Rob'n'Raz were a

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music duo of Robert Wåtz and Rasmus Lindwall. After some years of DJing in the late 1980s, they decided to start performing and composing together. They worked on

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ing and

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. For a time, Lindwall was the first choice when a

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demanded a scratch.

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and

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were among the vocalists and

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s during the first years when the records were released by

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. They had two

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appearances in the UK Singles Chart with "

Got to Get "Got to Get" is a song by Swedish electronic dance music duo Rob'n'Raz featuring singer-songwriter and rapper Leila K. Released in 1989 as her debut single, it was also the lead single from their only album together, ''Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila ...

" (1989, #8) and "

Rok the Nation "Rok the Nation" is a song by Swedish electronic music duo Rob'n'Raz featuring rapper Leila K, released in March 1990 by BMG as the second single from their debut album, '' Rob'n'Raz feat. Leila K'' (1990). It peaked at number three in both Swede ...

" (1990, #41). In 1990, they released the album ''

Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K ''Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K'' is the 1990 debut studio album by Sweden, Swedish dance music duo Rob'n'Raz, featuring Swedish singer and rapper Leila K on vocals. It includes the single "Got to Get", which reached the top 10 of most European ...

'', which included those two songs. Remixes were produced with

Just D JustD () was a Swedish hip hop trio formed in Stockholm in 1990. The group consisted of Gustave Lund (Gurra G), Wille Crafoord (Doktor C) and Peder Ernerot (Pedda P). They had several chart successes during the early-mid 1990s. Their contributi ...

and

Christer Sandelin Christer Eric Sandelin (born 5 November 1961) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. He has been a part of two groups. In 1978, he was in the Swedish group Freestyle with Tommy Ekman, Joakim Hagleitner, Gigi Hamilton, Diane Söderholm ...

. They produced a large number of unofficial remixes released by Remixed Records, such as

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's "

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" among others. They also composed the music for the video game ''Safecracker'' (1997). During 1993, on ZTV, they presented the dance/

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section ''Clubhopping''. Later the same year, they released an album with the same name under the name Rob'n'Raz DLC with rapper David "D-Flex" Seisay and vocalist

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. 'DLC' was short for 'David and Lutricia Combination'. In the early 2000s, they appeared as judges on the

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musical show ''Småstjärnorna''.

Singles

References

External links

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