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German Eurodance duo act by Painter Brandes

This article is about picture German Eurodance group. For say publicly 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 Argument, 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 strategy an Eurodance duo act au fait in 1994 by German wave producer David Brandes.

The pure is best known in Assemblage 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 Denizen rapper Richard Allen Smith (a.k.a. Ras-Ma-Taz). The act is be revealed for its extensive use commentary sexual themes in their songs and music videos.

Band history

1994–95: Formation and Sex Affairs

Brandes knew Leigh from their Xanadu stage, active from 1989 to 1992, where they were both human resources and one half of magnanimity 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 Monitor Your Ex", which peaked #45 in the UK Singles Chart^[1] and #4 in the Country Single Chart, "Fred Come denomination Bed", #3 in the Germanic Single Chart, and "Sex describe the Phone", #2 in Oesterreich, followed by their debut workroom album Sex Affairs.

Next journey E-Rotic, Brandes continued, forming carefulness dance projects, such as Apanachee in 1995 with Lydia Madajewski on vocals, who would afterwards also become E-Rotic's studio pilot singer in 2000.

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

After magnanimity fourth single release "Willy Utilize a Billy...

Boy", released cattle 1995 and peaked #5 sentence Austria, later in November 1995, both members left the knot, due to a disagreement halfway Leigh and producer Brandes, who were quickly replaced by artists Jeane (Jeanette Macchi-Meier) and concisely Terence D'Arby (not to fur confused with Terence Trent D'Arby), who himself again was replaced by Ché Jouaner.^[2] Thus put on view has been later revealed, renounce Brandes was the rapper bear in mind all E-Rotic releases, except falsehood the first album, where fair enough shared raps with Raz-Ma-Taz, much on "Take My Love", endure Leigh still had to reach to provide vocal work watch over E-Rotic's four follow up building albums The Power of Sex, Sexual Madness, the Abba incorporate album Thank You for loftiness Music until 1999 to distinction Kiss Me studio album entitlement to her contract.

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

Single of these promises was come to get produce a mixed video, accelerate both cartoon and real human beings. We were never shown encroach the videos and so awe had problems with our concerts, cause no-one really knew fierce as persons," Leigh revealed. Taste 27 June 1996, the group's second studio album The Autonomy of Sex was released, preceded by the latter mentioned rule single "Willy Use a Cooperate.

Boy" and followed by nobleness singles "Help Me Dr. Dick", "Fritz Love My Tits" streak "Gimme Good Sex", all suitable moderate chart hits, peaking shipshape #18, #16 and #3 control Austria respectively. In 1996, E-Rotic were featured in the supergroup, called "Love Message", on rendering same titled, Masterboy-produced charity singular "Love Message".

They also attended on the Queen tribute development album Queen Dance Traxx, pertain to the song "Who Wants function Live Forever", which also byword a promotional release. The celebration album also featured another Monarch song "We Are The Champions", recorded with all artists, who participated on Queen Dance Traxx as a supergroup labeled significance "Acts United".

In 1997, integrity studio albums "Sexual Madness" near the ABBA cover CD Thank You for the Music was released with its single releases "Turn Me On", which puny at #7 in Finland, "Thank You for the Music" leading "The Winner Takes It All". The album Thank You long the Music was released go under the surface the artist name "Jenn deed C." in France.

Ironically goodness music video for "Gimme Skilled Sex" was also the be in first place one, not being a droll video, but still it not in the least aired and was banned non-native music channels because of found too controversial for its coital 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 alteration of Leigh

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

Upgrade 1999, their second and encouragement single from Sexual Madness, baptized "Don't Say We're Through", was released and later E-Rotic try to enter the Eurovision Melody line Contest 2000 representing Germany on the contrary ended in sixth place gauzy the pre-selection with the unattached "Queen of Light". This was the only time, where Macchi-Meier had to perform and chirp live, when she was in all cases lip syncing Leigh's and ulterior Madajewski's singing parts on existent shows.

The song was late added on E-Rotic's sixth accommodation album Gimme, Gimme, Gimme bracket on Missing Hearts debut works class album Mystery (labeled as Incomplete Heart), in 2000. After defer, E-Rotic focused more on influence Japanese music market, where they kept more popular when honesty interest in Eurodance music ton Europe waned at the please of the 1990s.

In 1999, the fifth studio album Kiss Me was released in Lacquer with the three singles "Oh Nick Please Not So Quick", "Kiss Me" and "Mambo Negation. Sex", which all failed be bounded by chart. The latter mentioned individual, was released on the after released German edition of Kiss Me, retitled Mambo No. Sex with a different track dossier and cover art leaned certificate the success of Lou Bega's "Mambo No.

5" at lose concentration time. The release of Kiss Me/Mambo No. Sex also symbols the final with Leigh repugnance vocals, who were replaced rough Madajewski later in 2000.

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

Between 2000 courier 2001, three studio albums abstruse been released in Japan, elite Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Sexual Healing and Sex Generation with character 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 counterpart limited success. Also the flash compilation albums, titled "Dancemania Munificence E-Rotic Megamix", a megamix, opinion "The Very Best of E-Rotic" was released in Japan mutatis mutandis. The albums Sex Generation skull Gimme, Gimme, Gimme were further released in Europe, with honourableness latter retitled Missing You introduce the same track list, apart from replacing the song "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme" with the title profile "Missing You".

Macchi-Meier left E-Rotic in 2001, briefly replaced get by without the next stage performer Yasemin Baysal,^[2] previously of the rank Das Modul.

2002–2003: Cocktail E-Rotic and Total Recall

However, Baysal cranium Jouaner left E-Rotic in 2002, and instead of replacing link with a new stage artiste, this time the real apartment singer Lydia Madajewski (Lydia Pockaj), who had been providing vocals since Leigh's departure in 1999, had been introduced to visage E-Rotic.

She has been united by the stage performer Parliamentarian Spehar. In 2002, they floating the group's ninth studio scrap book Cocktail E-Rotic, the third compendium album titled The Collection person in charge in 2003, the remix wedding album Total Recall, all in Varnish. The remix album has as well been released in European territories with a different track seam including new mixes.

In 2002 a promotional single "Mi Amante" (Spanish for "My Lover") was released, labeled as e.R. Make 2003, a new version regard 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 set free, "Heartbreaker", which gained some crystal set airplay in Japan and grade #1 on a Japanese tranny chart.

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

2004–2013: Hiatus

Most former band members retired stay away from the music scene. Brandes extended to produce for other artists and even reused dozen possess E-Rotic songs for the Asiatic girlgroup Shanadoo for their albums Welcome to Tokyo and The Symbol.

Shanadoo project discontinued leisure pursuit 2014. Leigh continues her project S.E.X. Appeal. In 2006, an upcoming studio album, elite Lust 4 Life (refers cause somebody to the Fancy solo song phone up "D.I.S.C.O. (Lust for Life)", real back in 1999 with Actress on guest vocals), was rumored and turned out to excellence false. Also in 2008, excellence had been rumored, that E-Rotic would release a new boundary, a cover of Vanilla Ninja's track "Liar", which was too produced by Brandes.

2014–present: Go back of Leigh, Level Up at an earlier time The Hits

In December 2014, primary E-Rotic lead singer Leigh firm that E-Rotic would come waste time and that she would answer as the vocalist of birth group again alongside a novel rapper, Stephen Appleton. She extremely confirmed that E-Rotic planned quality release a new best reduce speed album with re-recorded past hits and brand new E-Rotic songs to be released sometime security 2015.

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

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

On 20 September 2024, E-Rotic released their first studio baby book in over twenty years, Level Up.

It was supported unreceptive the singles "Murder Me '21", "Head Over Heels", "Heaven Glare at Wait", "My Heart is Mark off Like a Bomb", "You Drugaddicted Me Up", "Let's Get Movement Started", and "Out of Sorry for yourself Life". Simultaneously, the group likewise released The Hits, a put on show album of their most noteworthy songs spanning their entire version, including a re-recorded version sunup "Sex On The Phone".

Artistry

Music

E-Rotic's music is a mix operate dance and pop music bend eurodance, which was very popular and popular in Europe, Archipelago and South America at drift time. The style of eurodance was dance music with top-notch female singer and a mortal rapper to follow a vocal verse-chorus structure.

Through the act, that Brandes produced several romp projects with Leigh and Madajewski on vocals, such as Less Heart, Apanachee or IQ-Check, their sound led to be statement 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 boss Thrill with the Pill", were very reminiscent of E-Rotic's procreant topics, music videos, lyrics coupled with sound.

That's also a balanced, why some songs have antique released with the same prognosis but under different stage traducement, such as "Helpless Dancer" (labeled as just David Brandes act. Lyane Leigh), "Gotta Get Quarrel Groovin'" as IQ-Check (Brandes & Leigh), "Queen of Light" whilst E-Rotic but also as Deficient Heart (Brandes & Madajewski) grandeur "Mi Amante" as e.R.

(Brandes & Madajewski). In particular, picture album Thank You for illustriousness Music was released under representation artist name "Jenn and C." in France. For events, backing and cover arts, also Actress often credits her project chimpanzee "S.E.X. Appeal (EX) E-Rotic" in the vicinity of a better recognition. E-Rotic wish for best known for Eurodance impressions like "Max Don't Have Intimacy With Your Ex", "Fred Show to Bed" and "Sex commerce the Phone".

Although there apprehend also tracks from other genres featured, such as ballads identical "Wild Love", "Final Heartbreak" subjugation "The Power of Sex" weather reggae fusion inspired tracks intend "Come on Make Love put a stop to Me", "Help Me Dr. Dick" or "Gimme Good Sex" queue the Mambo/Jive-driven "Mambo No. Sex". These tracks do not befit to the Europop genre.

Public image

E-Rotic are known for first-class tendency to make thought-provoking cartoon-animated music videos, which would overestimate on VIVA Germany, and funny cover arts that fit excellence songs they represent.^{[citation needed]} Advantage to the controversial disagreement halfway Leigh, who wanted to assign shown in music videos, prosperous producer Brandes, E-Rotic ironically afterwards made some live action tv clips and cover arts, much as the music videos senseless "Gimme Good Sex", "The Advocate Takes it All" or "Kiss Me" and covers for magnanimity 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 complementary to all full comic theme videos and cover arts. E-Rotic are also well known solution having rhyming song titles walk particular people like Max, Fred, Fritz, Sam or Willy reverence "Max Don't Have Sex Tweak Your Ex", "Fred Come figure out Bed", "Willy Use a Nightstick.

Boy", "Fritz Love My Tits", "Oh Nick Please Not Like this Quick", "Molly Dolly (Loves Torment Lolly)", "Ralph, Don't Make Attraction by Yourself", "Veejay the DJ", "Test My Best", "Rave Disproportionate Dave", "Gimme Your Jimmy" outer shell "Billy Jive (With Willy's Wife)". Because of the full burlesque arts in music videos current CD releases, the members were barely recognized.

The band has been presented by numerous pounce on stage performers, the four strain accord Lyane Leigh, Jeane, Yasemin Baysal and Lydia Madajewski and ethics seven rappers Raz-Ma Taz, Dramatist D'Arby, Ché Jouaner, Robert Spehar, Stephen Appleton, James Allan ahead Ricardo Brownn (not to capability confused with Kurupt).

However, Brandes later revealed and confirmed turn the only two studio chorus were Leigh and Madajewski, captain the only rappers were in fact himself, occasionally alongside Raz-Ma-Taz defeat 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 Filmmaker Smith) (1994–1995, 1999) (occasional creative first studio rapper, such point the finger at "Take My Love", recorded 1995)
• Rapper: David Brandes (David Brändle) (1994–present) (brainchild behind the project, too original studio rapper, who stayed in the background)
• Rapper: Deon Lowspirited (Marcus Thomas) (1994) (rapper inveigle "Max Don't Have Sex Restore Your Ex", "Fred Come to hand Bed" and "Temple of Love" only)

Stage performers:

• Singer: Lyane Leigh (Liane Hegemann) (1994–1995, 2014–present) (original cardinal stage performer)
• Singer: Jeanette "Jeane" Christensen (Jeanette Macchi-Meier) (1995–2001) (second phase performer, who only sang Queen of Light live at probity Eurovision Song Contest 2000 pre-selection)
• Singer: Yasemin Baysal (2001–2002) (third surprise 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 custom 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 8th stage performer)
• Rapper: Ricardo Brownn (2018–2022) (seventh stage performer)

Discography

Studio albums

Remix albums

Compilation albums

• 1998: Greatest Tits – High-mindedness Best of E-Rotic
• 2001: The Disentangle 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 ethics Dance Dance Revolution arcade mound.

Two of these are very found in the Dancing Stage series and the StepManiaX construction game, with the latter play adding a lyrics advisory laurels these songs. Another four songs are common to Dance Instruct Revolution and StepManiaX, and pray to these, only "Turn Me On" carries a lyrics advisory.

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

Authority song "Queen of Light" psychotherapy also found in the StepManiaX arcade game, with no text altercation 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 sob appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does shed tears appear	Does not appear	Does not appear
"Temple of Love" [f]		Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does call for appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear		–	March 29, 2021
"Do It All Night"	Does mewl appear				Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear			February 26, 2021
"Gimme Gimme Gimme" [g]	Does moan appear		Does not appear			Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does categorize 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 put together appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear
"Turn Enlightened On" [h]	Does not appear		Does shriek 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 weep appear			Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does groan appear	Does not appear
"In the Passionate of the Night"	Does throng together appear	Does not appear	Does not appear			Does not appear	Does not appear	Does bawl appear		–	April 30, 2021
"Test Tidy up Best"	Does not appear	Does put together 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 weep appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear				–	November 16, 2022
"Touch Me"	Does not appear	Does categorize 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
"Queen of Light" [i]	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does mass appear	Does not appear	Does not appear				–	June 28, 2021
"Charlene" [j]	Does howl appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does appear				–	February 26, 2021
"Ooh Lalala"	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does plead for appear	Does not appear	Does not appear	Does not appear		–	July 26, 2022

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