Sheffield Tunes | |
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Founded | 2000 |
Founder | H.P. Baxxter, Rick J. Jordan, Jens Thele |
Status | Active |
Distributor(s) | Kontor Records |
Genre | Electronic music |
Country of origin | Germany |
Location | Hamburg |
Sheffield Tunes is a German record label, and a sublabel of Kontor Records, formed in 2000 by H.P. Baxxter, Rick J. Jordan and Jens Thele. The first album released by Sheffield Tunes was Sheffield (released on 26 June 2000), and the first single was "I'm Your Pusher", by Scooter. Sheffield Tunes also owns the Sheffield Jumpers.
Scooter is a German happy hardcore, rave and techno music band founded in Hamburg in 1993. To date, the band has sold over 30 million records and earned over 80 Gold and Platinum awards. Scooter is considered the most commercially successful German single-record act with 23 top ten hits. Since December 2022, the band is composed of lead vocalist H. P. Baxxter, musician/producer Marc Blou, DJ/producer Jay Frog and manager Jens Thele.
"The Logical Song" is a song by English rock group Supertramp that was released as the lead single from their album Breakfast in America in March 1979. It was written primarily by the band's Roger Hodgson, who based the lyrics on his experiences being sent away to boarding school for ten years. The song became Supertramp's biggest hit, rising to No. 7 in the United Kingdom and No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 2001, a cover version by the band Scooter returned the song to the top 10 in several European countries.
Sheffield is the seventh studio album by German hard dance band Scooter, released in 2000. It includes two singles: "I'm Your Pusher" and "She's the Sun".
Who's Got the Last Laugh Now? is the eleventh studio album by Scooter. It was released on 4 November 2005 through Sheffield Tunes.
We Bring the Noise! is the eighth studio album by German hard dance group Scooter, released on 11 June 2001 by Sheffield Tunes in Germany. Two singles were released from the album: "Posse " on 21 May 2001, and a remix of "I Shot the DJ" entitled "Aiii Shot the DJ" on 13 August 2001. It is the last studio album featuring Axel Coon, who left the band in 2002 to pursue a solo career in DJing.
Kontor Records is a record label based in Hamburg, Germany. The label's artist roster includes ATB, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren and Scooter. Jens Thele is the head manager of Kontor and is also the manager of Scooter.
Jumping All Over the World is the thirteenth studio album by German techno group Scooter, released in Germany in 2007. Five singles have been released from it: "The Question Is What Is the Question?", "And No Matches", "Jumping All Over the World", a remix of "I'm Lonely" and a new version of "Jump That Rock!" titled "Jump That Rock " recorded with British rock group Status Quo. The album's original artwork features people performing Jumpstyle.
"Jumping All Over the World" is a song by German musical group Scooter, taken from their 13th studio album, Jumping All Over the World (2007). In the United Kingdom, it was the band's highest-charting single in five years, reaching number 28 on the UK Singles Chart. The radio edit of the song features an extra verse, an altered opening, and an added crowd chorus near the end of the song. This differs from the album edit that has only one verse and no crowd chorus.
"And No Matches" is a single by German techno group Scooter. It was released as the second single from their 2007 album Jumping All Over the World.
The Gully Jumpers were an American Old-time string band originally consisting of bandleader Paul Warmack (1889–1954) on mandolin, Charles Arrington (1893-1960) on fiddle, Burt Hutcherson (1893–1980) on guitar, and William Roy Hardison (1896–1966) on banjo. They were regular performers on the Grand Ole Opry in the late 1920s and are believed to have been the first group to release a record recorded in Nashville, Tennessee. Although their line-up changed over the years, the Gully Jumpers continued performing until the mid-1960s.
The Sheffield Jumpers are a dance troupe and group of musicians from Rotterdam, who practice the jumpstyle type of dancing and music. They are most well known with their performances with German band Scooter. The name "Sheffield Jumpers" came from H.P. Baxxter's own suggestion, because the Jumpers wanted a new identity, and until then were known as the "Scooter Jumpers".
"Jump with Me" is the first single of the Dutch jumpstyle group Sheffield Jumpers, released on 28 August 2008. A music video was also produced for the single, featuring all the jumpers. The track samples the song "Trojan Horse" by Dutch pop trio Luv'. "Jump with Me" was featured as a bonus track on the Jumping All Over the World - Whatever You Want album by Scooter, and a multitude of jumpstyle compilations.
"The Night" is a song by German hard dance band Scooter. It heavily interpolates "The Night" by Valerie Dore. The song was released as the second single from Scooter's ninth studio album, The Stadium Techno Experience, on 26 May 2003. Upon its release, "The Night" reached number eight in Hungary, number 10 in Germany, and reached the top 20 in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
"Nessaja" is a song written by Peter Maffay and Rolf Zuckowski from the musical Tabaluga released in 1983 on the album Tabaluga oder die Reise zur Vernunft. German band Scooter released a version as single on 8 April 2002. It features as a bonus track on the group's first live album, Encore: Live and Direct, and was the first Scooter single to feature newest member at that time Jay Frog. The pitch shifted female vocals are performed by Nicole Sukar. "Nessaja" became Scooter's first and only number-one single in Germany and reached number two in Austria, Norway, and Romania. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart.
"I'm Your Pusher" is a song by German band Scooter based on the melody of "Flieger, Grüß' Mir Die Sonne" by Allan Gray and Walter Reisch. It was released in May 2000 as the lead single off the album Sheffield. It is the first single to be released from the sublabel of Kontor Records, Sheffield Tunes.
"Bigroom Blitz" is the 2014 single by German musical group Scooter featuring American rapper Wiz Khalifa. It was released as the first single from their seventeenth album The Fifth Chapter. The song samples Turkish singer Sezen Aksu's song "Hadi Bakalım" from her 1991 studio album Gülümse. The vocals by Wiz Khalifa were cut from the 2013 song "Yoko" by Berner feat. Wiz Khalifa, Chris Brown and Big K.R.I.T. and were replaced on the re-release and the album with the vocals by Cosmo Hickox due to copyright violations. The track has become their first chart entry in France in 12 years, showing the most long-standing performance there since the release of "Move Your Ass!" in 1995.
Ace is the eighteenth studio album by German band Scooter released on 5 February 2016 through Sheffield Tunes & Kontor Records, preceded by the first single "Riot" on 4 September 2015, and the second single "Oi" was released on 5 February 2016. They both peaked in Hungary at No.16 and 19 respectively. The third single "Mary Got No Lamb" was released on 6 May 2016.
Scooter Forever is the nineteenth studio album by German band Scooter, released on 1 September 2017 through Sheffield Tunes and Kontor Records. It is the last studio album featuring Phil Speiser, who had been with the band since 2014.
100% Scooter – 25 Years Wild & Wicked is a compilation album and a box set by German dance group Scooter, released on 15 December 2017 through Sheffield Tunes and Kontor Records.
God Save the Rave is the twentieth studio album by German band Scooter, released on 16 April 2021 through Sheffield Tunes and Kontor Records. It is the first Scooter album not to be released after the usual one year-two year gap, being released almost four years after 2017's Scooter Forever. It is also the first and only studio album featuring Sebastian Schilde, who replaced Phil Speiser in 2019 and then departed from the band in December 2022, and the final studio album featuring Michael Simon who also left in December 2022 after being with the band since 2006.