Hardfloor is a German electronic music duo, consisting of Oliver Bondzio and

Ramon Zenker Ramon Zenker (born 11 November 1968) is a German music producer, songwriter, Audio engineer, sound engineer and remixer. He is a member of Hardfloor, Fragma, Paffendorf and E-Trax, who had a UK Singles Chart, UK #60 hit with Let's Rock (song), Let ...

. Their most famous track is "Acperience 1" (often titled more simply as "Acperience" on many

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s) and chosen by

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as one of his 'Inheritance Tracks' when interviewed on UK's

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. Their distinctive

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sound is attributed to their skill at manipulating

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bass

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s, using up to six of these machines at once. Their UK

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include "Hardtrance Acperience" (1992), "Trancescript" (1993) and the

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of the aforementioned "Acperience" (1997). Their 1996

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, ''Home Run'', peaked at No. 68 in the

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Discography

Albums

Da Damn Phreak Noize Phunk

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and

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genres.

Mix albums compiled by Hardfloor

Singles and EPs

Selected Hardfloor remixes

* Robert Armani - "Circus Bells" 1993 Djax-Up-Beats * Rising High Collective - "Fever Called Love" 1993

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* Sourmash - "Pilgrimage To Paradise" 1994 Prolekult Records *

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- "

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" 1995

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- " When I Call Your Name" 1995

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* Bassheads - "Is There Anybody Out There?" 1995

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(Desa Basshead) * New Order - " Blue Monday" 1995

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* Baby Doc And The Dentist - Mantra To The Buddha 1995 TEC (Truelove Electronic Communications) * TWA - "Nasty Girls" 1995

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- "Destination Eschaton" 1995

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- "

It's No Good "It's No Good" a song by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 31 March 1997 by Mute and Reprise Records as the second single from their ninth studio album, ''Ultra''. It was written by Martin L. Gore and produced by Tim Si ...

" 1997

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* Mike Oldfield - Let There Be Light (Hardfloor Remix) 1995

References

External links

hardfloor.de
- official website *

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- Hardfloor's Myspace-site *

Unofficial Hardfloor Discography

- Hardfloor at

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