David Brandes (born David Brändle; December 9, 1968 in

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and producer.

Biography

Brandes was born in

and raised in Germany. He has written and produced for many artists, including

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and

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. Brandes also had two hits in

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during 1994, with "Heartbreak Angel" and "Heartless Dancer". In 1995, Brandes was profiled in ''

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'' magazine as one of Germany's top producers. In 2005, it was revealed that Brandes had bought hundreds of his own CDs ( Gracia,

, Virus Incorporation) to manipulate the charts. The musicians produced by Brandes were banned from the German Top 100 for three months. In contrast to Vanilla Ninja, Gracia continued her co-operation with Brandes. Due to his managing both Gracia and Vanilla Ninja at the time, Brandes had two songs in the

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; Gracia's " Run & Hide" for Germany and Vanilla Ninja's "

Cool Vibes Switzerland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Cool Vibes", written by David Brandes, Jane Tempest, and John O'Flynn, and performed by the band Vanilla Ninja. The Swiss participating broadcaster, the Swiss Broadc ...

" for Switzerland.

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* 1968 births Vanilla Ninja Swiss songwriters Swiss emigrants to Germany German male songwriters German record producers Living people {{Music-producer-stub