Dance Or Die is a German group formed in 1988 in Berlin by Andreas Goldacker and Gary Wagner, who will be joined in 1993 by Heiko Duus.
Group which released a first Single "Move" in 1988, a title which unfortunately went somewhat unnoticed...
They will have to wait two more years and sign with the Machinery Records label in 1990 to finally take off thanks to the release of the mini-album which bears the name of the group. Mini-album carried at arm's length by the huge Single "Dance or die".
A success that will be short-lived because other albums and other Singles will be released later but none will be able to match the level of success encountered by "Dance or die"...
To discover or rediscover.
Discography (among others…) :
Move 1988
Dance or die 1990
Fire 1991
Heart of silence 1991
Pyschoburbia 1992
Will of the wind 1992
Man mind machine 1992
Time zero 1994
Minute man 1995
Desperate generation 1995
Galaxy of love 1995
Relationshit 1997
Teenagemakeup 1997
Building another Babylon 1998
Seven 2001
Aliens electric 2001
Freez 2001
Nostradamnation 2011
Northern winter 2011
Empty heart 2011
Clips :
1988...from the first title we know that we are dealing with a group with more than obvious potential. It remains to be seen if he will know how to use this famous potential wisely...
1990...it's THIS title that will allow them to go from shadow to light in a notorious way. Like what, it will not have taken long to see them reap the fruits of their efforts...
1991...the only problem is that their style and their sound are trendy, certainly, but not really adapted to the general public...
1991... after that will not prevent them from taking their adventure as far as possible. Let those who love them follow them as they say...
1992 ... even if they will never reach the 1st places of the Charts they have their place in the Big Court, that's for sure ...
1992...their only and main weakness is this dark sound which necessarily marginalizes them while remaining their main trademark...
1992 ... a dark sound that we find particularly among the Germans, who knows why. Like them there will have been a few and not just a few...
1994 ... anyway they continue the adventure at their speed and especially according to their good will. After that it doesn't matter if there is success or not...
1995 ... it is certain that this group will not remain as the best known of its generation but he exists in any case. The main thing is to participate as they say...
1995... not only does he participate but he also tries to offer titles that hold up. And it often does...
1995... here they are now in supercharged mode with Scarlett Wollenmann. A title that spins at the speed of light but nothing abnormal in this decade of the 1990s...
1997... the albums follow one another at an impressive speed and nothing is able to slow them down at this stage. A desire to believe in it until the end which is also their strength...
1997...a dark side that is transmitted from album to album but we won't remake them again as they say. And it will be like this until the end...
1998...a 90's decade that saw them release no less than 4 albums, which is not nothing. And none will have been devoid of interest, a well-known fact...
2001...they will even attempt the transition to the next decade, saying to themselves that there is no reason to stop on such a good path. Rightly or wrongly, that's something else...
2001...as long as they enjoy doing what they do, why stop there. And as long as the core fans are there, there's no reason to throw in the towel prematurely...
2001...a basic base of fans, to say the least, limited but which exists in any case. In any case enough to push the group to continue the adventure as far as possible...
2011...certainly we will lose sight of them for almost 10 years but here they are again anyway. To the delight of the basic fans once again...
2011...the level of productivity is in free fall, of course, with only one album during the previous decade. Will this new decade be one of renewal ?
2011...unfortunately not. The adventure won't go any further but as in music nothing is ever over it could still be that we find them one day or another...
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