Culture Beat
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| Culture Beat | ||
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 Cover of Serenity
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Germany | |
| Genre(s) | Dance-pop House Eurodance Hi-NRG |
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| Years active | 1989–Present | |
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Quadriga | |
| Members | ||
| Frank Fenslau Peter Gräber Jacky Sangster |
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| Former members | ||
| Lana Earl (1989-1993) Torsten Fenslau (1989-1993) Jay Supreme (1989-1998) Tania Evans (1993-1998) Kim Sanders (1998-1999) Jens Zimmermann (1989-1991) Peter Zweier (1989-1994) |
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Culture Beat is a German Eurodance act fronted by lead singer Tania Evans and Jay Supreme and produced by Torsten Fenslau (d. November 6, 1993 in a car accident, age 29). Culture Beat is best known for the European dance hit "Mr. Vain." Lana Earl also known as Lana E. was the first singer for the group, Tania Evans replaced her in 1993, thus being featured on all of the group's most well-known hits. Other members of the act included composer/guitarist Juergen "Nosie" Katzmann and keyboardist Peter Zweier.
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[edit] Biography
The idea for the group started on the dance floor of the discotheque Dorian Gray where Torsten Fenslau worked as a DJ. The group was founded in 1989 by accident, when Der Erdbeermund became a big hit in Europe.
Their biggest hit "Mr. Vain" topped the German and UK charts in 1993 and was one of the biggest hits across Europe that year, reaching #1 in the Irish Singles Chart (it also hit #1 on the Australian ARIA chart in 1993, and #17 on the U.S. Hot 100 the following year). Other hits include "Anything", "Got To Get It" and "World In Your Hands". Their third album "Inside Out" was another international hit in 1995 with a Top 10-Charthit in Germany "Inside Out" and three more chart breakers like "Crying In The Rain" and "Take Me Away".
In 1998 the project returned a bit less successfully with Kim Sanders, who also was the lead singer of Loft's "Hold On" and "Impossible" by Captain Hollywood Project. The singles like "Pay No Mind" were huge radio hits in Germany and managed to climb into the Top 30 of the charts.
Another change in lead singers gained the most recent member of Culture Beat, Jacky Sangster. Her first single release with Culture Beat was a thought provoking song titled "Insanity". The single did find some success much none more than with the underground sub-culture in Electronica/Dance music. A re-recorded version of their most famous song titled, "Mr. Vain Recall" featuring Jacky on lead vocals was a top 10 hit in Germany in 2003. A greatest hits package was released, and the act is now said to be recording new material with the new singer. Culture Beat didn't release another hit, the planned single "Can't Go On Like This (No No)" was dropped by the label in 2004. Still, before the single was dropped, it became a Top 20 pop chart hit in Germany. Many long time Culture Beat fans and Eurodance, Hi-NRG and House fans around the world are patiently awaiting their fifth album.
Culture Beat sold over ten million albums and singles worldwide [1]
[edit] Band members
- Lana Earl - Vocals (1989-1993)
- Torsten Fenslau - Keyboards & programming (1989-1993)
- Juergen Katzmann - Guitars, keyboards & programming (1989-1995)
- Jay Supreme - Vocals (1989-1998)
- Jens Zimmermann - Keyboards & programming (1989-1995)
- Peter Zweier - Keyboards & programming (1989-)
- Tania Evans - Vocals (1993-1998)
- Frank Fenslau - Keyboards & programming (1994-)
- Kim Sanders - Vocals (1998-1999)
- Jacky Sangster - Vocals (1998-)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Title |
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| 1991 | Horizon |
| 1993 | Serenity |
| 1994 | The Remix Album |
| 1995 | Inside Out |
| 1998 | Metamorphosis |
| 2003 | Best of Culture Beat |
[edit] Singles
| Date | Title | Peak position (UK)[2] | Comments |
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| 1989 | "Der Erdbeermund" | - | |
| 1990 | "I Like You" | - | |
| January 1991 | "Tell Me That You Wait" | - | |
| October 1991 | "No Deeper Meaning" | - | |
| June 1993 | "Mr. Vain" | 1 (4 weeks); 17 (US Billboard Hot 100) | |
| September 1993 | "Got To Get It" | 4; 1 (US Hot Dance Music/Club Play) |
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| December 1993 | "Anything" | 5 | |
| March 1994 | "World In Your Hands" | 20 | |
| September 1994 | "Adelante" | - | Only in Spain |
| November 1995 | "Inside Out" | 32 | |
| February 1996 | "Crying In The Rain" | 29 | |
| June 1996 | "Take Me Away" | 7 (US: Hot Dance Music/Club Play) | |
| September 1997 | "Walk The Same Line" | - | |
| February 1998 | "Pay No Mind" | - | |
| June 1998 | "Rendez-Vous" | - | |
| October 1998 | "You Belong" | - | |
| July 2001 | "Insanity" | - | |
| June 2003 | "Mr. Vain Recall" | - | |
| 2004 | "Can't Go On Like This (No No)" | - |
[edit] References
- ^ Culture-beat.com Official short biography (German). (Accessed: September 3, 2006)
- ^ Everyhit.com UK chart database. (Accessed: September 3, 2006)
[edit] See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
