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Axel Bendung (born August 21, 1957 in Rheydt , today in Mönchengladbach ) is a German music producer .

In 1974 he founded his first band, from 1978 he was a DJ for three years . He achieved greater fame in the music scene from 1982 with his first publications together with Thomas Anders and from 1985 as a member of Silent Circle .

Today Axel Behre is one of the most successful German music producers. In particular, numerous successful, also smaller Eurodance and dance productions (including DJ BoBo , Groove Coverage ) are from him. He was also known as the co-producer of Modern Talking and helped singles such as Win the Race and Last Exit to Brooklynto finish. Of the songs he produced, more than 50 singles were in the German charts, and more than 60 received gold and platinum awards. In total, he has made more than 700 publications and sold more than 200 million records (including compilations). In 2003, together with other well-known producers, he founded the MPAG Association of German Music Producers. V. founded.

Since 2006 he has specialized in audio-visual productions for the Internet with his company Bishop Productions. In the course of the following years he withdrew from the music industry to devote himself to the production of explanatory videos, screencasts and product videos. This is how one of the largest series of product videos in Europe was created for Musikhaus Thomann with over 1000 videos. Within ten years Bishop Productions GmbH produced for over 70 corporations.

Since the death of his best friend and long-term business partner Jo Wicke in 2017, he has been working again for the music industry. He has given up his activity as a music producer and now concentrates only on songwriting. In 2018 and 2019 over 30 of his songs were released a. a. by Andrea Berg , Matthias Reim , Udo Lindenberg , Feuerherz , Patrick Lindner , Nockis , Schlagerpiloten, Frenzy Blitz and Anita & Alexandra Hofmann .

Greatest successes

• 1986 First single hit Touch in the Night by Silent Circle
• 1989 triple platinum award for the album Herzilein der Wildecker Herzbuben
• 1992 first international success: Somebody Dance with Me by DJ BoBo
• 1992 Beginning of a multi-year success with DJ BoBo (over eight million records in total)
• 1996 UK # 2 with Sex on the Beach by T-Spoon
• 2000 biggest hit so far Spirit of the Hawk by Rednex (annual charts number 2)
• 2000 Vanessa Amorosi at the Summer Olympics in Sydney with Absolutely Everybody (5 times platinum)
• 2001 at the same time with six titles in the singles top 100
• 2002 Echo in the "National Producer" category
• 2003 biggest international hit with Chihuahua by DJ BoBo (worldwide best-selling single 2003)
• 2003 Participation in the Wolfsheim album Casting Shadows (1st place and platinum in Germany)

Web links

• Website Bishop Songs Musikverlag & Axel Bendung