Cetu Javu
| Cetu Javu | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hanover, Germany |
| Genres | Synthpop, new wave |
| Years active | 1984–1994 |
| Labels |
ZYX Records Blanco y Negro Music Basic Mix Modermusic Cleopatra Records |
| Past members |
Javier Revilla Diez (1984–1994) Chris Demere (1984–1994) Torsten Engelke (1984–1994) Stefan Engelke (1985–1989) Thorsten Kraass (1989–1994) Martyn Thomas Chadwick (1984) Cord (1984–1985) |
Cetu Javu was a German synthpop band which released songs between 1987 and 1994. The band consisted of the singer Javier Revilla Diez and the keyboarders Chris Demere, Stefan Engelke and Torsten Engelke.
Lead vocalist Revilla Diez comes from Spain. The majority of the band's songs are sung in English with several also sung in Spanish. Cetu Javu had several dance hits with "Situations", "Have In Mind (The Kalimba Mix)" and "A Dónde".[1]
After Cetu Javu ended, lead singer Javier Revilla Diez became a professor of geography at the Leibniz University of Hanover.[2] Since April 2014, Revilla Diez holds a Chair in Human Geography at the Institute of Geography at the University of Cologne.
Cetu Javu released two albums, Southern Lands (ZYX Records, 1990)[3] and Where Is Where (Blanco y Negro Music, 1992).[4]
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Chart peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | SPA |
GER | SWE | US | US Dance | |||
| 1990 | Southern Lands
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | Where Is Where
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |
Singles and EPs
| Year | Song | Chart peak positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | SPA |
GER | SWE | US | US Dance | |||
| 1987 | "Help Me Now!" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| 1988 | "Situations" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Southern Lands |
| "Have In Mind" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989 | "So Strange" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "A Dónde" | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991 | "Por Que?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Where Is Where |
| 1992 | "Dáme Tu Mano" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | "Una Mujer" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | "Tiempo" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that region | ||||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Chart peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK |
SPA |
GER |
SWE |
US |
US Dance | |||
| 1994 | Tiempo De Remixes
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2009 | Situations – The Very Best Of Cetu Javu
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |
Bibliography
- Matthias Blazek: Das niedersächsische Bandkompendium 1963–2003 – Daten und Fakten von 100 Rockgruppen aus Niedersachsen. Celle 2006, p. 36 ISBN 978-3-00-018947-0
External links
- Official website (actually offline)
- Profile on Last.fm
- Discography on Discogs
References
- ↑ "Bio". MySpace.com. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Bio". WiGeo.Uni-Hannover.de. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Cetu Javu". ZYX Records. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ↑ "Where Is Where". Amazon.com. Retrieved 6 February 2013.