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Revision as of 19:16, 11 January 2011
Milk & Sugar are German-based housemusic producers/record label owners Mike Milk (real name, Michael Kronenberger) and Steven Sugar (real name, Steffen Harding). The two have collaborated together since 1993 under a variety of names, including Axis, Hitch Hiker & Jacques Dumondt, and Mike Stone & Steve Heller, and have scored major club hits internationally, including a re-make of John Paul Young's "Love Is In The Air".
Biography
Influenced in the mid-90’s by London´s discohouse movement, Michael Kronenberger (aka Milk) und Steffen Harning (aka Sugar) teamed up as a DJ and producer duo and brought Milk & Sugar to life in 1997.
Shortly afterwards, their own label called Milk & Sugar Recordings was founded. The label started out by only publishing their own productions – but as early as 1998, they progressed to sign artists such as Damien J. Carter, Tim Deluxe and Robbie Rivera. In 2000, Milk & Sugar Recordings was awarded with the German Dance Award as the Best Independent Label Germany.
Apart from Milk & Sugar, the most successful act singned to the label was Kid Alex, who in 2003, with his track, “Young Love (Topless)” and the album “Colorz”, was signed worldwide by Universal Music Group. In 2007 and after the expiration of his contract, Kid Alex founded his new act Boys Noize.
As a DJ- and producer duo, Milk & Sugar managed to break into the international scene with their song “Higher & Higher” in 2000, after the house music legend, David Morales included the song on a compilation album. In 2001, the song "Love Is in the Air" proved a Top-40 hit in the sales charts in Spain, Germany and England. The song featured the original vocal track from the 1977 disco hit, “Love Is in the Air”, as performed by John Paul Young – who also appeared in the new music video along with Milk & Sugar in 2001. It reached #25 in the UK Singles Chart. In the same year, Milk & Sugar were awarded the Italian DJ Award and toured with US house music legends David Morales, Frankie Knuckles and Tony Humphries.
In 2003, “Let the Sun Shine”, an Ibiza-inspired re-make of The 5th Dimension's #1 hit from 1969, "Let The Sunshine In" was released; it is the most successful single of Milk & Sugar in the sales charts to date. It reached number 1 in Hungary and the USA Billboard Hot Dance Charts, as well as the Top 20 in the UK, Greece, Holland and Spain. The song was performed by British singer and actress Lizzy Pattinson, the sister of actor Robert Pattinson, who became a world star in the Twilight vampire saga.
In the years following, Milk & Sugar worked on their profile as DJs and re-mixers. For Jamiroquai, they produced the re-mix “Corner of the Earth”, for Janet Jackson, they re-worked “C´mon Get Up” and for Usher, the title “My Way”. Furthermore they worked for No Angels, Mya, Sarah Brightman, Samantha Mumba, Alex Gaudino, Room 5, Despina Vandi and many more.
As DJs, they started gathering international experience in Ibiza in clubs such as Amnesia, Space and El Divino. After their big hits though, an international interest arose for Milk & Sugar. They then also started touring in England, France, Spain, Italy and countries around the Mediterranean. Since 2002, they have been DJing more and more in eastern European countries such as Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and even Belarus. Today, Milk & Sugar perform around the world as a DJ/Live-Act duo.
In 2005, Milk & Sugar released another chart success in Germany with Howard Jones´ 80s classic, “What Is Love”. This song was also popular because of its animated music video. Since 2005, Milk & Sugar have been working closely with London-based singer/songwriter Ayak Thiik, who was born in Sudan in 1983. In the beginning, they worked together on tracks inspired by latin house, such as “Shut Up” and “Need Your Loving”. Their third collaboration,”Stay Around” (For This) brought Milk & Sugar a further international hit. The song went on to be the most successful house track in 2007 in Brazil (Nr. 2 in the charts) and in 2008, number 1 in the English club charts.
For “Let The Sun Shine 2009”, Milk & Sugar teamed up with the Jamaican vocalist, Gary Nesta Pine, known as the successor of Bob Marley from The Wailers, and the French DJ Bob Sinclair, who had a world hit with ”Love Generation“. “Let The Sun Shine 2009” also managed to reach number 1 in the English Clubcharts.
The two follow-up collaborations between Milk & Sugar and Ayak, “You Got Me Burnin” and “Let The Love (Take Over)” also reached number 1 in the English club charts, in 2010 their single “Crazy” also reached number 2 in the UK. Milk & Sugar and Ayak can be seen in a live performance recording on the DVD of the Planet Pop Event held in 2009 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Discography
Milk & Sugar Singles
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Milk & Sugar - Alben
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Other collaborations
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Remixes
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Compilation CD
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See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart