Novaspace

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Novaspace is a German Eurodance group. Between 2002 and 2004 they covered several 80's hits, such as Time After Time and Beds Are Burning. They reached the Top 20 of Germany, Austria and other East-European Charts.

Novaspace originated in 2002 in Stuttgart, the members are Jessica Böhrs (singer) and Felix Gauder (producer).

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[edit] Jessica Böhrs

Main article: Jessica Böhrs

Jessica Böhrs was born on March 5, 1980 in Magdeburg. Jessica started her filming career in 1993 at the age of just 13. She played in many German TV-films including Die Wagenfelds and the famous German soap Marienhof in which she played the role of Melanie Neuhaus. In 2004 she went to Hollywood to play in the DreamWorks production Eurotrip.

[edit] Early music career

Jessica Böhrs started singing in 1996 in the band JessVaness. She was a background-singer in some songs of Caught in the Act and Tic Tac Toe. Among other things she sang the chorus in the song "Laura".

[edit] Supernova

In 2002, Jessica met with Stuttgart's dance producer Felix Gauder and they formed Novaspace. Their first hit-single, Time After Time (a cover version of Cyndi Lauper's 1984 hit), went to #6 in the German charts and the video clip of this song played on MTV as well. After the success of this single, Novaspace became popular in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Central-European countries such as Hungary and the Czech Republic. They made many interviews and appeared on many TV-shows. In the autumn of 2002 they made their second hit single - a cover version for Mike Oldfield's 1984 #1 hit To France which was originally sung by Maggie Reilly who is also famous for the hit song Moonlight Shadow. Novaspace's version of To France became a European hit (Top 20 in Germany). Around Christmas of 2004 their third hit single Guardian Angel hit the stores, a cover version for Masquerade's 1983 #1 hit. The song became a German Top 10 hit. In January 2003, Novaspace established their first album called Supernova. The album, like the group, specialized in cover versions of hits of the 80's.

[edit] Cubes

In 2003 Novaspace had another huge hit, a cover version of Bryan Adams's 1984 song "Run to You" This was the first single for their second album titled Cubes. This LP also contained cover versions of famous hit singles. The greatest hits of this album were "Run to You", "Beds Are Burning" (A cover version of Midnight Oil's 1988 hit), "So Lonely" and "Dancing with Tears in my Eyes 2004" (a cover version of an Ultravox hit). A reissue of the album was made in 2005 containing the new single "So Lonely" and an enhanced video for the making of the "So Lonely" video.

[edit] DJ Edition

In 2006, Novaspace released a third album called DJ Edition. This LP also served as a greatest hits album featuring many Novaspace famous hit singles in remix form. The first single released from this album was the 2006 rework of "All Through The Night" which was originally featured on the album "Cubes". The only completely new Novaspace song on this album is the song "Send Me An Angel (Seventh Heaven Mix)" (a cover version of a Real Life hit). The album also featured a DVD containing all Novaspace videos: "Time After Time", "To France", "Guardian Angel", "Paradise", "Run To You", "Beds Are Burning", "So Lonely", and "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes".

[edit] Singles Discography

[edit] Remixes

  • Time After Time
Radio Edit
UK Radio Edit
Time Mix - Extended Version
Club Version
Novaspace Mix - Less Vocal Version
Instrumental
Pascal Mix
I-Nation Remix
Nick Skitz Remix
Sol Productions Remix
  • To France
Radio Edit
Extended Mix
Space Mix - Less Vocal Version
Nova Mix - Club Version
  • Guardian Angel
Radio Edit
Club Radio Edit
Extended Version
Nova Mix - Club Version
Space Mix - Less Vocal Mix
  • Paradise
Radio Edit
Video Edit
Extended Mix
Starfighter Teckattack Remix
Club Mix
  • Run To You
Radio Edit
Video Edit
Extended Mix
Burn Out Mix
  • Beds Are Burning
Radio Edit
Extended Mix
Marshall Mix
  • So Lonely
Radio Edit
Extended Mix
Back To Basics Mix
  • Dancing With Tears In My Eyes 2004
Radio Edit
Extended Mix
Nova Mix - Club Version
  • All Through The Night 2006
Radio Edit
Extended Mix
  • Wicked Game
Broken Mix
  • Summer Of Love
2006 Re-Touch
  • Send Me An Angel
7th Heaven Mix

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