Hyper Hyper sold over 700,000 copies in Germany alone, worked its way into German slang and catapulted Scooter overnight to the status of international stars. The ever-growing ranks of the rave generation use the expression Hyper Hyper to describe something incredibly awesome. It's the superlative superlative. And, as their career shows, these boys from the far north really live up to the title they gave their first track.
You've seen it happen many times: and act crashes onto the scene, scores a megahit, and, before you know it, they're history. But not Scooter! They have become one of the world's most successful dance-techno bands. Hyper Hyper, Move Your Ass, Friends, Endless Summer and Back In The U.K. were all huge hits, with sales over 3 million worldwide so far. Hot off the presses, their new disc Back In The U.K. is a taste of what Scooter fans can look forward to on the groups second LP that came out in March '96. Scooter appear in the somewhat different light on this track which incorporates the poignant Miss Marple melody. With their brand new video, the band brings the good old whodunits gerne back to life, while paying homage to the television crime thrillers of the 50s and 60s. Rick and Ferris come across as a bit more
traditional than what we may be used to, but their beats are faster than ever and inject pulsating energy into the hearts of ravers and non-ravers alike.
Although widely known from the print and TV media, the history of the band Scooter deserves a few words here. Back in the way 80s, H.P. and Rick got together under the name Celebrate The Nun. Their music back then can best be described as "avant-garde future pop". This creative duo with the spacy sound achieved early success. The high point came when Celebrate The Nun broke into the "Top 5" of the American Billboard Dance Charts. H.P. also came into contact with DJ Jens Thele (who had over many years become a permanent ficture on the city's club scene - Traxx, Trinity, Giganten-Partys - and who since then become operator of Hamburg's most talked about club, the "Kontor") with whom he worked at "edel company", a record company in Hamburg. They all quickly developed the same musical interest and formed the remix team "The Loop" in summer '93.
The guys were spending more and more time in the music studios of Hamburg. It will come as no surprise that within no time at all they had gained the reputation as the remixers of choice. Guided by their policy of "if you like it, do it", they joined up with the likes of Adeva, Holly Johnson, RuPaul, Toni Di Bart, Tag Team, Prince Ital Joe feat. Marky Mark, to name just few, To be able to concentrate more on their joint musical projects, all four of them now live in Hamburg where they also have their studio. When they are not on tour, the band occupies the studio for nights on end, working on their own tracks or, as before, producing remixes for other artists. As for the studio outfitting, Scooter relies on a wide variety of equipment, and not all of it state-of-the-art. Rick swears by their 15-year-old PA system which he says "sounds simply divine".| LinkExchange Member | Free Home Pages at GeoCities |