Hardfloor is a German electronic music duo, consisting of
Oliver Bondzio and
Ramon Zenker
Ramon Zenker (born 11 November 1968) is a German music producer, songwriter, sound engineer and remixer. He is a member of Hardfloor, Fragma Paffendorf and E-Trax, who had a UK #60 hit with Let's Rock.
Zenker started playing keyboards and bass ...
.
Their most famous track is "Acperience 1" (often titled more simply as "Acperience" on many
compilation album
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s)
and chosen by
Feargal Sharkey
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as one of his 'Inheritance Tracks'
when interviewed on UK's
BBC Radio 4
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.
Their distinctive
acid house
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sound is attributed to their skill at manipulating
Roland TB-303
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bass
synthesiser
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s,
using up to six of these machines at once. Their
UK chart
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hits
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* ''...Hits'' (Phil Collins album), 1998
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include "Hardtrance Acperience" (1992), "Trancescript" (1993) and the
remix
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of the aforementioned "Acperience" (1997).
Their 1996
album
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, ''Home Run'', peaked at No. 68 in the
UK Albums Chart
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.
Discography
Albums
Da Damn Phreak Noize Phunk
Hardfloor also released albums under the pseudonym Da Damn Phreak Noize Phunk. These songs tend toward the
chillout
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and
lounge
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genres.
Mix albums compiled by Hardfloor
Singles and EPs
Selected Hardfloor remixes
* Robert Armani - "Circus Bells" 1993 Djax-Up-Beats
* Rising High Collective - "Fever Called Love" 1993
Rising High Records
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* Sourmash - "Pilgrimage To Paradise" 1994 Prolekult Records
*
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*Mory, Pas-de-Calais in the Pas-de-Calais ''département''
*Mory-Montcrux in the Oise ''département''
*Mitry-Mory in the Seine-et-Marne ''département''
Mory is also the name of two ...
- "
Yé ké yé ké
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" 1995
FFRR Records
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*
Mary Kiani
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- "
When I Call Your Name" 1995
Mercury Records
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* Bassheads - "Is There Anybody Out There?" 1995
Deconstruction Records
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(Desa Basshead)
*
New Order - "
Blue Monday" 1995
London Records
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* Baby Doc And The Dentist - Mantra To The Buddha 1995 TEC (Truelove Electronic Communications)
* TWA - "Nasty Girls" 1995
Mercury Records
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*
The Shamen
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- "Destination Eschaton" 1995
Epic Records
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*
Depeche Mode
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Depeche ...
- "
It's No Good
"It's No Good" a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 31 March 1997 as the second single from their ninth studio album, ''Ultra'' (1997). It was commercially successful, reaching number-one in Denmark, Spain, Sweden ...
" 1997
Mute Records
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References
External links
hardfloor.de- official website
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Hardfloor
Hardfloor is a German electronic music duo, consisting of Oliver Bondzio and Ramon Zenker. Their most famous track is "Acperience 1" (often titled more simply as "Acperience" on many compilation albums) and chosen by Feargal Sharkey as one of h ...
a
Allmusic Hardfloor- Hardfloor's Myspace-site
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Unofficial Hardfloor Discography
- Hardfloor at
eMusic
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Hardfloorat
Last.fm
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Electronic music duos
German electronic music groups
Remixers
German musical duos