Ramon Zenker (born 11 November 1968) is a German music producer, songwriter,

sound engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a sound recording, recording or a Concert, live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization (audio), equalization, Dynamic range ...

and remixer. He is a member of

Hardfloor Hardfloor is a German electronic music duo, consisting of Oliver Bondzio and Ramon Zenker. Their most famous track is "Acperience 1" (often titled more simply as "Acperience" on many compilation albums) and chosen by Feargal Sharkey as one of ...

Fragma Fragma is a German Vocal trance, vocal trance music group, originally comprising three producers. The group was successful in the early 2000s when they released several singles that charted successfully across Europe, especially the United Kin ...

Paffendorf Paffendorf is a German electronic dance music project. The group consists of Ramon Zenker, also record producer, producer of Fragma, Gottfried Engels and Nicolas Valli. The project is represented by the Cologne Disc jockey, DJ Christian Schmitz, ...

and E-Trax, who had a UK #60 hit with Let's Rock. Zenker started playing keyboards and bass guitar at the age of 12, although

synthesizers A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

soon became his main interest. Zenker has released music under various names and is still today involved in many projects. This includes chart successes with acts such as Bellini, Fragma and Paffendorf, as well as lesser known "non-commercial" projects such as

Interactive Across the many fields concerned with interactivity, including information science, computer science, human-computer interaction, communication, and industrial design, there is little agreement over the meaning of the term "interactivity", but mo ...

, Hardfloor and Da Damn Phreak Noize Phunk.

Notable works

* Interactive - Who is Elvis (1991) * Hardfloor - Acperience 1 (1993) * Interactive - Forever Young (1994) * Perplexer - Acid Folk (1994) * Celvin Rotane – I Believe (1995) * Mylène Farmer - L'Instant X (Remix) (1995) * Mylène Farmer - California (Remix) (1996) * Bellini - Samba de Janeiro (1997) * Paffendorf - Where Are You? (1999) * Fragma - Toca Me (1999) and Toca's Miracle (2000) * Fragma - Everytime You Need Me (2000) * Fragma - You Are Alive (2001) * Paffendorf - Be Cool (2001) * Paffendorf - Lalala Girl (2006) * Ayumi Hamasaki - You (Remix) (2011)

References

Living people German electronic musicians German record producers 1968 births People from Rhein-Kreis Neuss Musicians from North Rhine-Westphalia {{Germany-music-bio-stub