Scoop was a
Belgian dance group. Originally it was a solo project by producer
Daniel Maze
Daniel Maze (born 16 June 1972 in Mortsel, Antwerp, Belgium as Daniel F. M. H. Maze Moerenhout) is a Belgian media entrepreneur and film producer.
Biography
Daniel Maze made his first film at age 11. He started his professional career as a musi ...
. After the first release "Wings of Love" in 1998,
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*Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Belgian baroque composer, Pietro's son
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producer Jan Vervloet joined Scoop. The production was signed in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, UK, Norway, Finland and Spain. "Wings of Love" contains a sample of
John Foxx's 1980 first solo single "
Underpass" and was remixed by
Tiësto in 1999. The second single was the theme song for the '99
Love Parade in
Berlin. "Drop It" became a No. 1 hit in the club charts in Belgium and the
Netherlands, and also topped the mainstream charts in both countries. To promote the release, a video clip was created with images from the '98 Love Parade mixed with the Scoop logo.
Just like the previous release, the third song "Rock the House" (2000) was based on the same concept: a simple catchy tune and a powerful quote. For "Drop It", that was "we're gonna do a song that you've never heard before..", a sample from
Otis Redding's "
Good to Me
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". "Rock the House" only featured the title words and charted in the top 10 in Belgium [#9) and the Netherlands (#4). The song was written by
Daniel Maze
Daniel Maze (born 16 June 1972 in Mortsel, Antwerp, Belgium as Daniel F. M. H. Maze Moerenhout) is a Belgian media entrepreneur and film producer.
Biography
Daniel Maze made his first film at age 11. He started his professional career as a musi ...
and Jan Vervloet and was remixed by DJ Peter Luts of dance act Lasgo. Again the music video only contained a dancing crowd at an indoor house festival mixed with the Scoop logo. All the videos were directed by Peter Van Eyndt who directed for many Belgian and Dutch artists like
Kate Ryan,
Milk Inc,
Clouseau
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,
Zornik and
Krezip.
Discography
Singles
References
External links
Scooplist of releases and remixes from the online music database Discogs
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Belgian Eurodance groups
Belgian electronic music groups