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E-Rotic

E-Rotic are a Eurodance duo act formed in 1994 by German record producer David Brandes. The act is best known in Europe for the hits "Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex" and "Fred Come to Bed". E-Rotic originally consisted of German born singer Lyane Leigh (real name Liane Hegemann) and American rapper Richard Allen Smith (a.k.a. Ras-Ma-Taz). The act is known for its extensive use of sexual themes in their songs and music videos.

E-Rotic
Lyane Leigh (left) and Stephen Appleton (right) in November 2016.
Background information
Also known ase.R, Jenn and C., Missing Heart, IQ-Check
OriginBrüggen, Germany
GenresEurodance
Years active1994–2003, 2014–present
Labels
MembersLyane Hegemann
David Brändle
James Allan
Past membersRichard Allen Smith
Marcus Thomas
Jeanette Macchi-Meier
Terrence D'Arby
Ché Jouaner
Yasemin Baysal
Lydia Pockaj
Robert Spehar
Stephen Appleton
Ricardo Brownn
Websitewww.e-rotic-music.com

Band history Edit

1994–95: Formation and Sex Affairs Edit

Brandes knew Leigh from their Xanadu days, active from 1989-1992, where they were both members and one half of the group. In 1994, Brandes released a solo song "Helpless Dancer" with Leigh on guest vocals, before American-born Ras-Ma-Taz joined them to create E-Rotic. Together they scored the charts with their first three chart topping singles "Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex", which peaked #45 in the UK Singles Chart[1] and #4 in the Dutch Single Chart, "Fred Come to Bed", #3 in the German Single Chart, and "Sex on the Phone", #2 in Austria, followed by their debut studio album Sex Affairs. Next to E-Rotic, Brandes continued, forming other dance projects, such as Apanachee in 1995 with Lydia Madajewski on vocals, who would later also become E-Rotic's studio lead singer in 2000.

 
E-Rotic during I Love 90s Show, Live on Stage at Winter Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2015-5-9. Lyane Leigh (left) and James Allan (right).

1996–1997: The Power of Sex, Sexual Madness and departure of Raz-Ma-Taz Edit

After the fourth single release "Willy Use a Billy... Boy", released in 1995 and peaked #5 in Austria, later in November 1995, both members left the band, due to a disagreement between Leigh and producer Brandes, who were quickly replaced by artists Jeane (Jeanette Macchi-Meier) and briefly Terence D'Arby (not to be confused with Terence Trent D'Arby), who himself again was replaced by Ché Jouaner.[2] Thus it has been later revealed, that Brandes was the rapper on all E-Rotic releases, except on the first album, where he shared raps with Raz-Ma-Taz, such on "Take My Love", and Leigh still had to continue to provide vocal work for E-Rotic's four follow up studio albums The Power of Sex, Sexual Madness, the Abba cover album Thank You for the Music until 1999 to the Kiss Me studio album due to her contract. Also, raps on their first single "Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex" were not done by Smith or Brandes, but instead were done by Marcus Thomas (aka Deon Blue) who would later join Pharao. Meanwhile, Leigh, and Ras-Ma-Taz, formed their own band S.E.X. Appeal in 1996. "He promised me a lot of things during my E-Rotic time, but never was willing to keep his promises. One of these promises was to produce a mixed video, with both cartoon and real people. We were never shown in the videos and so we had problems with our concerts, cause no-one really knew us as persons," Leigh revealed. On 27 June 1996, the group's second studio album The Power of Sex was released, preceded by the latter mentioned lead single "Willy Use a Billy... Boy" and followed by the singles "Help Me Dr. Dick", "Fritz Love My Tits" and "Gimme Good Sex", all becoming moderate chart hits, peaking at #18, #16 and #3 in Austria respectively. In 1996, E-Rotic were featured in the supergroup, called "Love Message", on the same titled, Masterboy-produced charity single "Love Message". They also appeared on the Queen tribute compilation album Queen Dance Traxx, with the song "Who Wants to Live Forever", which also saw a promotional release. The tribute album also featured another Queen song "We Are The Champions", recorded with all artists, who participated on Queen Dance Traxx as a supergroup labeled as "Acts United". In 1997, the studio albums "Sexual Madness" and the ABBA cover CD Thank You for the Music was released with its single releases "Turn Me On", which peaked at #7 in Finland, "Thank You for the Music" and "The Winner Takes It All". The album Thank You for the Music was released under the artist name "Jenn and C." in France. Ironically the music video for "Gimme Good Sex" was also the first one, not being a comic video, but still it never aired and was banned from music channels because of being too controversial for its sexual content, thus Leigh, alongside Ras-Ma-Taz, left the band earlier, because she wanted to be shown in music videos.

1998–1999: Greatest Tits, Kiss Me and departure of Leigh Edit

In 1998, E-Rotic have released their first Greatest Hits compilation album titled Greatest Tits - The Best of E-Rotic, along with the single "Baby Please Me" and the megamix "Die geilste Single der Welt" (German for "The Horniest Single in the World") to promote the album in Germany. In 1999, their second and final single from Sexual Madness, called "Don't Say We're Through", was released and later E-Rotic tried to enter the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 representing Germany but ended in sixth place in the pre-selection with the single "Queen of Light". This was the only time, where Macchi-Meier had to perform and sing live, when she was always lip syncing Leigh's and later Madajewski's singing parts on live shows. The song was later added on E-Rotic's sixth studio album Gimme, Gimme, Gimme and on Missing Hearts debut studio album Mystery (labeled as Missing Heart), in 2000. After that, E-Rotic focused more on the Japanese music market, where they kept more popular when the interest in Eurodance music in Europe waned at the end of the 1990s. In 1999, the fifth studio album Kiss Me was released in Japan with the three singles "Oh Nick Please Not So Quick", "Kiss Me" and "Mambo No. Sex", which all failed to chart. The latter mentioned single, was released on the later released German edition of Kiss Me, retitled Mambo No. Sex with a different track list and cover art leaned on the success of Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5" at that time. The release of Kiss Me/Mambo No. Sex also marks the final with Leigh on vocals, who were replaced by Madajewski later in 2000.

2000–2001: Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Sexual Healing and Sex Generation Edit

Between 2000 and 2001, three studio albums had been released in Japan, titled Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Sexual Healing and Sex Generation with the singles "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme", "Missing You", "Don't Make Me Wet", "L.O.V.E. (Sex on the Beach)", "Billy Jive (With Willy's Wife)" and "King Kong", all with limited success. Also the two compilation albums, titled "Dancemania Presents E-Rotic Megamix", a megamix, and "The Very Best of E-Rotic" was released in Japan respectively. The albums Sex Generation and Gimme, Gimme, Gimme were also released in Europe, with the latter retitled Missing You with the same track list, except replacing the song "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme" with the title track "Missing You". Macchi-Meier left E-Rotic in 2001, briefly replaced by the next stage performer Yasemin Baysal,[2] previously of the group Das Modul.

2002–2003: Cocktail E-Rotic and Total Recall Edit

However, Baysal and Jouaner left E-Rotic in 2002, and instead of replacing her with a new stage performer, this time the real studio singer Lydia Madajewski (Lydia Pockaj), who had been providing vocals since Leigh's departure in 1999, had been introduced to face E-Rotic. She has been joined by the stage performer Robert Spehar. In 2002, they released the group's ninth studio album Cocktail E-Rotic, the third compilation album titled The Collection and in 2003, the remix album Total Recall, all in Japan. The remix album has also been released in European territories with a different track list including new mixes. In 2002 a promotional single "Mi Amante" (Spanish for "My Lover") was released, labeled as e.R. In 2003, a new version of their very first single "Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex" (2003 Dance Mix) was released to promote the remix album Total Recall. Cocktail E-Rotic saw one promotional single release, "Heartbreaker", which gained some radio airplay in Japan and ranked #1 on a Japanese radio chart. After that, E-Rotic went on an indefinite hiatus and both members, Madajewski and Spehar, left the band.

2004–2013: Hiatus Edit

Most former band members retired from the music scene. Brandes continued to produce for other artists and even reused dozen of E-Rotic songs for the Japanese girlgroup Shanadoo for their albums Welcome to Tokyo and The Symbol. Shanadoo project discontinued in 2014. Leigh continues her solo project S.E.X. Appeal. In 2006, an upcoming studio album, entitled Lust 4 Life (refers to the Fancy solo song title "D.I.S.C.O. (Lust for Life)", recorded back in 1999 with Leigh on guest vocals), was rumored and turned out to be false. Also in 2008, it had been rumored, that E-Rotic would release a new track, a cover of Vanilla Ninja's track "Liar", which was also produced by Brandes.

2014–present: Return of Leigh Edit

In December 2014, original E-Rotic lead singer Leigh confirmed that E-Rotic would come back and that she would return as the vocalist of the group again alongside a new rapper, Stephen Appleton. She also confirmed that E-Rotic planned to release a new best of album with re-recorded past hits and brand new E-Rotic songs to be released sometime in 2015. The group would be managed and produced by Icezone Music.[citation needed] The official website appeared to be under maintenance and a new official Facebook page was launched.

On 4 March 2016, E-Rotic released the single "Video Starlet", which included another song called "Murder Me".

Artistry Edit

Music Edit

E-Rotic's music is a mix of dance and pop music with eurodance, which was very famous and popular in Europe, Oceania and South America at that time. The style of eurodance was dance music with a female singer and a male rapper to follow a traditional verse-chorus structure. Through the fact, that Brandes produced several dance projects with Leigh and Madajewski on vocals, such as Missing Heart, Apanachee or IQ-Check, their sound led to be very similar and reminiscent to E-Rotic's sound. Also, Leigh's early eurodance works with her project S.E.X. Appeal, then with rapper Raz-Ma-Taz, such as "Sex is a Thrill with the Pill", were very reminiscent of E-Rotic's sexual topics, music videos, lyrics and sound. That's also a reason, why some songs have been released with the same cast but under different stage names, such as "Helpless Dancer" (labeled as just David Brandes feat. Lyane Leigh), "Gotta Get It Groovin'" as IQ-Check (Brandes & Leigh), "Queen of Light" as E-Rotic but also as Missing Heart (Brandes & Madajewski) or "Mi Amante" as e.R. (Brandes & Madajewski). In particular, the album Thank You for the Music was released under the artist name "Jenn and C." in France. For events, promotion and cover arts, also Leigh often credits her project as "S.E.X. Appeal (EX) E-Rotic" for a better recognition. E-Rotic are best known for Eurodance tracks like "Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex", "Fred Come to Bed" and "Sex on the Phone". Although there are also tracks from other genres featured, such as ballads like "Wild Love", "Final Heartbreak" or "The Power of Sex" and reggae fusion inspired tracks like "Come on Make Love to Me", "Help Me Dr. Dick" or "Gimme Good Sex" and the Mambo/Jive-driven "Mambo No. Sex". These tracks do not belong to the Europop genre.

Public image Edit

E-Rotic are known for a tendency to make thought-provoking cartoon-animated music videos, which would air on VIVA Germany, and comic cover arts that fit the songs they represent.[citation needed] Due to the controversial disagreement between Leigh, who wanted to be shown in music videos, and producer Brandes, E-Rotic ironically later made some live action video clips and cover arts, such as the music videos for "Gimme Good Sex", "The Winner Takes it All" or "Kiss Me" and covers for the Thank You for the Music and Kiss Me/Gimme, Gimme, Gimme eras. However, for later releases like "Sexual Healing", "Sex Generation" and "Cocktail E-Rotic", they returned to all full comic music videos and cover arts. E-Rotic are also well known for having rhyming song titles about particular people like Max, Fred, Fritz, Sam or Willy on "Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex", "Fred Come to Bed", "Willy Use a Billy... Boy", "Fritz Love My Tits", "Oh Nick Please Not So Quick", "Molly Dolly (Loves Her Lolly)", "Ralph, Don't Make Love by Yourself", "Veejay the DJ", "Test My Best", "Rave Me Dave", "Gimme Your Jimmy" or "Billy Jive (With Willy's Wife)". Because of the full comic arts in music videos and CD releases, the members were barely recognized. The band has been presented by numerous of stage performers, the four singers Lyane Leigh, Jeane, Yasemin Baysal and Lydia Madajewski and the seven rappers Raz-Ma Taz, Terence D'Arby, Ché Jouaner, Robert Spehar, Stephen Appleton, James Allan and Ricardo Brownn (not to be confused with Kurupt). However, Brandes later revealed and confirmed that the only two studio singers were Leigh and Madajewski, and the only rappers were actually himself, occasionally alongside Raz-Ma-Taz or Deon Blue.

Members Edit

Recording artists:

  • Singer: Lyane Leigh (Liane Hegemann) (1994–1999, 2014–present) (original first studio singer)
  • Singer: Lydia Madajewski (Lydia Pockaj) (1999–2003) (second studio singer)
  • Rapper: Raz-Ma-Taz (Richard Allen Smith) (1994–1995, 1999) (occasional original first studio rapper, such on "Take My Love", recorded 1995)
  • Rapper: David Brandes (David Brändle) (1994-present) (brainchild behind the project, also original studio rapper, who stayed in the background)
  • Rapper: Deon Blue (Marcus Thomas) (1994) (rapper on "Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex", "Fred Come to Bed" and "Temple of Love" only)

Stage performers:

  • Singer: Lyane Leigh (Liane Hegemann) (1994–1995, 2014–present) (original first stage performer)
  • Singer: Jeanette "Jeane" Christensen (Jeanette Macchi-Meier) (1995–2001) (second stage performer, who only sang Queen of Light live at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 pre-selection)
  • Singer: Yasemin Baysal (2001–2002) (third stage performer)
  • Singer: Lydia Madajewski (Lydia Pockaj) (2002–2003) (fourth stage performer)
  • Rapper: Raz-Ma-Taz (Richard Allen Smith) (1994–1995) (original first stage performer)
  • Rapper: Terence D'Arby (1995–1996) (occasional second stage performer)
  • Rapper: Ché Jouaner (1996–2002) (third stage performer)
  • Rapper: Robert Spehar (2002–2003) (fourth stage performer)
  • Rapper: Stephen Appleton (2014–2019) (fifth stage performer)
  • Rapper: James Allan (2014–2020, 2022-present) (sixth and eighth stage performer)
  • Rapper: Ricardo Brownn (2018-2022) (seventh stage performer)

Discography Edit

Studio albums Edit

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
GER
[3]
AUT
[4]
FIN
[5]
JPN
[6]
NLD
[7]
SWI
[8]
Sex Affairs
  • Released: 29 May 1995
  • Label: Intercord (Blow Up)
  • Formats: CD, LP, Cassette
15 15 1 45 74 26
The Power of Sex
  • Released: 27 June 1996
  • Label: Intercord (Blow Up)
  • Formats: CD, LP, Cassette
47 18 2 48 18
Sexual Madness
  • Released: 13 May 1997
  • Label: Intercord (Blow Up)
  • Formats: CD, LP, Cassette
6 32
Thank You for the Music
  • Released: 17 October 1997
  • Label: EMI (Blow Up)
  • Formats: CD, LP, Cassette
93 37
Kiss Me
  • Released: 15 November 1999
  • Label: Sony (Jupiter)
  • Formats: CD, LP, Cassette
30
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
  • Released: 17 April 2000
  • Label: Sony (Jupiter)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
27
Sexual Healing
  • Released: 9 May 2001
  • Label: Intercord
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
45
Sex Generation
  • Released: 26 November 2001
  • Label: E-Park Music (Rough Trade)
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
90
Cocktail E-Rotic
  • Released: 9 July 2003
  • Label: Avex Trax
  • Formats: CD, Cassette
"—" denotes studio albums which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Remix albums Edit

Compilation albums Edit

  • 1998: Greatest Tits – The Best of E-Rotic
  • 2001: The Very Best of E-Rotic
  • 2002: The Collection

Singles Edit

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
GER
[3]
AUT
[4]
BEL (FL)
[11]
FIN
[5][12]
FRA
[13]
NLD
[14]
NOR
[15]
SWE
[16]
SWI
[8]
UK
[17]
"Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex" 1994 7 12 8 15 20 4 14 45 Sex Affairs
"Fred Come to Bed" 1995 3 5 11 6 18 12 30 6 90
"Sex on the Phone" 6 2 43 10 30 18 40 30
"Willy Use a Billy... Boy" 11 5 5 51 20 The Power of Sex
"Help Me Dr. Dick" 1996 23 18 5
"Fritz Love My Tits" 28 16 2 35
"Gimme Good Sex" 17
"Turn Me On" 1997 7 Sexual Madness
"Thank You for the Music"[a] Thank You for the Music
"The Winner Takes It All"[a] 84
"Baby Please Me" 1998 Greatest Tits – The Best of E-Rotic
"Don't Say We're Through" 1999 Sexual Madness
"Oh Nick Please Not So Quick" Kiss Me
"Kiss Me"
"Mambo No. Sex"[b]
"Gimme, Gimme, Gimme" 2000 Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
"Queen of Light"[c]
"Missing You"
"Don't Make Me Wet"
"L.O.V.E. (Sex on the Beach)"[d] 2001 Sexual Healing
"Billy Jive (With Willy's Wife)" Sex Generation
"King Kong"
"Mi Amante"[e] 2002
"Heartbreaker" 2003 Cocktail E-Rotic
"Video Starlet" 2016 109 Non-album singles
"Mr. Mister" 2018
"Max Don‘t Have Sex with Your Ex – Reboot 21" 2020
"Murder Me '21" 2021
"Head Over Heels"
"Heaven Can Wait"
"—" denotes singles which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Promotional singles Edit

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
GER
[3]
"Who Wants to Live Forever" 1996 Queen Dance Traxx
"Die geilste Single der Welt" 1998 Greatest Tits – The Best of E-Rotic
"Max Don't Have Sex with Your Ex 2003" 2003 86 Total Recall
"—" denotes promotional single which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Featured singles Edit

Title Year Peak chart positions
GER
[19]
"Love Message"
(with Masterboy, Fun Factory, Mr. President, Scooter and Worlds Apart)
1996 4

Video games Edit

E-Rotic has a total of 9 songs which appear in the Dance Dance Revolution arcade series. Two of these are also found in the Dancing Stage series and the StepManiaX arcade game, with the latter game adding a lyrics advisory to these songs. Another four songs are common to Dance Dance Revolution and StepManiaX, and of these, only "Turn Me On" carries a lyrics advisory.

E-Rotic has a total of 3 songs which appear in the In the Groove series. The song "Queen of Light" is also found in the StepManiaX arcade game, with no lyrics advisory.

Song Arcade game Lyrics
advisory
StepManiaX
availability
2000 3rd Euro 4th 5th Euro2 ITG ITG2 SMX
"Kiss Me (KCP Remix)"   Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear
"Temple of Love" [f]   Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear    – March 29, 2021
"Do It All Night" Does not appear       Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear     February 26, 2021
"Gimme Gimme Gimme" [g] Does not appear   Does not appear     Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear
"Oh Nick Please Not So Quick" Does not appear   Does not appear   Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear
"Turn Me On" [h] Does not appear   Does not appear   Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear     August 2, 2021
"Cat's Eye (Ventura Mix)" [g] Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear     Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear
"In the Heat of the Night" Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear     Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear    – April 30, 2021
"Test My Best" Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear     Does not appear Does not appear     May 28, 2021
"Lemmings on the Run" Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear        – November 16, 2022
"Touch Me" Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear     Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear
"Queen of Light" [i] Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear        – June 28, 2021
"Ooh Lalala" Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear    – July 26, 2022

Notes Edit

  1. ^ a b "Thank You for the Music" was labeled as "Jenn and C." for the French release.
  2. ^ "Mambo No. Sex" was released on the German edition of Kiss Me, retitled Mambo No. Sex.
  3. ^ "Queen of Light" also appeared on the debut studio album Mystery by and labeled as Missing Heart.
  4. ^ "L.O.V.E. (Sex on the Beach)" was also released as part of the Dancemania X9 compilation.
  5. ^ "Mi Amante" saw a promotional release labeled as e.R.
  6. ^ The Dance Dance Revolution series features the original version of this song, while StepManiaX features the uncredited remix from Dancemania Presents E-Rotic Megamix.
  7. ^ a b "Gimme Gimme Gimme" premiered in DDR 3rdMix Plus, while "Cat's Eye (Ventura Mix)" premiered in DDR 4thMix Plus.
  8. ^ The Dance Dance Revolution series features the Heavenly Mix of this song, while StepManiaX features the original version.
  9. ^ For In the Groove and In the Groove 2, "Queen of Light" is credited to Missing Heart.

References Edit

  1. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 175. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ^ a b Discogs, E-Rotic
  3. ^ a b c "offiziellecharts.de: E-Rotic". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  4. ^ a b "austriancharts.at: Discography E-Rotic" (in German). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
  5. ^ a b "finnishcharts.com: Discography E-Rotic". Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
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  8. ^ a b "Schweizer Hitparade: E-Rotic (albums)" (in German). swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  9. ^ a b . Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
  10. ^ a b "RIAJ: 統計情報 (searchable database)". Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved February 26, 2017. Note: Enter "E-Rotic" in the upper right search box, then click bottom left search button to bring up the certifications
  11. ^ "Ultratop: Discography E-Rotic" (in Dutch). ultratop.be/nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  12. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
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  14. ^ "Media Markt Top 40: E-Rotic (singles)". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  15. ^ "norwegiancharts.com: E-Rotic". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  16. ^ "Schweizer Hitparade: E-Rotic". swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  17. ^ "Official Charts Company: E-Rotic". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  18. ^ a b c "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (E-Rotic)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  19. ^ "offiziellecharts.de: Love Message". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2016-01-27.

External links Edit

  • Official Website
  • E-Rotic at Eurodance Encyclopædia

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This article is about the German Eurodance group For the Playboy TV show see E Rotic TV series This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources E Rotic news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message E Rotic are a Eurodance duo act formed in 1994 by German record producer David Brandes The act is best known in Europe for the hits Max Don t Have Sex With Your Ex and Fred Come to Bed E Rotic originally consisted of German born singer Lyane Leigh real name Liane Hegemann and American rapper Richard Allen Smith a k a Ras Ma Taz The act is known for its extensive use of sexual themes in their songs and music videos E RoticLyane Leigh left and Stephen Appleton right in November 2016 Background informationAlso known ase R Jenn and C Missing Heart IQ CheckOriginBruggen GermanyGenresEurodanceYears active1994 2003 2014 presentLabelsIntercord BMG Avex EpicMembersLyane HegemannDavid BrandleJames AllanPast membersRichard Allen SmithMarcus ThomasJeanette Macchi MeierTerrence D ArbyChe JouanerYasemin BaysalLydia PockajRobert SpeharStephen AppletonRicardo BrownnWebsitewww wbr e rotic music wbr com Contents 1 Band history 1 1 1994 95 Formation and Sex Affairs 1 2 1996 1997 The Power of Sex Sexual Madness and departure of Raz Ma Taz 1 3 1998 1999 Greatest Tits Kiss Me and departure of Leigh 1 4 2000 2001 Gimme Gimme Gimme Sexual Healing and Sex Generation 1 5 2002 2003 Cocktail E Rotic and Total Recall 1 6 2004 2013 Hiatus 1 7 2014 present Return of Leigh 2 Artistry 2 1 Music 2 2 Public image 3 Members 4 Discography 4 1 Studio albums 4 2 Remix albums 4 3 Compilation albums 4 4 Singles 4 5 Promotional singles 4 6 Featured singles 4 7 Video games 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksBand history Edit1994 95 Formation and Sex Affairs Edit Brandes knew Leigh from their Xanadu days active from 1989 1992 where they were both members and one half of the group In 1994 Brandes released a solo song Helpless Dancer with Leigh on guest vocals before American born Ras Ma Taz joined them to create E Rotic Together they scored the charts with their first three chart topping singles Max Don t Have Sex With Your Ex which peaked 45 in the UK Singles Chart 1 and 4 in the Dutch Single Chart Fred Come to Bed 3 in the German Single Chart and Sex on the Phone 2 in Austria followed by their debut studio album Sex Affairs Next to E Rotic Brandes continued forming other dance projects such as Apanachee in 1995 with Lydia Madajewski on vocals who would later also become E Rotic s studio lead singer in 2000 E Rotic during I Love 90s Show Live on Stage at Winter Palace Sofia Bulgaria 2015 5 9 Lyane Leigh left and James Allan right 1996 1997 The Power of Sex Sexual Madness and departure of Raz Ma Taz Edit After the fourth single release Willy Use a Billy Boy released in 1995 and peaked 5 in Austria later in November 1995 both members left the band due to a disagreement between Leigh and producer Brandes who were quickly replaced by artists Jeane Jeanette Macchi Meier and briefly Terence D Arby not to be confused with Terence Trent D Arby who himself again was replaced by Che Jouaner 2 Thus it has been later revealed that Brandes was the rapper on all E Rotic releases except on the first album where he shared raps with Raz Ma Taz such on Take My Love and Leigh still had to continue to provide vocal work for E Rotic s four follow up studio albums The Power of Sex Sexual Madness the Abba cover album Thank You for the Music until 1999 to the Kiss Me studio album due to her contract Also raps on their first single Max Don t Have Sex With Your Ex were not done by Smith or Brandes but instead were done by Marcus Thomas aka Deon Blue who would later join Pharao Meanwhile Leigh and Ras Ma Taz formed their own band S E X Appeal in 1996 He promised me a lot of things during my E Rotic time but never was willing to keep his promises One of these promises was to produce a mixed video with both cartoon and real people We were never shown in the videos and so we had problems with our concerts cause no one really knew us as persons Leigh revealed On 27 June 1996 the group s second studio album The Power of Sex was released preceded by the latter mentioned lead single Willy Use a Billy Boy and followed by the singles Help Me Dr Dick Fritz Love My Tits and Gimme Good Sex all becoming moderate chart hits peaking at 18 16 and 3 in Austria respectively In 1996 E Rotic were featured in the supergroup called Love Message on the same titled Masterboy produced charity single Love Message They also appeared on the Queen tribute compilation album Queen Dance Traxx with the song Who Wants to Live Forever which also saw a promotional release The tribute album also featured another Queen song We Are The Champions recorded with all artists who participated on Queen Dance Traxx as a supergroup labeled as Acts United In 1997 the studio albums Sexual Madness and the ABBA cover CD Thank You for the Music was released with its single releases Turn Me On which peaked at 7 in Finland Thank You for the Music and The Winner Takes It All The album Thank You for the Music was released under the artist name Jenn and C in France Ironically the music video for Gimme Good Sex was also the first one not being a comic video but still it never aired and was banned from music channels because of being too controversial for its sexual content thus Leigh alongside Ras Ma Taz left the band earlier because she wanted to be shown in music videos 1998 1999 Greatest Tits Kiss Me and departure of Leigh Edit In 1998 E Rotic have released their first Greatest Hits compilation album titled Greatest Tits The Best of E Rotic along with the single Baby Please Me and the megamix Die geilste Single der Welt German for The Horniest Single in the World to promote the album in Germany In 1999 their second and final single from Sexual Madness called Don t Say We re Through was released and later E Rotic tried to enter the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 representing Germany but ended in sixth place in the pre selection with the single Queen of Light This was the only time where Macchi Meier had to perform and sing live when she was always lip syncing Leigh s and later Madajewski s singing parts on live shows The song was later added on E Rotic s sixth studio album Gimme Gimme Gimme and on Missing Hearts debut studio album Mystery labeled as Missing Heart in 2000 After that E Rotic focused more on the Japanese music market where they kept more popular when the interest in Eurodance music in Europe waned at the end of the 1990s In 1999 the fifth studio album Kiss Me was released in Japan with the three singles Oh Nick Please Not So Quick Kiss Me and Mambo No Sex which all failed to chart The latter mentioned single was released on the later released German edition of Kiss Me retitled Mambo No Sex with a different track list and cover art leaned on the success of Lou Bega s Mambo No 5 at that time The release of Kiss Me Mambo No Sex also marks the final with Leigh on vocals who were replaced by Madajewski later in 2000 2000 2001 Gimme Gimme Gimme Sexual Healing and Sex Generation Edit Between 2000 and 2001 three studio albums had been released in Japan titled Gimme Gimme Gimme Sexual Healing and Sex Generation with the singles Gimme Gimme Gimme Missing You Don t Make Me Wet L O V E Sex on the Beach Billy Jive With Willy s Wife and King Kong all with limited success Also the two compilation albums titled Dancemania Presents E Rotic Megamix a megamix and The Very Best of E Rotic was released in Japan respectively The albums Sex Generation and Gimme Gimme Gimme were also released in Europe with the latter retitled Missing You with the same track list except replacing the song Gimme Gimme Gimme with the title track Missing You Macchi Meier left E Rotic in 2001 briefly replaced by the next stage performer Yasemin Baysal 2 previously of the group Das Modul 2002 2003 Cocktail E Rotic and Total Recall Edit However Baysal and Jouaner left E Rotic in 2002 and instead of replacing her with a new stage performer this time the real studio singer Lydia Madajewski Lydia Pockaj who had been providing vocals since Leigh s departure in 1999 had been introduced to face E Rotic She has been joined by the stage performer Robert Spehar In 2002 they released the group s ninth studio album Cocktail E Rotic the third compilation album titled The Collection and in 2003 the remix album Total Recall all in Japan The remix album has also been released in European territories with a different track list including new mixes In 2002 a promotional single Mi Amante Spanish for My Lover was released labeled as e R In 2003 a new version of their very first single Max Don t Have Sex With Your Ex 2003 Dance Mix was released to promote the remix album Total Recall Cocktail E Rotic saw one promotional single release Heartbreaker which gained some radio airplay in Japan and ranked 1 on a Japanese radio chart After that E Rotic went on an indefinite hiatus and both members Madajewski and Spehar left the band 2004 2013 Hiatus Edit Most former band members retired from the music scene Brandes continued to produce for other artists and even reused dozen of E Rotic songs for the Japanese girlgroup Shanadoo for their albums Welcome to Tokyo and The Symbol Shanadoo project discontinued in 2014 Leigh continues her solo project S E X Appeal In 2006 an upcoming studio album entitled Lust 4 Life refers to the Fancy solo song title D I S C O Lust for Life recorded back in 1999 with Leigh on guest vocals was rumored and turned out to be false Also in 2008 it had been rumored that E Rotic would release a new track a cover of Vanilla Ninja s track Liar which was also produced by Brandes 2014 present Return of Leigh Edit In December 2014 original E Rotic lead singer Leigh confirmed that E Rotic would come back and that she would return as the vocalist of the group again alongside a new rapper Stephen Appleton She also confirmed that E Rotic planned to release a new best of album with re recorded past hits and brand new E Rotic songs to be released sometime in 2015 The group would be managed and produced by Icezone Music citation needed The official website appeared to be under maintenance and a new official Facebook page was launched On 4 March 2016 E Rotic released the single Video Starlet which included another song called Murder Me Artistry EditMusic Edit E Rotic s music is a mix of dance and pop music with eurodance which was very famous and popular in Europe Oceania and South America at that time The style of eurodance was dance music with a female singer and a male rapper to follow a traditional verse chorus structure Through the fact that Brandes produced several dance projects with Leigh and Madajewski on vocals such as Missing Heart Apanachee or IQ Check their sound led to be very similar and reminiscent to E Rotic s sound Also Leigh s early eurodance works with her project S E X Appeal then with rapper Raz Ma Taz such as Sex is a Thrill with the Pill were very reminiscent of E Rotic s sexual topics music videos lyrics and sound That s also a reason why some songs have been released with the same cast but under different stage names such as Helpless Dancer labeled as just David Brandes feat Lyane Leigh Gotta Get It Groovin as IQ Check Brandes amp Leigh Queen of Light as E Rotic but also as Missing Heart Brandes amp Madajewski or Mi Amante as e R Brandes amp Madajewski In particular the album Thank You for the Music was released under the artist name Jenn and C in France For events promotion and cover arts also Leigh often credits her project as S E X Appeal EX E Rotic for a better recognition E Rotic are best known for Eurodance tracks like Max Don t Have Sex With Your Ex Fred Come to Bed and Sex on the Phone Although there are also tracks from other genres featured such as ballads like Wild Love Final Heartbreak or The Power of Sex and reggae fusion inspired tracks like Come on Make Love to Me Help Me Dr Dick or Gimme Good Sex and the Mambo Jive driven Mambo No Sex These tracks do not belong to the Europop genre Public image Edit E Rotic are known for a tendency to make thought provoking cartoon animated music videos which would air on VIVA Germany and comic cover arts that fit the songs they represent citation needed Due to the controversial disagreement between Leigh who wanted to be shown in music videos and producer Brandes E Rotic ironically later made some live action video clips and cover arts such as the music videos for Gimme Good Sex The Winner Takes it All or Kiss Me and covers for the Thank You for the Music and Kiss Me Gimme Gimme Gimme eras However for later releases like Sexual Healing Sex Generation and Cocktail E Rotic they returned to all full comic music videos and cover arts E Rotic are also well known for having rhyming song titles about particular people like Max Fred Fritz Sam or Willy on Max Don t Have Sex With Your Ex Fred Come to Bed Willy Use a Billy Boy Fritz Love My Tits Oh Nick Please Not So Quick Molly Dolly Loves Her Lolly Ralph Don t Make Love by Yourself Veejay the DJ Test My Best Rave Me Dave Gimme Your Jimmy or Billy Jive With Willy s Wife Because of the full comic arts in music videos and CD releases the members were barely recognized The band has been presented by numerous of stage performers the four singers Lyane Leigh Jeane Yasemin Baysal and Lydia Madajewski and the seven rappers Raz Ma Taz Terence D Arby Che Jouaner Robert Spehar Stephen Appleton James Allan and Ricardo Brownn not to be confused with Kurupt However Brandes later revealed and confirmed that the only two studio singers were Leigh and Madajewski and the only rappers were actually himself occasionally alongside Raz Ma Taz or Deon Blue Members EditRecording artists Singer Lyane Leigh Liane Hegemann 1994 1999 2014 present original first studio singer Singer Lydia Madajewski Lydia Pockaj 1999 2003 second studio singer Rapper Raz Ma Taz Richard Allen Smith 1994 1995 1999 occasional original first studio rapper such on Take My Love recorded 1995 Rapper David Brandes David Brandle 1994 present brainchild behind the project also original studio rapper who stayed in the background Rapper Deon Blue Marcus Thomas 1994 rapper on Max Don t Have Sex With Your Ex Fred Come to Bed and Temple of Love only Stage performers Singer Lyane Leigh Liane Hegemann 1994 1995 2014 present original first stage performer Singer Jeanette Jeane Christensen Jeanette Macchi Meier 1995 2001 second stage performer who only sang Queen of Light live at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 pre selection Singer Yasemin Baysal 2001 2002 third stage performer Singer Lydia Madajewski Lydia Pockaj 2002 2003 fourth stage performer Rapper Raz Ma Taz Richard Allen Smith 1994 1995 original first stage performer Rapper Terence D Arby 1995 1996 occasional second stage performer Rapper Che Jouaner 1996 2002 third stage performer Rapper Robert Spehar 2002 2003 fourth stage performer Rapper Stephen Appleton 2014 2019 fifth stage performer Rapper James Allan 2014 2020 2022 present sixth and eighth stage performer Rapper Ricardo Brownn 2018 2022 seventh stage performer Discography EditStudio albums Edit Title Album details Peak chart positions CertificationsGER 3 AUT 4 FIN 5 JPN 6 NLD 7 SWI 8 Sex Affairs Released 29 May 1995 Label Intercord Blow Up Formats CD LP Cassette 15 15 1 45 74 26 FIN Platinum 9 JPN Gold 10 The Power of Sex Released 27 June 1996 Label Intercord Blow Up Formats CD LP Cassette 47 18 2 48 18 FIN Platinum 9 JPN Gold 10 Sexual Madness Released 13 May 1997 Label Intercord Blow Up Formats CD LP Cassette 6 32 Thank You for the Music Released 17 October 1997 Label EMI Blow Up Formats CD LP Cassette 93 37 Kiss Me Released 15 November 1999 Label Sony Jupiter Formats CD LP Cassette 30 Gimme Gimme Gimme Released 17 April 2000 Label Sony Jupiter Formats CD Cassette 27 Sexual Healing Released 9 May 2001 Label Intercord Formats CD Cassette 45 Sex Generation Released 26 November 2001 Label E Park Music Rough Trade Formats CD Cassette 90 Cocktail E Rotic Released 9 July 2003 Label Avex Trax Formats CD Cassette denotes studio albums which were not released in that country or failed to chart Oh Nick Please Not So Quick 1999 source source A typical 1990s piece by E Rotic contained a Eurohouse style instrumental verse a rap verse by a male performer and a chorus by the female vocalist Problems playing this file See media help Remix albums Edit 2000 Dancemania Presents E Rotic Megamix 27 September 2000 2003 Total Recall 5 February 2003 re released on 8 September 2011 Compilation albums Edit 1998 Greatest Tits The Best of E Rotic 2001 The Very Best of E Rotic 2002 The CollectionSingles Edit Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications AlbumGER 3 AUT 4 BEL FL 11 FIN 5 12 FRA 13 NLD 14 NOR 15 SWE 16 SWI 8 UK 17 Max Don t Have Sex With Your Ex 1994 7 12 8 15 20 4 14 45 GER Gold 18 Sex Affairs Fred Come to Bed 1995 3 5 11 6 18 12 30 6 90 GER Gold 18 Sex on the Phone 6 2 43 10 30 18 40 30 Willy Use a Billy Boy 11 5 5 51 20 GER Gold 18 The Power of Sex Help Me Dr Dick 1996 23 18 5 Fritz Love My Tits 28 16 2 35 Gimme Good Sex 17 Turn Me On 1997 7 Sexual Madness Thank You for the Music a Thank You for the Music The Winner Takes It All a 84 Baby Please Me 1998 Greatest Tits The Best of E Rotic Don t Say We re Through 1999 Sexual Madness Oh Nick Please Not So Quick Kiss Me Kiss Me Mambo No Sex b Gimme Gimme Gimme 2000 Gimme Gimme Gimme Queen of Light c Missing You Don t Make Me Wet L O V E Sex on the Beach d 2001 Sexual Healing Billy Jive With Willy s Wife Sex Generation King Kong Mi Amante e 2002 Heartbreaker 2003 Cocktail E Rotic Video Starlet 2016 109 Non album singles Mr Mister 2018 Max Don t Have Sex with Your Ex Reboot 21 2020 Murder Me 21 2021 Head Over Heels Heaven Can Wait denotes singles which were not released in that country or failed to chart Promotional singles Edit Title Year Peak chart positions AlbumGER 3 Who Wants to Live Forever 1996 Queen Dance Traxx Die geilste Single der Welt 1998 Greatest Tits The Best of E Rotic Max Don t Have Sex with Your Ex 2003 2003 86 Total Recall denotes promotional single which were not released in that country or failed to chart Featured singles Edit Title Year Peak chart positionsGER 19 Love Message with Masterboy Fun Factory Mr President Scooter and Worlds Apart 1996 4Video games Edit E Rotic has a total of 9 songs which appear in the Dance Dance Revolution arcade series Two of these are also found in the Dancing Stage series and the StepManiaX arcade game with the latter game adding a lyrics advisory to these songs Another four songs are common to Dance Dance Revolution and StepManiaX and of these only Turn Me On carries a lyrics advisory E Rotic has a total of 3 songs which appear in the In the Groove series The song Queen of Light is also found in the StepManiaX arcade game with no lyrics advisory Song Arcade game Lyricsadvisory StepManiaXavailability2000 3rd Euro 4th 5th Euro2 ITG ITG2 SMX Kiss Me KCP Remix Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Temple of Love f Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear March 29 2021 Do It All Night Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear February 26 2021 Gimme Gimme Gimme g Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Oh Nick Please Not So Quick Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Turn Me On h Does not 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not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear Does not appear July 26 2022Notes Edit a b Thank You for the Music was labeled as Jenn and C for the French release Mambo No Sex was released on the German edition of Kiss Me retitled Mambo No Sex Queen of Light also appeared on the debut studio album Mystery by and labeled as Missing Heart L O V E Sex on the Beach was also released as part of the Dancemania X9 compilation Mi Amante saw a promotional release labeled as e R The Dance Dance Revolution series features the original version of this song while StepManiaX features the uncredited remix from Dancemania Presents E Rotic Megamix a b Gimme Gimme Gimme premiered in DDR 3rdMix Plus while Cat s Eye Ventura Mix premiered in DDR 4thMix Plus The Dance Dance Revolution series features the Heavenly Mix of this song while StepManiaX features the original version For In the Groove and In the Groove 2 Queen of Light is credited to Missing Heart References Edit Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 175 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 a b Discogs E Rotic a b c offiziellecharts de E Rotic GfK Entertainment Retrieved 2016 01 27 a b austriancharts at Discography E Rotic in German austriancharts at Hung Medien Retrieved 2013 07 20 a b finnishcharts com Discography E Rotic Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland finnishcharts com Retrieved 2013 07 20 Oricon E Rotic in Japanese Oricon Retrieved 2013 07 20 GfK Dutch Charts E Rotic albums dutchcharts nl Hung Medien Retrieved 2013 07 20 a b Schweizer Hitparade E Rotic albums in German swisscharts com Hung Medien Retrieved 2015 01 10 a b Kulta ja platinalevyt Kulta ja platinalevyt E Rotic Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland Archived from the original on 2016 03 03 Retrieved 2013 07 20 a b RIAJ 統計情報 searchable database Recording Industry Association of Japan Retrieved February 26 2017 Note Enter E Rotic in the upper right search box then click bottom left search button to bring up the certifications Ultratop Discography E Rotic in Dutch ultratop be nl Hung Medien Retrieved 2015 01 10 Pennanen Timo 2006 Sisaltaa hitin levyt ja esittajat Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 in Finnish 1st ed Helsinki Tammi ISBN 978 951 1 21053 5 lecharts com E Rotic in French lescharts com Hung Medien Retrieved 2015 01 10 Media Markt Top 40 E Rotic singles Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 2015 01 10 norwegiancharts com E Rotic norwegiancharts com Hung Medien Retrieved 2015 01 10 Schweizer Hitparade E Rotic swedishcharts com Hung Medien Retrieved 2015 01 10 Official Charts Company E Rotic Official Charts Company Retrieved 2018 11 17 a b c Gold Platin Datenbank E Rotic in German Bundesverband Musikindustrie Retrieved 2011 06 09 offiziellecharts de Love Message GfK Entertainment Retrieved 2016 01 27 External links EditOfficial Website E Rotic at Eurodance Encyclopaedia E Rotic at EuroDanceHits com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title E Rotic amp oldid 1167865350, wikipedia, 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