Ganymede is an American

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band that has released four

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s since May 2000. These include ''After the Fall,'' ''Euromantique,'' ''Space and Time,'' and ''Operation Ganymede,'' the latter of which was released in August 2008. The act's most-recognized songs, "Neon Rain" and "Hong Kong," earned club play in the electropop/goth/electroclash scene. Band members Patrick Runkle and David Friede (formerly of the band Fr/action) have also produced a series of covers for Cleopatra Records and others, appearing alongside Dead or Alive and

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Ganymede was the first band to be released on the major independent electropop label Ninthwave Records, and new releases on Cohaagen Music. The band plays vintage analog

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and drum machines to create a "classic" electro sound.

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External links

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