Loft (group)

Loft was a German electronic music group who had a number of hit singles in the 1990s, including "Summer Summer", "Hold On", "Love Is Magic", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Mallorca" and "Wake the World".

This article is about the German band. For the British group, see The Loft (British band). For the Danish group, see The Loft (Danish band). For other uses, see Loft (disambiguation).
Loft
OriginHamburg, Germany
GenresEurodance, reggae fusion
Years active1994-1999
Past membersChristiane Eiben
Courtney Williams
Cyborg DMP GmbH
Gina Mohammed
Kim Sanders
Lori Glori
Richard Williams
Sandra Steinborn

History

The brothers Courtney and Richard Williams, who came from Kingston (Jamaica), founded Loft in 1993. The two rappers were supported by singers Lori Glori, Gina Mohammed, Sandra Steinborn, Kim Sanders and Sue (pseudonym: Suzie Electric). The producers of the project were Michael Eisele and Dietmar Stehle (DMP). Loft designated their music as "roots rock reggae".

Their first single was 1993 "Summer Summer" and became a hit in Europe. Their second single "Hold On" featured vocals from Kim Sanders and was a dance hit in Canada. In April 1994, the debut album Wake the World was released. The second album, Future World was released in May 1995 with vocals provided by Sandra Steinborn and Christiane Eiben. Two more singles were released in 1996, "Mallorca" and "Long John Silver" after which the group decided to take a break.

After five years, the group made a comeback and released the single "Summer Summer (Recall)" in 2003, followed by others.

In November 2019, Loft made a comeback in Mannheim, Germany by performing at the "90's Festival". They announced that singer-songwriter Rosalina Biolan(known as "Rossalina") is their new group member.

Discography

Studio albums
Title Details Peak chart positions
FIN GER SWI
Wake the World
  • Release date: April 1994
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Formats: CD
 31 32 37
Future World
  • Release date: May 1995
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Formats: CD
 — 91 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[1]		 CAN
Dance
[2]		 FIN
[3]		 GER
[4]		 SUI
[1]
1993 "Summer Summer" 29 — 7 10 36 Wake the World
"Hold On" 26 2 19 21 30
1994 "Love Is Magic" 25 — 7 25 32
"Wake the World" — — 15 — —
1995 "Don't Stop Me Now" — — 17 61 — Future World
"Free Me" — — — — —
"It's Raining Again" — — — 96 99
1996 "Mallorca" — — — 90 — Singles only
"Long John Silver" — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References
  1. Intl. peaks Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
  2. "Canadian dance peak". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  3. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  4. "German peak positions". Musicline.de. Retrieved 2012-08-03.


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