Daze is a Danish

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band, best known for their singles "

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", "Toy Boy" and " Together Forever (The Cyber Pet Song)". The group's members are Trine Bix, Jesper Tønnov and Lucas Sieber. The group's "zany" "turbo-pop" musical style is compared to that of Danish-Norwegian

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band

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History

Daze started out as Systematixx in 1994, with Trine Bix, Jesper Tønnov, Lucas Sieber and Steen Bay Hansen. In 1997, Bix, Tønnov and Sieber decided to form a new band, and chose the name Daze, which was a brainchild of RnB producer Karlin. Steen did not join the group for unknown reasons. The group's music is inspired by

, Dr. Alban and

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. The group's debut

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, ''Super Heroes'', initially published in Scandinavia by

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, sold 31,000 copies on the release date and was later released in the United States by

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and in non-Nordic global territories by

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. It became a

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international hit. In February 1998, the group won the Danish Grammy Award for Best Dance Album of 1997. Their debut

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, "

", was nominated as 1997 Danish hit of the year by G.A.F.F.A. magazine. It was also very famous in Argentina during those years. In 2012, the group announced on their official

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page that their new single would be called "Fool Me". On 23 June 2012, it was released to digital music stores, such as

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and

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, in Europe, along with an extended mix. It also features their original logo, which was dropped after the release of ''Super Heroes'' in the late 90s and replaced by the flame logo. An international release date is expected soon. In 2013, the group competed in the

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selection in Denmark for a place in the

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with another new single, "We Own the Universe".

Discography

Albums

*1997 - ''Super Heroes'' *1999 - ''They Came to Rule''

Singles

References

External links

Daze biography
at The Eurodance Encyclopedia website
Daze at Bubblegum Dancer
Danish dance music groups Musical groups established in 1997 Danish Eurodance groups Danish musical trios Danish pop music groups 1997 establishments in Denmark {{Denmark-band-stub