Fragma
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Fragma is a German
Musical career
Founded in 1998 by brothers Dirk and Marco Duderstadt, they produced their first
In 1999, a
2002 saw the Duderstadts set up their own
In 2003, a remix of their single "Embrace Me", was featured in the anime adaptation of Dear Boys.
Dirk and Marco also worked as a
In 2006, Fragma released the single "Radio Waves" together with Kirsty Hawkshaw. The track was co-written by Judie Tzuke.
2008 saw the release of "Toca's Miracle 2008" with the vocals of Coco Star and the InPetto remix of the original song. "Toca's Miracle 2008" reached number 2 on the Australian ARIA Club Charts and number 16 on the UK Singles Chart.
Fragma commenced touring again with Damae throughout Europe, where they featured on the Dance Nation tour in the UK. "Memory" was released through
In October 2012, Fragma announced through their official Facebook page that they had separated from singer Damae on 1 September 2012. This was in the same year as the release of their track "Thousand Times" and their collaboration with Akil Wingate on "Where Do We Go", both of which feature her vocals. She no longer represents Fragma at their live shows, as they continued working on productions with a different singer.
In 2017, Fragma recruited the vocalist Tess, who began performing with the group on their tours.
On 2 July 2021, Fragma released their first new music in nine years, a melodic dance track entitled "I Want More" with Tess on vocals.
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Details | Chart positions | Certification | ||||||
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AUS [5] |
DEN | FIN
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GER
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NOR | SWE | UK [2] | |||
Toca |
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81 | 39 | 21 | 53 | 15 | 54 | 19 | |
Embrace |
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Singles
Year | Single | Featured vocals |
Peak chart positions | sales thresholds )
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Album | |||||||||
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AUS [7][8] |
AUT [9] |
DEN [10] |
GER [11] |
IRE [12] |
NED [13] |
NOR [14] |
SWE [15] |
SWI [16] |
UK
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1999 | "Toca Me" | Eva Martinez | 53 | — | — | — | 20 | 49 | — | — | — | 11 | Toca | |
2000 | "Toca's Miracle" | Coco (uncredited) | 8 | — | — | 46 | 4 | 63 | 2 | 18 | 55 | 1 | ||
2001 | "Everytime You Need Me" | Maria Rubia | 17 | 42 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 51 | 4 | 19 | 42 | 3 | ||
"You Are Alive" | Damae | 37 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 20 | — | 13 | 45 | 67 | 4 | |||
"Say That You're Here" | Damae | 41 | 53 | — | 55 | — | — | 59 | — | 100 | 25 | Embrace | ||
2002 | "Embrace Me" | Damae | — | — | — | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Time and Time Again" | Damae | 74 | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2003 | "Man in the Moon" | Damae | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
2005 | "Born to Love" | Damae | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2006 | "Radio Waves" (with Kirsty Hawkshaw) |
Kirsty Hawkshaw | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | — | — | — | — | ||
2007 | "Deeper" | Damae | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2008 | "Toca's Miracle 2008" | Coco (uncredited) | 89 | 42 | — | 73 | — | 18 | — | 7 | — | 16 | ||
2008 | "Memory" | Damae | — | 74 | — | 64 | — | 28 | — | — | 30 | — | ||
2009 | "Forever and a Day" | Damae | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010 | "What Do You Want" (with Jesus Luz) |
Damae | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011 | "Oops Sorry" | Damae | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Everytime You Need Me 2011" | Damae | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"What Love Can Do" (with Plastik Funk) |
Damae | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Insane (In Da Brain)" (with DJs from Mars) |
Damae | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2012 | "Thousand Times" | Damae | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Where Do We Go" (with Akil Wingate) |
Akil Wingate Damae |
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2015 | "Toca Me" (Twoloud remix) |
Eva Martinez | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2021 | "I Want More" | Tess | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
References
- ^ "Positiva Records / Official Website". Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Fragma – Toca's Miracle (2000, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ Michael Paoletta (2001-08-25). Beat Box: Alive with Love. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
- ^ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 30 July 2001" (PDF) (596). Australian Web Archive. Australian Recording Industry Association. 30 July 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-24. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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(help) - ^ a b c "BPI Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009. Enter "Fragma" in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Click Search.
- ^ "australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ a b c Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 107.
- ^ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ "danishcharts.com - Danish charts portal". Danishcharts.dk. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Fragma". Top40.nl. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". Norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
External links
- Official page on Facebook
- Fragma discography at Discogs
- Evergreen-Terrace Music Productions
- Official Duderstadt website