Zombie Nation is the project of German DJ and producer Florian Senfter. Zombie Nation's single "

Kernkraft 400 "Kernkraft 400" ( English: Nuclear Power 400) is a song performed by German techno musician Zombie Nation and the first single from the 1999 debut album, '' Leichenschmaus''. It is a remix of the SID track "Star Dust" by David Whittaker, from ...

" was a worldwide hit.

History

The first Zombie Nation EP was released in the spring of 1999 on

DJ Hell Helmut Josef Geier (born 6 September 1962), known professionally as DJ Hell, is a German DJ. Biography 1970s and 1980s DJ Hell described his musical beginnings in an interview with '' The European'', telling them “I was socialized with Ge ...

's label,

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. A remix of the song "

" on this debut release reached high chart positions all over the world, including number 2 in the United Kingdom. Since 2001, Florian Senfter has released tracks on different labels under Zombie Nation and his other pseudonym John Starlight. In 2002, he did not renew his contract with

and started his own label, Dekathlon Records, where he released his second album "Absorber" in 2003. In early 2005, the new sublabel UKW Records was launched with John Starlight's ''John's Addiction Part 1'' followed by ''Paeng Paeng 12"'' by Zombie Nation which was recorded a few months later.

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realized the potential of the song at first glance and licensed it for his

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imprint. The third album ''Black Toys'' which was released in 2006 on UKW Records Zombie Nation is a

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dominated

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from tech-hop to

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-laden

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. In 2007, Zombie Nation collaborated with Tiga under the pseudonym ZZT on the recording "Lower State of Consciousness". Zombie Nation is also known today as an

electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

live act. Unusually for a DJ, he uses musical hardware on stage to create sounds. The main instrument is an Akai MPC 4000

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which he uses in combination with a

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and several

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s to do a live

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and Mix of his music. In December 2009 and January 2010, Zombie Nation created an orchestrated track, and Florian tells the story like so: The result was a track by "Zombie Nation and Friends" titled "The Mind of Many".

Discography

Albums

*1999 – ''

Leichenschmaus Zombie Nation is the project of German DJ and producer Florian Senfter. Zombie Nation's single " Kernkraft 400" was a worldwide hit. History The first Zombie Nation EP was released in the spring of 1999 on DJ Hell's label, International DeeJa ...

'' (

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028) *2003 – ''

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'' (Dekathlon 010) *2006 – '' Black Toys'' (UKW 5) *2009 – '' Zombielicious'' (UKW 12) *2011 – ''Partys Over Earth'' as ZZT with Tiga (Turbo 033) *2012 – ''RGB'' (Turbo 036)

Singles/EPs

*1999 – "

" *2001 – ''Kernkraft 400'' (Gigolo 019) *2001 – ''Unload'' (

082) *2003 – ''Souls at Zero'', 12" (+

Remix) (Dekathlon 009) *2003 – ''The Cut'', 12" + DJ Naughty Remix (Dekathlon 012) *2005 – ''Paeng Paeng'', 12" (UKW-2 // ltd. 500) *2005 – ''Paeng Paeng + Meatmaster Jack'', 12" ( Cocoon Records 17) *2006 – ''Money Talks'', 12" (UKW 3) *2007 – ''Gizmode'', 12" (UKW 8) *2007 – ''Lower State of Consciousness'', 12" (UKW/Turbo) as ZZT with Tiga including

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Remix. *2008 – ''The Worm'', 12" (UKW/Turbo) as ZZT with Tiga including

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Remix. *2008 – ''Forza'', 12", remixes by Fukkk Offf and Housemeister (UKW 10) *2009 – ''Worth It'', 12" (UKW 11) *2010 – ''Overshoot / Squeek'', 12", remixes by

DJ Mehdi Mehdi Favéris-Essadi (20 January 1977 – 13 September 2011), better known by his stage name DJ Mehdi, was a French-Tunisian hip hop and house music producer and DJ. He was signed to the label Ed Banger Records, founded by his friend Pedro W ...

and Bart B More (UKW 13) *2010 – ''ZZafrika'' as ZZT with Tiga *2011 – ''Chickflick'', 12", remixes by

Boris Dlugosch Boris Dlugosch (; born 2 August 1968) is a German house music producer from Hamburg. Boris is usually known for funky/deep house tracks, mostly produced in conjunction with Mousse T. and Michi Lange, his partners in the Peppermint Jam Records l ...

and

Siriusmo Moritz Friedrich (born 1976), better known by his stage name Siriusmo, is a Berlin-based German record producer. Initially influenced by Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Squarepusher, and Aphex Twin, his tracks can be broadly defined as electroni ...

(UKW 14) *2011 – ''Vulkan Alarm!'', 12", as ZZT with Tiga (Turbo 109) *2011 – ''Tight'' single, with a remix by

Étienne de Crécy Étienne Bernard Marie de Crécy (, born 25 February 1969, Lyon, France), also known as Superdiscount, EDC, Minos Pour Main Basse (Sur La Ville) and Mooloodjee, is a French DJ and producer who composes electronic music, primarily house. Biog ...

*2011 – ''Partys over Los Angeles'', as ZZT with Tiga *2012 – ''Meathead'' EP (Turbo 133) *2013 – ''Fishtank / Guzzler'' (UKW 017) *2014 – ''Gnork'' (UKW 019) *2014 – ''TGV'' (UKW 019) *2015 – ''A Night at the Zoo'' (UKW 021) *2016 – ''Something Else'' (Twin Turbo 036) *2017 – ''Knockout'' (UKW 022) *2017 – ''Worldwise'' (UKW 023) *2018 – ''Ticket'' (GPM442)

Remixes

*1999 Dakkar & Grinser – "Take me naked" (DiskoB 087) *1999 Philip Boa and the Voodoclub – "So What" (BMG Ariola) *1999 Sexual Harassment – "

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" (Lasergun Rec.Lasergun 003) *1999

Frankie Bones Frankie "Bones" Mitchell is a prominent figure in the development of dance music in the United States, widely regarded as the “Godfather of American Rave Culture.” Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Bones played a major role in shaping New York ...

– "My house is your house" (Bash Rec. bash 004) *2001

Takkyū Ishino , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese musician, DJ, record producer, and singer from Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture. He is a member of Denki Groove is a Japanese music group founded in 1989. It consists of Takkyu Ishino and Pierre Ta ...

– "Suck me Disko" (Zomba Rec. EXEC 08) *2001

I-F I-f (also Interr-Ference) is the stage name of Ferenc E. van der Sluijs, a Dutch producer and DJ based in The Hague. He is a former member of the Dutch techno-pioneers Unit Moebius. Overview In 1997 he produced the track "Space Invaders Are S ...

– "Space Invaders are smoking grass" (Loaded/Eastwest Leaded 012) *2001

Ladytron Ladytron are an electronic band formed in Liverpool in 1999. The group consists of Helen Marnie (lead vocals, synthesizers), Mira Aroyo (vocals, synthesizers), and Daniel Hunt (synthesizers, guitar, vocals). Reuben Wu (synthesizers) was a ...

– "Playgirl" (Labels/Virgin LC03098) *2002

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;– "Trapped" (eastwest UPUS011.03) *2002

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;– "Native Love" (

/EDM 090) *2002 AFA /

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– "Being Boiled" (Edel 0141690CLU) *2002 My Robot Friend – "The Fake" (Dekathlon 002) *2002 Gater – "Taboo" (Dekathlon 003) *2002 Acid Scout – "Sexy Robot" (Kurbel 027) *2003 My Robot Friend – "Walt Whitman" (Dekathlon 008) *2004 NAM:LIVE – "The Church of NAM" (Dekathlon 013) *2004 Codec & Flexor – "Time has changed" (Television 08) *2007 Headman – "On" (Relish) *2008

The Presets The Presets are an Australian electronic music duo of Julian Hamilton (vocals, keyboards) and Kim Moyes (drums, keyboards). Formed in 2003 and signed to Modular Recordings, Modular Records, The Presets released two EPs (''Blow Up (EP), Blow Up ...

– "This Boy´s in Love"

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*2008

Three 6 Mafia Three 6 Mafia is an American hip-hop group from Memphis, Tennessee, formed in 1991. Emerging as a horror-themed underground hip-hop group, they went on to enjoy mainstream success. The group's 1995 debut album ''Mystic Stylez'' became an influen ...

– "I Got" *2009

Adam Freeland Adam Freeland (born 7 August 1973) is an English record producer and DJ. He is also the owner and creative director of the record label Marine Parade, which has released material by artists including Evil Nine, ILS, Alex Metric and Jape. ...

– "Under Control" (Marine Parade) *2009

Kid Sister Melissa Lauren Young (born July 3, 1980), known professionally as Kid Sister, is an American rapper and singer based in Chicago. She is known for her single " Pro Nails", which features Kanye West, and for her covert work as a member of the Bri ...

– "Get Fresh" ( Fools Gold) *2009 Tiga – "What You Need" (Turbo Records) *2012 Housemeister – Clarisse (Boysnoize BNR077D) *2017

DJ Pierre Nathaniel Pierre Jones, better known by his stage name DJ Pierre, is an American DJ and performer of house music based in Chicago. Musical career Phuture Jones has recorded Audio Clash, Darkman, Disco Fuhrer, DJ Pierre, DJ Pierre's Afro Acid P ...

– Strobe Light Laser Acid (

Get Physical Get Physical Music is a Berlin-based electronic music record label founded in 2002 by M.A.N.D.Y. (Patrick Bodmer & Philipp Jung), DJ T (Thomas Koch) and Booka Shade (Walter Merziger, Arno Kammermeier & Peter Hayo). They were DJ Magazine's "Label ...

)

Singles

References

External links

Official website
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