Axel Coon
Axel Coon | |
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Coon in Moscow (right) | |
| Background information | |
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| Born | Axel Broszeit March 23, 1975 Freiburg, Germany |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1997-pressnt |
| Label | Kontor Records |
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Axel Broszeit (born March 23, 1975) professionally known as Axel Coon, is a German musician, disc jockey and producer who is most known for being a member of German hard dance group Scooter from 1998 to 2002 as a replacement for Ferris Bueller.
Early life
Coon was born in Freiburg on March 23, 1975. He studied as an industrial-electronic engineer.
Career
Coon began his music career under the influence of his brother, at first he attempted with hip hop tracks and ending up teaming up with brother as the began making techno music.
He released his first track called "Take Two", in 1997 under the stage name of Lacoon, he ended up getting noticed by Jens Thiele (founder of Kontor Records and manager of Scooter), the single was released as the eleventh instalment of Trance Nation compilation album series, Rick J. Jordan invited him to join Scooter for internship in the studio, on New Year's Eve in 1997, he got his chance to perform for Scooter in Bremen as J. Jordan's replacement as he was unavailable. Three months later after Ferris Bueller (Sören Buehler) left the group, he was named the third member of Scooter.[1] He debuted in their first single of the new album No Time to Chill, How Much Is the Fish?, he ended up contributing for four studio albums.
In 2002, he left Scooter after wanting to focus on a solo career.[2] He ended up collaborating with former Scooter member Ferris Bueller under the project name; Fragrance.[3] Then he actively started releasing tracks.
Axel remains active, but never really went popular after leaving Scooter.
Personal life
His brother; Martin Broszeit, also known as DJ Phoenix is also currently active as a disc jockey.[4]
Axel has been in a long-term relationship with Nicole Heyka (who worked as porn actress name Kelly Trump), as it was revealed in the music video of Ramp! (The Logical Song). According to the TV show "POP Giganten: Scooter" (which was shown in March 2024), Coon's exit from Scooter could be traced back from this relationship, as it would’ve put a bad light on Scooter, so they asked Axel to not publicly disclose it, he ended up leaving on the back-end of 2002.
Discography
This is Coon's discography inside & outside of Scooter
| Title | Album | Year released |
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| Takes Two | Trance Nation 11 | 1997 |
| Back In Time | Trance Nation 12 | |
| 3rd Bass | Trance Nation 13 | |
| Static | Trance Nation 14 | 1998 |
| How Much Is the Fish? | No Time to Chill | |
| We Are the Greatest/ | ||
| Call Me Mañana | 1999 | |
| Faster Harder Scooter | Back to the Heavyweight Jam | |
| Fuck the Millennium | ||
| I'm Your Pusher | Sheffield | 2000 |
| She's the Sun | ||
| Posse (I Need You on the Floor) | We Bring the Noise! | 2001 |
| Aiii Shot the DJ | ||
| Ramp! (The Logical Song) | Push the Beat for This Jam | |
| Close to You | Non album single | 2002 |
| Don't Break My Heart (with Ferris) | ||
| Lamenting City | 2004 | |
| Mayday | 2007 | |
| Promise Me | 2008 | |
| Drop The Bass (with Sequenza) | 2015 | |
| We Are Young | 2016 |
| Title | Year releaed |
|---|---|
| No Time to Chill | 1998 |
| Back to the Heavyweight Jam | 1999 |
| Sheffield | 2000 |
| We Bring the Noise! | 2001 |
| Fashion Victims | 2009 |
| Fashion Victims Vol 2 | 2010 |
| Fashion Victims Vol 3 | 2012 |
| After Work Party | |
| Electro Clash | 2013 |
| Urban HipHopMachine | |
| Retro Machine | 2014 |
| Fashion Victims Vol 4 | |
| German Paparazzo | |
| TV Tension | |
| Fashion Victims Vol 5 (Trap Edition) | 2015 |
| GoodDay Sunshine | |
| Merry X-Mas | |
| Boombox | |
| Symphonic Surroundings | 2017 |
| Decent Illustration |
References
- ^ musicline.de / PhonoNet GmbH. "musicline.de - Die ganze Musik im Internet". www.musicline.de (in German). Archived from the original on November 1, 2007. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
- ^ "Axel Coon". Discogs. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
- ^ Fragrance - Don't Break My Heart, 2002–2010, retrieved May 15, 2026
- ^ "Wayback Machine". www.axelcoon.de. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
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