Bass Bumpers are a German DJ and record production team, known for their Eurodance/techno music.[1] They are originally from Germany, with members Henning Reith, Caba Kroll, CJ Stone, George Dee, Akira Yamamoto, and Reinhard "DJ Voodoo" Raith. They produced their own hits such as "Good Fun", "The Music's Got Me" (a number 36 hit on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart in 1992), "Move to the Rhythm" and "Rhythm Is a Dancer 2003" with Snap!. Perhaps their biggest success was when they co-produced Crazy Frog's remake of the popular hit "Axel F", which peaked at number one in the UK on 31 May 2005.[citation needed]

Bass Bumpers
OriginGermany
GenresEurodance
Years active1990–present
LabelsDance Street Records
MembersHenning Reith
Caba Kroll
CJ Stone
George Dee
Akira Yamamoto
Reinhard "DJ Voodoo" Raith

In 1992, they also produced some songs for Amanda Lear's album Cadavrexquis.

Their own tracks, "The Music's Got Me" (1992)[1] and "Runnin'" (1993) were minor hits on the UK Singles Chart.[2] The group also had a UK hit single in 2006 with a mash-up of "Phat Planet" by Leftfield and the Baywatch theme tune (as performed on the TV show's credits by Survivor vocalist Jimi Jamison as "I'm Always Here"). This new version was entitled "Phat Beach (I'll Be Ready)", with the group being credited as Naughty Boy (four years before British record producer Shahid Khan had a hit on the UK charts under that name.[3][4]

In 2015, the group released "The Music's Got Me" with new mixes from North2South, La Chord, and Taito Tikaro.

Discography

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Albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
AUS
[5]
Advance / The Music's Got Me
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Dance Street
166
Recouped Advance
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Dance Street
The Best Of Bass Bumpers
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Dance Street
  • Note: Greatest Hits compilation
Dance History
(featuring E. Mello & Felicia)
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: ZYX Music
  • Note: Compilation

Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[5]
FRA
[6]
GER
[7]
SUI
[6]
UK
[2]
1990 "Can't Stop Dancing" Advance
1991 "Get the Big Bass"
1992 "The Music's Got Me" 179 16 25
"Move to the Rhythm" 160 37 40
"Mega Bump" Single only
1993 "Runnin'" 36 68 Recouped Advance
1994 "Good Fun" 39 Singles only
1995 "Keep on Pushing" 94
1997 "The Music Got Me '97"
2003 "The Music Turns Me On (Ladadi Ladada)"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

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  1. ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 27/8. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
  2. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ "Naughty Boy Biography, Discography, Chart History".
  4. ^ "Record of the Day - in tune. Informed. Indispensable".
  5. ^ a b "Bass Bumpers ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 5 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  6. ^ a b International peaks Archived March 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "German peaks". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-01-15.