Gestört aber GeiL is a German DJ duo originating from
Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits ...
in central Germany and made of German producer / DJs Spike*D (real name Marcel Stephan born in Querfurt in 1990) and Nico Wendel (born in Sangerhausen in 1984). The duo is signed to
Kontor Records
Kontor Records or Kontor New Media is a record label based in Hamburg, Germany. The label's artist roster includes ATB, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren and Scooter. Jens Thele is the head manager of Kontor and is also the manager of Scooter.
Edel ...
label.
The duo met in the My Ccools World nightclub in
Sangerhausen
Sangerhausen () is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany, capital of the district of Mansfeld-Südharz. It is situated southeast of the Harz
The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region ...
where they DJed regularly and in October 2010 launched their collaborative project Gestört aber GeiL producing a mixture of melodic tech pop and deep house.
PioneerDJ Alpha: Interview with Gestört aber GeiL
Their breakthrough came during the Sputnik Springbreak German music festival in 2012 winning the DJ contest main prize.
Since early 2015, the duo is signed to Kontor Records with their first single on the label being "Unter meiner Haut", a remix of the Turkish-German pop singer Elif Demirezer's 2013 song. The new 2015 version by Gestört aber GeiL included collaboration with Koby Funk featuring singer Wincent Weiss. The hugely successful new version reached number 6 on the official German Singles Chart and was certified platinum. The follow-up single "Ich & Du" was also successful this time featuring the vocals of Sebastian Hämer. This single was certified gold in Germany. In 2015, they won Napster
Napster was a peer-to-peer file sharing application. It originally launched on June 1, 1999, with an emphasis on digital audio file distribution. Audio songs shared on the service were typically encoded in the MP3 format. It was founded by Sh ...
Best Band fan award.
On 8 January 2016 they released their debut album, the self-titled ''Gestört aber GeiL'' with 19 tracks including both successful singles. The album peaked at number 2 in German Albums Chart, also making the Top 20 in Austria and Switzerland.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Other releases
* 2013: "Johnny Blue"
* 2013: "Carved in Stone"
* 2013: "Brother"
* 2014: "Heartbeat"
* 2016: "Glücklich wie die Kinder" (with Two Magics)
References
External links
Official website
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German DJs
German record producers
Electronic dance music DJs