Whirlpool Productions is a 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...

 project from Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

, of the musicians and producers Eric D. Clark

Eric D. Clark

Eric D. Clark is a musician. After growing up in California, he moved to Europe. While living in Cologne he made a major contribution to the city's music scene in the 1990s though his clubs and Djing work, blending disco and house music...

, Justus Köhncke

Justus Köhncke

Justus Köhncke is a german Techno producer and pop musician from Cologne.Köhncke was a member of the house trio Whirlpool Productions, along with Hans Nieswandt and Eric D. Clark. Together, they had a number one hit in Italy in 1997 with their house track From Disco To Disco. Since 1999, he has...

 und Hans Nieswandt founded in 1991. Whirlpool Productions are known for their unique, experimental sound, that shaped the style of bands like Sensorama or Egoexpress. Their 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...

-Hit From: Disco To Disco was a big success. In summer 1997, it was a number 1 for 9 weeks in Italy. The musicians were also journalists in the old editorial staff of Spex

Spex (magazine)

Spex is a prominent German rock and pop culture magazine located in Berlin, Germany. Besides music news, Spex also covers literature, cinema, fashion and contemporary social trends...

 music magazine, and therefore always interested also in the theoretical side of their activity. Today, they appear mostly as DJs. Hans Nieswandt talks in his book plus minus acht about his memories of house in the nineties.

Singles

• Fly high / Gimme 1993
• I think that maybe I'm dreaming 1994 (with T'n'I uder the title The Dream Team E.P.)
• The Immunity Syndrome E.P. 1995
• Non-Stop Trancin / Let yourself go 1994
• Harvest / Moon Huh 1995
• Cold Song 1996
• From: Disco to: Disco 1996
• Crazy Music 1998
• Lifechange 2001

Remixes (selection)

• Die Helfende Hand - Wo sind die Partys 1993
• D'Cypher - Return of Dr.Mabuse 1993
• Microbots - I don't know what to expect 1995
• Army of Lovers - Life is Fantastic 1995