Georg Bissen

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Background information
Born Hamburg, Germany
Years active2005 - present
Labels Armada, Enhanced, Universal, Columbia Records, Atlantic Records, Mute Records, Discover, Boxer
Website www.djbissen.com

Georg Bissen is a dance music artist, producer and DJ. Bissen has over 100 original and remix releases throughout his career. [1] He has also released 2 albums on Discover Records/Recoverworld, "Global Trance USA" and "Underground Anthems 3." Born in Hamburg, Germany Bissen lives in New York City. [2] [3] [4]

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Bissen is one half of the project "Exostate" on Enhanced Music. Exostate has had 2 records chart in the Trance top 10 on Beatport. [5]

In 2012 Bissen teamed up with Victor Dinaire to start remixing artists on major labels. Their first of many remixes was M83 "Steve McQueen" [6] as well as Major Lazer Jah No Partial. More recently Bissen and Dinaire remixed Jojo When Love Hurts [7] and Ruth B Lost Boy. Their Remix of "Lost Boy" was in regular rotation on WAPE-FM Jacksonville and KKHH Houston during the summer of 2016. [8]

In 2014, Bissen collaborated with COPILOT Music and Sound on a cover of Carlinhos Brown's "Maria Caipirnha (Samba da Bahia)”. The arrangement represented the musical instrumentation and styles of Germany for Visa's "Samba of the World", a digital campaign for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

In 2015 Dinaire & Bissen wrote the soundtrack to the documentary "Glory Daze: The Rise and Fall of Michael Alig." [5]

Bissen is a member of performance art band Soul in the Machine which secured a residency in 2021 at AREA15 in Las Vegas. [9]

Bissen has written the theme songs to 2 TV shows: Pregnant In Heels on Bravo [10] and Cover Shot on TLC. [11]

Charts

TitleArtistChartPeak
position
Credits
"My Fire" Nile Rogers & Tony Moran US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [12] 1Producer/Remixer
"Walk Me Home" P!nk US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [13] 1Remixer

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