Basic element (band)

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Basic element
Basic Element in Falun / Sweden on June 6th, 2009
Basic Element in Falun / Sweden on June 6th, 2009
General information
Genre (s) Eurodance, disco
founding 1992, 2005
resolution 1999
Founding members
u. a. singing
 Peter Thelenius
Keyboard
 Cesar Zamini
singing
 Zetma Prenbo
Current occupation
u. a. singing
 Peter Thelenius
Mathias Olofson
Jonas Wesslander
singing
 Andrea Myra
former members
singing
 Zetma Prenbo
singing
 Marie Fredriksson
Keyboard
 Cesar Zamini

Basic Element is a successful Swedish music band in the Eurodance genre . The group is from Malmö and originally consisted of Peter Thelenius, keyboardist Cesar Zamini and singer Zetma Prenbo. It currently consists of Peter Thelenius, Mathias Olofson, Jonas Wesslander and Andrea Myra.

history

Peter Thelenius and Cesar Zamini founded the group in 1992 and started with Zetma as a singer. In 1993 the record deal with EMI Records was signed and their first single "Move Me" was released. This was followed in 1994 by the Swedish hit “The Promise Man”. The style of music changed over time from the initial hip-hop , in which Thelenius had predominantly taken the role of a rapper.

In 1995 Zetma Prenbo left the band when she became pregnant and she was replaced by Saunet Sparrell. The new album "The Ultimate Ride" has been released. In 1995 Peter and Cesar were divided on the future of the band and Cesar left them. The third album "Star Tracks" followed and the music genre disco was remembered . The band then took a break and Thelenius released a solo album in 1997 called "Peter". In 1998 Basic Element came back with a new album with the original Euro-Dance sound with Marie Fredriksson (not to be confused with the singer from Roxette ) as the new voice.

From 1999 the band took another break, but came back in 2005 with a new edition of their old hit "This must be a dream" from 1995, with Mathias Olofson as a new member of the band. In February 2006 a new single was released with the name "Raise the Gain" and a slightly different sound. On February 7, 2007, Basic Element released their comeback album "The Empire Strikes Back". In 2007 Marie Fredriksson is replaced by Andrea Myra as singer.

Well-known songs in Germany include “To You”, “Feelings” and “The Bitch”.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
SE SE FI FI
1994 Basic injection SE5 (13 weeks)
SE 		-
1995 The Ultimate Ride SE10 (10 weeks)
SE 		-
1996 Star Tracks SE40 (1 week)
SE 		FI20 (6 weeks)
FI
1998 The Earthquake - FI18 (6 weeks)
FI
2007 The Empire Strikes Back - FI20 (2 weeks)
FI

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

  • 2008: The Truth

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK SE SE FI FI
1993 The Promise Man
Basic Injection 		- SE3 (16 weeks)
SE 		-
1994 Touch
Basic Injection 		UK92 (1 week)
UK 		SE3 (11 weeks)
SE 		-
Leave It Behind
Basic Injection 		- SE11 (7 weeks)
SE 		-
1995 The Ride
The Ultimate Ride 		- SE2 (12 weeks)
SE 		-
The Fiddle
The Ultimate Ride 		- SE5 (10 weeks)
SE 		-
This Must Be A Dream
The Ultimate Ride 		- SE10 (10 weeks)
SE 		-
Queen of Love
The Ultimate Ride 		- SE27 (4 weeks)
SE 		FI13 (1 week)
FI
1996 Shame
Star Tracks 		- SE23 (7 weeks)
SE 		FI8 (4 weeks)
FI
Rule Your World
Star Tracks 		- - FI10 (2 weeks)
FI
1998 Rok The World
The Earthquake 		- SE13 (6 weeks)
SE 		-
2005 This Must Be A Dream 2005
 - SE7 (9 weeks)
SE 		-
2006 Raise the Gain
The Empire Strikes Back 		- SE35 (3 weeks)
SE 		-
I'll Never Let You Know
The Empire Strikes Back 		- SE5 (8 weeks)
SE 		FI7 (2 weeks)
FI
2008 Touch You Right Now
The Truth 		- SE10 (21 weeks)
SE 		-

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More singles

  • 1993: Move Me
  • 1996: Heaven Can't Wait Just For Love
  • 1999: Love 4 Real
  • 1999: Earthquake (promo single)
  • 2007: To You
  • 2008: Feelings
  • 2009: The Bitch
  • 2009: Not With You
  • 2009: To You
  • 2010: Got U Screaming
  • 2011: Turn Me On
  • 2012: Shades (feat Max C & TAZ)
  • 2014: Someone Out There (feat.Taz)
  • 2016: Good To You (feat.Dr. Alban)

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK SE FI

Web links

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