DJ Miko

DJ Miko is a dance project of the Italian keyboardist and producer Quartobaro manner and from the British county of Kent coming singer Louise Gard.

Career

Coinciding with the debut single What's Up , which was produced by the Italians Max Artusi and Ricky Stecca, had DJ Miko end of 1993 first success in his home country, the following year, finally, in the United Kingdom and the United States. The dance version of the 4-Non-Blondes hit reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Dance Charts in April, but also rose to number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June and stayed in this hit list for 20 weeks. In August of that year, the single made it into the top 10 of the UK charts and climbed to number 6.

In the following years DJ Miko released various singles, including his own songs and other cover versions , such as B. Donna Summers Hot Stuff and The Knacks My Sharona . Another chart success was not achieved. In 1999 the act's only album , The Last Millennium, was released . In the course of the 2000s, several collaborations with other artists came on the market, including a mashup with Max Deejay , consisting of DJ Miko's version of What's Up and Queens We Will Rock You .

Members

• Quartobaro Manier (* in Italy) - keyboard, producer
• Louise Anne Gard (* Tunbridge Wells , Kent ) - vocals

Discography

Albums

• 1999: The Last Millennium

DJ mix

• 2007: La Fabrique: The Main Selection ... (with Chris DJ)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		IT	UK	US	Dance
1993	What's Up The Last Millennium	IT5 (13 weeks) IT	UK6 (16 weeks) UK	US58 (20 weeks) US	Dance19 (10 weeks) Dance	Author: Linda Perry Original: 4 Non Blondes , 1993

More singles

1994: Hot Stuff 1994: Rhythm 1997: Clementine 1998: My Sharona 1998: Dreaming 1998: Superboy 1998: What's Up 2000 1999: Ruby Tuesday

1999: Sky High 2000: Shout 2000: Forever Young 2006: What's Up (Max Deejay vs. DJ Miko) 2007: What's Up (Powered Milk feat.DJ Miko) 2008: What's Up (Tom Mountain vs. DJ Miko) 2008: I Hate My Self for Loving You

literature

• Frank Laufenberg : Frank Laufenberg's rock and pop lexicon . Volume 1. ISBN 3-612-26206-8

Web links

• DJ Miko at Allmusic (English)
• DJ Miko at Discogs (English)
• Biography at Taurus Press

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart sources: Singles UK US ; M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on April 12, 2016 (Italian, paid subscription access). 
2. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003 . ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .