Kitty the Bill      

Anne Schnell                 

Jürgen Kausemann    

In October 2005 Anne Schnell met the producers Kitty the Bill and Jürgen Kausemann from Chinchin Records in Wuppertal. They were immediately impressed by her vocal and songwriting qualities. The same year they recorded and released the first songs under the

project name "JoJo Effect".

November 2006 saw the first release of JoJo Effect’s “Not with me”, which was voted “album of the week” or “album of the month" by numerous radio stations.

Tracks from this album have been licensed more than 120 times (total sales of over 1,5 million CDs)  from compilations as

Café del Mar 13 & 14, Erotic Lounge 6, Bar Lounge Classics Bossa,Claude Challe select 2008, Brazilectro 8, Klassik Lounge, Paparazzi,

Smile Style, Campari Lounge, Cafè Ibiza, Kampen Grooves, Latin Garden, Easy Beats, Chill Out Café, Café d’Afrique, Nu Jazz Divas, just to name a few. 

The song “Moods” has also been licensed for the 2008 NIVEA TV advert campaign in Asia.

Two years and three months after this huge success ChinChin Records presents Jojo Effect’s second album "Ordinary Madness".

Filled with almost 70 minutes of high quality music the album contains Anne Schnell singing in German "Ein kleines  Wackeln mit dem Po".

Well known London singer Iain Mackenzie contributed "The Swing Ding Song" and "Mambo Tonight". Further supporting artists are renowned trumpeter Reiner Winterschladen (Night Hawks / NDR Big Band) and exceptional trombonist Phillip Schug (Club des Belugas).

Album tracklist is completed by 3 remixes of songs from the Andrew Sisters, Les Baxter and Brenda Boykin.