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Moving Heroes is a pop rock group based in Hamburg. Dieter Bohlen is the band's executive producer and his team participated in the recording of their songs. Their debut album Golden Times went Gold in Russia.
The story of Moving Heroes goes all the way back to 1998, when cousins Elan and Jenier were 12 years old and decided to start a band. As teenagers they would play during school events and at parties, mostly their own songs with some rare covers.
Jenier began writing songs aged 11 and they formed the basis of their repertoire. While playing in different clubs and earning money for the first time the group went by the name of Number One.
Once, while participating in a music contest, the band received an invitation from one of the jury members to record a couple of their songs in a professional studio.
From this moment the band began trying to find their own style and recognizable sound. Since the age of 15 and to the present, working in any studio, Elan and Jenier have always participated directly in mixing all their songs.
Some time later they found their way into one of the best studios in Hamburg (Jeo Park Studio), where they began working on their first album together with German Music Production.
It was then that they met Dieter Bohlen, who, realizing the band's artistic potential and self-sufficiency, began working with them as executive producer. This was the first time that Dieter Bohlen had ever worked with musicians without being himself one of the songwriters. All the songs on every album are written by Jenier. In 2006 the group changed its name to Moving Heroes. The idea came after listening to the legendary song of Queen - "The Show Must Go On".
Their debut album Golden Times was released on June 1st, 2007, and went on to become Gold. Two songs from the album - "You are my Angel and my Devil" and "Not Good Enough" were released as singles.
These releases were followed by many concerts and appearances at large music festivals. In October of 2008, Moving Heroes signed a record deal with SonyBMG. Soon thereafter the label was restructured into Sony Music Entertainment. The change in CEO and top management led to a delay in the release of the band's next album.
Born to Win, their second studio album, was released on November 23rd, 2009, and went Gold as well. The single "Crazy" from that album remains the group's biggest hit. The song "Life is Hard" was also released as a single.
In 2010 the DVD Moving Heroes Presents is released.
As of 2010 the group tours widely.
On October 27th, 2011, Moving Heroes played a large, successful, one-off show at the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg. Their collaboration with Dieter Bohlen went on to make concert history: after a ten-year absence he performed onstage in a solo concert together with Moving Heroes.
On October 17th, 2012, they played live together at the Oktyabrsky Grand Concert Hall in St. Petersburg in a show that lasted over two hours.
In 2011 the single "Angel's Dream" was released.
The group continued to work on their third album and in 2012 they released the single "Danger! Angel..." which contains a book of photographs and the new song "Dangerous and Real."
In 2013 the DVD Concert at Ice Palace Arena. Live was released.
In June of 2013, on the band's birthday, their fans presented Elan and Jenier with an unusual gift: a real star in outer space in the Orion constellation that is now named Moving Heroes.
4 April 2014 has released a new Single called "Shadow".
Our studio team
Moving Heroes were born in 2007 with the Album “Golden Times”.
Moving Heroes are Elan Alden lead singer and Jenier Belous the author of all songs and the second voice of the band as well. They live in Hamburg.
All Moving Heroes’ songs were recorded in Hamburg by the Dieter Bohlen’s team at German Music Production and Jeopark-Studio.
These well known names are proudly displayed at a fair amount of lines in the German Top 100 and other European charts.
Jeo, the soundman, is awarded with multiple golden and platinum records for his talented contribution in such projects as Modern Talking, Melanie C, Ace of Base, DSDS ('Deutschland sucht den Superstar'), 'Monrose', Kim Wild, Sarah Brightman, Falco and many others.
It was Jeo who mixed all tracks for the Moving Heroes albums.
Billy King, an American by origin and the President of German Music Production, has worked with such famous artists as Modern Talking, Sarah Connor, Yvonne Catterfeld, No Angels, Tokio Hotel, as well as the German Idol - DSDS, where, by the way, Dieter Bohlen is in the panel for the fifth season in a row.
All German stars striving for worldwide reputation take into account importance of good English pronunciation for their music. And for them, being a native American in Germany, Billy is an irreplaceable person as a consultant, for Moving Heroes either.
Billy was such a consultant for all “Golden Times” tracks as well as one of the voices in easy recognizable Bohlen-style choir.
Dieter Bohlen is one of the most successful European producers awarded with about 400 golden and platinum records.
His musical taste, his experience of over 30 years in music business helped countless artists and albums to become big success.
Biography
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Who is who in “Moving Heroes” band? |
Elan |
Jenier |
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What is your Zodiac? |
Pisces, March 10, 1986 |
Leo, August 11, 1986 |
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How did you two meet? |
We are cousins |
So we know each other from childhood. |
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Where do you live? |
Germany |
The last seven years we have been living in Hamburg. |
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How long have you been doing music? |
I sing from age 3 |
That is why I had to start piano lessons at the age of 6... |
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When did you compose your first song? |
It was never necessary... |
At the age of 11, it was called, The Heartbeat. |
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When did you first perform? |
At the age of 13 – that was our concert of 10 songs, in a school club. |
There were near 100 listeners, and we were very nervous. But everything went well. |
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Were there other names of your band? |
“Number” |
That meant, No. 1. I rather believe that our current name is not as bold... |
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Have you been singing in English back then? |
Once we participated in a children’s contest and submitted 2 of our songs to a preliminary review. The jury accepted the one in English. |
After our performance one of the jury came up to us and invited to his studio. That was our first studio and it was super-cool! Since then, we record everything in English. |
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What was the first Album you ever bought? |
Rainbow and Modern Talking |
And Michael Jackson. Actually, we went to the store together! |
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Name one hit you like? |
One Republic - Apologize |
Enrique Iglesias - Tired of being sorry |
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Your favorite musicians? |
Considering that our executive producer is Dieter Bohlen, I cannot bypass him and his Modern Talking. |
I would add: Michael Jackson – back then, Britney Spears – back then, Take That – now, Robby Williams – always, Enrique Iglesias – always, Rihanna – sometimes, and Queen – forever!
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All newcomers are being immediately compared to someone. Kylie Minogue is compared to Madonna, Shakira is compared to Britney Spears, Mika is compared to Freddy Mercury ... And you are compared to Modern Talking – how do you like that? |
We are surprised! If Dieter Bohlen worked on the project, people are just expecting similarities, because in their minds, him and Modern Talking – are inseparable. This is just a stereotype, and this is how it works.But we are not being compared to anyone else though. |
It is flattering, when you are being compared with such a great band, and their fans like your music and listen to it. But we have never made it our goal. In any case, our sound is very different, and that’s good! |
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What is your originality? |
Probably our concept is way too serious for pop music; ours are not just light romantic love songs, but songs of fighting and achieving goals, with a somewhat mysterious spirit, emotion and strain. |
My songs and Elan’s original deep voice together give a recognizable sound. Drive and emotions are the important things, since we are the Heroes, and good melodies, of course. |
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How did you meet Dieter Bohlen? |
Usually, to make a quality recording, musicians go to a music publisher. The publisher evaluates the demos and sends inquiries to various recording studios. We have approached one such company in Hamburg, which sent our songs to three different recording studios there. From the studio which was the farthest we have received the warmest response and so we went there, caring non about the price of gasoline or potential traffic jams. |
Later on we found out that is was the studio where Dieter Bohlen worked. Once he heard our songs, and we met, and he became our sound producer. And, he is the best – we’ll tell you! In the process of work, we have added some melodic pop to our melodic rock – thanks to him – and we got a melodic pop-rock. |
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What do Moving Heroes mean? |
It means not to stay on one place and always strive for something new. |
Our favorite movies are the action thrillers, where in the end the good guys beat the bad ones. |
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