Acid, House and Techno changed the landscape of the German music scene ever since the end of the eighties. Producer Ramon Zenker (born 11.11.1969) and DJ Oliver Bondzio (born 7.29.1976) were ahead of this new movement right from the start. In 1991 they formed Hardfloor and had their first success with the release “Once Again Back/Drug Overload” on the well-known label Eye Q. Only a few months later Hardfloor released their “Hardtrance Acperience EP” on Sven Vääth’s cult status label Harthouse. This EP made them famous for their innovative sound far beyond European boundaries, the song “Acperience 1” which even made its way into the UK charts, is still one of the milestones of Techno culture.

Only one year later the first long player “TB Resuscitation” was released, followed by other great and successful Albums such as “Respect” (1994), “Homerun” (1996), “Best of Hardfloor” (1997) and “All Targets Down” (1998). In 1998 the popular label K7 released their tenth X-Mix-Compilation called “Jack The Box”, for which K7 released to persuade Hardfloor to do the track listing and mixing of this album. On this compilation Oliver and Ramon present tracks that have influenced them the most, especially sound wise. This sound is called Acid House and the instrument that immediately comes to mind is the TB 303 built by Roland. The TB 303 is the centre of the Hardfloor sound, but breaks beats and Trip-Hop elements spice up the audio experience of Hardfloor, finally resulting in the side-project called: “dadamnphreaknoizephunk”.

Hardfloor also managed to gather a huge fan base in the land of the rising sun. They had their first gig in Japan in 1994 and ever since Ramon and Oliver keep on returning every year to celebrate with one the most enthusiastic audiences of the world. As a special “thanks” for the Japanese fans Hardflloor often release Bonus Tracks, not available in other countries. They also remixed tracks for many Japanese artists and contributed a track for Playstation game: “Ghost In The Shell”. Of course, many other states all over the world are glad to welcome Hardfloor in their clubs. Australia, the USA, you name it. Oliver and Ramon played the big festivals: Tribal Gathering (UK). Universe (UK), Arivika (SWE), Mayday (D), Time Warp (D), Nature One (D). and Quart Festival (NOR).

Apart from working as producers Hardflloor are very requested remixers for International pop acts like Depeche Mode, Mike Oldfield, New Order, Human League, Mory Kante and Anne Clark, as well as more underground style Techno acts like Robert Armani, Secret Cinema, A Guy Called Gerald or the Rising High Collective. After a slightly longer break in which Oliver and Ramon produced the two “Dadamnphreaknoizphunk” albums “Take Off Da Hot Sweater” and “Lost and Found”, Hardfloor founded their own label in 2003: www.hardfloor.de.