Safri Duo

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Safri Duo
Back: Uffe Savery. Front: Morten Friis, Clark Anderson.
Back: Uffe Savery.
Front: Morten Friis, Clark Anderson.
Background information
OriginCopenhagen, Denmark
GenresElectronica
Years active1990–present
MembersUffe Savery
Morten Friis

Safri Duo is a Danish electronic percussion duo composed of Uffe Savery (born 5 April 1966) and Morten Friis (born 21 August 1968). Initially classically oriented, they later made a track mixing both tribal sound and modern electronica. Released in 2000, "Played-A-Live (The Bongo Song)", became one of the most popular songs in Europe in 2001. The single and subsequent album, Episode II each sold one million units worldwide, making Safri Duo the most internationally successful Danish act since Aqua.

History

Early years

Uffe Savery and Morten Friis met in 1977 while attending the

Ter Veldhuis). Their performances of, especially, Ter Veldhuis' Goldrush, Ravel's Alborada del gracioso and Anders Koppel's Toccata for vibraphone and marimba are often labelled as small milestones by fellow percussionists[citation needed
], as well as other musicians or people related to the world of classical music.

Mainstream success

Earlier in 2000, a track named "The Bongo Song" started appearing on clubs' playlists. Produced by

Michael McDonald was released on 30 September 2002 (also "Everything" appeared in this CD Single as a B-Side). Two more tracks from Episode II were released as singles, "Samb-Adagio
" and "Baya Baya". The Bongo Song became the anthem of the world-famous Coco Bongo super club in Cancún, where it is the party opening song every night.

3.0

In 2003 the new album 3.0 was released. It featured

Clark Anderson as vocalist on several of the tracks, including "All the People in the World", "Agogo Mosse" and "Laarbasses". The single "Rise" became a huge success[citation needed
] and later they released a new version called "Rise (Leave Me Alone)" which featured Clark Anderson on vocals. In 2004 they released a remix album of 3.0 called 3.5 – International Version. It included the new version of "Rise" and several other tracks with Clark Anderson as vocalist and remixes of the already known tracks. They also played in the concert of Jean Michel Jarre (AERO Concert) on his famous track Rendez vous 4.

Origins

Safri Duo's latest album Origins was released on 17 November 2008.[1]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
DEN
[2]
 AUT
[3]
BEL
(FL)
[4]
FIN
[5]
GER
[6]
NLD
[7]
 NOR
[8] 		POR
[9] 		SWE
[10] 		SWI
[11]
Turn Up the Volume
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Klavin Music
  • Formats:
    cassette
 — — — — — — — — — —
Works for Percussion
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Chandos
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
 — — — — — — — — — —
Percussion Transcriptions
  • Released: 2 February 1995
  • Label: Chandos
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
 — — — — — — — — — —
Lutoslawski, Bartók, Helweg
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Chandos
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
 — — — — — — — — — —
Goldrush
  • Released: 18 June 1996
  • Label: Chandos
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
 — — — — — — — — — —
Bach to the Future
  • Released: 19 May 1998
  • Label: Chandos
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
 — — — — — — — — — —
Episode II
  • Released: 28 May 2001
  • Label:
    Universal Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
 1 21 13 7 2 16 9 14 49 2
3.0
  • Released: 29 September 2003
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
 2 — — — — — — — — 73
  • IFPI DEN: Platinum[15]
3.5
  • Released: 20 September 2004
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 6 — — — — — — — — —
Origins
  • Released: 17 November 2008
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 14 — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
DEN
[2]
 AUT
[3] 		BEL
(FL)
[4]
FIN
[5]
GER
[17]
NLD
[7]
 NOR
[8] 		SWE
[10] 		SWI
[11]
UK
[18]
"Played-A-Live (The Bongo Song)" 2000 1 7 2 5 2 3 4 8 1 6 Episode II
"Samb-Adagio" 2001 9 35 10 15 14 23 — 24 28 —
"Baya Baya" — — 56 — 74 66 — — 52 —
"
Michael McDonald
) 		2002 — 50 50 — 29 23 — — 52 54
"Fallin' High" 2003 1 — — — 65 91 — — 44 — 3.0 and 3.5
"All the People in the World"
(featuring Clark Anderson) 		— — — — — — — 19 — —
"Rise (Leave Me Alone)"
(featuring Clark Anderson) 		2004 — — — — — — — — — —
"Knock on Wood"
(featuring Clark Anderson) 		— — — — — — — — — —
"Twilight" 2008 — — — — — — — — — — Origins
"Helele"
(with Velile) 		2010 — 8 — — 2 — — — 1 —
  • BVMI: Platinum[13]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum[14]
 Greatest Hits
"Mad World"
(with Michael Parsberg, featuring Isam B) 		4 — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Masterpiece"
(with SebastiAn, featuring Limewax) 		4 — — — — — — — — —
"Dimitto (Let Go)"
(with Kato, featuring Bjørnskov) 		2013 1 — — — — — — — — —
"Cynical"
(with Twocolors, featuring Chris de Sarandy)[a] 		2023
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. ^ Contains a interpolation of "Played-A-Live (The Bongo Song)"

References

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  11. ^ a b "Discography Safri Duo". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  12. IFPI Denmark
    . Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  13. ^ a b c "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank: Safri Duo" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  14. ^ a b c "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Safri Duo)". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  15. IFPI Denmark
    . Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  16. IFPI Denmark
    . Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  17. GfK Entertainment
    . Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  18. ^ "Safri Duo" (select "Singles" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  19. ^
    Universal Music
    . Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  20. ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2001". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  21. ^ "Trofeer". IFPI Norway. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  22. ^ "ÅR 2001" (PDF) (in Swedish). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  23. ^ a b "Home | IFPI".

External links

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