Members of Mayday

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WestBam, former member of the Members of Mayday
The Mayday in Dortmund (2009)

Members of Mayday was a German music project by the DJ WestBam and the music producer Klaus Jankuhn .

history

WestBam and Jankuhn have been producing the anthem for the annual Mayday techno event since 1991 . Most of the pieces of music followed the motto of the Mayday taking place. The Mayday Anthem and Forward Ever Backward Never were released as solo singles by WestBam in 1992.

In the following years the two producers formed a joint act and called it Members of Mayday. By 2013, 18 singles climbed into the German charts , ten of them made it into the top 20. Probably the most famous piece of the formation was Sonic Empire from 1997, which was at number 1 in Germany, number 15 in Austria , number 7 in the Switzerland and 59th place in Great Britain climbed.

In February 2014, due to irreconcilable differences with the organizer i-Motion, WestBam announced its withdrawal from Mayday and thus the end of the project. The main reasons were human and artistic alienation.

The MAYDAY Masters was launched as a follow-up project and was renamed the Friends of Mayday the following year. WestBam advised the organizers not to tamper with the music of the Members of Mayday.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
1995 Members only DE40 (9 weeks)
DE 		- - -
2001 Anthems of the Decade 1991-2001 DE16 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - -
compilation

More albums

  • 2007: The Anthem Collection 1992–2007 (compilation)
  • 2009: All in One (compilation)
  • 2010: Live Set Dortmund 2010 (8 mp3 files)
  • 2011: Liveset 2011

Singles

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
1994 The religion DE38 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - -
Rave Olympia (Enter the Arena) DE27 (14 weeks)
DE 		- - -
Rave Olympia Live DE33 (9 weeks)
DE 		- - -
We are different DE13 (13 weeks)
DE 		- CH35 (6 weeks)
CH 		-
1995 The Bells of Reformation DE17 (10 weeks)
DE 		- CH35 (4 weeks)
CH 		-
Great DE49 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - -
1996 The Day X DE47 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - -
1997 Sonic Empire DE1
gold
gold

(24 weeks)DE 		AT15 (11 weeks)
AT 		CH7 (14 weeks)
CH 		UK59 (3 weeks)
UK
1998 Save the robots DE38 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - -
1999 Soundtropolis DE14 (11 weeks)
DE 		- - -
2000 Datapop DE42 (6 weeks)
DE 		- CH99 (1 week)
CH 		-
2001 10 in 01 DE16 (10 weeks)
DE 		- CH98 (1 week)
CH 		UK31 (3 weeks)
UK
2002 Culture Flash DE13 (9 weeks)
DE 		- - -
2003 Troopa of Tomorrow DE53 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - -
2004 Team X-treme DE56 (7 weeks)
DE 		- - -
2005 Prototypes DE52 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - -
2006 Worldclub DE75 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - -
2007 New euphoria DE81 (3 weeks)
DE 		- - -

More singles

  • 1993: Religion EP
  • 1996: Live from Mars (as Members of Mars)
  • 1997: Live at the Sonic Empire
  • 2001: Members Mix
  • 2008: Reflect Yourself
  • 2009: Massive Moments
  • 2010: Make My Day
  • 2011: Ravemobil
  • 2012: Perfect Machine
  • 2013: Never Stop

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Westbam increases at Mayday in Dortmund at derwesten.de , accessed on February 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b Westbam leaves Mayday at vice.de , accessed on July 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums DE UK
  4. ↑ a b gold / platinum database DE