Gestört aber GeiL is a German DJ duo originating from
Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital (political), capital and largest city of the Central Germany (cultural area), Central German state of Thuringia, with a population of around 216,000. It lies in the wide valley of the Gera (river), River Gera, in the so ...
in central Germany and made of German producer / DJs Spike*D (real name Marcel Stephan born in Querfurt in 1990) and Nico Wendel (born in Sangerhausen in 1984). The duo is signed to
Kontor Records
Kontor Records is a record label based in Hamburg, Germany. The label's artist roster includes ATB, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren and Scooter. Jens Thele is the head manager of Kontor and is also the manager of Scooter.
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label.
The duo met in the My Ccools World nightclub in
Sangerhausen
Sangerhausen () is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany, capital of the district of Mansfeld-Südharz. It is situated southeast of the Harz, approx. east of Nordhausen, and west of Halle (Saale). About 26,000 people live in Sangerhausen ( ...
where they DJed regularly and in October 2010 launched their collaborative project Gestört aber GeiL producing a mixture of melodic tech pop and deep house.
PioneerDJ Alpha: Interview with Gestört aber GeiL
Their breakthrough came during the Sputnik Springbreak German music festival in 2012 winning the DJ contest main prize.
Since early 2015, the duo is signed to Kontor Records with their first single on the label being "Unter meiner Haut", a remix of the Turkish-German pop singer Elif Demirezer's 2013 song. The new 2015 version by Gestört aber GeiL included collaboration with Koby Funk featuring singer Wincent Weiss. The hugely successful new version reached number 6 on the official German Singles Chart and was certified platinum. The follow-up single "Ich & Du" was also successful this time featuring the vocals of Sebastian Hämer. This single was certified gold in Germany. In 2015, they won Napster
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Best Band fan award.
On 8 January 2016 they released their debut album, the self-titled ''Gestört aber GeiL'' with 19 tracks including both successful singles. The album peaked at number 2 in German Albums Chart, also making the Top 20 in Austria and Switzerland.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Other releases
* 2013: "Johnny Blue"
* 2013: "Carved in Stone"
* 2013: "Brother"
* 2014: "Heartbeat"
* 2016: "Glücklich wie die Kinder" (with Two Magics)
References
External links
Official website
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German record producers
German electronic dance music DJs