Eric D. Clark

Last updated

Eric D. Clark (born 1966) is a US-American musician. After growing up in California, [1] he moved to Europe. While living in Cologne, he made a major contribution to the city's music scene in the 1990s though his clubs and DJing work, blending disco and house music. He formed Whirlpool Productions with Justus Köhncke and Hans Nieswandt, which had hits in a number of European countries, including "From Disco to Disco", which reached number 1 in the Italian charts.

While continuing to release records and perform with Whirlpool Productions, he also released a number of solo albums, including 1998's Für Dancefloor (on Ladomat 2000) and E=dC2 on Kompakt in 2007. Single releases include 2001's "Another Night, Another Disco" (on Sony BMG). He worked with Amanda Lear and Giorgio Moroder to produce a new version of Moroder's track "From Here to Eternity". As a producer, he has worked with artists including Angie Reed, [2] Peaches, Märtini Bros, Mark Stewart, [3] Mouse on Mars, and Tiefschwarz.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Disco</span> Music genre

Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric piano, synthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Giorgio Moroder</span> Italian composer and music producer (born 1940)

Giovanni Giorgio Moroder is an Italian composer and music producer. Dubbed the "Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering euro disco and electronic dance music. His work with synthesizers had a large influence on several music genres such as hi-NRG, Italo disco, synth-pop, new wave, house and techno music.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Italo disco</span> Music genre

Italo disco is a music genre which originated in Italy in the late 1970s and was mainly produced in the 1980s. Italo disco evolved from the then-current underground dance, pop, and electronic music, both domestic and foreign and developed into a diverse genre. The genre employs electronic drums, drum machines, synthesizers, and occasionally vocoders. It is usually sung in English, and to a lesser extent in Italian and Spanish.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MacArthur Park (song)</span> Popular song written by Jimmy Webb

"MacArthur Park" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb that was recorded first by Irish actor and singer Richard Harris in 1968. Harris's version peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number four on the UK Singles Chart. "MacArthur Park" was subsequently covered by numerous artists, including a 1970 Grammy-winning version by country music singer Waylon Jennings and a number one Billboard Hot 100 disco arrangement by Donna Summer in 1978. Webb won the 1969 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for the Richard Harris version.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harold Faltermeyer</span> German musician

Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeyer is a German musician, composer and record producer.

<i>Bad Girls</i> (Donna Summer album) 1979 studio album by Donna Summer

Bad Girls is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer. It was released on April 25, 1979, by Casablanca Records. Originally issued as a double album, Bad Girls became the best-selling and most critically acclaimed album of Summer's career. It was also her final studio album for Casablanca Records. In 2003, Universal Music re-issued Bad Girls as a digitally remastered and expanded deluxe edition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">I Feel Love</span> 1977 single by Donna Summer

"I Feel Love" is a song by the American singer Donna Summer. Produced and co-written by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, it was recorded for Summer's fifth studio album, I Remember Yesterday (1977). The album concept was to have each track evoke a different musical decade; for "I Feel Love", the team aimed to create a futuristic mood, employing a Moog synthesizer.

Nu-disco is a 21st-century dance music genre associated with a renewed interest in the late 1970s disco, synthesizer-heavy 1980s European dance music styles, and early 1990s electronic dance music. The genre was popular in the early 2000s, and experienced a mild resurgence in the 2010s.

Post-disco is a term to describe an aftermath in popular music history circa 1979–1986, imprecisely beginning with an unprecedented backlash against disco music in the United States, leading to civil unrest and a riot in Chicago known as the Disco Demolition Night on July 12, 1979, and indistinctly ending with the mainstream appearance of new wave in 1980. During its dying stage, disco displayed an increasingly electronic character that soon served as a stepping stone to new wave, old-school hip hop, Euro disco, and was succeeded by an underground club music called hi-NRG, which was its direct continuation.

Techno is a genre of electronic dance music which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempos being in the range of 120 to 150 beats per minute (BPM). The central rhythm is typically in common time (4/4) and often characterized by a repetitive four on the floor beat. Artists may use electronic instruments such as drum machines, sequencers, and synthesizers, as well as digital audio workstations. Drum machines from the 1980s such as Roland's TR-808 and TR-909 are highly prized, and software emulations of such retro instruments are popular.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MCs Can Kiss</span> 2010 single by Uffie

"MCs Can Kiss" is a single from Uffie's debut album Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans. The single was written by Uffie and Feadz and was produced by Mr. Oizo. It was released digitally on January 12, 2010 and as a 12" vinyl on February 1, 2010 via Ed Banger Records and Because Music. "MCs Can Kiss" contains a sample from "Night Drive" by Giorgio Moroder and includes remixes by Starkey and Zombie Disco Squad.

New beat is a Belgian electronic dance music genre that fuses elements of new wave, hi-NRG, EBM and hip hop. It flourished in Western Europe during the late-1980s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Justus Köhncke</span> German producer and musician

Justus Köhncke is a German techno producer and pop musician from Cologne.

<i>E=MC²</i> (Giorgio Moroder album) 1979 studio album by Giorgio Moroder

E=MC² is a 1979 studio album by Italian producer Giorgio Moroder. It has been billed as the "first electronic live-to-digital album." The album's title track peaked at number 4 on Billboard's Dance Club/Disco chart.

<i>Einzelgänger</i> 1975 studio album by Giorgio Moroder

Einzelgänger is a 1975 electronic experimental album composed, produced and performed by Giorgio Moroder. It was first released in Germany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Right Here, Right Now (Giorgio Moroder song)</span> 2015 single by Giorgio Moroder featuring Kylie Minogue

"Right Here, Right Now" is a song recorded by Italian producer Giorgio Moroder, featuring the vocals of Kylie Minogue, for Moroder's studio album Déjà Vu. The song had a minor impact on singles chart in Europe and attained the top position of the US Dance Club Songs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Déjà Vu (Giorgio Moroder song)</span> 2015 single by Giorgio Moroder featuring Sia

"Déjà Vu" is a song by Italian disc jockey producer Giorgio Moroder, featuring vocals from Australian singer Sia. The song is the third single on Moroder's 2015 album, Déjà Vu. It was released on 17 April 2015, as a digital download via iTunes.

<i>Kylie and Garibay</i> (EP) 2015 EP by Kylie and Garibay

Kylie and Garibay is the eponymous second extended play (EP) by musical duo Kylie and Garibay. Following Kylie Minogue's departure from her management company, Roc Nation, the three-track EP was a released as a surprise on 11 September 2015 by Parlophone and her own production company, Kimberly Limited. Solely produced by Fernando Garibay, the EP served as an extension of the duo's first collaboration, Sleepwalker (2014). The recording process started in September 2014, which enlisted Giorgio Moroder, Sam Sparro, and Shaggy as co-writers and feature vocalists.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">From Disco to Disco</span> 1996 single by Whirlpool Productions

"From: Disco to: Disco" is a song recorded by German experimental house music project Whirlpool Productions. It is produced by Eric D. Clark, Justus Köhncke and Hans Nieswandt, and was released in 1996 by ElektroMotor, Ladomat 2000 and Sum Records as the second single from the project's second album, Dense Music (1996). A huge hit in clubs, the song reached number-one in Italy for nine weeks in the summer of 1997. Additionally, "From: Disco to: Disco" also peaked at number 13 in Belgium and number 54 in the Netherlands. The accompanying music video was directed by Smoczek Policzek. Ten years later, in 2006, the song was released in a new version, as "From: Disco to: Disco 2006".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dory Kahalé</span> American DJ and producer (born 1971)

Dory Kahalé is an American DJ, producer, and entrepreneur from Minneapolis.

References

  1. "– Electronic Beats – Your Digital Daily". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
  2. "Interview: Angie Reed and Eric D. Clark - EXBERLINER.com". Archived from the original on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
  3. "– Electronic Beats – Your Digital Daily". Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2010-08-11.