Me One

Me One (born Eric Martin in 1970) is a multi-instrumentalist singer, song-writer and music producer born in Cardiff, Wales.

Martin is the son of an English teacher (mother) from Kingston and a Pentecostal Church minister (father) from Saint Mary Parish. Educated in Cardiff, London and New York. He holds dual Jamaican and British citizenship.

His debut album as Me One was released in May 2000 on Universal-Island U.K.[1] The 12 track release was titled As Far as I'm Concerned[1] and featured Guru (from Gang Starr) on Do You Know and Michelle Gayle on a cover version of The Beach Boys track In My Room. The latter was released as a single, along with Game Plan and Old Fashioned.

Aside from his solo work, Martin has written with (or for) Jeff Beck, Maxi Priest, The Roots, Capleton, Lynden David Hall and the Sugababes.

In 2011 he signed a recording deal with Glasgow based record label Innovation Music.[2]

Before the Me One project, Martin (as MC Eric) was a member of Technotronic providing lead vocals on the 1990 hit single "This Beat Is Technotronic". At the height of their career they toured on Madonna:_Truth_or_Dare concerts in the 1990s.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kang, Millane (19 August 2000). "Keepin' it real around the world". Billboard. p. 40. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Innovation Music Official site - Artists page: http://www.innovationmusic.co.uk/artists/