Ofenbach is a French DJ duo founded in 2014, consisting of Dorian Lauduique and César de Rummel and based in

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. Their gold-certified song " Be Mine" charted on the Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay reached number 35. After releasing songs like "Around the Fire" and "You Don't Know Me", they gained support from artists such as

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and

Tiësto Tijs Michiel Verwest (; born 17 January 1969), known professionally as Tiësto ( ), is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Breda. He was voted "the Greatest DJ of All Time" by '' Mix'' magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, he was v ...

. They are also known for remixing songs from

Bob Sinclar Christophe Le Friant (; born 10 May 1969), better known by his stage name Bob Sinclar (), is a French record producer, DJ and remixer. He is the owner of the record label Yellow Productions. Musical career A native of Paris, Le Friant began DJ ...

, Hyphen Hyphen, and

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History

The duo met at school at an early age. When they were 13 years old, Lo's father told them that one of the best experiences of his life was being part of a band. This inspired them to form their first musical group in which they performed

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. They cite some of their influences as

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, and

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. The name Ofenbach was selected after the duo found a score by French composer

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at their home. Ofenbach released their single " Be Mine" alongside an official remix package via

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, which featured remixes from Agrume, Antiyu, and Stone Van Brooken. The song peaked at number one in Russia and Poland.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Remixes

2014 *

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– "Pata Pata" * Andreas Moe – "Under the Sun" *

– " Hold Back the River" 2015 *

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– "Come to Me" 2016 * Shem Thomas – "We Just Need a Little" 2017 *

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" * Portugal. The Man – "

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featuring

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– " Sun Comes Up" 2018 *

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featuring Demi Lovato – "

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" 2020 *

featuring Kiddo – " All We Got" 2021 * Faouzia and

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– " Starstruck" *

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– " Shivers" * Ofenbach and

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References

External links

* {{Authority control French DJs Living people French electronic music groups Deep house musicians French musical duos Musical groups from Paris Electronic dance music DJs Year of birth missing (living people)