<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Culture Beat is a German Eurodance act fronted by lead singer Tania Evans and Jay Supreme and produced by Torsten Fenslau. Culture Beat is best known for the European dance hit &quot;Mr Vain.&quot; Lana Earl also known as Lana E. was the first singer for the group, Tania Evans replaced her in 1993, thus being featured on all of the group&apos;s most well-known hits. Other members of the act included composer/guitarist Juergen &quot;Nosie&quot; Katzmann and keyboardist Peter Zweier.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">The idea for the group started on the dance floor of the discotheque Dorian Gray where Torsten Fenslau worked as a DJ. The group was founded in 1989 by accident, when Der Erdbeermund became a big hit in Europe.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Their biggest hit &quot;Mr Vain&quot; topped the German and UK charts in 1993 and was one of the biggest hits across Europe that year, reaching #1 in the Irish Singles Chart (it also hit #1 on the Australian ARIA chart in 1993, and #17 on the U.S. Hot 100 the following year). Other hits include &quot;Anything&quot;, &quot;Got To Get It&quot; (both Top 10 hits in Australia) and &quot;World In Your Hands&quot;.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">In 1993, Torsten was killed tragically in a car accident, and his brother Frank took over production of the group.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Their third album &quot;Inside Out&quot; was another international hit in 1995 with a Top 10-Charthit in Germany &quot;Inside Out&quot; and three more chart breakers like &quot;Crying In The Rain&quot; and &quot;Take Me Away&quot;.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">In 1997, Frank decided to have the group go in a different direction and replaced Tania with Kim Sanders. Jay Supreme actually stayed with the group for a short time after Tania&apos;s departure. Frank had said on a now defunct message board on the group&apos;s official website, that the tracks from Metamorphosis were originally intended to have Jay rapping on them as usual, when a short time into the recording process he also decided to leave the group. There are some unreleased versions with Jay&apos;s vocals according to Frank.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">In 1998 the project returned a bit less successfully with Kim Sanders, who also was the lead singer of Loft&apos;s &quot;Hold On&quot; and &quot;Impossible&quot; by Captain Hollywood Project. The singles like &quot;Pay No Mind&quot; were huge radio hits in Germany and managed to climb into the Top 30 of the charts.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Another change in lead singers gained the most recent member of Culture Beat, Jacky Sangster. Her first single release with Culture Beat was a thought provoking song titled &quot;Insanity&quot;. The single did find some success much none more than with the underground sub-culture in Electronica/Dance music. A re-recorded version of their most famous song titled, &quot;Mr. Vain Recall&quot; featuring Jacky on lead vocals was a top 10 hit in Germany in 2003. A greatest hits package was released, and the act is now said to be recording new material with the new singer. Culture Beat didn&apos;t release another hit, the planned single &quot;Can&apos;t Go On Like This (No No)&quot; was dropped by the label in 2004. Still, before the single was dropped, it became a Top 20 pop chart hit in the German dance charts. Many long time Culture Beat fans and Eurodance, Hi-NRG and House fans around the world are patiently awaiting their fifth album.</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0"></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT><TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="10" COLOR="#0B333C" LETTERSPACING="0" KERNING="0">Culture Beat sold over ten million albums and singles worldwide </FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>