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07/02/2017 : Technotronic member Eric Martin will release a single entitled Be featuring singer Lifford. Videoclip was shot in Camden Town (London, UK), directed by Amir Mekkaoui.
MC Eric singles
Our House | 1991 |
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Gain Some Knowledge | 1991 |
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Featurings and collaborations
Technotronic - This Beat Is Technotronic | Apr 1990 |
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Utopia - Lesson In Love | 1994 |
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Sirius - This Is My Life | 13th Jul 1994 |
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Compositions
Technotronic - This Beat Is Technotronic | Apr 1990 |
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Songwriting
Technotronic - This Beat Is Technotronic | Apr 1990 |
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Sirius - This Is My Life | 13th Jul 1994 |
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Aliases - Records released under other names
MC Eric Aka Me One - Before We Get Started |
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MC Eric Aka Me One - Jealous / R U Conscious | 1991 |
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Me One - Old Fashioned | 1999 |
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Me One - Game Plan | 1999 |
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Me One - Frenemy | 1999 |
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Me One - As Far As I’m Concerned (album) | 2000 |
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Me 1 - In My Room | 2000 |
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Me 1 - Still Concerned | 2005 |
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Me 1 - The Last Number | 2012 |
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Eric Martin - Be | 20th Feb 2017 |
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Eric Martin - Retro Flows 83 | 30th Jul 2021 |
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Eric Martin - Believe | 7th Mar 2022 |
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MC Eric biography
DJ, MC, music producer and songwriter Eric Martin was born in Cardiff and raised in Brooklyn. He is the son of an Irish/Hispanic mother born in Kingston, Jamaica and a Black Jamaican Pentecostal minister from Port Antonio. He started his musical carreer as a programmer for Zomba/Jive Records. In 1989 he contributed to Technotronic's first album Pump Up The Jam : he appeared on Pump Up The Jam, Tough, This Beat Is Technotronic, and Wave. He later married Ya Kid K and they have a son together
In 1991, he released 2 solo singles : Jealous / R U Conscious (under the name of Me One) and Gain Some Knowledge. As Me-One, we wrote and produced for Maxi Priest, Capleton, and Jeff Beck among others. He recorded a solo album I Beg Uno Cease Fire which was never released.
During the late 80s, he was member of the Hardrock Concept, alongside MCs Jaffa, Leroy Bishop, DK, 4DEE, and Bubba - rocked jams in Cardiff over the next few years. In 1988, Jaffa and Eric moved to London in search of a record deal and were quickly snapped up by Jive. Honing their talents, they worked alongside label mates the Master Mixers, DJ Crip, DJ Cashmoney, Blade and The She Rockers. After two years in London, Jaffa and Eric went their separate ways.
In 1994, he appeared on Sirius - This Is My Life under the name Eric B.
2000 : he released his first album as Me One, entitled As Far As I’m Concerned
More recently, he did recordings with Gang Starr, Lil Dap and The Roots in New York.
2005 : he released an EP entitled Still Concerned as Me One
2012 : he released a promo single called The Last Number / Who Said under his stage name Me One.
Eric has taught at the London College of Contemporary Music, lectured at Glamorgan University and is currently teaching song-writing techniques for the Amy Winehouse Foundation. He currently gives master classes as 4-hour lyric writing workshop, as well as music production courses.
2017 : as Eric Martin, he released house single Be featuring male vocalist Lifford. He already announced a second release, a collaboration with Shaun Escoffery entitled “Oh.”
No relationship with Erik Aresta from MC Erik & Barbara, nor Erik MEGA Trinkaus.
Thanks to Necronomic
MC Eric biography was last updated Mon, May 31st 2021
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