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MC Eric

MC Eric   (UK)

AKA : Eric Martin
EuroDance member
Added : 11/12/2005
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Our House
Gain Some Knowledge
This Beat Is Technotronic
Lesson In Love
This Is My Life
Before We Get Started
Jealous / R U Conscious
Old Fashioned
Game Plan
Frenemy
As Far As I’m Concerned
In My Room
Still Concerned
The Last Number
Be
Retro Flows 83
Believe
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Latest MC Eric news

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.

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MC Eric singles

Our House Our House 1991  
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Gain Some Knowledge Gain Some Knowledge 1991  
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Featurings and collaborations

This Beat Is Technotronic Technotronic - This Beat Is Technotronic Apr 1990  
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Lesson In Love Utopia - Lesson In Love 1994  
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This Is My Life Sirius - This Is My Life 13th Jul 1994  
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Compositions

This Beat Is Technotronic Technotronic - This Beat Is Technotronic Apr 1990  
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Songwriting

This Beat Is Technotronic Technotronic - This Beat Is Technotronic Apr 1990  
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This Is My Life Sirius - This Is My Life 13th Jul 1994  
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Aliases - Records released under other names

Before We Get Started MC Eric Aka Me One - Before We Get Started  
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Jealous / R U Conscious MC Eric Aka Me One - Jealous / R U Conscious 1991  
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Old Fashioned Me One - Old Fashioned 1999  
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Game Plan Me One - Game Plan 1999  
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Frenemy Me One - Frenemy 1999  
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As Far As I’m Concerned Me One - As Far As I’m Concerned (album) 2000  
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In My Room Me 1 - In My Room 2000  
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Still Concerned Me 1 - Still Concerned 2005  
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The Last Number Me 1 - The Last Number 2012  
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Be Eric Martin - Be 20th Feb 2017  
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Retro Flows 83 Eric Martin - Retro Flows 83 30th Jul 2021  
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Believe 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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