Technotronic
| Technotronic | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Hip House , New Beat , Eurodance |
| founding | 1989, 2009 (with the original cast Ya Kid K & MC Eric) |
| resolution | 2002 |
| Website | http://www.myspace.com/theoriginaltechnotronic |
| Founding members | |
producer |
Jo Bogaert alias Thomas de Quincey |
producer |
Patrick DeMeyer |
| Current occupation | |
producer |
Jo Bogaert |
producer |
Patrick DeMeyer |
singing |
Manuela "Ya Kid K" Kamosi |
| Other participants | |
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Technotronic is a band from Brussels , consisting of the Belgian producers Jo Bogaert and Patrick DeMeyer , with their tracks Pump Up the Jam , Get Up! Which are influenced by hip house , new beat and partly EBM . and This Beat is Technotronic celebrated its greatest successes between 1989 and 1990. The permanent members also included Ya Kid K , who mostly took over the vocals and was partly involved in the production of the songs.
history
Beginning
Technotronic was founded in March 1989 under the name The Pro 24’s by the Belgian Jo Bogaert alias Thomas de Quincey, who celebrated some successes in the mid-1980s as the keyboardist of the new wave band White Light and at times worked as Hi-NRG - and New Beat producer made a name for itself ( Nux Nemo , 4 for 4 , Tunq , Acts of Madmen ). Influenced by the Chicago house musician Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, he designed the Technotronic concept in 1989.
The first single "Pump Up the Jam", released in the summer of 1989, was a hip-house song with EBM synth bass sequences , which was originally conceived as an instrumental house number and was based on Farley Jackmaster Funk's "The Acid Life “Oriented, but produced by Patrick DeMeyer (he owns the copyrights for the song now). With the later-played song of from Zaire coming rapper Ya Kid K the song to a worldwide chart success was. In Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Great Britain and the USA it reached second place in the charts; in Europe, the path to the top of the charts was only prevented by Kaoma's late summer hit Lambada . In total, Pump Up the Jam has sold more than 3.5 million times.
As Bogaert fell out with his singer shortly after the recording, he hired the photo model Felly as the face of the project. She not only appeared in the music video for the single, but was even listed as a featured artist in the booklet of the single as a singer. After Ya Kid K and Bogaert, who in the meantime had given up his pseudonym Thomas de Quincey (originally the name of a British writer), found each other again, the rapper became popular in early 1990 with the title Get Up! (Before the Night is over) then also listed as a featured artist . This second single was also a worldwide success, as was the successor This Beat is Technotronic , on which the Welsh rapper MC Eric contributed the spoken vocals.
Change of style
From the spring of 1991, Technotronic gradually turned to Eurodance , a genre that they had partly helped to shape themselves, and continued to release others throughout the 1990s with several guest singers (Reggie, Melissa, Einstein, Black Diamond, Daisy Dee, DONS) Singles that, with the exception of Move That Body (1991), Work (1991), Money Makes the World Go Round (1992), Move This (1992) and Move it to the Rhythm (1995), did not share their early successes outside of Belgium could tie in. In the US Billboard dance charts, however, a. I Want You by My Side (1996), The G-Train and Like This 2000 in the top 20.
At the end of 2000, Jo Bogaert returned to the studio with Ya Kid K for The Mariachi , which was number 1 on the charts in Mexico . On the album Recall (1995) Daisy Dee can be heard several times as a guest singer. This was already known in 1990 with its cover version of This Beat is Technotronic .
Pump Up the Jam is now widely regarded as one of the pioneers of the Eurodance genre. A remix made it into many European charts again in 2005.
After Technotronic withdrew from the music industry in 2002, they appeared again in 2005 with the original line-up of Ya Kid K as a featured artist in several well-known dance projects, such as DONS feat. Technotronic , Global Deejays feat. Technotronic
At the moment, the meanwhile married Ya Kid K and MC Eric still appear sporadically as Technotronic on the occasion of the 20th anniversary (1989–2009). Sometimes they present new versions and unofficial new titles. According to Bogaert, new titles were not currently planned for publication (status: autumn 2010), but are not excluded (status: 2013).
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
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| 1989 | Pump Up the Jam - The Album |
DE10 (27 weeks) DE |
AT3 (23 weeks) AT |
CH4 (22 weeks) CH |
UK2  (44 weeks)UK |
US10 (55 weeks)US |
R&B23 (30 weeks) R&B |
First published: November 7th 1989
Producer: Jo Bogaert |
| 1990 | Trip on This - The Remixes | - | - | - |
UK7th  (14 weeks)UK |
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First published: September 18, 1990
with Hi Tek 3 , Producer: Jo Bogaert |
| 1991 | Body to body |
DE42 (11 weeks) DE |
AT25 (6 weeks) AT |
CH17 (7 weeks) CH |
UK27 (4 weeks) UK |
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First published: June 3rd, 1991
Producer: Jo Bogaert |
More studio albums
- 1995: Recall (release: October 9th)
Compilations
- 1993: The Greatest Hits (released October 25th)
- 1997: This Beat Is Technotronic - Hits & Mixes (released May 19)
- 1999: Back to Back (release: August 17th)
- 2000: Pump Up the Hits (release: April 4th)
- 2006: Greatest Remix Hits (out April 24th)
- 2012: Best Of (release: March 2nd)
Singles
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Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1989 |
Pump Up the Jam Pump Up the Jam - The Album |
DE2 (30 weeks) DE |
AT2 (24 weeks) AT |
CH2 (27 weeks) CH |
UK2  (15 weeks)UK |
US2 (24 weeks)US |
R&B10 (17 weeks) R&B |
Dance44 (1 week) Dance |
First published: August 4th 1989
feat. Felly, authors: Manuela Kamosi, Jo Bogaert |
| 1990 | Get up! (Before the Night Is Over) Pump Up the Jam - The Album |
DE2 (18 weeks) DE |
AT2 (15 weeks) AT |
CH1 (17 weeks) CH |
UK2 (10 weeks)UK |
US7th (20 weeks)US |
R&B27 (12 weeks) R&B |
Dance2 (12 weeks) Dance |
First published: January 8, 1990
feat. Ya Kid K , authors: Manuela Kamosi, Jo Bogaert contains a quote from Sex Machine by James Brown , 1970 |
| This Beat Is Technotronic Pump Up the Jam - The Album |
DE10 (16 weeks) DE |
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CH8 (10 weeks) CH |
UK14 (7 weeks) UK |
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Dance3 (10 weeks) Dance |
First published: February 15, 1990
feat. MC Eric Authors: Eric Martin, Jo Bogaert |
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| Rockin 'Over the Beat Pump Up the Jam - The Album |
DE18 (12 weeks) DE |
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CH10 (11 weeks) CH |
UK9 (9 weeks) UK |
US95 (3 weeks) US |
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First release: July 2nd, 1990
feat. Ya Kid K Authors: Manuela Kamosi, Jo Bogaert |
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| Megamix Trip on This - The Remixes |
DE9 (18 weeks) DE |
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CH7 (16 weeks) CH |
UK6 (8 weeks) UK |
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First published: July 23, 1990
Mix: Mastermixers Unity, Rap: MC Eric |
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| Turn It Up Trip on This - The Remixes |
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UK42 (4 weeks) UK |
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| 1991 | Move That Body Body to Body |
DE19 (13 weeks) DE |
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CH10 (10 weeks) CH |
UK12 (7 weeks) UK |
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First published: May 13, 1991
feat. Reggie Author: Réjane Magloire aka Reggie |
| Work body to body |
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CH24 (2 weeks) CH |
UK40 (4 weeks) UK |
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First published: July 21, 1991
feat. Reggie Authors: Réjane Magloire, Jo Bogaert, Patrick de Meyer |
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| 1992 | Move This The Greatest Hits |
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US6 (23 weeks) US |
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First release: May 30, 1992
feat. Ya Kid K Authors: Manuela Kamosi, Jo Bogaert |
| 1995 | Move It to the Rhythm Recall |
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US83 (7 weeks) US |
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Dance3 (15 weeks) Dance |
First published: March 24, 1995
feat. Ya Kid K Authors: Manuela Kamosi, Jo Bogaert, Patrick de Meyer |
| 1996 | Pump Up the Jam '96 |
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UK36 (2 weeks) UK |
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First release: December 2nd, 1996
feat. Felly; Vocals: Ya Kid K Remixes: Tin Tin Out, Sol Brothers |
| 1998 | Pump up the jam |
DE25 (14 weeks) DE |
AT34 (3 weeks) AT |
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| Get Up (The '98 Sequel) |
DE91 (2 weeks) DE |
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First release: October 1998
Remixes: A-Team, Dezign, Pulsar, Dancing Divaz |
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| 2005 | Pump Up the Jam 2005 |
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UK22 (5 weeks) UK |
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More singles
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Cover versions
In Germany, Werner Important made it to the German beer tents in the summer of 1990 with the linguistically heavily modified version Pump ab das Bier and - in contrast to the original - also to the top of the German single charts. A far less successful version called Kebab (Now Coming Maradona) covered the hit Get Up! (Before the night is over) .
swell
- ↑ Facts and Plates
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US1 US2
- ↑ a b Gold / Platinum databases: UK US
Web links
- Technotronic at Allmusic (English)
- Technotronic at Discogs (English)
- Jo Bogaert alias Thomas de Quincey at Allmusic (English)
- Singles Discography on 45cat.com
- Discography on rateyourmusic.com
- chartsurfer.de
- officialcharts.com