Eric D. Clark (born 1966) is a

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musician. After growing up in

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, he moved to Europe. While living in

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, he made a major contribution to the city's music scene in the 1990s though his clubs and DJing work, blending

disco Disco is a music genre, genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightclub, nightlife, particularly in African Americans, African-American, Italian-Americans, Italian-American, LGBTQ ...

and

house music House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground ...

. He formed

Whirlpool Productions Whirlpool Productions is a German house music project formed in 1991 from Cologne, consisting of musicians and producers Eric D. Clark, Justus Köhncke and Hans Nieswandt. Musical career Whirlpool Productions are known for their unique, experim ...

with

Justus Köhncke Justus Köhncke (born 1966 in Gießen) is a German techno producer and pop musician from Cologne. Köhncke was a member of the house music, house trio Whirlpool Productions, along with Hans Nieswandt and Eric D. Clark. Together, they had a numb ...

and

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, which had hits in a number of European countries, including "

From Disco to Disco "From: Disco to: Disco" is a song recorded by German experimental house music project Whirlpool Productions. It is produced by Eric D. Clark, Justus Köhncke and Hans Nieswandt, and was released in 1996 by ElektroMotor, Ladomat 2000 and Sum Reco ...

", which reached number 1 in the Italian charts. While continuing to release records and perform with Whirlpool Productions, he also released a number of solo albums, including 1998's ''Für Dancefloor'' (on Ladomat 2000) and ''E=dC2'' on

Kompakt Kompakt ( Labelcode: LC 12012) is a Cologne-based electronic music independent record label and vinyl/CD distributor, owned by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape. They specialize in microhouse and minimal techno, and are known ...

in 2007. Single releases include 2001's "Another Night, Another Disco" (on

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). He worked with

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and

Giorgio Moroder Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (, ; born 26 April 1940) is an Italian composer and music producer. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering Euro disco and electronic dance music. His work ...

to produce a new version of Moroder's track "

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". As a producer, he has worked with artists including Angie Reed,

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, Märtini Bros, Mark Stewart,

Mouse on Mars Mouse on Mars is a German electronic music duo formed in 1993 by Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma. Their music is a blend of electronic genres including IDM, dub, krautrock, breakbeat and ambient, featuring heavy use of organic analog synth and ...

, and

Tiefschwarz Tiefschwarz () are a German house group consisting of brothers, Alexander "Ali" (June 7, 1967) and Sebastian "Basti" (December 28, 1969) Schwarz, which formed in Stuttgart in 1996.IMO Records"Tiefschwarz Biography", ''IMO Records''. Retrieved on ...

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Living people American house musicians 1966 births {{US-DJ-stub