David Brandes (born December 9, 1968 in Basle as David Brändle) is a Swiss-born German songwriter and producer. Brandes has written and produced for many artists, including E-Rotic, Bad Boys Blue, Chris Norman, Indiggo, Lemon Ice and Vanilla Ninja. He also had two hits in Europe personally during 1994, with "Heartbreak Angel" and "Heartless Dancer".
In 2005 it was revealed that Brandes had bought hundreds of his own CDs (Gracia, Vanilla Ninja, Virus Incorporation) to manipulate the charts.[1] The musicians produced by Brandes were banned from the German Top 100 for three months. In contrast to Vanilla Ninja, Gracia continued her co-operation with Brandes.
Due to his managing both Gracia and Vanilla Ninja, at the time, Brandes had two songs in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, with Gracia's "Run & Hide" for Germany and Vanilla Ninja's "Cool Vibes" for Switzerland.
| Preceded by Sven Lõhmus |
Manager of Vanilla Ninja 2003-2005 |
Succeeded by Christoph Helbig |
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