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Past news history for year 2002

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December

 
Dec
29
2002

Mr President are back ! A new album (Love, Peace & Sunshine) and a new single (Love, Sex & Sunshine) are planned for February 2003. Lazy D and Lady Danii are still a part of the project. T-Seven has been replaced by a new vocalist called Myra. Mr President will appear on the German TV-channel SR/SWR Südwest Fernsehen on the 1st of.January 2003, at 14:40.


Sqeezer released their new single, called 3 Times. You can listen to it on the Official website (thanks to Ivan).


Plavka, former vocalist for Jam & Spoon, released a single with the project Mistral called Your Everything.

 
Dec
23
2002

E-Rotic will perform live on the German TV-channel RTL 2 on the 6th of January 2003, on the stage of Après-ski Hits (thanks to ReBel).

 
Dec
16
2002

Amber released a new single called Anyway (Men Are From Mars).

 
Dec
9
2002

A cover of Captain Hollywood's hit More And More was released by Alex Butcher.

 
Dec
2
2002

Rednex released a single entitled Cotton Eye Joe 2002, it's a remix of their 1994 hit Cotton Eye Joe. It features remixes by Dance Nation and Aquagen (thanks to Denis "DJ Hooligan" Zhabkin and Dance Artist Info).


Ian van Dahl won the BBC Top Of The Pops award, category "Top dance".


Noemi released a remixes CD of her single When Angels Kiss. (thanks to Denis "DJ Hooligan" Zhabkin).

 

November

 
Nov
24
2002

Kelly Llorenna (one of N-Trance vocalists) has released a single called Heart of Gold and it's taken from her debut album All Clubbed Up, out on he 25th November (thanks to Dance Artist Info).


JK will release a new single soon. It's called Hit My Heart. (thanks to Whigfield Online).


CB Milton released a new single called Friendly Morning Sky.


A remixes vinyl was released for Ian Van Dahl single Try (thanks to Denis DJ Hooligan" Zhabkin).


Alexia was nominated to the "Italian Music Awards" (broadcasted on the Rai 2 on the 2nd December). Her next single to be released in Italy is entitled Hasta La Vista Baby (thanks to Alexia Forever).


Captain Jack's new single is planned for release in February 2003 : it will be called Centerfold, a cover form an old song. (thanks to Captain Jack Peace Camp website).


Sad news : Cool James from Cool James & Black Teacher died in a carcrash in Tanzania in the mid August 2002. (thanks to Martin Ström).

 
Nov
17
2002

Indra could release a new single called Movie Star.

La Bouche will release a single on November 25th, for the first anniversary of the eurodance diva Melanie Thornton. Entitled In Your Life, it was an unreleased song composed by Melanie Thornton, It also includes a B-side called Take Me 2 Heaven 2 Night. There will be a video and a best of album along with the single (thanks to Casper Janssen and Dance Artist Infos).

Tess is back. Her voice is featured by the SM-Trax project, and the single will be released in Germany very soon. (thanks to Eurogroover and Dance Artist Infos).


X-Perience's new single is called It's A Sin and is should be released on November 4th. (thanks to Nolimits).

The 49ers' new single will be entitled Heart Escape. It will include some Mario Piu, Club and Cappella Remixes (thanks to Marlon Treep and Dance Artist Infos).


The new ATB single should be called I Wanna Cry. (thanks to Nolimits).


Amber released a new single called Anyway (thanks to Scott Kim).

 
Nov
11
2002

DJ Bobo's new single will be entitled I Believe (thanks to DJ Sokol).


Rimini Project released their new album called Heartbeat (thanks to Felix).


News about Basic Element : the new vocalist of the project is called Sabina, the record companies they signed with is Zomba (Holland), Stockholm Records and Minnestry of sound (England) (thanks to Yef and Dancing City).


Masterboy will appear 16th November 2002 in Leipzig at Radio Jump Festival (thanks to Masterboy Online).


Fun Factory are back ! They released an album entitled ABC Of Music in Japan (thanks to Yassine).


La Luna's next single will be entitled Fallin'.


Milk Inc just released a new single called Breathe Without You.


The third single of Lasgo is out now : entitled Pray, it was released on the 22th October.


The new single of Ian Van Dahl is entitled Try.

 
Nov
4
2002

Masterboy I Need A Lover climbed to #18 of German DJ top 200 (thanks to Denis "DJ Hooligan" Zhabkin).


The Soundlovers released a new single called We Wanna Party.


The Swedish eurodance project Basic Element could be back ! According to rumors, they signed contracts with 3 labels and currently work on new "hot dance" tracks, as they qualify them. There would be a new female vocalist too (thanks to Yef).

 

October

 
Oct
30
2002

Taleesa released a new single with De La Cruz. It is entitled There's No Right (thanks to Sergio).

 
Oct
20
2002

Divas of Dance were asked to perform at the opening show of Holiday On Ice in the Netherlands. Unfortunately for the fans this show is a private party after the ice show...

 
Oct
13
2002

DJ Sammy's new single is called The Boys Of Summer (thanks to DJ Baboon).

The first Black Box fansite has just open ! It gathers all infos about the Italian project and all the related projects created by their producers.

Cappella could be back for good, this time with a real new single, not only a remix (Dance Artist Infos).


Snap's latest single is Rhythm is a Dancer 2002.


Nancy Rentzsch-Baumann (DJ Bobo's wife) gave birth to a little boy called Jamiro René. You can also discover 5 new songs from DJ Bobo's forthcoming album Visions on his official website. Nothing eurodance so far, unfortunately...


Are you interested in music videos ? There is a new Music Videos Ripping Crew called Generation-X-SVCD that releases Italo/Euro/Russian dance and pop music videos in SVCD and XSVCD format. You can download them from their file servers on IRC, EFnet, channel #gxsvcd.

 
Oct
6
2002

Brooklyn Bounce released their new single called Bring It Back.


Noemi's next single will be entitled When Angels Kiss, planned for November (thanks to nolimits).


The new DJ BoBo single should be called Visions. The new studio album of DJ BoBo is planned for February 2003 (thanks to DJ Sokol).

 

September

 
Sep
22
2002

Masterboy's long awaited new single I Need A Lover will be released on the 29th September (thanks to Rico).


One still don't know wether the new Lasgo single will be I Wonder or Pray, but its worldwide release is set for the 14th of October (thanks to Felix and Dancevibes Belgium).


Zippora released her new single Time Has Stood Still.

 
Sep
16
2002

DJ Bobo released a new single in Spain entitled Chihuahua and it is doing very well in the charts.

 
Sep
8
2002

Captain Jack released a new single entitled Give It Up.

 
Sep
1
2002

From September the broadcast Planète Eurodance will take place on Tuesday 9 PM and Thursday 1 PM. It will be preceeded by Eurodance Hits, a broadcast of Guigui dedicated to eurodance classical hits.


Tania Evans released a house-style single entitled The Strength (To Carry On).


Sash! will release a new single called Run featuring Boy George on September 26th and the remix edition will be released on October 10th.


Cappella has now released U Got 2 Know 2002 officially (thanks to DJ Hooligan).


The next Whigfield single will be a double-a-side single including Amazing & Beautiful and My My. It will be released in Germany in September/October 2002 (WHIGFIELD Online Germany).

 

August

 
Aug
25
2002

I took pictures of Alexia's appearance in the broadcast Dolce Italia TV on France 2 (see on Alexia Forever website).


Fragma released a promo-CD called Time And Time Again (thanks to Denis "DJ Hooligan" Zhabkin).


Natascha Hagen's new single is out. It is entitled Hero and it's a very nice eurotrance track.


Radiorama released a new single called Heaven.

 
Aug
20
2002

Alexia will appear on a show broadcasted on the French channel France 2, on thursday 22nd, 20h50.


The Divas of Dance official website is open.


Des'ray from 2 Brothers has gone solo with a project called Soul Made Music.

 
Aug
11
2002

DJ Aligator released a track featuring the voice of Dr Alban : I Like To Move It, the cover of the Real 2 Reel hit.

 
Aug
6
2002

A trance cover of Playahitty's greatest hit The Summer Is Magic was released, under the name of Playahitty feat Sasha De Vrie (thanks to pim).

Duke Fleed Eurodance is back with some great new tunes for you...


Please help us obtaining the release of Alexia's future international album in France. Click here to sign the petition...

 

July

 
Jul
29
2002

Rumors said that Maxx was back with a new album entitled Long Time Ago but this proved to be a hoax. The album was said to have been released in February 2002 by Sony in Germany. It contained 14 songs, produced by the Bermann Brothers, David Brunner and the project's ex-rapper Gary Bokoe (thanks to EuroBoy)

Duke Fleed Eurodance is back with some great new tunes for you...

 
Jul
22
2002

Captain Jack's new single is entitled Give It Up

 
Jul
14
2002

Cappella could release their long-awaited new single soon. A whitelabel (12 vinyl record with several mixes, but without the official artist name) has already released by Media Records. It is called U Got 2 Know 2002... (thanks to Dance Artist Infos).


You can listen to a sample of one of E-rotic's forthcoming album's track Rave Me Dave (on which we can hear they have a new rapper too !) on Bros Music website (section Specials).

 
Jul
9
2002

You can listen to a sample of E-rotic's forthcoming single Max Don't Have Sex 2002 on Bros Music website.

 
Jul
1
2002

Amber released a new single called Need To Be Naked, from the forthcoming album Naked planned for August (thanks to Dance Artist Infos and Denis "DJ Hooligan" Zhabkin).


Alexia was on Hit Machine last saturday, on the French channel M6. If anyone recorded and encoded it, I would be very interested in getting the video cause I totally missed the broadcast !

 

June

 
Jun
23
2002

After the beautiful track Africa, the follow-up single of E-type will be Banca Banca, a latino track, out on June 24th.


Whigfield already re-released her new single Gotta Getcha with 2 new versions.

 
Jun
16
2002

666 released a new single called Rhythm Takes Control. It's a cover of Activate's hit (thanks to Pim).


Alexia's new single is entitled Non Lasciarmi Mai. The next one will be entitled Don't You Know (the English version of Dimmi Come) and should be released in many countries, including France.

 
Jun
11
2002

Di Bronx & Natali just released their long-awaited new album, entitled Potomu Shto (Because) (thanks to Yef and Viktor).

 
Jun
4
2002

Sash! is back with a new single that will be entitled Ganbareh (thanks to nolimits).


Blank and Jones' new single will be named Watching The Waves.


Rozalla teamed up with the German dance act Aquagen to reinterpret her biggest hit Everybody's Free (thanks to Lucas and nolimits).


Eiffel 65 are back with a new single called Cosa Resterá (In A Song) (thanks to David Hurt).

 

May

 
May
28
2002

You can discover 2 exclusive samples from the forthcoming new album of E-rotic on E-roticsound (section Specials).

 
May
20
2002

the next ATC single will be entitled Set Me Free, the release date is 3rd of June (thanks to DJ Baboon).

 
May
13
2002

Fragma has released a new single entitled Embrace Me (thanks to nolimits).

 
May
6
2002

Every thursday, 10 PM (Paris time) Planet Eurodance (on Puls radio) will broadcast a playlist by KDJ (second diffusion every sunday, 4 PM).

Modern Talking released a new single entitled Juliet.

DJ Dado released a single vs Nina (NOT Nina Gerhart), entitled One & Only (thanks to Denis DJ Hooligan" Zhabkin).

Sad news for Missing Heart fans : David Brandes announced that there would not be any other release for this project in the future (thanks to Chris).

The next single to be released by Brooklyn Bounce is entitled Loud & Proud, planned for June (thanks to Dance artist info).

 

April

 
Apr
30
2002

Me & My are back ! The sisters recorded together with Nicole, a Danish artist, a latino-dance track entitled Te Quiero.


Le Click (still featuring Kayo Shekoni) were said to have released an album entitled In Shock 2002 but this proved later to be a hoax.

 
Apr
23
2002

Rollergirl's new single is called Geisha Dreams.


Scooter's new single Nessaja already peaked #1 in Germany.


Milk Inc's new single Sleepwalker was released yesterday.

 
Apr
18
2002

DJ Dado released a 2002 version of his hit X-Files Theme

 
Apr
9
2002

Caramell's new single will be entitled Allra Bästa Vänner (meaning "very best friends" in Swedish)

 
Apr
4
2002

Scooter's new single is entitled Nessaja. It is inspired from a German song taken from the Tabaluga Oder Die Reise Zur Vernunft Musical.

 

March

 
Mar
25
2002

E-type released his brand new single Africa this week (thanks to Yef and Felix).


Rimini Project's new release is called To Be Or Not To Be (thanks to Yef and Felix).


DJ Bobo's new single Celebration (a cover of Kool and the Gang's classic) is now available (thanks to Yef and Felix).

 
Mar
19
2002

Alexia released her new album, simply entitled... Alexia

 
Mar
12
2002

Fred's Dance Web Site closed ! One of the oldest and greatest Eurodance site shut down last week. There remains a hope it will re-open one day. Maybe if you send Fred a little mail to tell him how much you miss his site :-)


Haddaway released a new single entitled Love Makes (which does not seem to be included on his last album) (thanks to Nolimits).

Zhi-Vago is back with Celebrate the Love 2002 (thanks to Eurodance N Other Stuff).

 
Mar
5
2002

Alexia will release her new single Dimme Como on the 6th of March in Italy (thanks to Anthony, webmaster of The Power Of Alexia !). This single is in Italian language.

 

February

 
Feb
25
2002

Zhi-Vago is back with the single Celebrate The Love 2002 , revisiting his hit. Out today !

 
Feb
19
2002

hot news about Imperio ! According to EAMS record company, they are back with new faces and a new single is being recorded... Let's hope this time it will be for good !


Datura are back too, with a brand new single entitled Will Be One (thanks to Selena Valeria Giannobi).

 
Feb
13
2002

Modern Talking's new single is entitled Ready For The Victory.

 
Feb
6
2002

After Nicky French, Radiorama covered the Bonnie Tyler hit Total Eclipse Of The Heart (Feb 2002)


After E-rotic, Wildside covered the Abba hit The Winner Takes It All

 

January

 
Jan
30
2002

Datura's new single is entitled Will Be One

 
Jan
21
2002

Solid Base's new album is entitled In Action

 
Jan
14
2002

DJ Miko will release a cover of the hit Forever Young

 
Jan
7
2002

Today, N-Trance released the single Set You Free 2002

 

 

 

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