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Plastik Funk are a music duo consisting of Rafael Ximenez-Carrillo and Mikio Gruschinske[1] who teamed up with Tujamo and Sneakbo for their single "Dr. Who!", which peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]

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Plastik Funk
Origin	Germany
Genres	House, electro
Occupation(s)	Disc jockeys, record producers
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Spinnin' Records Revealed Recordings
Members	Rafael Ximenez-Carrillo Mikio Gruschinske
Website	plastik-funk.de

Background

Plastik Funk were formed in 2002 while Ximenez-Carrillo and Gruschinke were at high school. Ximenez-Carrillo was born in Madrid but emigrated to Grevenbroich, Nordrhein-Westfalen, whereas Gruschinke spent the former part of his life in Tokyo before settling in Berlin.[3] They began DJing hip-hop at high school but after hearing the works of Frankie Knuckles and David Morales, switched to house.[3] They met after becoming the DJs at two different nightclubs in Düsseldorf,[3] They released their debut, the "Do It Right" EP, in 2003, and a string of club hits enabled them to tour around Germany and beyond.[3] Since then they have remixed the likes of David Guetta, Robyn, Shaggy, and Deadmau5.[3]

In 2011, they released thirteen singles, one of which was their first hit - a cover of C+C Music Factory's Everybody Dance Now, which penetrated the German charts.[3] As a result, they were asked to commission a number of compilation album, including the German Ministry of Sound's 2009 Sessions.[3] Their largest hit, Who, was first released in 2012 and gained the acclaim of Avicii, and was played at the Miami club the Winter Music Conference.[3] Following its success, they toured all over the world and started living in Spain. In 2014, Who was remixed and turned into Dr. Who! ft. Sneakbo, which charted at #21 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]

In 2018 Raphael Ximenez-Carrillo start touring without Mikio Gruschinske, because Mikio has problem with his back.[4]

On 3 January 2020, Plastik Funk, with Nervo and Tim Morrison, released a cover of Pointer Sisters' "Dare Me".

As lead artist

Year	Title	Peak chart positions	Album
		UK
2011	"What Can Love Do" (with Fragma)	—	Non-album singles
2014	"Dr. Who!" (with Tujamo featuring Sneakbo)	21
2015	"Raveille"[5] (with Timmy Trumpet)	—
2018	"Cream and Sugar"[6] (featuring Daisy Killbourne)	—
2020	"Dare Me"[7] (with Nervo and Tim Morrison)	—
	"High Enough"[8] (with Firebeatz)	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

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