I-Culture Beat iphrojekthi yokuvelela eyasungulwa ngo-1989. Amalungu eqembu abelokhu eshintsha njalo. Nokho, phakathi kwabo kukhona Tanya Evans futhi Jay Supreme, ngubani samuntu imisebenzi yeqembu. Ingoma yaleli qembu ephumelele kakhulu kube nguMnu. I-Vain (1993), esedayise amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-10.
UTorten Fenslau wayefuna ukuba umakhi wezakhiwo kusukela ebuntwaneni, kodwa wayedinga imali ngokushesha ukuze afeze iphupho lakhe. Ubewahola kakhulu ebusuku, esebenza njengo-DJ kuma-nightclub endawo.
Iminyaka engu-11 wenza umculo eyedwa, kodwa kamuva wahlangana noJens Zimmermann noPeter Zweier ukuze bakhe iphrojekthi yehlelo.
Ukuqala komsebenzi weqembu elithi Kalcher Beat
Ngemva kokuqala umsebenzi, iqembu likhiphe izingoma eziningi, kodwa zanikezwa izilaleli kuphela ngezinguqulo zezinsimbi. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ezinye izingoma zavela eJalimane, kanti ezinye zavela e-United Kingdom.
Izingoma zaleli qembu bezidume kakhulu kuma-nightclub. Ukuletha "izakhi" ezihlukene nakakhulu ezingoma, uJay Supreme noLana Earl bamenywe eqenjini.
Uhlobo olukhulu lweqembu kwakuyisitayela sokudansa saseYurophu. Lesi siqondiso sibe nomthelela omkhulu ekuthuthukisweni okuqhubekayo kweqembu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izingoma ezimbili zishaye izikhundla eziphezulu kumashadi aseYurophu. Naphezu kwempumelelo esobala, uLana wanquma ukushiya iqembu.
Ngenxa yalokho, lesi sinqumo saba inhlekelele. Indawo yakhe ithathwe nguTanya Evans, okuhambisana naye izinkumbulo ezifudumele nabalandeli beqembu leCulture Beat.
Shaya uDkt. Ize
Ngemva kokukhululwa kukaDkt. I-Vain, eyaduma ezweni lonke, yakhipha ezinye izingoma, nazo ezithole ukunakwa komphakathi waseYurophu. Ngokuthola izinga eliphezulu lokuthengisa, iqembu laklonyeliswa ngemiklomelo eminingana. Futhi u-Thorsten Fenslau uqokwe njengomdidiyeli ongcono kakhulu wonyaka.
Ngokushesha waba sengozini enkulu, ngakho wakwazi ukubuyela emsebenzini kuphela ngo-1995. Ingoma I-Vain ithole isitifiketi segolide esiyisithupha, isiliva esisodwa neplatinum eyodwa e-Austria. Akukho ukuqanjwa okulandelayo kweqembu okukwazile ukuphinda le mpumelelo. Ngokushesha iqembu laqala ukwehla kancane kancane.
Izinguquko emsebenzini we-Culture Beat
Ngo-1997, uFrank wanquma ukushintsha indlela iqembu. Umsindo wafana nomculo odumile. Amalungu eqembu aqala ukusebenza kwamanye amaphrojekthi, ngenxa yalokho kwaqala izinguquko ezinkulu ekubunjweni kweqembu. UJay Supreme wanquma ukushiya ngenxa yokuthi uTanya Evans washiya iphrojekthi. Ngenhlanhla, umkhiqizi wakwazi ukuthola ngokushesha esikhundleni, ngakho band waqhubeka ukusebenza kwamanye amarekhodi.
Ngo-1998, abaculi bethula i-albhamu encane ye-Metamorphosis. Naphezu kokulindela okukhulu okuhambisana nomsebenzi, abalaleli bebenokungabaza mayelana nentsha. Ngenxa yalokho, umsebenzi wathatha isikhundla se-12 kuphela kumashadi aseJalimane, okwakungu "ukwehluleka" kwangempela kweqembu. Izingoma ezalandela bezingesezingeni eliphansi futhi bezingadingeki kangako kubathandi bomculo womdanso.
Isikhathi samanje se-Culture Beat
Ngo-1999, kwathathwa isinqumo sokuyeka ukusebenza okwesikhashana. Ukubuya kwenzeka ngemva kweminyaka emibili. UJackie Sangster wangena esikhundleni sikaKim. Khona-ke leli qembu lakhipha izingoma ezimbalwa eziphumelelayo ezazihola emashadini. Imiphumela enjalo ibingcono kakhulu eqenjini le-Cultural Beat eminyakeni eyi-10 edlule. Noma kunjalo, leli qembu lahluleka ukuphinda impumelelo enjalo.
Ngo-2003, ibhendi yenza ikhonsathi yokugubha ukukhululwa kwengoma ethi Dr. Ize. Ithimba le-Cultural Beat lidale inguqulo ebuyekeziwe yokuqamba, ethathe indawo yesi-7 eshadini lezwe lase-Germany. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, iqoqo elinamahithi angcono kakhulu ebhendi lashicilelwa. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, bahlela ukukhululwa kwe-albhamu eyedwa elandelayo, lapho uJackie kwakufanele enze njengomculi. Nokho, ukukhululwa kwakhanselwa.
Iculo elithi Can't Go On, obekufanele lifakwe kuleli rekhodi, alinakanga kangako izethameli. Ingoma ethi Your Love yakhululwa ngo-2008. Namuhla, uJackie nomrepha u-MC 4T, ababe ngamalungu eqembu kusukela ngo-2003, bacula ngaphansi kwegama elithi Culture Beat emhlabeni wonke, becula zombili izingoma zango-1990 kanye nemisebenzi yakamuva.
NgoJanuwari 2013, i-Loungin' Side of yakhululwa. Iqukethe izinguqulo ze-acoustic zamahithi amakhulu eqembu avela kuma-albhamu awo amabili esitudiyo.
Iqembu le-Culture Beat likhiphe ama-albhamu angu-6, kodwa i-Serenity kuphela engaziqhayisa ngempumelelo enkulu. Ukhumbuze umphakathi ngempumelelo edlule yeqembu, njengoba liwine amarekhodi egolide angu-8 emazweni ahlukene.
Izingoma zaleli qembu nazo zenze kahle maphakathi nawo-1990. Ingoma yokugcina eyangena ngegolide ngethi, Inside Out, eyakhishwa ngo-1995. Ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-remix yengoma ethi Mr. I-Vain ayizange ishadi ingoma eyodwa. Nakuba abafana bengadalanga lutho olusha, abazange babike lutho ngokuwa kwabo.
