Brooklyn Bounce

Brooklyn Bounce
Background information
Also known asMental Madness Productions, Abuna E, Beatbox feat. Rael
OriginHamburg, Germany
GenresHouse, progressive house, progressive trance, hard trance,[1] techno[1]
Years active1996–present
LabelsClub Tools (1996-1999)
Dance Division (2000-2002)
Mental Madness (2003-present)
Members
  • Dennis Bohn (D-Bone)
  • René Behrens (Diablo)
Past members
  • Matthias Menck
  • Stephan Zschoppe (Damon)
  • Alexandra Cuevas-Moreno
  • Ulrica Bohn
  • Maeva Ehoulan
Dominic Ch.
Website"Official Website 2010". Brooklyn Bounce. Archived from the original on 2013-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

Brooklyn Bounce is one of several pseudonyms used by German producers Matthias Menck (Double M) and Dennis Bohn (Bonebreaker). They have also produced music under the names Mental Madness Productions and Beatbox feat. Rael. Menck and Bohn have created remixes of a wide array of artists, including Scooter and Kool & the Gang.

Career

Menck and Bohn, both natives to Hamburg, met in 1995. The pair had their first chart hit starring as Boyz R Us with the single "Singin' in My Mind". In 1996 the duo debuted as Brooklyn Bounce and released "The Theme (of Progressive Attack)" which scaled the German dance charts as a club favourite before becoming a crossover hit for the group as well. This success set up the band's debut album, The Beginning.

Menck and Bohn work solely in the studio and are not part of the Brooklyn Bounce live act. Instead, the group was fronted by several different vocalists and dancers, who have collaborated with the two German producers throughout the years. The list includes René "Diablo" Behrens (formerly of 666), Ulrika Bohn, Maeva Ehoulan, Alejandra Cuevas-Moreno and Stephan "Damon" Zschoppe. Vocalists were only credited from "Bass, Beats and Melody", released in November 2000.

In 2006, Mental Madness Records released an album titled System Shock (The Lost Album 1999), which features some of the earliest material by the production duo. This album is available only in a digital format.

Discography

Singles

Year Song Chart positions
GER SUI AUT AUS
[2] 		NL HUN SWE U.S. U.S. Dance UK FIN SPA
1997 The Theme (of Progressive Attack) 9 9 - - - 6 - - - - - -
Get Ready to Bounce 6 21 7 - - 1 17 95 10 - 20 -
Take a Ride 28 39 22 - - - 35 - - - - -
The Real Bass 23 - 22 - - - 44 - 19 - - -
1998 The Music's Got Me 39 49 30 - - - 58 - 41 67 - -
Contact 44 - 38 - - - - - 13 - - -
Listen to the Bells - - - - - - - - - - - -
1999 Canda! (The Darkside Returns) 56 - 32 - - - - - - - - -
Funk U - - - - - - - - - - - -
2000 Bass, Beats & Melody 4 43 2 52 - 11 47 - - - - -
2001 Born to Bounce (Music Is My Destiny) 22 94 14 - - 2 - - - - - -
Club Bizarre 12 41 9 - 4 14 - - - - - 8
2002 Loud & Proud 9 88 9 - - 9 - - - - - -
Bring it Back 30 - 24 - - - - - - - - -
2003 X2X (We Want More!) 37 - 33 - - - - - - - - -
2004 Crazy 52 - 32 - - - - - - - - -
2005 Sex, Bass & Rock 'n' Roll 94 - - 67 - - - - - - - -
2007 The Theme (of Progressive Attack) Recall (promo only) - - - - - - - - - - - -
2008 Get Ready to Bounce Recall '08 (promo only) - - - - - - - - - - - -
2009 Louder & Prouder - - - - - - - - - - - -
2012 Again & Again Nick Skitz & Basslouder (feat. Brooklyn Bounce)[3] - - - - - - - - - - - -

Albums

Year Album Chart positions
GER SUI AU HUN
1997 The Beginning 24 37 24 1
The Second Attack 86 - - 1
1998 Re-Mixed Collection - - - -
2000 The Progressive Years - - - -
2001 Restart 24 - 25 3
2002 BB Nation 57 - - -
2004 Best of Brooklyn Bounce - - - -
X-pect the Un-X-pected - - - -
2006 Best of Brooklyn Bounce 1996–2006 (Australia only) - - - -
2006 System Shock (The Lost Album 1999) (Web release) - - - -
2010 BB-Styles - - - -

Other projects by Menck and Bohn

Beatbox feat. Rael
  • 1998 "Let the Music Play"
  • 1998 "Come into My Club" (with DJ Shahin and Stephan Browarczyk)
  • 2000 "Show Me Love"
Boyz-R-Us
  • 1996 "Singin' in my Mind" (with Emanuel Jones)
  • 1998 "Singin' in my Mind '98" (with Emanuel Jones)
  • 1999 "Alright" (with Emanuel Jones)
  • 2002 "All Day/Let It All Out"
Other aliases
  • 1997 "Follow Me", as Mental Madness Productions
  • 1998 "Deeper Love", as Mental Madness Productions
  • 1998 "Watch Me", as Abuna E
  • 2000 "Druck! (Es Ist Zeit)", as DJ Bonebreaker
  • 2001 "Friday Nite", as Double M (with Sophie Schmachl and Christoph Brüx)
  • 2002 "Husten", as DJ Bonebreaker
Production for other artists
  • 2001 Terraformer - "All Over" (with Natalie Tineo)

References

  1. ^ a b "Official Website 2010". Brooklyn Bounce. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
  2. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 42.
  3. ^ "Brooklyn Bounce". Discogs.