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In the diverse world of pop music, there are singers, songwriters, producers – and the rare multi-talents who combine all three roles into one, like Cimo Fränkel. With a decade of experience in the music business, he’s already written a score of hits, including the multi-Platinum ‘Sex’ by Cheat Codes & Kris Kross Amsterdam, Yellow Claw’s iconic smash single ‘Shotgun’, Lucas & Steve’s “Where Have You Gone” and R3HAB & A Touch of Class’s hit ‘All Around The World (LaLaLa)’. Yet Cimo has also featured on reco
Growing up in Amsterdam, Cimo’s father was a funk musician and raised him on a diet of impromptu studio visits and the DIY ethos of funk culture. Father Gerard also appears with a cameo-duet on the album’s opener – “Drifting” – which in essence becomes the symbolic passing of the torch. At the tender age of 15, Cimo started experimenting with music production, soon getting involved with like-minded characters from the local scene working intensively with other young and eager Dutch musicians.
After winning multiple local songwriter awards, Cimo started collaborating with a slew of artists from around the world. In 2016, Los Angeles rapidly becoming a familiar place to him, Cimo connected with Cheat Codes and Kris Kross Amsterdam and co-produced and co-wrote the global smash hit ‘Sex’, gathering over 1 billion streams. Meanwhile in 2017, he toured the world’s biggest arenas as a featured artist in Armin van Buuren’s Embrace tour, in venues such as The Forum in Los Angeles, The Ziggo Dome in Amste
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