Harajuku (dance project)
| Harajuku | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Pop music, techno, dance music |
| Years active | 1992-1997 |
| Members |
Tony O'Melley Thorsten Schotten Stephanie O'Hara |
Harajuku is a eurodance project founded in 1992 by German producer Ulrich Moorlampen (Tony O'Melley).[1][2] Together with his partner Thorsten Schotten, the first single was a world wide success, a Techno-dance version of the musical hit "The Phantom of the Opera". Thus, the title could position itself in the USA for weeks on the official Billboard Maxisales charts, the highest placing was at 21. Further the title was represented in numerous international dance charts. In the other course not only musical subjects, but also soundtracks were used among other things for Walt Disney animated films. In 1995, the album "Just One Look" was released.
History
The project is named after a region Harajuku of the Japanese capital of Tokyo, which is known for shrill fashion, special outfits and an upscale life style. The identity of the singer was kept secret, until it became known that it concerned the successful German pop singer Kristina Bach. With the other productions, they helped themselves to various singers till 1995, then unknown German singer Stephanie O'Hara (a.k.a. Stefanie Obst) signed onto the project. The majority of the songs in the album "Just One Look" were sung by Stefanie O'Hara. At this time Stephanie O'Hara was also the singer for appearance frames from numerous dancers. The appearance attracted big attention in the London scene disco "The Fridge," which was placed in the top 10 for British dance charts.
Composition and results
The debut single featuring Kristina Bach was the biggest success of the dance project Harajuku. They reached 21st in U.S. Billboard Maxi-sales charts/
There were other chart entries, the dance version of the Elton John hit "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from the Walt Disney animated film The Lion King is the second biggest hit the dance project produced, this time with singer Stephanie O'Hara.[1] The production broke into the top 50 in the U.S. Billboard chart Maxi-managed sales. The group also managed the production of "Colors of the Wind".
Discography
Albums
- Just One Look 1995
- The Best of Dance Mixes 2002
Singles
- The Phantom of the Opera 1992
- On My Own 1993
- The Phantom of the Opera - Remix 1994
- Colors of the Wind 1995
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight 1995
- Beauty and the Beast 1996
- Someday 1996
- This is the Moment / Someone Like You 1997