Zombie Nation (musician)


Zombie Nation is the project of German DJ and producer Florian Senfter. Zombie Nation's single "Kernkraft 400" was a worldwide hit.

History

The first Zombie Nation EP was released in the spring of 1999 on DJ Hell's label, Gigolo Records">International DeeJay Gigolo Records">Gigolo Records. A remix of the song "Kernkraft 400" on this debut release reached high chart positions all over the world, including number 2 in the United Kingdom.
Since 2001, Florian Senfter has released tracks on different labels under Zombie Nation and his other pseudonym John Starlight. In 2002, he did not renew his contract with International DeeJay Gigolo Records and started his own label, Dekathlon Records, where he released his second album "Absorber" in 2003. In early 2005, the new sublabel UKW Records was launched with John Starlight's John's Addiction Part 1 followed by Paeng Paeng 12" by Zombie Nation which was recorded a few months later. Sven Väth realized the potential of the song at first glance and licensed it for his Cocoon Recordings imprint.
The third album Black Toys which was released in 2006 on UKW Records Zombie Nation is a bass dominated soundscape from tech-hop to funk-laden house.
In 2007, Zombie Nation collaborated with Tiga under the pseudonym ZZT on the recording "Lower State of Consciousness".
Zombie Nation is also known today as an electronic music live act. Unusually for a DJ, he uses musical hardware on stage to create sounds. The main instrument is an Akai MPC 4000 Music sequencer which he uses in combination with a mixing console and several effects units to do a live arrangement and Mix of his music.
In December 2009 and January 2010, Zombie Nation created an orchestrated track, and Florian tells the story like so:
The result was a track by "Zombie Nation and Friends" titled "The Mind of Many".

Discography

Albums

  • 1999 – Leichenschmaus
  • 2003 – Absorber
  • 2006 – Black Toys
  • 2009 – Zombielicious
  • 2011 – Partys Over Earth as ZZT with Tiga
  • 2012 – ''RGB''

    Singles/EPs

  • 1999 – "Kernkraft 400"
  • 2001 – Kernkraft 400
  • 2001 – Unload
  • 2003 – Souls at Zero, 12"
  • 2003 – The Cut, 12" + DJ Naughty Remix
  • 2005 – Paeng Paeng, 12"
  • 2005 – Paeng Paeng + Meatmaster Jack, 12"
  • 2006 – Money Talks, 12"
  • 2007 – Gizmode, 12"
  • 2007 – Lower State of Consciousness, 12" as ZZT with Tiga including Justice Remix.
  • 2008 – The Worm, 12" as ZZT with Tiga including Erol Alkan Remix.
  • 2008 – Forza, 12", remixes by Fukkk Offf and Housemeister
  • 2009 – Worth It, 12"
  • 2010 – Overshoot / Squeek, 12", remixes by DJ Mehdi and Bart B More
  • 2010 – ZZafrika as ZZT with Tiga
  • 2011 – Chickflick, 12", remixes by Boris Dlugosch and Siriusmo
  • 2011 – Vulkan Alarm!, 12", as ZZT with Tiga
  • 2011 – Tight single, with a remix by Étienne de Crécy
  • 2011 – Partys over Los Angeles, as ZZT with Tiga
  • 2012 – Meathead EP
  • 2013 – Fishtank / Guzzler
  • 2014 – Gnork
  • 2014 – TGV
  • 2015 – A Night at the Zoo
  • 2016 – Something Else
  • 2017 – Knockout
  • 2017 – Worldwise
  • 2018 – ''Ticket''

    Charted singles

Remixes