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Ganymed was an Austrian space disco band founded in 1977.

In 1978, they released their biggest hit, “It Takes Me Higher”, which hit #5 on the Austrian charts for four weeks and also hit #23 on the German charts. That same year, they released their debut album “Takes You Higher’, which ranked at #16 for 12 weeks and also spawned another single, “Saturn”.
1979 would see the release of their second album, “Future World”. The album’s title track was released as a B-side to “Dancing in a Disco”.
Afterwards, they released their final album, “Dimension No. 3°, plus the non-album single, “Money Is Addiction (Of This Crazy World)” in 1980.
At their last concert in 1981, Falco played bass for the group.

Ganymed officially broke up in 1983.

Members:
Gerry Edmond pseudonym in the group: “Kroonk" - lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, synth programming
Yvonne Dory pseudonym in the group: "Pulsaria" - vocals
Rudolf Mille pseudonym in the group: “Vendd" - keyboards
Gerhard Messinger pseudonym in the group: “IzI" - bass
Ernst Nekola pseudonym in the group: “Cak" - drums, percussion, drum programming
Daniele Prencipe pseudonym in the group: "Suk"; only appeared on “Takes You Higher" - keyboards

"Ganymed Music is Music from the Universe" (originally "Ganymed-Musik ist Musik aus dem Weltall," from Austro-Rock-Lexikon).

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