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Blow Up Records had two dance music projects, both vocalised by Melanie Thornton : La Bouche with the raps of Lane McCray Jr. and Le Click, with the Caribbean Michael Romeo. The songs Sweet Dreams and Tonight Is The Night were released practically together, and Melanie would continue in the group which songwould become most successful. Bad luck for Romeo... But Tonight Is The Night is a very good song, and it's still having massive airplay in USA. So the label decided to revive the project, now with a new formation : Kayo Shekoni in the vocals and Robert Haynes doing the raps.

The second single was entitled Call Me. The versions released in UK and in the USA strongly differed from each other. The American version in same style than Culture Beat Inside Out. UK Airplay version was a real eurodance song.

Produced by German dance auteurs Amir Saraf and Ulli Brenner (the pair behind La Bouche's clubland smashes Sweet Dreams and Be My Lover), with songwriting contributions by Nosie Katzmann, this debut album is state of the art dance-pop, a seamless amalgam of Moroder/Summer-era disco, street-edged hip-hop, house, synthpop and electronics. Call Me Le Click's current single, pits Kayo's seductive soprano with a guest appearanceby Robert Haynes' sing-song rap with a throbbing Europop pulse that sweeps the dance floor in a cathartic epiphany: 'I will be there for you/ if you need someone'. Maria Lucia Lozanes, who would later become Captain Jack's vocalist, did the backing vocals.

Le Click featuring Kayo's debut album has its share of dance-floor hits, but, according to Kayo, "You can listen to the songs at home." "It's not just a club album!" Whether it's the acoustic flamenco guitar on Don't Go, or the pealing church bells on I'm In Trouble, the wide-screen strings on Heaven's Got To Be Better, the sultry soul of Come Into My World or the dance-trance electropop of Something To Dream Of, this lush album is not just your standard toot-toot/beep-beep plastic beats.

"The most important thing for me is to do something that makes me very happy," says Kayo, who has starred in movies in Sweden and co-hosted a popular Swedish game show, but insists for now she will concentrate on one thing at a time. 'To go out and see the world through my music.' With a mixed background to match her melting pop musical sensibility of techno, R&B, soul and disco, Kayo has embraced her heritage whole-heartedly. 'It might sound a little mushy, but sometimes I feel that people like me can work as a bridge between two cultures and different musical styles."

When Kayo and Robert Haynes came to US for promoting their single, Robert disappeared for three days without anybody knowing what had happened. It turned out that he has been arrested because of old unpaid taxes, and Kayo feared that this was the end of Le Click. But the record-company asked Kayo if she wanted to go out and promote Tonight Is The Night by her own...

1997 : their last single to be released was Heaven's Got To Be Better, but it was not very succesful.

2002 : after 5 years of silence, Le Click was said to be back with a new album entitled In Shock 2002. Kayo Shekoni is still a part of the project, with a new partner called Sammuel De Rodas. Actually, the release of this new album has never been confirmed, probably it was only a hoax

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Thanks to Denis "DJ Hooligan" Zhabkin
Known for : Tonight Is The Night, Call Me, Don't Go...
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Le Voyage is a co-production of Amir Saraf, more well-known for projects such as La Bouche with the producers Wagenknecht and Misar (who is none other than Mike Staab). The vocals were done by Deidra A Martin-Jones.
Known for : I Need A Love
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Love Is A Shield was a cover of the Camouflage single, already covered by Cabballero. It was written by Maik, Oliver Kreyssig & Markus Meyn / Blue Box, produced by Cairo Summer & E.B. Nitt
Known for : Love Is A Shield
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Leeza B used to be a soul singer. Take Your Time was featured on the compilation Italo Strikes Back vol.2 in 1998. Wave Of Light was released in 1995 under Intercord, distributed by EMI, licensed under Dig It in Italy. It was produced by Detlef Hastik and Ralph Fritsch, co-produced by Peter Valter.
Known for : Wave Of Light, Take Your Time...
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Their single is a cover of Modern Talking's hit You're My Heart You're My Soul, released by Dieter Bohlen himself ! Cause You're Young was released under Contraseña label.
Known for : You're My Heart, Cause You Are Young...
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Real name : Liane Hegemann.
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Steven Levis started his carreer back in 1992 with the release of the first single Brainreaction EP under the label Abfahrt-Records from the Darmstadt DJ and Producer Torsten Fenslau . The same year he produced Dark AT's single Was Guckst Du Lan and the famous Blackbuster megamixes. In 1993, together with Nosie Katzmann he composed the songs Mr Vain and The Hurt, and Tosten Fenslau recorded them with the group Culture Beat . After that Steven Levis worked as a co-Producer for a number of artists : Clubfish, Natascha Wright , Vanilla, Skywalker, Steven Levis Project and Randell. Steven was also co-author for the following songs : Love Is The Price for DJ Bobo , King Of The World by Loft , Keep Me In Mind by Nina , Freaky Flow by Ice MC , Who Wants To Be Your Lover by Jimmy James, It's Over for Tiggy and Dance The Night Away by Pyromaniacs.
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Linda was featured on In-motion Hold Me and on Magic Vision You're Breaking My Heart.

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German producer and songwriter Volker Lindner contributed to many eurodance projects such as Future Beat, Plastic Age, Latex, JAP Davis, Magic Vision. He also took part to Da Skizzo and Paco, and to eurorap project Downlow.
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You Drive Me Crazy featured raps by MC Paige and uncredited vocals by Franca Morgano. It was produced, written and composed by Lee Yorke (Norbert Kreuzer) and Rick Layne (Abraham Lin).
Known for : You Drive Me Crazy
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Label : EAMS. The single It's A Miracle was writted, composed, mixed and produced by Dominique Lee for Lee Entertainment, who also released a solo single in 1991 entitled Good Time.
Known for : It's A Miracle
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Liquid was a German project from Berlin. The song Like A Machine was written, produced and mixed by K. Böös/S. Contempi. Vocals were done by Vincent and Flower. Machine Mix was done by Pierre Jerksten.
Known for : Like A Machine
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The single was released under Max Music Germany / Edel productions. Message On Air was written by Cedrik Bradley and Terrence Allen Darby, producer and composed by Julian Feifel and Patrick Magnet (who also produced Sub Zero - Legalize).
Known for : Message On Air
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Loft stands for 'Live Our Fathers' Teaching'. The members are the Jamaican rappers Courtney Dean St Patrick Williams and Richard Wayne Williams, aka Ranking Richie, and various vocalists, including Lori Glori Gina Mohammed, Sandra Steinborn and Kim Sanders. Produced by DMP (Michael Eisele and Dietmar Stehle), Loft makes a very upbeat sound, varying from eurodance to what is called euro-reggae (an electronic reggae style, done by European groups like Ace Of Base, for instance).
Known for : Summer Summer Summer, Hold On, Love Is Magic...
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This label released singles for the projects Clubzone, Dr Alban, La Bouche, Le Click, Regina, Scatman in the US.
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This German project features the voice of Jennifer Romero and the raps of Cool'n'Cat. The single Holiday was produced by Kai Dalpke, Andreas "Schnippes" Hermann and Bertram Sieper. It was composed and written by Andreas "Schnippes" Hermann and Bertram Sieper, published by edition Daam / Arabella Muskverlab GmbH, distributed by WEA Music.
Known for : Holiday
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Lona Dee is a German project of the company Edel Records built around actress and vocalist Isabel Florido. The producer and musical team around this track included Frank Bülow (who also contributed to some tracks of ATC, Culture Beat and Nina), Bernd Breiter and Rainer Kempf.
Known for : Memories
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This project features feat the champion skater Katarina Witt, Melanie Thornton, Joan Faulkner & Linda Rocco. The single was composed by Dehm, Walger and Wilder, wirtten by Dehm, produced by Frank Farian, recorded in Far Studios.
Known for : Skate With Me
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