X-Perience

X-Perience was founded in 1995. Their first single CD was called Circles Of Love, released on their own label. Axel Henninger, who had worked with Camouflage before, produced the track. Circles Of Love became a regional hit in Berlin, mainly through the radio station Fritz. This caught the attention of the major record label WEA, who offered the band a contract. WEA re-released Circles Of Love in 1996 on a larger scale, and this single managed to enter the German Top 100.

The group released a second single, A Neverending Dream. Along with the song, a video was shot, which went into heavy rotation on MTV and VIVA. A Neverending Dream became a huge hit at the end of 1996, peaked at #4 in the German charts and reached gold status with over 250.000 copies sold. Since the song’s release, it has been covered several times most notably by the well-known dance act Cascada in 2006. Their debut album Magic Fields was released in 1997. It peaked at chart position #22 in Germany. In Finland, X-Perience became especially popular, with the album reaching platinum status.

The title track Magic Fields was released as a third single, along with a video that was shot in South Africa. Although the song did not reach the heights of A Neverending Dream, it also was a hit on TV, radio, and in the charts. The second album, Take me Home, was released in the fall of 1997. Like the debut album, it reached #22 in the German charts. Its most successful single became the dance track I Don't Care. In 1998, X-Perience won the radio award "R.SH Gold".

After a break of three years, X-Perience came back in 2000. Journey of Life, released by Polydor/Universal, featured a song called The Meaning Of Life, a duet with Neue Deutsche Welle and Gothic icon Joachim Witt. The single Island Of Dreams was used as a title track for the adventure show Expedition Robinson, a German version of Survivor.

In 2006, X-Perience got a new contract with Major Records in Hamburg. They released their single "Return to Paradise" and the fourth album Lost in Paradise, including new versions of the first three X-Perience hits, mixed by José Alvarez-Brill. The album also included a duet with Midge Ure (Ultravox, Visage) called Personal Heaven, which was released as another single.[1]

After the 2007 single release I Feel Like You, Claudia Uhle decided to leave the band.[2]

The new voice of X-Perience was revealed on June 3, 2009 on their official website. Manja Wagner became the new singer and the band released a new song, Strong (Since You're Gone). This song plus two other new songs were published on the official X-Perience Facebook profile in October and November 2010.[3] A new album with Manja Wagner on vocals was planned in spring 2011, but never released.

On December 22, 2019 the band announced the departure of Manja Wagner and a comeback with Claudia Uhle in 2020 on their Facebook page.[4] The teaser single "Dream A Dream" was released on April 10, 2020[5], "I Feel Like You 555" was the first radio single since 13 years and was released on May 15, 2020.[6]. The new album "555" is produced by Valicon and will be released via Valicon Records on August 21, 2020.[7].

Stylistically, the sound of X-Perience is totally unique, with its camouflage musical model always recognizable to fans. With a lack of current comparisons in the German pop music scene, only the synth-pop band Crown of Creation, with Rick J. Jordan from Scooter the CD "Real Life" in Hanover and Bückeburg, has musical parallels.

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