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Hailing from Bad Homburg, Germany, York are an electronic duo formed in 1997 by brothers Torsten and Jörg Stenzel. Yorkâs approach to downtempo, chillout, ambient, house, and trance has enabled them to create unique audio atmospheres grounded in dance music and laced with melodic guitar hooks. Torsten Stenzel began studying piano at the age of five. Initially interested in classical music, he changed course in the early 1990s when he discovered techno and house music. Jörg Stenzel was exploring stringed instruments at the age of 11 with a focus on the guitar. The duo combined their talents and released their first single, âThe Awakeningâ, in 1998. The single reached Number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. Their next charting single, âOn the Beachâ, sampled Chris Reaâs song of the same name. It became an even bigger hit, reaching Number 4 in 2000. The single âFarewell to the Moonâ climbed to Number 37 later that year. Their first single of 2001, âThe Fields of Loveâ (featuring ATB), was released in January and reached Number 16. Yorkâs debut album, Experience, was released in March, 2001. Their second album, Peace (2004), featured the club hits âIceflowersâ and âI Need Youâ. The duo released the single âMercury Risingâ in 2006 before taking a four year break. They returned in 2010 with the single âMoonrise on the Beachâ (featuring DreamMan), followed by 2011 single and then the album Islanders (2012). The album featured collaborations with Mike Oldfield, Jennifer Paige, and The Thrillseekers. In 2013, they collaborated with Mike Oldfield again to create the album Tubular Beats, which used original tapes from Mike Oldfieldâs vaults and created modern updates of his classics. The duo released a series of singles leading up to their 2016 album Traveler. York released four singles in 2020: âFiction Ainât a Friendâ (with Made On Jupiter), âWe Are Youngâ (with Sin Plomo featuring Janet Taylor), âCala DâHortâ (with Es Vedra) and âBellaâ. In 2024, York teamed up with Culture Clan for the jazz-infused album Lyrical Attack.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- If Only I
- Daydream featuring York
- The Awakening
- Dejavu
- Touched By God
- True North
- Les Domeures
- Across the Land by DJ Dag
- Alive by York
- I Will Survive featuring York
- Yesterday (Silence)
- Walk On Fire by York
- Is This Hard Enough? (Spanishflycut)
- Swan Dive
- Spaceman
- Injection
- Everything Changes
- Nothing Is Forever
- 1971
- Bye Bye Baby
- Lost In A Circle
- Wanna Be Known
- Dying Star
- Reachers Of Civilisation
