Loft (band)

Loft
Origin Hamburg, Germany
Genres Eurodance, Techno, reggae fusion
Years active 1994-1999
Past members Christiane Eiben
Courtney Williams
Cyborg DMP GmbH
Gina Mohammed
Kim Sanders
Lori Glori
Richard Williams
Sandra Steinborn

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


History

The brothers Courtney and Richard Williams, who came from Kingston (Jamaica), founded Loft in 1993. The two rappers were supported by the 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 designate their music as "Roots Rock Reggae".

Their first single was 1993 "Summer Summer" and became a hit in many European countries. It was not long before the second single "Hold on" with Kim Sanders as a guest star. In 1994 the debut album "Wake the World" was released. The second album "Future World" was released in 1995 and was sung by Sandra Steinborn and Christiane Eiben. After the album appeared 1996 still the two singles "Mallorca" and "Long John Silver". Then the group decided to take a break.

After five years, the band decided to make a comeback. The first single "Summer Summer [Recall]" was released in 2003, followed by others.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
FIN GER SUI
Wake the World
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: RCA Records
  • Formats: CD
 31 32 37
Future World
  • Release date: 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 98 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" — — — — —
1996 "Mallorca" — — — — — Singles only
"Long John Silver" — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

  1. 1 2 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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