Paffendorf

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Paffendorf
Genres Dance - Eurodance - Trance
Years active 2001-
Website http://www.paffendorf.info/
Members
Ramon Zenker
Gottfried Engels
Sven Thiel
Nicolas Valli

Paffendorf is a dance project from Cologne, Germany. The project consists of Ramon Zenker, also producer of Fragma, Gottfried Engels, Nicolas Valli and Sven Thiel, who also represents Paffendorf as a DJ act. Paffendorf is best known for their year 2000 hit, "Where are You", although they have had various successful hits across Europe. Their song, Under My Skin, had become an Internet meme, featuring a chibi girl repetitively imitating a train engine with her hands and jumping up and down. The song had been sped up to sound similar and rival to a more popular Internet meme, Caramelldansen.Their music is a Dance specific Eurodance,but many songs,contain a Trance.

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[edit] History

Paffendorf began in 1998, and scored three hits in Germany that year with "Smile" (#22); plus "Ruf Mich An" / "Call Me Now" and "Terminator" both achieving Top 50 status. They were awarded 'Dance Act Of The Year'. In the year 2000 they continued in that vein and made their breakthrough: "Where are You" went into the German Top 15 with "Everybody Scream" also making the Top 50. Their hit album, Dance City was also placed firmly in the Top 50 of the album charts. The track "Rhythm And Sex" continued the run, whilst "Be Cool" went to #7 in the UK Singles Chart in June 2002.

Their thirteenth single release, "Under My Skin", was successful in Japan, particular in the video hosting service, NicoNico Douga. It was first shown in a fan-vid featuring a character from Sumomomo Momomo, plus the Jens O Remix version of the song that was shortened and played twice. Westerners sometimes called this the "Paffendorf Dance". Another version of this video involved characters from Lucky Star.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • 2000: Dance City
  • 2007: Planet Dance

[edit] Singles

  • 1998: "Smile" (D #22)
  • 1998: "Ruf Mich An" (D #49)
  • 1998: "Terminator 2 Theme: Main Title" (D #49)
  • 1999: "Allnight"
  • 1999: "Where are You" (D #11, A #21, CH #12, NL #18, LET #18)
  • 2000: "Everybody Scream" (D #43, NL #56)
  • 2001: "Rhythm & Sex" (D #61)
  • 2002: "Be Cool" (D #29, A #41, UK #7[1])
  • 2002: "Crazy, Sexy, Marvellous" (D #33, NL #8, UK #52[1])
  • 2004: "Welcome To Africa"
  • 2005: "On & On" (D #80)
  • 2005: "Stop That Shit!"
  • 2005: "Under My Skin"
  • 2006: "Vogue"
  • 2006: "La La La Girl" (Samples "Up (La, La, La)" by La Voix)
  • 2006: "Where Are You 2007"
  • 2007: "It's Not Over"
  • 2009: "Self Control"
  • 2009: "Bring It Back"
  • 2009: "Discover"

[edit] Videos

  • 1998: Smile
  • 1998: Terminator 2 Theme: Main Title
  • 1999: Where Are You
  • 2001: Rhythm & Sex
  • 2002: Be Cool
  • 2002: Crazy, Sexy, Marvellous
  • 2005: On & On
  • 2006: La La La Girl
  • 2006: Where Are You 2007

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 414. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 

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