Hardfloor
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Hardfloor is a German
techno and acid trance
duo, consisting of Oliver Bondzio and Ramon Zenker. Their most famous track is "Acperience 1" (often titled more simply as "Acperience" on many compilation album
s).
Their distinctive acid house
sound is attributed to their skill at manipulating Roland TB-303
bass synthesisers, using up to six of these machines at once. Their UK
chart
hits
include "Hardtrance Acperience" (1992), "Trancescript" (1993) and the remix
of the aforementioned "Acpereince" (1997). Their 1996 album
, Home Run, peaked at #68 in the UK Albums Chart
.
genres.
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...
techno and acid trance
Acid trance
Acid trance is a style of trance music that emerged in the late '80s early '90s focusing on utilising the acid sound. The trademark sound of "acid" is produced with a Roland TB-303 by playing a sequenced melody while altering the instrument's filter cutoff frequency, resonance, envelope modulation,...
duo, consisting of Oliver Bondzio and Ramon Zenker. Their most famous track is "Acperience 1" (often titled more simply as "Acperience" on many compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s).
Their distinctive acid house
Acid house
Acid house is a sub-genre of house music that emphasizes a repetitive, hypnotic and trance-like style, often with samples or spoken lines rather than sung lyrics. Acid house's core electronic squelch sounds were developed around the mid-1980s, particularly by DJs from Chicago who experimented with...
sound is attributed to their skill at manipulating Roland TB-303
Roland TB-303
The Roland TB-303 Bass Line is a bass synthesizer with built-in sequencer manufactured by the Roland corporation from late 1981 to 1984 that had a defining role in the development of contemporary electronic music.-History:...
bass synthesisers, using up to six of these machines at once. Their UK
United Kingdom
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chart
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
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 "Hardtrance Acperience" (1992), "Trancescript" (1993) and the remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
of the aforementioned "Acpereince" (1997). Their 1996 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...
, Home Run, peaked at #68 in the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
.
Albums
| TB Resuscitation | 1993 | Harthouse Harthouse Harthouse is a German record label specializing in techno music. The label has been responsible for many success stories in the electronic world including Oliver Lieb, Eternal Basement, Hardfloor, Sven Väth and Koxbox.... |
| Respect | 1994 | Harthouse |
| Home Run | 1996 | Harthouse |
| The Best Of Hardfloor | 1997 | Eye Q Records |
| All Targets Down | 1998 | Harthouse |
| So What?! | 2000 | Harthouse |
| 4 Out Of 5 Aliens Recommend This | 2005 | www.hardfloor.de |
| Compiler 1.0 | 2006 | www.hardfloor.de |
| The Life We Choose | 2007 | www.hardfloor.de |
| Two Guys Three Boxes | 2010 | www.hardfloor.de |
Da Damn Phreak Noize Phunk
Hardfloor also released albums under the pseudonym Da Damn Phreak Noize Phunk. These songs tend toward the chillout and loungeLounge music
Lounge music is a retrospective description of music popular in the 1950s and 1960s. It is a type of mood music meant to evoke in the listeners the feeling of being in a place — a jungle, an island paradise, outer space, et cetera — other than where they are listening to it...
genres.
| Electric Crate Digger | 1999 | Studio !K7 |
| Take Off Da Hot Sweater | 2002 | Combination Records |
| Lost & Found | 2003 | Combination Records |
| The Chearleaders Are Smilin' At You | 2009 | Mole Listening Pearls |
Mix albums compiled by Hardfloor
| Hardfloor presents X-MIX: Jack The Box | 1998 | Studio K7 |
| Our Acid Experience | 2006 | www.hardfloor.de |
| Tales Of The Unexpected 3 - Mixed By Hardfloor | 2008 | Platipus Records Platipus Records Platipus Records was a popular trance music record label that was based in London, UK. It was founded in 1993 by Simon Berry. The early releases were almost exclusively limited to Berry's various projects, including Union Jack, Clanger, and Art of Trance... |
Singles and EPs
| "Let Da Bass Go" | 1991 | Eye Q Records |
| "Drug Overlord" | 1992 | Eye Q Records |
| "Hardtrance Acperience EP" | 1992 | Harthouse |
| "Trancescript" | 1993 | Harthouse |
| "Into The Nature" | 1994 | Harthouse |
| "Funalogue Mini Album" | 1994 | Harthouse |
| "Mr. Anderson" / "Fish & Chips" | 1994 | Harthouse |
| "Mahogany Roots" | 1994 | Harthouse |
| "Respect" | 1994 | Harthouse |
| "Respected Remixes" | 1995 | Harthouse |
| "Da Damn Phreak Noize Phunk?" | 1995 | Harthouse |
| "Strikeout" | 1996 | Harthouse |
| "Beavis At Bat" | 1996 | Harthouse |
| "Da Damn Phreak Noize Phunk? Volume 2" | 1997 | Harthouse |
| "Hardfloor Will Survive" (collaboration with Phuture Phuture Phuture is a Chicago-based acid house group founded in 1985 by Spanky, DJ Pierre and Herb J.The group's 12-minute track "Acid Tracks" is one of several recordings that lay claim to being the first-ever acid house record.... ) |
1998 | Harthouse |
| "Skill Shot" | 1999 | Harthouse |
| "Smash The Gnat" | 2000 | Harthouse |
| "Communication To None" | 2001 | Harthouse |
| "Underexposed Above Average" | 2001 | Harthouse |
| "Alphabetical" / "Received Files" / "Me Too" | 2003 | www.hardfloor.de |
| "Da Revival" / "Hubbub Rub" | 2004 | www.hardfloor.de |
| "Soulful Spirit" / "Mrs. Broflovski" | 2004 | www.hardfloor.de |
| "Murano" / "Joppiemuffler" | 2004 | www.hardfloor.de |
| "Groupie Love" / "Plasticacid" / "Jack the House" | 2005 | www.hardfloor.de |
| "T 2 Da C" (Da Remixes) | 2005 | www.hardfloor.de |
| "Devils & Donuts" / "Who Took Da Box?" | 2006 | www.hardfloor.de |
| "Tugger" / "Butterflies in Bottermelk" | 2006 | www.hardfloor.de |
| "Hitchhiker Habits" / "Blueprint" (by Rob Acid) | 2006 | www.hardfloor.de |
| "707" (by Andreas Andreas) / "It's Him, It's Him" | 2007 | www.hardfloor.de |
Selected Hardfloor remixes
- Robert Armani - "Circus Bells" 1993 Djax-Up-Beats
- Sourmash - "Pilgrimage To Paradise" 1994 Prolekult Records
- Mory KanteMory KantéMory Kanté is a vocalist and player of the kora harp. He was born into one of Guinea's best known families of griot musicians...
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" 1995 FFRR RecordsFFRR RecordsFFRR Records is a subsidiary of London Records, founded and run by English DJ Pete Tong. FFRR has also two subsidiaries: Double F Double R Records and Ffrreedom Records... - Bassheads - "Is There Anybody Out There?" 1995 Deconstruction RecordsDeconstruction RecordsDeconstruction Records is a record label founded in 1987 by Pete Hadfield and Keith Blackhurst in the United Kingdom. Distribution was via label deals with Parlophone Records, for acts such as K-Klass and Bassheads), and RCA Records for everybody else....
(Desa Basshead) - New OrderNew OrderNew Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
- "Blue MondayBlue Monday (New Order song)"Blue Monday" is a single released in 1983 by British band New Order, and later remixed in 1988 and 1995. The song has been widely remixed and covered since its original release, and became a popular anthem in the dance club scene.-Background:...
" 1995 London RecordsLondon RecordsLondon Records, referred to as London Recordings in logo, is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 to 1979, then becoming a semi-independent label.... - Baby Doc And The Dentist - Mantra To The Buddha 1995 TEC (Truelove Electronic Communications)
- TWA - "Nasty Girls" 1995 Mercury RecordsMercury RecordsMercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
- The ShamenThe ShamenThe Shamen were an experimental electronic music band, from 1985–1999, initially formed in Aberdeen, Scotland, as a psychedelic-influenced indie rock act. The founding members are Colin Angus , Derek McKenzie and Keith McKenzie...
- "Destination Eschaton" 1995 Epic RecordsEpic RecordsEpic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A... - Depeche ModeDepeche ModeDepeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
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" 1997 Mute RecordsMute RecordsMute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...
External links
- hardfloor.de - official website
- [ Hardfloor] at Allmusic
- Hardfloor - Hardfloor's myspace-site
- Hardfloor discography Unofficial Hardfloor Discography
- Our Acid Experience 2006 - Hardfloor at eMusicEMusiceMusic is an online music and audiobook store that operates by subscription. It is headquartered in New York City with an office in London and owned by Dimensional Associates. As of September 2008 eMusic has over 400,000 subscribers....
- Hardfloor at Last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....