Levitation

The three producers Ingmar Hansch, Marcell Meyer und Chris Gilcher strike first with a 12" EP in 1992 on 23 Records. They’re using the name of „Orange 8“. The music of this early piece is in line with the then booming Techno- movement in Germany and sounds totally different from the Downbeat productions which will follow, but the playful and melodic elements of Levitations can already be traced. T he first album is released in 1996 on Open Mind Music. On that record, faster Trance-tracks and slowed-down Hip Hop grooves are unified to a common statement. Influenced by Ingmar’s work as an inhouse-producer at Logic Records Frankfurt, the sound is stamped by the collaboration with Marc Spoon (Jam & Spoon) and the contact with Underworld and Leftfield.Via the release of