Paul – The DVD'' Awards * 2001 – ECHO ''„Best National Newcomer Dance Act 2001“'' External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alter Ego (German Band)
Alter Ego is a German music group, comprising Roman Flügel and Jörn Elling Wuttke. They achieved notability in 2004 with their track "Rocker", which became one of the year's defining dance anthems, especially in Europe, and getting played on rotation amongst the most popular DJs such as Felix Da Housecat, 2 Many DJs and The Chemical Brothers. The track peaked at #32 in the UK Singles Chart. In the 2004 ''Groove Magazine'' Readers Poll, Alter Ego won three categories, taking out the award for 'Best Single' for "Rocker", 'Best Album' for ''Transphormer'', and also 'Best Live Act'. French group Black Strobe took out 'Best Remix' honours with their remix of "Rocker". Though the two remain friends, Alter Ego have not been active since the release of their final album in 2008. In interviews, Flügel suggested that the hiatus occurred because the two simply stopped enjoying working professionally, and following their own projects was the best way of both securing their friendship and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
