Ganymed (band)

This article is about the Austrian disco band. For the American band, see Ganymede (band). For other uses, see Ganymede.

Ganymed
Origin	Vienna, Austria
Genres	Space disco, disco, space rock, Adult contemporary (in their final album), art rock, Austropop, dance-punk, dance, Experimental rock, krautrock, new wave, neo-psychedelia, techno
Years active	1977–1983
Labels	Bellaphon Records
Past members	Gerry Edmond Yvonne Dory Rudolf Mille Gerhard Messinger Ernst Nekola Daniele Prencipe

Ganymed was an Austrian/German space disco band founded in 1977. ^[1]

Career

In 1978, they released their biggest hit, “It Takes Me Higher”, which hit #5 on the Austrian charts for four weeks and also hit #23 on the German charts. ^[2] That same year, they released their debut album Takes You Higher, which ranked at #16 for 12 weeks and also spawned another single, “Saturn”. ^[2]

1979 saw the release of their second album, Future World. The album’s title track was released as a B-side to “Dancing in a Disco”. Afterwards, they released their final album, Dimension No. 3, plus a non-album single, “Money Is Addiction (Of This Crazy World)” in 1980. At their last concert in 1981, Falco played bass for the group. Ganymed officially broke up in 1983.

Members

• Gerry Edmond (real name Edmund Gerhard Czerwenka; pseudonym in the group: "Kroonk") – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, synth programming
• Yvonne Dory (real name Doris Ellen Czerwenka; pseudonym in the group: "Pulsaria") – vocals
• Rudolf Mille (pseudonym in the group: "Vendd") – keyboards
• Gerhard Messinger-Neuwirth (pseudonym in the group: "Schnitzel") – bass, keyboards
• Ernst Hefter (pseudonym in the group: "Cak") – drums, percussion, drum programming
• Daniele Prencipe (pseudonym in the group: "Suk"; only appeared on "Takes You Higher") – keyboards

Discography

Albums

• Takes You Higher (1978)
• Future World (1979)
• Dimension No. 3 (1980)

Singles

• "It Takes Me Higher" (1978)
• "Saturn/Music Drives Me Crazy" (1978)
• "Dancing in a Disco" (1979)
• "Money Is Addiction (Of This Crazy World)" (1980)
• "Bring Your Love To Me" (1980)

In popular culture

"It Takes Me Higher" was used as the theme song for the Italian version of the Japanese anime Gaiking .^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Schöberl-Negishi, Andreas (2017-02-28). "Leoben: Profimusiker aus Wien bringt frischen Wind auf die regionale Bühne". Kleine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-02.
2. "Discographie Ganymed - austriancharts.at". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2025-06-02.

External links

• Discography
• Ernst Hefter's page dedicated to his time in Ganymed Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
• History (in Russian)