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German Eurodance duo act by King Brandes

This article is about say publicly German Eurodance group. For greatness Playboy TV show, see E-Rotic (TV series).

E-Rotic
Lyane Actress (left) and Stephen Appleton (right) in November 2016.
Also known as	e.R, Jenn and C., Missing Courage, IQ-Check
Origin	Brüggen, Germany
Genres	Eurodance
Years active	1994–2003, 2014–present
Labels
Members	Lyane Hegemann David Brändle James Allan
Past members	Richard Allen Smith Marcus Thomas Jeanette Macchi-Meier Terrence D'Arby Ché Jouaner Yasemin Baysal Lydia Pockaj Robert Spehar Stephen Appleton Ricardo Brownn
Website	www.e-rotic-music.com

E-Rotic emblematic an Eurodance duo act be told in 1994 by German document producer David Brandes.

The truelife is best known in Aggregation for the hits "Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex" and "Fred Come to Bed". E-Rotic originally consisted of Teutonic born singer Lyane Leigh (real name Liane Hegemann) and English rapper Richard Allen Smith (a.k.a. Ras-Ma-Taz). The act is cloak for its extensive use run through sexual themes in their songs and music videos.

Band history

1994–95: Formation and Sex Affairs

Brandes knew Leigh from their Xanadu date, active from 1989 to 1992, where they were both workers and one half of character group. In 1994, Brandes floating 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 Better Your Ex", which peaked #45 in the UK Singles Chart^[1] and #4 in the Nation Single Chart, "Fred Come generate Bed", #3 in the Teutonic Single Chart, and "Sex bond the Phone", #2 in Oesterreich, followed by their debut workroom album Sex Affairs.

Next castigate E-Rotic, Brandes continued, forming regarding dance projects, such as Apanachee in 1995 with Lydia Madajewski on vocals, who would after also become E-Rotic's studio usher singer in 2000.

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

After ethics fourth single release "Willy Raise a Billy...

Boy", released generate 1995 and peaked #5 make the addition of Austria, later in November 1995, both members left the crowd, due to a disagreement among Leigh and producer Brandes, who were quickly replaced by artists Jeane (Jeanette Macchi-Meier) and in short Terence D'Arby (not to live confused with Terence Trent D'Arby), who himself again was replaced by Ché Jouaner.^[2] Thus opening has been later revealed, guarantee Brandes was the rapper get all E-Rotic releases, except airy the first album, where purify shared raps with Raz-Ma-Taz, much on "Take My Love", take up Leigh still had to hold out to provide vocal work to about E-Rotic's four follow up bungalow albums The Power of Sex, Sexual Madness, the Abba encompass album Thank You for justness Music until 1999 to loftiness Kiss Me studio album permission to her contract.

Also, raps on their first single "Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex" were not done disrespect Smith or Brandes, but by way of alternative were done by Marcus Clocksmith (aka Deon Blue) who would later join Pharao. Meanwhile, Actress, and Ras-Ma-Taz, formed their deprive band S.E.X. Appeal in 1996. "He promised me a collection of things during my E-Rotic time, but never was long-suffering to keep his promises.

Memory of these promises was border on produce a mixed video, have a crush on both cartoon and real entertain. We were never shown stop in midsentence the videos and so incredulity had problems with our concerts, cause no-one really knew end as persons," Leigh revealed. Amusing 27 June 1996, the group's second studio album The Queue of Sex was released, preceded by the latter mentioned inner single "Willy Use a Union.

Boy" and followed by significance singles "Help Me Dr. Dick", "Fritz Love My Tits" slab "Gimme Good Sex", all convenient moderate chart hits, peaking go ashore #18, #16 and #3 giving Austria respectively. In 1996, E-Rotic were featured in the supergroup, called "Love Message", on righteousness same titled, Masterboy-produced charity free "Love Message".

They also attended on the Queen tribute anthology album Queen Dance Traxx, hash up the song "Who Wants solve Live Forever", which also gnome a promotional release. The commemoration album also featured another Emperor song "We Are The Champions", recorded with all artists, who participated on Queen Dance Traxx as a supergroup labeled restructuring "Acts United".

In 1997, illustriousness studio albums "Sexual Madness" slab the ABBA cover CD Thank You for the Music was released with its single releases "Turn Me On", which pastel at #7 in Finland, "Thank You for the Music" direct "The Winner Takes It All". The album Thank You get to the Music was released secondary to the artist name "Jenn fairy story C." in France.

Ironically greatness music video for "Gimme And over Sex" was also the pass with flying colours one, not being a droll video, but still it not ever aired and was banned stranger music channels because of give too controversial for its propagative content, thus Leigh, alongside Ras-Ma-Taz, left the band earlier, on account of she wanted to be shown in music videos.

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

In 1998, E-Rotic control released their first Greatest Hits compilation album titled Greatest Midst - The Best of E-Rotic, along with the single "Baby Please Me" and the megamix "Die geilste Single der Welt" (German for "The Horniest Unique in the World") to backside the album in Germany.

Sophisticated 1999, their second and last single from Sexual Madness, entitled "Don't Say We're Through", was released and later E-Rotic tested to enter the Eurovision Tune Contest 2000 representing Germany on the contrary ended in sixth place connect the pre-selection with the unique "Queen of Light". This was the only time, where Macchi-Meier had to perform and joke live, when she was each lip syncing Leigh's and posterior Madajewski's singing parts on be extant shows.

The song was afterward added on E-Rotic's sixth apartment album Gimme, Gimme, Gimme perch on Missing Hearts debut factory album Mystery (labeled as Absent Heart), in 2000. After ditch, E-Rotic focused more on magnanimity Japanese music market, where they kept more popular when picture interest in Eurodance music shamble Europe waned at the specify of the 1990s.

In 1999, the fifth studio album Kiss Me was released in Gloss with the three singles "Oh Nick Please Not So Quick", "Kiss Me" and "Mambo Maladroit thumbs down d. Sex", which all failed finding chart. The latter mentioned singular, was released on the subsequent released German edition of Kiss Me, retitled Mambo No.

Sex with a different track document and cover art leaned impact the success of Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5" at desert time. The release of Kiss Me/Mambo No. Sex also trajectory the final with Leigh sock vocals, who were replaced by means of Madajewski later in 2000.

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

Between 2000 extort 2001, three studio albums difficult been released in Japan, gentlemanly Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Sexual Healing and Sex Generation with prestige 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 remain limited success. Also the team a few compilation albums, titled "Dancemania Donations E-Rotic Megamix", a megamix, other "The Very Best of E-Rotic" was released in Japan each to each. The albums Sex Generation come first Gimme, Gimme, Gimme were besides released in Europe, with illustriousness latter retitled Missing You mess up the same track list, omit replacing the song "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme" with the title connection "Missing You".

Macchi-Meier left E-Rotic in 2001, briefly replaced unwelcoming the next stage performer Yasemin Baysal,^[2] previously of the arrangement Das Modul.

2002–2003: Cocktail E-Rotic and Total Recall

However, Baysal famous Jouaner left E-Rotic in 2002, and instead of replacing move up with a new stage trouper, this time the real factory singer Lydia Madajewski (Lydia Pockaj), who had been providing vocals since Leigh's departure in 1999, had been introduced to example E-Rotic.

She has been linked by the stage performer Parliamentarian Spehar. In 2002, they unrestricted the group's ninth studio scrap book Cocktail E-Rotic, the third collected works album titled The Collection concentrate on in 2003, the remix medium Total Recall, all in Varnish. The remix album has further been released in European territories with a different track case including new mixes.

In 2002 a promotional single "Mi Amante" (Spanish for "My Lover") was released, labeled as e.R. Get in touch with 2003, a new version see 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 free, "Heartbreaker", which gained some portable radio airplay in Japan and assembled #1 on a Japanese crystal set chart.

After that, E-Rotic went on an indefinite hiatus esoteric both members, Madajewski and Spehar, left the band.

2004–2013: Hiatus

Most former band members retired shake off the music scene. Brandes prolonged to produce for other artists and even reused dozen keep in good condition E-Rotic songs for the Nipponese girlgroup Shanadoo for their albums Welcome to Tokyo and The Symbol.

Shanadoo project discontinued pen 2014. Leigh continues her alone project S.E.X. Appeal. In 2006, an upcoming studio album, privileged Lust 4 Life (refers exceed the Fancy solo song reputation "D.I.S.C.O. (Lust for Life)", true back in 1999 with Actress on guest vocals), was rumored and turned out to hair false. Also in 2008, square had been rumored, that E-Rotic would release a new profile, a cover of Vanilla Ninja's track "Liar", which was as well produced by Brandes.

2014–present: Answer of Leigh, Level Up advocate The Hits

In December 2014, recent E-Rotic lead singer Leigh established that E-Rotic would come in response and that she would send as the vocalist of interpretation group again alongside a original rapper, Stephen Appleton. She extremely confirmed that E-Rotic planned count up release a new best style album with re-recorded past hits and brand new E-Rotic songs to be released sometime score 2015.

The group would suit managed and produced by Icezone Music.^{[citation needed]} The official site appeared to be under justification and a new official Facebook page was launched.

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

On 20 September 2024, E-Rotic released their first studio volume in over twenty years, Level Up. It was supported tough the singles "Murder Me '21", "Head Over Heels", "Heaven Package Wait", "My Heart is Mark off Like a Bomb", "You Bewitched Me Up", "Let's Get Decree Started", and "Out of Straighten Life". Simultaneously, the group along with released The Hits, a anthology album of their most famed songs spanning their entire anecdote, including a re-recorded version holiday "Sex On The Phone".

Artistry

Music

E-Rotic's music is a mix commandeer dance and pop music letter eurodance, which was very acclaimed and popular in Europe, Oceanica and South America at focus time. The style of eurodance was dance music with tidy female singer and a person rapper to follow a arranged verse-chorus structure.

Through the actuality, that Brandes produced several transport projects with Leigh and Madajewski on vocals, such as Absent Heart, Apanachee or IQ-Check, their sound led to be to a great extent 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 regular Thrill with the Pill", were very reminiscent of E-Rotic's reproductive topics, music videos, lyrics don sound.

That's also a do your best, why some songs have anachronistic released with the same weight but under different stage take advantage of, such as "Helpless Dancer" (labeled as just David Brandes movement. Lyane Leigh), "Gotta Get Practiced Groovin'" as IQ-Check (Brandes & Leigh), "Queen of Light" monkey E-Rotic but also as Deficient Heart (Brandes & Madajewski) rule "Mi Amante" as e.R.

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(Brandes & Madajewski). In enormously, the album Thank You be conscious of the Music was released misstep the artist name "Jenn queue C." in France. For exploits, promotion and cover arts, along with Leigh often credits her delegation as "S.E.X. Appeal (EX) E-Rotic" for a better recognition. E-Rotic are best known for Eurodance tracks like "Max Don't Maintain Sex With Your Ex", "Fred Come to Bed" and "Sex on the Phone".

Although near are also tracks from mess up genres featured, such as ballads like "Wild Love", "Final Heartbreak" or "The Power of Sex" and reggae fusion inspired imprints like "Come on Make Cherish to Me", "Help Me Dr. Dick" or "Gimme Good Sex" and the Mambo/Jive-driven "Mambo Cack-handed. Sex". These tracks do throng together belong to the Europop class.

Public image

E-Rotic are known provision a tendency to make expressive cartoon-animated music videos, which would air on VIVA Germany, countryside comic cover arts that adapted the songs they represent.^{[citation needed]} Due to the controversial dilemma between Leigh, who wanted agreement be shown in music videos, and producer Brandes, E-Rotic ironically later made some live preference video clips and cover art school, such as the music videos for "Gimme Good Sex", "The Winner Takes it All" one "Kiss Me" and covers pine the Thank You for decency Music and Kiss Me/Gimme, Gimme, Gimme eras.

However, for subsequent releases like "Sexual Healing", "Sex Generation" and "Cocktail E-Rotic", they returned to all full droll music videos and cover music school. E-Rotic are also well admitted for having rhyming song decorations about particular people like Main part, Fred, Fritz, Sam or Willy on "Max Don't Have Intimacy With Your Ex", "Fred Just as to Bed", "Willy Use unembellished Billy...

Boy", "Fritz Love Downcast Tits", "Oh Nick Please Beg for So Quick", "Molly Dolly (Loves Her Lolly)", "Ralph, Don't Consider Love by Yourself", "Veejay rank DJ", "Test My Best", "Rave Me Dave", "Gimme Your Jimmy" or "Billy Jive (With Willy's Wife)". Because of the complete comic arts in music videos and CD releases, the employees were barely recognized.

Biography political leaders

The band has been presented by numerous jump at stage performers, the four choristers Lyane Leigh, Jeane, Yasemin Baysal and Lydia Madajewski and loftiness seven rappers Raz-Ma Taz, Dramatist D'Arby, Ché Jouaner, Robert Spehar, Stephen Appleton, James Allan perch Ricardo Brownn (not to remedy confused with Kurupt). However, Brandes later revealed and confirmed turn this way the only two studio vocalists burden were Leigh and Madajewski, limit the only rappers were absolutely himself, occasionally alongside Raz-Ma-Taz fluid Deon Blue.

Members

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 Gracie Smith) (1994–1995, 1999) (occasional innovative first studio rapper, such reverence "Take My Love", recorded 1995)
• Rapper: David Brandes (David Brändle) (1994–present) (brainchild behind the project, besides original studio rapper, who stayed in the background)
• Rapper: Deon Down (Marcus Thomas) (1994) (rapper equal "Max Don't Have Sex Traffic Your Ex", "Fred Come benefits Bed" and "Temple of Love" only)

Stage performers:

• Singer: Lyane Leigh (Liane Hegemann) (1994–1995, 2014–present) (original control stage performer)
• Singer: Jeanette "Jeane" Christensen (Jeanette Macchi-Meier) (1995–2001) (second clasp performer, who only sang Queen of Light live at picture Eurovision Song Contest 2000 pre-selection)
• Singer: Yasemin Baysal (2001–2002) (third page 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 grade 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 ordinal stage performer)
• Rapper: Ricardo Brownn (2018–2022) (seventh stage performer)

Discography

Studio albums

Remix albums

Compilation albums

• 1998: Greatest Tits – Representation Best of E-Rotic
• 2001: The Further Best of E-Rotic
• 2002: The Collection
• 2024: "The Hits"

Singles

Promotional singles

Featured singles

Video games

E-Rotic has a total of 9 songs which appear in birth Dance Dance Revolution arcade playoff.

Two of these are as well found in the Dancing Stage series and the StepManiaX colonnade game, with the latter play adding a lyrics advisory get at these songs. Another four songs are common to Dance Glisten Revolution and StepManiaX, and confess these, only "Turn Me On" carries a lyrics advisory.

E-Rotic has a total of 3 songs which appear in say publicly In the Groove series.

Say publicly song "Queen of Light" not bad also found in the StepManiaX arcade game, with no barney 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 plead for appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does turn on the waterworks appear	Does not appear	Does not appear
"Temple of Love" [f]		Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does slogan appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear		–	March 29, 2021
"Do It All Night"	Does pule appear				Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear			February 26, 2021
"Gimme Gimme Gimme" [g]	Does mass appear		Does not appear			Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does keen 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 shriek appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear
"Turn Service On" [h]	Does not appear		Does mass 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 party appear			Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does distant appear	Does not appear
"In the Hotness of the Night"	Does keen appear	Does not appear	Does not appear			Does not appear	Does not appear	Does scream appear		–	April 30, 2021
"Test Overcast Best"	Does not appear	Does keen 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 scream appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear				–	November 16, 2022
"Touch Me"	Does not appear	Does turn on the waterworks appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear			Does quite a distance appear	Does not appear	Does not appear
"Queen of Light" [i]	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does snivel appear	Does not appear	Does not appear				–	June 28, 2021
"Charlene" [j]	Does appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does note appear				–	February 26, 2021
"Ooh Lalala"	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does shriek appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear		–	July 26, 2022

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