Funkstar De Luxe

Funkstar De Luxe
Birth name Martin Ottesen
Born 1973
Origin Odense, Denmark[1]
Genres Electronica, house
Occupation(s) Producer, remixer
Years active 1999–present
Website funkstardeluxe.com

Funkstar De Luxe (born Martin Aulkjær Ottesen in 1973) is a Danish house producer and remixer. He is best known for his million-selling reworking of Bob Marley's "Sun Is Shining."

Work

Funkstar was first exposed to Marley's music as a teenage keyboardist in an amateur reggae band. "Sun is Shining" was a worldwide hit reaching the Top 20 in nine countries including No.3 in the UK singles chart. It was also awarded best-selling international reggae single of the year at the World Music Awards.

Longtime Marley manager Chris Blackwell hurried to release his own remixes, but Funkstar had already moved on and had another hit with a remix of Marley's "Rainbow Country." He has since recorded other remixes for artists including Tom Jones, Mary J. Blige, Grace Jones, and Barry White, the most notable of which appeared on 'Keep on Movin: It's Too Funky in Here'. In 2003, Funkstar released an album of his own material, 'Funkturistic'.

Dubbed 'The Danish King Of The Remix' by Allmusic.com, after two sabbaticals away from the music industry during the 2000s, Funkstar recently returned to the scene charting with a remix of Kim Wilde's 'You Keep Me Hanging On' in 2013. In 2014 his long-time label Lifted House released a rework of his Marley hit 'Sun Is Shining - 15th Anniversary' which reached No.1 on the British Dance Chart.

Currently he is working on his EP from which the opening single 'Million Miles' featuring Michael Jackson collaborator Geoffrey Williams has been taken. The single has to date reached No.8 on the British Dance Chart and has spent ten weeks in the UK Dance Top 20.


Discography

Albums

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
DEN FRA GER
[2]
IRE
[3]
NED NZ SUI SWE UK
[1]
EU World AUS FIN ESP NOR IT AUT ZAF CAN BEL USA DNC
1999 "Sun Is Shining" (vs. Bob Marley) 4 12 19 7 7 11 7 17 3 28 8 6 8 12 23 1 7 1 Gold in South Africa, Belgium, Sweden and Denmark. Silver in France and the UK. Keep On Moving (It's Too Funky In Here)
"Rainbow Country" (vs. Bob Marley) 18 78 47 28 78 27 54 40 11
2000 "Let the Music Play" (vs. Barry White) 39 91 92 Single only
"Sunshine Reggae" (vs. Laid Back) 7 68 35 64 Gold in Denmark Single only
"Walkin' in the Name" (vs. Terry Maxx) 42 Keep On Moving (It's Too Funky In Here)
"Pull Up to the Bumper" (vs. Grace Jones) 60
2002 "Blinded By the Light" (with Manfred Mann's Earth Band) 17 1 Funkturistic
2003 "Saturday"
"Easy"
2004 "When I Think of You" 13 Singles only
"She's a Lady" (vs. Tom Jones feat. DJ The Wave) 35
"Itch It Up"
2008 "So Invincible" (feat. Kristine Blond) 47 16
2013 "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (feat. Kim Wilde) 14 [4] 19 [5] 2 [6]
2014 "Sun is Shining (15th Anniversary)" 11 [7] 1 [8] 1 [9] 1 [10] 18 [11]
2015 "Million Miles" (feat. Geoffrey Williams) 6 [12] 8 [13] 3 [14] 9 [15]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 217. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. German peaks
  3. Search for Irish peaks
  4. Danish Dance Charts
  5. Dance 50
  6. Swiss Dance Charts
  7. Dance 50
  8. Swiss Dance Charts
  9. British Dance Charts
  10. DJBarometer.com
  11. DeeJayWorx.com
  12. Swiss Dance Charts
  13. British Dance Charts
  14. DJBarometer.com
  15. DeeJayWorx.com

External links


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