{"id":341,"date":"2019-11-07T14:58:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T13:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquagen.de\/?page_id=341"},"modified":"2024-07-04T15:39:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T13:39:12","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aquagen.de\/en\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_b91424ac height_medium width_full\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_boxes stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner us_custom_7c314053 type_sticky\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" src=\"https:\/\/aquagen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Aquagen_2024_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquagen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Aquagen_2024_1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/aquagen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Aquagen_2024_1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/aquagen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Aquagen_2024_1-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">[vc_custom_heading source=&#8221;post_title&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23d5242c&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22color%22%3A%22%23d5242c%22%7D%7D&#8221;]<div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>AQUAGEN<\/strong> \u2013 that\u2019s the name for an extraordinary success story:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Their debut-single <strong>IHR SEID SO LEISE<\/strong> and the follow-up track <strong>PARTYALARM<\/strong> brought techno-sound with german-speech to the top of the charts all over the world and AQUAGEN\u2019s remake of the pop-classic <strong>HARD TO SAY I\u2019M SORRY<\/strong> proofed, that even the downtempo-heros CHICAGO can rock the dancefloor.<br \/>\nThe 303-anthem <strong>PHATT BASS (Blade Theme)<\/strong> rocked with a big bass the worldwide hitlists and their chart-smashers <strong>EVERYBODY\u2019S FREE<\/strong> in co-operation with ROZALLA and <strong>TANZ F\u00dcR MICH<\/strong> featuring the well-known German comedian INGO APPELT let the story continue and made clear: <strong>AQUAGEN<\/strong> are no one-hit-wonders, they are far away from that!<br \/>\nIf one would write down the \u201eWho Is Who\u201c of the dance-scene, than AQUAGEN would be listed in the <strong>Top 10<\/strong> of the most successful German 90\u2019s and 2000\u2019s dance producers, no doubt. Ten single-charts hits, two chart-albums, lots of <strong>NO. 1 positions<\/strong> in the international dance charts and equal quantity of honors like golden records and <strong>nominations for the Echo<\/strong>&#8211; or VIVA TV , Amadeus Music Award can\u2019t be wrong.<br \/>\nAfter their two longplayers <strong>ABGEHFAKTOR<\/strong> and <strong>WEEKENDER<\/strong>, AQUAGEN took a break and now they hit the road once more \u2013 to loud to ignore:<\/p>\n<p><strong>GINO MONTESANO<\/strong> is the face of <strong>AQUAGEN<\/strong>. He is a dj and producer with italian roots, born in Germany. He does not only bring his own Italian charm into the productions, but also in the dj sets. Meanwhile GINO is touring as a dj all over the world. Gigs in South Africa, Russia, Poland, Austria, Scandinavia, Spain, Canada or America are daily routine like spinning the records in his home country!!!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;AWARDS&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23d5242c&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22color%22%3A%22%23d5242c%22%7D%7D&#8221;]<div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>2000<\/strong> Golden Reord for &#8220;Ihr Seid So Leise&#8221;<br \/>\nmore than 250.000 Sales in Germany<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>2000<\/strong> Golden Record for &#8220;Phatt Bass&#8221;<br \/>\nmore than 5.000 Sales in Denmark<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>2000<\/strong> Echo nomination &#8220;Best Dance Act&#8221;<br \/>\n(The official German music award)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>2000<\/strong> Viva Comet Nomination &#8220;Best Dance Act&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>2000<\/strong> Amadeus nomination &#8220;Best Dance Act&#8221;<br \/>\n(The official music award in Austria)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>2002<\/strong> Pool Position (1) of the GDP Annual Chart 2002 with &#8220;Hard To Say I&#8217;m Sorry&#8221; (GDP = German DJ Playlist, the German DJ Charts)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>2003<\/strong> Echo nomination &#8220;Best Dance Act&#8221;<br \/>\n(The official German music award)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>2003<\/strong> Dance Award Nominierung &#8220;Bester Dance Act&#8221;<br \/>\n(Der offizielle deutsche Dance Award)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>2003<\/strong> Amadeus Nominierung &#8220;Bester Dance Act&#8221;<br \/>\n(Der offizielle Musikpreis in \u00d6sterreich)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_custom_heading source=\"post_title\" font_container=\"tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%23d5242c\" use_theme_fonts=\"yes\" css=\"%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22color%22%3A%22%23d5242c%22%7D%7D\"]AQUAGEN \u2013 that\u2019s the name for an extraordinary success story: Their debut-single IHR SEID SO LEISE and the follow-up track PARTYALARM brought techno-sound with german-speech to the top of the charts all over the world and AQUAGEN\u2019s remake of the pop-classic HARD TO SAY I\u2019M SORRY proofed, that even the downtempo-heros...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/aquagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527,"href":"https:\/\/aquagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions\/527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquagen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}