Warp Brothers
Encyclopedia
Warp Brothers is the dance music
group
moniker used by German
DJs
Oliver Goedicke and Jürgen Dohr. Established in 1999, Their style includes techno
, hard acid, house
, trance
and electro.
Their most successful hits
include "Phatt Bass", "We Will Survive" and "Blast the Speakers" which found success in several countries including the UK
and Germany
.
The original version of "Phatt Bass" was by Warp Brothers vs. Aquagen, based on New Order
's "Confusion" (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix), and should not be confused with Public Domain's "Operation Blade" which was based on the same song
. "Blast the Speakers" was featured on the 2005 techno album
, Radikal Techno 6.
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
group
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
moniker used by German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
DJs
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
Oliver Goedicke and Jürgen Dohr. Established in 1999, Their style includes techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
, hard acid, house
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...
, trance
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
and electro.
Their most successful hits
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
include "Phatt Bass", "We Will Survive" and "Blast the Speakers" which found success in several countries including the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and 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...
.
The original version of "Phatt Bass" was by Warp Brothers vs. Aquagen, based on New Order
New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
's "Confusion" (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix), and should not be confused with Public Domain's "Operation Blade" which was based on the same song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
. "Blast the Speakers" was featured on the 2005 techno album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Radikal Techno 6.
Singles
- 2000: "Phatt Bass" (vs. Aquagen)
- 2001: "We Will Survive"
- 2002: "Blast The Speakers"
- 2002: "The Power"
- 2002: "Cokane"
- 2003: "Going Insane" (feat. Red Monkey)
- 2004: "Smells Like Teen SpiritSmells Like Teen Spirit"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a song by the American grunge band Nirvana. It is the opening track and lead single from the band's second album, Nevermind , released on DGC Records...
" - 2005: "Phatt Bass"
- 2006: "Push UPPush UpThis article is about the single. For the body exercise, see Push-upPush Up is a single by British group Freestylers, featuring Theo, released in 2004. It was a hit mainly in Belgium and Australia, as well as the Netherlands....
" - 2007: "Dominator"
- 2008: "Phatt Bass" (vs. Aly Payami)
Selected discography
- Warp Factor (2003)
- TranzWorld, Vol. 6.0 (2003)
- TranzWorld, Vol. 7 (2004)
- TranzWorld, Vol. 8 (2004)
- TranzWorld, Vol. 9 (2005)
- Live in Sydney (2005)
- Big in Japan (2006)