Blümchen - Unter'm Weihnachtsbaum
Turning away from rock for a moment, here's a pleasant spot of festive Europop for you from the delectable Jasmin Wagner, AKA 90s Euro Techno hit-machine Blümchen. Miss Wagner managed to notch an admirable run of hit singles in her native Germany over the mid to late 90s in the same musical vein as her fellow countrymen Scooter, matching squeaky vocals with stonking piano riffs and high BPM clubland rhythm to craft some pretty solid Happy Hardcore. The fact that she generally sang in German meant that much of the material failed to notch any noticeable success outside of her homeland and its Germanophone neighbours and even a couple of English-language revamps failed to promote her to widespread audiences. All in all it's a bit of a shame as I reckon she's got some cracking tunes under her belt - 'Unter'm Weihnachtsbaum' is one of her last releases, tapping the 1999 Xmas market with a festive blend of bell-ringing, thunking bass and rollercoaster rhythms backed by a pleasant video showcasing Wagner frolicking with some 'Night at the Museum' style pixie people. She called time on hitmaking shortly afterwards in the early noughties but has resurfaced a couple of times since then, most notably when German fans attempted to download-bomb her single 'Boomerang' back into the local charts some years after its initial release in a 'Killing in the Name' style campaign against the latest X Factor showpony. This probably speaks volumes about Germanic taste in music but as far as I'm concerned they had the better idea - instead of trying to smash the system, why not just out cheese 'em instead?
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