The Disco Boys
Encyclopedia
The Disco Boys are a German
two-man DJ team from Hamburg
, which consists of Raphael Krickow and Gordon Hollenga. They are disco
and house music
producers and are better know from playing 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: Born to Be Alive from the album Volume 1. It was originally voiced by Roberto Blanco
. Their most popular single was For You released in 2004, which reached Platinum in Germany.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
two-man DJ team from Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, which consists of Raphael Krickow and Gordon Hollenga. They are disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
and house music
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
producers and are better know from playing at the German Love Parade
Love Parade
The Love Parade was a popular electronic dance music festival and parade that originated in 1989 in West Berlin, Germany. It was held in Germany annually between 1989 and 2003 in Berlin, and then from 2006 to 2010 in the Ruhr region...
, Nature One
Nature One
Nature One is one of the largest European open air Electronic music festivals, featuring many renowned DJs from Germany and all over the world. In significance it is not as big as Mayday nor as old, having started 3 years later than the Mayday festival...
, and the Mayday and Life Ball
Life Ball
The Life Ball in Vienna is the biggest charity event in Europe supporting people with HIV or AIDS. The event is organized by the non-profit organization AIDS LIFE, which was founded in 1992 by Gery Keszler and Torgom Petrosian....
festivals in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
.
Even though the group was founded in 1995, they did not release their first single until 2001: Born to Be Alive from the album Volume 1. It was originally voiced by Roberto Blanco
Roberto Blanco
Roberto Blanco , was born 7 June 1937 in Tunis, Tunisia. Of Afro-Cuban origin, Blanco is a German-speaking Schlager singer and actor.-Early life:...
. Their most popular single was For You released in 2004, which reached Platinum in Germany.
Albums
- 2001: Volume 1 (silver Cover)
- 2002: Volume 2 (orange Cover)
- 2003: Volume 3 (green Cover)
- 2004: Volume 4 (yellow Cover)
- 2005: Volume 5 (white Cover)
- 2006: Volume 6 (black Cover)
- 2007: Volume 7 (violett Cover)
- 2007: Volume 8 (red Cover)
- 2008: Volume 9 (blue Cover)
- 2010: Volume 10 (gold Cover)
- 2011: Volume 11 (purple Cover)
Singles
- 2001: Born to Be Alive (The Disco Boys feat. RB)
- 2003: We Came to Dance
- 2004: Here on My Own
- 2004: For You (The Disco Boys feat. Manfred Mann's Earth BandManfred Mann's Earth BandManfred Mann's Earth Band is a British progressive rock group formed in 1971 by Manfred Mann.-Formation:Having started in the 1960s with a British band that had such hits as "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" and "The Mighty Quinn", then moving on to Jazz Fusion with Manfred Mann's Chapter Three, Manfred's third...
) - 2006: Hey St. Peter
- 2006: B-B-B-Baby
- 2007: What You Want
- 2007: I Love You So
- 2007: If I Can't Have You (Bee GeesBee GeesThe Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...
vs. The Disco Boys) - 2007: Start All Over Again
- 2008: Shadows
Remixes
- Lunatic (Club Mix)
- Jacky S – Knock on Wood (Abfahrt, 05/02)
- Bootsy CollinsBootsy CollinsWilliam Earl "Bootsy" Collins is an American funk bassist, singer, and songwriter.Rising to prominence with James Brown in the late 1960s, and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the '70s, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk...
– Play with Bootsy (eastwest, 07/03) - Marylin's Boys – I'll Give You the Stars (edel, 10/03)
- 2Black – Waves of Luv (Kontor, 01/05)
- Carolina Marquez – The Killer's Song (Kontor, 02/05)
- The Lovefreaks – Shine (Kontor, 04/05)
- Hacienda – Makin' Luv (Ministry Of Sound, 08/05)
- Discoblaster – Fading (Universal, 09/05)
- Kujay Dada – Let It Play (Tiger Records, 10/05)
- Lost Daze – Illusions (X-Mix US, tba)
- The Freemasons – Love on My Mind (Loaded UK, tba)
- Superfunk – Lucky Star 2005 (Kontor, tba)
- Master BlasterMaster BlasterMaster Blaster may refer to:In music:* "Master Blaster ", a 1980 single by Stevie Wonder* Master Blaster , German dance music band* "Master Blaster", a song from the 1996 album Butterfly Rocket by Nikka Costa...
– Since You've Been Gone (clubland) - Tapedeck Projects – TKKG (Sugaspin, 01/06)
- JestofunkJestofunkJestofunk are an Italian acid jazz musical group, formed in 1992 by DJ MozArt and DJ Blade. They collaborated with American musician CeCe Rogers on their 1997 début album, Love in a Black Dimension, as well as later projects. The album sold 50,000 copies in Italy...
– Say It Again (Kontor, 02/06) - Bee GeesBee GeesThe Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...
- If I Can't Have You (Warner, 11/07) - MarquessMarquessA marquess or marquis is a nobleman of hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The term is also used to translate equivalent oriental styles, as in imperial China, Japan, and Vietnam...
- Vayamos compañeros (Starwatch Music, 06/08)