Brooklyn Bounce

Brooklyn Bounce is one of several pseudonyms used by German house music producers Matthias Menck (Double M) and Dennis Bohn (D-Bone). They have also produced music under the names Mental Madness Productions and Beatbox feat. Rael. Menck and Bohn have also done remixes for 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 1997 the duo debuted as Brooklyn Bounce and released the "The Theme (Of Progressive Attack)"m 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 first debut album, In 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, Ulrika Bohn, Alejandra Cuevas-Moreno and Stephen "Damon" Zschope. Vocalists were only credited from "Bass, Beats and Melody", released in November 2000.

Discography

Singles

Brooklyn Bounce

• 1996 "The Theme (Of Progressive Attack)"
• 1997 "Get Ready to Bounce"
• 1997 "Take a Ride"
• 1997 "The Real Bass"
• 1998 "The Music's Got Me"
• 1998 "Contact"
• 1999 "Canda! (The Dark Side Returns)"
• 1999 "Funk U"
• 2000 "Bass, Beats and Melody"
• 2000 "Tiempo de la Luna"
• 2001 "Born to Bounce (Music is my Destiny)"
• 2001 "Club Bizarre"
• 2002 "Loud & Proud"
• 2002 "Bring It Back"
• 2003 "X2X (We Want More!)"
• 2004 "X-Pect the Un X-Pected"
• 2004 "There is Nothing I Won't Do"
• 2004 "Crazy"
• 2005 "Sex, Bass & Rock 'n' Roll"

Beatbox feat. Rael

• 1998 "Let the Music Play"
• 1998 "Come Into My Club", with DJ Shahin and Stephan Browarczyk
• 2000 "Show Me Love"

Boys 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
• 2002 "Husten", as DJ Bonebreaker

Production for other artists

• 2001 Terraformer - "All Over", with Natalie Tineo

Albums

• 1997 The Beginning
• 1997 The Second Attack
• 1998 Re-mixed Collection
• 2000 The Progressive Years
• 2001 Restart
• 2001 Restart - Special Edition
• 2002 BB Nation
• 2004 X-Pect The Un-X-Pected
• 2006 Best of Brooklyn Bounce

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