Harajuku (dance project)

Harajuku is a 1992 by the German producer Ulrich Moor lamps (Tony O'Melley ) based song and dance project.

Overview

Together with his partner Thorsten Scots managed to coincide with the first single, a techno -dance version of the musical hit "The Phantom of the opera " a worldwide success. So the title in the United States was able to reach for weeks on the Hot Dance Music / Maxi - Singles Sales chart of Billboard magazine with the maximum placement 21. Furthermore, the title was represented in numerous international dance charts. In the course of not only musical subjects, but also film music were among other things, used to Walt Disney animated films. 1995 saw the album " Just one look".

History

The Dance Project name from the eponymous district of the Japanese capital Tokyo, called Harajuku, known for her shrill fashion and extrovert outfits and the corresponding lifestyle. The techno version of the musical hit "The Phantom of the opera " is characterized by the eccentric vocals. The singer is the German pop singer Kristina Bach. For further productions, use was changing singers until 1995, the German singer Stephanie O'Hara (born Stefanie fruit) has been committed for the project. With her ​​then, a large part of the album "Just one look " was recorded. Great attention was paid to the appearance on the London scene Disco " The Fridge ", which is a ranking in the top 10 of the UK dance charts with the result.

Composition and successes

The debut single with the singer Kristina Bach was also equal to the greatest success of the project Harajuku Dance. It not only reached # 21 of the Hot Dance Music / Maxi - Singles Sales chart of Billboard magazine but worldwide reached a high awareness levels, which led to the several skaters used the production for their freestyle performances. At the Winter Games in Lillehammer was reached so that in the U.S. an audience of 64 %, the highest rating in the American sports television history. Previously concentrated Overall, according to media reports, the global audience at 2.1 billion viewers. This media attention helped the production to a sustainable breakthrough. It was followed by other chart successes, with the dance version of the Elton John hit " Can you feel the love tonight" from the Walt Disney animated film " The Lion King" to the second big hit of the dance project Harajuku this time became the singer Stephanie O'Hara and also made ​​it into the top 50 on the Hot Dance Music / Maxi - Singles Sales charts of Billboard magazine. The same also managed the production of " Colors of the wind".

Discography

Albums

  • Just one look (Album) 1995
  • The best of dances mixes (Album) 2002
  • Musical & Disney Gala For Dancing 1998
  • Come Back And Stay 2007
  • Trance Symphony 2010

Singles

  • The phantom of the opera ( Single) 1992
  • On my own (single ) 1993
  • The phantom of the opera - Remix ( Single) 1994
  • Colors of the Wind ( Single) 1995
  • Con you feel the love tonight ( Single) 1995
  • Beauty and the beast ( Single) 1996
  • Someday ( Single) 1996
  • This is the moment / Someone like you ( Single) 1997
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