2 Brothers on the 4th Floor

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2 Brothers on the 4th Floor are a Eurodance band, consisting of the Dutch brothers Martin and Bobby Boer.

1 Music career
2 Discography
- 2.1 Singles
- 2.2 Albums
3 References

[edit] Music career

For years, Martin and Bobby Boer had been experimenting with music in a little bedroom. But then in 1990 things really started to happen for them, the single Can't Help Myself was picked up by Dutch radiostations and became an international hit.

After two singles the project was put on a halt. Martin moved into a new professional studio and started making remixes under the name Dancability Productions. He made remixes for acts like Becky Bell and Twenty 4 Seven. In the meanwhile Bobby was busy designing record-covers and CD-inlays.

In 1994 they decided to revive the 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor-project. Bobby joined Martin in his studio and after a while the two presented Never Alone. This single was the first to be launched with rapper D-Rock (real name is Renee Philips) and singer Des'Ray (real name is Desirée Claudette Manders). The song "Dreams", the title cut from their first album, was a major hit nationally and internationally inasmuch as it epitomized the essence of Eurodance, which was popular when the song released in 1994.

The renewed style and concept were accepted well by the Dutch audience.

Two albums (Dreams (1994) and 2 (1996)) and nineteen singles have been released so far.

1990-1993 For years, Dutch brothers Bobby and Martin Boer had been experimenting with music for years in a little bedroom. But then in 1990 things really started to happen for them, the single "Can't Help Myself" was picked up by Dutch radiostations and became an international hit.

My 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor Autograph The composing brothers Bobby and Martin appointed rapper Da Smooth Baron MC and the singers Peggy "The Duchess" and Gale Robinson to form the 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor stage-act.

The next single "Turn Da Music" was somewhat less successful but really helped spreading the name 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor.

After these two singles the project was put on a halt. Martin moved into a new professional studio and started making remixes under the name Dancability Productions. He made remixes for acts like Becky Bell and Twenty 4 Seven, he also made the Veronica Megamix 1993 for Veronica Radio. In the meanwhile Bobby was busy designing record-covers and CD-inlays.

1994 In 1994 they decided to revive the 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor-project. Bobby joined Martin in his studio and after a while the two presented "Never Alone". This single was the first to be launched with rapper D-Rock (real name is Renee Philips) and singer Des'Ray (real name is Desirée Claudette Manders).

The renewed style and concept were accepted well by the Dutch audience. "Never Alone" topped the charts for weeks and even got a golden status. The consecutive single was called "Dreams", it went right up to the number 1 position, and the next single "Let me be Free" got a long stay in the national top ten. In July 1994 the album "Dreams" hit the shops, it stood in the national album charts for weeks and got very positive reviews.

Martin & Bobby Boer 1995-1997 In 1995 and 1996 the 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor even widened their success with the singles "Fly (Trough The Starry Night)", "Come Take My Hand" and "Fairytales". These singles really topped the charts in various European countries.

In the end of 1996 they released a single called "There's a Key" and their second album called "2".

The next single to be released was "One Day" and it's an R&B track and not the usual happy hardcore/eurodance style. Also next single "I'm Thinkin' of U" was more like an uptempo R&B track rather than their usual style.

1998-2001 In March, 1998 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor released the single entitled "Do U Know", and is a mid to low tempo pop track. Then in the beginning of fall 1998 the single "The Sun Will Be Shining" ' was released and it contained remixes by Mark van Dale & Enrico, Dance Therapy and the Dub Foundation. It also contained a bonus CD-rom part with the video of "The Sun Will Be Shining" and "The Making Of".

On February 5th, 1999 called the single "Heaven Is Here" was released and with that song they step into the same progressive musicstyle as for example Sash!. Later that year, on October 29th, the single "Living In Cyberspace" was released and it's based on Trans-X hit "Living on Video".

On June 16th, 2000 the single "Wonderful Feeling" was released and it's based on the song "Who Will Buy".

On June 29th, 2001 the single "Stand Up And Live" was released.

2002-present The 3rd album was never released because of problems with the recordcompanies and other things.

At the moment 2BOT4F doesn't seem to exist anymore and it's possible they split up. Des'Ray has started a solocareer and was involved in a project called Diva's of Dance in the summer of 2002. D-Rock is still working with the band E-Life and the whereabouts of Bobby and Martin Boer are currently unknown.

2BOT4F have performed live for the first time in many years at The Zenith, Venray (NL) in JAN 2006. Although there was talk of a new Greatest Hits CD/DVD with a few new remixes and tracks, it's been quiet since.

D-Rock has changed names to M.I.S.T.A / Mr. Philips and has had several hitsingles in 2003-2006, like '(Who wanna make) Chi-Ching' featuring MASTA and 'Trouble' together with Leki & Babybang. Currently working with Inferno Muzik, his mixtape ('The Smoke Sessions') will be dropping soon.