It all started out really innocent, Dutch brothers Bobby and Martin Boer had been experimenting with music for years in a little bedroom. But then in
1990 things really started to happen for them,the single "Can't Help Myself" was picked up by Dutch radiostations and became an international hit.

The composing brothers Bobby and Martin appointed rapper
Da Smooth Baron MC and the singers Peggy "The Duchess" and Gale Robinson to
form the 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor stage-act. The next single
"Turn Da Music" was somewhat less successful but really helped spreading the name 2
Brothers on the 4th Floor.

After these two singles the project was put on a halt. Martin moved into a new professional
studio and started making remixes under the name "Dancability Productions". He made
remixes for acts like Becky Bell and Twenty 4 Seven, he also made the Veronica
Megamix 1993 for Veronica Radio. In the meanwhile Bobby was busy designing
record-covers and CD-inlays.

In 1994 they decided to revive the 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor-project.
Bobby joins Martin in his studio and after a while the two present "Never Alone". This single
is the first to be launched with rapper D-Rock (Renee Philips) and singer Des'Ray
(Desirée Claudette Manders).

The renewed style and concept got out real fine. "Never Alone" topped the charts for weeks
and even got a golden status. The consecutive single was called "Dreams", it went right up to
the number 1 position, and "Let me be Free" got a long stay in the national top ten. In Juli
1994 the album "Dreams" hit the shops, it stood in the national album charts for weeks and
got very positive reviews.
 

In 1995 and 1996 the 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor even widened their success with the
singles "Fly (Trough The Starry Night)", "Come Take My Hand" and "Fairytales". These
singles really topped the charts in various European countries.

In the end of 1996 they released a single called "There's a Key" and their second album called "2".

The next single to be released was "One Day" and it's an R&B track and not the usual happy hardcore/eurodance style.

The next single to be released was "I'm Thinkin' of U" and is a great song.

In March, 1998 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor released the single entitled "Do U Know", and is a mid to low tempo pop track.

In the beginning of fall 1998 the single "The Sun Will Be Shining" was released and contained remixes by
Mark van Dale & Enrico, Dance Therapy and the Dub Foundation. It also contained a bonus CD-Rom Part
with the video of "The Sun Will Be Shining" and "The Making Of".

2 Brothers on the 4th Floor released a single February 5th, 1999 called "Heaven is here"
and with that song they step into the same progressive musicstyle as for example Sash!.

A single called "Living In Cyberspace" was released on the 29th of October, 1999 (Dutch release).

On June 16th, 2000 the single "Wonderful Feeling" was released.
 
 
 

The next single will be "Shine Like A Star" and it will be released in October.
The new album is also scheduled to be released in October. (Jurgen Joosten)
 
 
 
 
 

              Title:
                      Can't Help Myself
              Released:
                      January 1991
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Track 5.
                      Can't Help Myself (Radio Edit)
                      Can't Help Myself (Extended Radio Mix)
                      Can't Help Myself (Clubmix)
                      Can't Help Myself (Acapella)
                      4th Floor Theme
                                                                     3.58
                                                                     5.16
                                                                     5.41
                                                                     0.33
                                                                     3.39
 

              Title:
                      Turn Da Music Up
              Released:
                      November 1991
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Track 5.
              Track 6.
                      Turn Da Music (Milano Radio Edit)
                      Turn Da Music (Detroit Club Mix)
                      Turn Da Music (New York Radio Mix)
                      Turn Da Music (Milano Radio Mix)
                      Turn Da Music (Only Da Music)
                      Turn Da Music (Acapella)
                                                                     4.37
                                                                     7.24
                                                                     5.18
                                                                     6.37
                                                                     3.59
                                                                     n/a
 

              Title:
                      Never Alone
              Released:
                      January 1994
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Track 5.
                      Never Alone (Euro Radio Mix)
                      Never Alone (US Radio Mix)
                      Never Alone (Club Mix)
                      Never Alone (Extended Euro Mix)
                      Dancing Together (Cowboy Dub)
                                                                     4.11
                                                                     3.34
                                                                     5.20
                                                                     5.48
                                                                     3.41
 

              Title:
                      Dreams
              Released:
                      July 1994
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Track 5.
              Track 6.
                      Dreams (Radio Version)
                      Dreams (Twenty 4 Seven Trance Mix)
                      Dreams (Lick Mix)
                      Dreams (D.J. Paradize Underground Mix)
                      Dreams (Extended Version)
                      Dreams (Twenty 4 Seven Trance Dub
                                                                     4.24
                                                                     5.51
                                                                     4.18
                                                                     4.09
                                                                     5.07
                                                                     4.10
 

              Title:
                      Let Me Be Free
              Released:
                      October 1994
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Track 5.
              Track 6.
              Track 7.
              Track 8.
                      Let Me Be Free (Radio Version)
                      Let Me Be Free (Beats 'R Us Radio Mix)
                      Let Me Be Free (Extended Version)
                      Let Me Be Free (Beats 'R Us Mix)
                      Let Me Be Free (Music For Lovers Mix)
                      Let Me Be Free (Lick Mix)
                      Let Me Be Free (Dancability Club Mix)
                      Let Me Be Free (Album Version)
                                                                     3.25
                                                                     4.39
                                                                     5.17
                                                                     6.04
                                                                     5.47
                                                                     5.45
                                                                     4.52
                                                                     3.26
 

              Title:
                      Fly (Through The Starry Night)
              Released:
                      March 1995
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Track 5.
                      Fly (Radio Version)
                      Fly (Lick Mix)
                      Fly (Beats 'R' Us Mix)
                      Fly (Atlantic Ocean Dance Mix)
                      Fly (Extended Version)
                                                                      n/a
                                                                      n/a
                                                                      n/a
                                                                      n/a
                                                                      n/a
 

              Title:
                      Fly (Through The Starry Night) Remixes
              Released:
                      1995
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
                      Fly (Ccqt Remix Version)
                      Fly (Ccqt Remix Extended Version)
                      Fly (Mars Plastic Mix)
                      Fly (Happy Hardcore Mix)
                                                                     3.52
                                                                     6.15
                                                                     6.20
                                                                     4.35
 

              Title:
                      Fly (Through The Starry Night) The Cappella Remixes
              Released:
                      1995
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
                      Fly (C.C.Q.T. Radio Edit)
                      Fly (C.C.Q.T. Extended Mix)
                      Fly (Mars Plastic Mix)
                      Fly (Happy Hardcore Mix
                                                                     3.50
                                                                     6.15
                                                                     6.20
                                                                     4.35
 

              Title:
                      Come Take My Hand
              Released:
                      August 1995
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Track 5.
              Track 6.
              Track 7.
              Track 8.
                      Come Take My Hand (Radio Version)
                      Come Take My Hand (Extended Version)
                      Come Take My Hand (Cooly's Jungle Mix)
                      Come Take My Hand (Beats R Us Mix)
                      Come Take My Hand (K&A's Happy Hardcore Mix)
                      Come Take My Hand (K&A's Extended Rave Blast)
                      Come Take My Hand (Lick Mix)
                      Come Take My Hand (Euro Trance Trip)
                                                                     4.02
                                                                     5.10
                                                                     5.25
                                                                     7.57
                                                                     5.38
                                                                     5.50
                                                                     5.04
                                                                     5.13
 

              Title:
                      Fairytales
              Released:
                      February 1996
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Track 5.
              Track 6.
                      Fairytales (Radio Version)
                      Fairytales (Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo Rave Edit)
                      Fairytales (No Velocity Happy Hardcore Edit)
                      Fairytales (Extended Version)
                      Fairytales (Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo Hardcore Mix)
                      Fairytales (DJ Weirdo & DJ Sim 1,2,3,4 Happy Remix)
                                                                     3.29
                                                                     4.05
                                                                     3.30
                                                                     4.37
                                                                     4.36
                                                                     5.53
 

              Title:
                      Mirror of Love
              Released:
                      July 1996
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Track 5.
              Track 6.
                      Radio Version
                      Mastermindz R&B Radio Remix
                      2 Fabiola Radio Mix
                      Extended Version
                      Mastermindz Freaky R&B Clubmix
                      2 Fabiola Clubmix
                                                                     3.29
                                                                     3.47
                                                                     3.48
                                                                     4.26
                                                                     5.17
                                                                     5.05
 

              Title:
                      There is a Key
              Released:
                      November 1996
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Track 5.
              Track 6.
              Track 7.
              Track 8.
                      There is a Key (Radio Version)
                      There is a Key (R & B Radio Remix)
                      There is a Key (Lipstick Radio Mix)
                      There is a Key (2 Fabiola Radio Mix)
                      There is a Key (Extended Version)
                      There is a Key (R & B Extended Remix)
                      There is a Key (Lipstick Extended Remix)
                      There is a Key (2 Fabiola Club Mix)
                                                                     3.57
                                                                     3.35
                                                                     3.58
                                                                     3.38
                                                                     4.41
                                                                     5.19
                                                                     4.54
                                                                     4.49
 

              Title:
                      Christmas Time
              Released:
                      December 1996
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
                      Christmas Time
                      There's A Key (Lipstick Radio Mix)
                                                                     3.40
                                                                     3.58
 
 
 

              Title:
                      One Day
              Released:
                      May 1997
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Track 5.
              Track 6.
              Track 7.
              Track 8.
              Track 9.
                      One Day (Radio Version)
                      One Day (Lipstick Radio Mix)
                      One Day (Summer Mix)
                      One Day (The naughty Mix)
                      One Day (Cooly´s Shack Mix)
                      One Day (Soul Relation Mix)
                      One Day (Criticall Mass Mix)
                      One Day (Lipstick Extended Mix)
                      Real-X
                                                                     3.16
                                                                     3.38
                                                                     3.12
                                                                     4.37
                                                                     3.54
                                                                     4.10
                                                                     5.38
                                                                     4.50
                                                                     3.27
 

              Title:
                      I'm Thinkin' of U
              Released:
                      July 1997
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Track 5.
              Track 6.
                      I'm Thinkin' of U (Radio Version)
                      I'm Thinkin' of U (QD's R&B Mix)
                      I'm Thinkin' of U (Dance Therapy Clubmix)
                      I'm Thinkin' of U (Extended Version)
                      I'm Thinkin' of U (Living in XTC)
                      Euro Megamix
                                                                     3.26
                                                                     3.21
                                                                     4.27
                                                                     4.26
                                                                     3.18
                                                                     6.06
 

              Title:
                      Do You Know
              Released:
                      March 1998
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
                      Do You Know (Radio Version)
                      Do You Know (2 Fellaz Remix)
                      Where You're Going To? (Dance Therapy Club Mix)
                      Come Take My Hand (Cooly's Drum'n'Bass Mix)
                                                                     3.41
                                                                     3.39
                                                                     5.02
                                                                     5.25
 

              Title:
                      The Sun Will Be Shining
              Released:
                      1998
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Multimedia
              Multimedia
                      The Sun Will Be Shining (Radio Version)
                      The Sun Will Be Shining (Mark Van Dale With Enrico Mix)
                      The Sun Will Be Shining (Dance Therapy Mix)
                      The Sun Will Be Shining (Dub Foundation Mix)
                      Making Of The Video (CD-Rom Track)
                      The Sun Will Be Shining (CD-Rom Video-Track)
                                                                     3.48
                                                                     6.37
                                                                     5.10
                                                                     7.05
                                                                     n/a
                                                                     n/a
 

              Title:
                      Heaven Is Here
              Released:
                      February 5, 1999
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Track 5.
              Track 6.
                      Heaven Is Here (Radio Mix)
                      Heaven Is Here (Sweet Melody Mix)
                      Heaven Is Here (Marco V. & Benjamin Remix)
                      Heaven Is Here (Olav Basoski's Samplitude Remix)
                      Heaven Is Here (Olav Basoski's Remix)
                      The Sun Will Be Shining (Dub Foundation Instrumental Mix)
                                                                     3.32
                                                                     4.26
                                                                     7.25
                                                                     5.50
                                                                     6.31
                                                                     7.05
 

              Title:
                      Living in Cyberspace
              Released:
                      October 29, 1999 (Dutch Release)
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
                      Living in Cyberspace (Radio Version)
                      Living in Cyberspace (J&R Remix)
                      Living in Cyberspace (Extended version)
                      Let Me Be Free (Lick Discomix)
                                                                     3.44
                                                                     5.15
                                                                     5.14
                                                                     5.45
 

              Title:
                      Wonderful Feeling
              Released:
                      June 16, 2000 (Dutch Release)
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Multimedia
                      Wonderful Feeling (Radio Version)
                      Wonderful Feeling (Sunclub Mix)
                      Wonderful Feeling (Extended Version)
                      Dreams (Lick Mix)
                      Wonderful Feeling (Video Clip)
                                                                     4.00
                                                                     5.38
                                                                     5.15
                                                                     4.16
                                                                     n/a
 

              Title:
                      Shine Like A Star
              Released:
                      October, 2000
                                       Tracklisting:
              n/a
                      n/a
                                                                      n/a
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

              Title:
                      Dreams
              Released:
                      August 1994
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Track 5.
              Track 6.
              Track 7.
              Track 8.
              Track 9.
              Track 10.
              Track 11.
              Track 12.
              Track 13.
                      Dreams (Will Come Alive)
                      Never Alone
                      I Can't Believe It
                      Let Me Be Free
                      Feel So Good
                      Do It
                      Dance With Me
                      Smile
                      Can't Help Myself
                      Turn Da Music Up
                      Dreams (Twenty 4 Seven Trance Mix)
                      Never Alone (Beats 'R' Us Mix)
                      Turn Da Music Up (Beats 'R' Us Mix)
                                                                     4.25
                                                                     5.52
                                                                     4.10
                                                                     3.26
                                                                     3.45
                                                                     3.27
                                                                     4.10
                                                                     3.37
                                                                     5.17
                                                                     4.38
                                                                     5.50
                                                                     5.23
                                                                     4.56
 

              Title:
                      2
              Released:
                      November 1996
                                       Tracklisting:
              Track 1.
              Track 2.
              Track 3.
              Track 4.
              Track 5.
              Track 6.
              Track 7.
              Track 8.
              Track 9.
              Track 10.
              Track 11.
              Track 12.
              Track 13.
              Track 14.
                      Come Take My Hand
                      There's a Key
                      Fairytales
                      One Day
                      Fly (Through The Starry Night)
                      All I Wanna Do
                      Mirror of Love
                      Real-X
                      Euro Megamix
                      Happy Hardcore Megamix
                      Come Take My Hand (Cooly's Jungle Mix)
                      Fairytales (Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo Rave Edit)
                      Mirror of Love (Mastermindz Freaky R&B Mix)
                      There's a Key (Dance Therapy Remixx)
                                                                     5.10
                                                                     3.55
                                                                     3.28
                                                                     3.16
                                                                     3.27
                                                                     3.53
                                                                     3.27
                                                                     4.42
                                                                     6.06
                                                                     4.30
                                                                     5.22
                                                                     4.06
                                                                     4.07
                                                                     5.14
 

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                       Additional Information and Discography ¿ Niklas Adolfsson 1996-2000
                        Special thanks goes to Bobby Boer for his great support. Thanks!
                          Thanks to P?l Warnbrant for some release date information.
                              Thanks to Gustaf Molin for some information.
                               Thanks to Dj Starfire for some information.
                              Thanks to CJ Pelupessy for some information.
                               Thanks to Arjen Meijer for some information.
                Thanks to Maurice Meerten for some information and for the permission to use some pictures.
                           Thanks to Remco van der Galiën for some information.
                                 Thanks to Gerdy for some information.
                            Thanks to Rick van der Haas for some information.
                                Thanks to Salemink for some information.

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Biography
 

                                     The 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor are one of the
                                     most successful eurodance acts in the world. The
                                     producers behind this Dutch duo are the two
                                     brothers Bobby and Martin Boer, who started
                                     this project in their appartment, which was on the
                                     4th floor, where they lived back in 1991.

                                     Their first single was an instant international hit.
                                     "Can't Help Myself " reached top 10s all over the
                                     world. "Turn Da Music Up ", their second single
                                     was less successful, but still did very good in clubs
                                     all over the world.

The first two singles featured rapper Da Smooth Baron MC. He was joined by female vocalist
Gail Robinson in "Turn Da Music Up". After these two singles the project was put on hold for nearly
two years.

It wasn't until the end of 1993 that the Boer brothers presented
new material under the name 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor.
Together with this new material they also presented a new
line-up. Da Smooth Baron MC and Gail Robinson made place
for D-Rock and Des'Ray.

Additional Info D-Rock:
D-Rock was part of the 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor even
before Da Smooth Baron MC joined the group! He was
supposed to be the rapper on the first 2 Brothers single "Can't
Help Myself". But because he was occupied with some other
things at the time, he made the choice not to join the 2 Brothers
as their rapper. So he introduced the 2 Brothers to Da Smooth
Baron MC.

The first single with Des'Ray and D-Rock was called "Never
Alone". It's a eurodance song about different races all over the
world living in peace and harmony together. As Des'Ray sings
in this song: .....Black And White, Dancing Together... Side By Side We'll Make Things Better...
You're Never Alone.....

This tune went straight to the top of the Dutch charts, stayed there for weeks and eventually turned
gold. After "Never Alone" they went on to have several huge international hits, including "Let Me Be
Free", " Fly (Through The Starry Night)", "Come Take My Hand" and of course "Dreams (Will
Come Alive) ", their biggest hit to date, which was taken of their debut album with the same title.
"Dreams (Will Come Alive)" went no. 1 in Holland and scored major top 10 hits in countries like Italy,
Spain, Belgium, France, Israel, Norway, Sweden, South-Africa and many other countries.

                          Des'Ray and D-Rock weren't complete strangers in the world of
                          music. Des'Ray, whose real name is Desiré Manders, had
                          previously worked with Bobby and Martin on another danceproject
                          called Fun Da Mental. A nice thing to mention is that she was in
                          the Dutch charts with two singles at the same time in 1993! Once
                          with the 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor ("Never Alone") and the other
                          one with Fun Da Mental ("Dancing On A Higher Ground"). In 1996
                          she graduated Cum Laude at the conservatory (Jazz music) and
                          therefor is one of the few dance artists with a real musical
                          education!!
                          D-Rock released a solo single called "I Can't Believe It's Over"
                          before he joined the 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor. Unfortunately for
                          him the single didn't do that well.

After Ray and Anita had left 2 Unlimited the 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor can be considered as one
of the most successful dance acts of the Netherlands, together with Twenty 4 Seven and
T-Spoon. Until now they've had 10 consecutive top 10 singles in their home country and several top
10 hits in Norway, Sweden, Italy, Israel and many other countries.

Italian top dance act Cappella produced some remixes for one of the
2 Brothers On The 4th Floor singles. "Fly (Through The Starry Night) -
The Remixes" was released a couple of weeks after the original
version and it featured 4 mixes done by Cappella and Alici. These
mixes include a Happy Hardcore Mix, a Mars Plastic Mix and two
C.C.Q.T. Mixes (one radio and one extended).
These mixes have that typical Cappella-sound and this, combined with
the vocals of Des'Ray and D-Rock, sounds amazing!! I hope these two
fantastic acts are going to work together more often in the near future!!!

The 2 Brothers have so far released one Christmas-carol. "Christmas Time" is based on another 2
Brothers On The 4th Floor single, " There's A Key", which was released a few weeks earlier. The
pounding happy hardcore beats were taken away, the lyrics were altered and some Christmas
sounds were added to create a real X-Mas atmosphere.

                      1996 also saw the release of their second album simply called "2".
                      Besides the hitsingles it also contains some good R&B traxx, which
                      indicates a future change of style for the 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor. If
                      you're lucky, you'll be able to get a copy of "2" which includes the
                      bonus CD-ROM! It contains clips of most of their hits and it even has 2
                      Megamix videoclips, a "Euro Megamix" and a "Happy Hardcore
                      Megamix". These videoclips are pretty unique, because not only the
                      songs have been mixed together, but the videoclips have also been
                      'megamixed'!!

                      If you're unfamiliar with "Eurodance" or "Happy Hardcore" you should
check out the first album "Dreams", which is full of eurodance traxx and the new album "2", which
contains several happy hardcore traxx!!

In May 1997 they released the last single taken from the
"2"-album. "One Day" is the first R&B track the 2
Brothers On The 4th Floor ever released.

The video to this song has been shot in sunny California,
and it features Des'Ray as a Madame Futura and as a
girl who works at a gas-station. D-Rock is the big man
with loads of money. He's headed for Las Vegas to
gamble, but has to stop at the gas-station for refuelling.
But while refuelling his car, Des'Ray takes all the money
out of D-Rock's bag and fills it with old newspapers.
When D-Rock arrives at his destination he finds out what
has happened. He goes back to the gas-station and
searches for Des'Ray, because he figured out that she
stole his money. While he's inside the station Des'Ray
gets in his car and drives away... with his money!

It's a real cool video to a real summer hit classic! The
maxi-CD features 9 tracks. It also contains some happy
hardcore remixes, which were done by Critical Mass
and Lipstick and more R&B flavoured mixes. "Real-X"
was also included on the maxi-single!!

                                     In August 1997 they released another eurodance
                                     stormer called "I'm Thinkin' Of U". This single was
                                     a cover of a Sister Sledge song. Transformed
                                     into a new and very dancable eurodance track this
                                     single went top 10 in no time.

                                     The video that belongs to the song is the follow-up
                                     to the video from "One Day"!!!
                                     This time D-Rock wants his money back and
                                     sneaks together with 2 female villains to Des'Ray's
                                     villa where she's throwing a party. Fortunately
                                     Des'Ray has already been informed about
D-Rock's whereabouts, so she's knows what to expect. So she sets up a trap of her own!!! How it all
ends?? Well, you'll just have to see the video for yourself!!!

Additional information:
A while ago (1995) Bobby & Martin Boer released a single called "Eye Of The Tiger" by the name of
X-Generation. This track is a cover of the song made famous by Survivor and the Rocky movies.
The vocals on this track are done by Des'Ray and it wasn't officially released in the Netherlands, but
was aimed at the foreign market. If you happen to stumble upon this hi-nrg eurodance track, check it
out! It's well worth listening to!

Seven months after their previous single "I'm Thinkin' Of U" Des'Ray &
D-Rock are back with their new single!!! And wow!!! What a change of
style!!!

The new single, which was released at the end of March, is called "Do
You Know?". This song is a remake of the old Diana Ross classic
"Theme From Mahogany". Will covering songs be a new trend for the
2 Brothers On the 4th Floor?? This is already their second cover in a
row!

Back to the song... After reading the previous few sentences you might
have well figured out that the new song isn't a eurodance song... Nope it isn't an R&B song or a
happy hardcore track either!!! "Do You Know?" is a EuroClassic/Classic Pop song in the style of
Sweetbox's "Everything's Gonna Be Allright" and "Don't Run Away".

                                The stomping beats have dissappeared and been
                                replaced by classical instruments, which are almost
                                identical to those used by Sweetbox. Besides doing the
                                chorus, you can also hear Des'Ray sing the opera part
                                which is very reminiscent to one done by Sissel in The
                                Rapsody's "Prince Igor". Both Des'Ray and D-Rock
                                are very happy with this song and they like the change of
                                style!!

                                This song is quite good, because it stays
                                in mind after the first time you've heard it.
                                Des'Ray's vocals are very sublime and
                                D-Rock sounds as vicious as ever. The 2
                                Brothers seem to be one of the few dance
                                acts around to be releasing 'songs with a
                                message'. Just listen to the lyrics carefully
                                and you'll understand what I mean. With
                                this song comes a beautiful videoclip
                                which is definitely worth seeing!!

With Eurodance on it's way back to the top and them releasing a completely different single, I really
hope that they know where they're going to... But fortunately for us both Des'Ray and D-Rock have
stated that they still like eurodance, so the new album will certainly feature several new euro tracks!

And yes... they kept their promise... They're back with a new
stomping single called "The Sun Will Be Shining". Des'Ray
and D-Rock return to their eurodance roots with this track which
brings back the familiar 2 Brothers bassline!!! It's dancable like
"I'm Thinkin' Of U" and has got that feel of "Let Me Be Free"
and "Fly". Great overall track. A must have for the true
eurodance lover.

Additional info:
The 'glassmaster', (the original, which is used to press the
CD-Maxi's), of "The Sun Will Be Shining" was lost just before it
went to the CD manufacturer. They thought it was stolen, but
someone at their recordcompany CNR Records had send it to the 2 Brothers fanclub by accident.
The fanclub returned it immediately and now "The Sun Will Be Shining" is available in the stores
near you!
Both the 2 track single and the CD-Maxi contain a CD-Rom bonus track! Both have the videoclip of
"The Sun Will Be Shining" and the CD-Maxi contains a bonus called "The Making Of... 2 Brothers In
Venezuela". Furthermore the CD-Maxi contains club mixes by Mark van Dale With Enrico, Dub
Foundation and Dance Therapy. Especially check out the Dub Foundation Mix... it's got an
absolutely amazing mainhook, reminiscent of the one used the Carlos songs "Rush Me" and "The
Silmarillia"!!

Februari 1999 will be the month that the follow up to "The Sun Will Be Shining" will be released!!! The
title still remains a secret... But you will be the first to hear about this new single...!!! Can't wait to listen to
the copy of the new song, Bobby!!!

Today (15-01-99) I received a copy of the new 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor single for a sneak
preview!! The title is "Heaven Is Here"...
For "Heaven Is Here" the 2 Brothers completely updated the sound to the current future trance hype,
creating one of the most catchy and powerfull songs of the moment! Des'Ray does all the vocals, so
she sings verses and the chorus! The new 2 Brothers single is a perfect example of future trance... the
new generation of eurodance songs! It's got that catchy euro feeling and it sounds as up to date as
any Sash! or DJ Quicksilver song!
Remixes were done by Olav Basoski, D-Rock and Marco V. & Benjamin!

                          Oh yes... it's October 1999... and today I received the front of the
                          CD cover of the new 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor single... The
                          follow-up to "Heaven Is Here" is finally here! It took them 8 months
                          to release a new single, but here they are! A smashing new dance
                          track is about to be released!
                          The title of the new single is "Living In Cyberspace" and it is a
                          cover of the old Trance-X single "Living On Video" It is scheduled
                          for release in the Netherlands on the 29th of October! This is new
                          single is also the last pre-release of the new album which is
                          scheduled for early 2000!
 

                          Thanx to Bobby Boer from the 2 Brothers for keeping me up to date with the latest
            information, your Christmas card and of course the preview copy of "Heaven Is Here"!