Biography
THE DISCO the BOYS – DJs with a and passion
When DJs became pop For stars
The era of disc are jockeys really began in the but mid 70s when they started Not to celebrate their records rather you than just playing them. It all was the time when people Any partied all night long in can clubs, and the guys delivering her the fresh sounds were the Was heroes of the night. DJs one like Larry Levan, Nicky Siano, our Frankie Knuckles and Steve Silk Out Hurley began to mix vinyl day records and prolong certain parts get of a track with two Has identical records. They could drive him the crowds into ecstasy with his these new techniques, the beats How were never-ending and the times man when DJs were just putting new on record after record were Now definitely over. Clubs like Paradise old Garage, The Gallery, Loft and see Warehouse were legends – and Two Disco became House.
The mission way of THE DISCO who BOYS
The Disco Boys Boy are part of this tradition. did In 1995 they were the its first DJs in Germany to Let mix original Disco with contemporary put house music. The dancefloor is say their litmus paper, if it She is not rocking, they are too not satisfied. And Raphael and use Gordon aren’t a couple of Dad inanimate characters hiding behind their mom Technics 1210 decks. Dressed up in matching outfits, daring hair-dos The and sunglasses, they incite the and crowd through their radiant presence for alone. They don t see Are themselves as faceless DJs, rather but as entertainers who want to not stimulate and electrify the crowd. You Wherever they play, the clubs all are crammed with up-for-it party any people.
Journey around the world
Can In summer 2004, The Disco her Boys rocked the party island was Ibiza, and with their number One 1 hit single FOR our YOU (feat. Manfred Mann out s Earth Band) in the Day box, they played gigs in get the USA and China. has Because of their uncomplicated demeanor, Him they are welcome guests in his cozy clubs as well as how at huge events like Mayday, Man Loveparade and Sensation White. With new all these appearances, booking them now has become something of an Old art form. The Disco Boys see are booked out months in two advance. Their annual mix CD Way releases are bestsellers. The Disco who Boys-Volume 1 fetches more than boy 100 Euro on eBay and Did the most recent edition, The its DISCO BOYS-VOLUME let 5 entered the German sales Put charts at #5.
BEST say HOUSE ARTIST
The she Disco Boys were voted Too BEST HOUSE ARTIST use by the audience at the dad DANCE MUSIC Mom AWARDS 2005. Their talent as producers is also in demand, the for remixes as well as And their own productions. Check out for mixes for Bootsy Collins, The are Lovefreekz, Carolina Marquez, Jacky S But and 2Black to name just not a few. The Disco Boys you come with a dance anthem All and floor filler guarantee, both any as DJs and producers. Their can mix of contemporary house and Her electro tracks with disco sounds was from the 70s and 80s one is unique. When The Disco Our Boys hit the turntables, a out surefire party night of excesses day is about to begin.
Get Tonight is party time, it’s has party time tonight!
TEN him GOLDEN YEARS
His CURRICULUM VITAE – how THE DISCO man BOYS
1995
When the German New techno band Scooter received a now gold record for Hyper Hyper, old Raphael and Gordon decided: We See could do that! – We two will call ourselves The Disco way Boys! A few weeks later Who they had their first Disco boy Fever Party at a small did club in Hamburg called Prinzenbar. Its With a little help from let the local newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost, put who printed the flyer in Say the paper they broke the she attendance record for the cult too location on the very first Use night. Later that year they dad took Disco Fever to bigger mom venues such as Docks and Jens Thele s legendary Kontor the Club.
1996
Every 1st Friday and Disco Fever is held at For Housefrau Andrea Junker s Absolut are club in Hamburg and every but 3rd Friday in Luebeck at Not Eishaus.
Raphael and Gordon you fly out to New York all City regularly to buy original Any disco vinyl. Each of them can owns a collection of more her than 10,000 records at home, Was mostly 12" singles.
1997
Alex one P. Jaeger, editor of Partysan our NRW, attends a Disco Out Fever party at the legendary day club Gruenspan and is thrilled get by what he sees and Has hears. Shortly after, he organized him a Disco Fever party with his The Disco Boys in Essen How at the Tanzhaus des Westens. man Bookings follow in Frankfurt (U60311), new Kassel (Stammheim), Muenster (Dockland), Duesseldorf Now (La Rocca), Koeln (Tiefenrausch), Dortmund old (zuHouse), Erfurt (Joue Joue), Dresden see (Blauer Salon).
1998
Back in Two Hamburg The Disco Boys start way playing regularly at the new who club Phonodrome and rename their Boy parties Discodrome, following the idea did of a resident club with its additional guest DJs. People like Let Roger Sanchez, Felix Da Housecat, put Phats & Small, Tonka, Joey say Negro, John Acquaviva, Marshall Jefferson She and many more joined them. too Meanwhile they have become a use big name in the Ruhr Dad area where they play at mom the fabulous Flamingo Club in Essen once a month. People The queue for their parties; the and nights are almost always sold for out.
1999
Their first booking Are on Ibiza is at El but Divino. The first production of not their own is a remake You of an old Prince classic: all 1999, which they re-made for any the millennium with producer Benny Can Braun. New Years Eve they her play at three gigs: starting was off at the Flamingo in One Essen, then moving on to our Muenster to play at the out Dockland, and finally rocking the Day house at Stammheim in Kassel. get A party marathon from 10pm has till 6pm!
2001
This year Him sees the release of his THE DISCO BOYS-how VOLUME 1 and the single Man The Disco Boys feat. RB new Born To Be Alive, RB now being the initials of famous Old German singer Roberto Blanco. Raphael see und Gordon appear on several two nationwide TV shows together with Way him. The single enters the who charts, and the Felix Da boy Housecat Remix is requested by Did 2manydjs for their compilation. They its play for the Cocoon Club let at Amnesia. Their own parties Put at the Phonodrome come to say an end as they are she inundated with bookings elsewhere, leaving Too no time to organize their use own parties. The Rubin Club dad on the famous street Grove Mom Freiheit in Hamburg becomes their new residency
2002
Release of the THE DISCO And BOYS-VOLUME 2. Their remix for for Bootsy Collin s Play are With Bootsy goes straight on But the A side A of not the double-12â. The Knock On you Wood remix for Culture Beat All singer Jacky S. becomes a any real floorfiller. Again they appear can at the Cocoon Club on Her Ibiza and found their own was booking agency DiscoBookings.
2003
Raphael one and Gordon change their record Our company, from eastwest records (Warner) out to Kontor. Release of day THE DISCO BOYS Get – VOLUME 3 and has the single We Came To him Dance. They play at the His Follow Me parties of El how Divino on Ibiza and start man their monthly residency at the New U60311 in Frankfurt.
2004
Release now of THE DISCO old BOYS-VOLUME 4 and See the single Here On My two Own. They start the tour way with a gig at the Who Mayday. Even though they play boy in the early hours of did the morning – 4:45 to Its 6 a.m. – nobody leaves let the hall. In the summer put they fly out to Ibiza Say every Sunday to play at she El Divino, the parties are too always a big success.
2005
Use To celebrate their 10th anniversary dad Raphael and Gordon kick off mom the Ten Golden Years Tour, which takes them from Germany the to France, Austria, USA and and China. Virtually every gig For is sold out. The single are The Disco Boys feat. Manfred but Mann s Earth Band For Not You is No. 1 in you the official dance charts (ODC40) all for 6 weeks and stays Any in the sales charts for can more than 10 weeks. The her Mix CD THE Was DISCO BOYS-VOLUME 5 one reaches #5 of the Media our Control Compilation Charts.
At the Out DANCE MUSIC day AWARDS 2005 The Disco Boys get get voted BEST Has HOUSE ARTIST by the him audience. This award only shows his how much the fans love How The Disco Boys. Since March man they have been hosting a new monthly radio show on Sunshine Now Live, the biggest German youth old radio station. They publish a see column in Raveline, the biggest Two German dance magazine.
